Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
L. Richards writes: “Three times in these closing paragraphs the promise is made, ‘Behold, I am coming soon.’ Eternity may seem far off. Yet for each of us the return of Jesus and the events foretold in Revelation have an immediacy. ‘Soon’ may be tomorrow! There is nothing that must happen before the events we have read of in Revelation may begin. It is clear that we are to learn to live with this sense of immediacy”.
This comment by Richards seems to capture the essence of a heart that is seeking and desiring the return of Jesus Christ with a want to serve, honor, follow, trust, and obey until the very day the doors of heaven open and the dead in Christ rise to be with Him forevermore. This heart knows that at their next breath He may return. The fact that it has not happened on that next breath a million times does not hinder their expectation of His immediate return. Each breath without His return just makes the immediacy of His return that much surer.
Let us keep our eyes focused on Jesus Christ and humbly serve Him every moment of every day expecting His return.
