Jan 10, 2012

The Beginning at the End

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Of all the prayers in the Bible, there is one I am drawn to more often than any other. It is perhaps the shortest prayer in the Bible and is found at the end of the book of Revelation, where the Apostle John prays, "Come, Lord Jesus" (Rev. 22:20). This little prayer is one we can pray not only on bad days in the midst of life’s trials and sorrows but on good days in the midst of life’s joys and celebrations. It is a prayer motivated by our passion to see our Lord face to face — that He would consummate His kingdom and His marriage to His Bride, bring us into the promised land of the new heavens and earth, wipe every tear from our eyes, put death to death, and make us unable to sin ever again and ever able to worship and rejoice always and forever.

Jesus' return isn't really the end but the beginning — the beginning of life as it was meant to be. —@BurkParsons

Our prayer for Jesus' return isn’t foremost a prayer for the end of the world but a prayer for the culmination of world history. In fact, Jesus' return isn't really the end but the beginning — the beginning of life as it was meant to be.

Continue reading The Beginning at the End, Burk Parsons' contribution to the January issue of Tabletalk.