Coming Again!
Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James 5:8
Jesus Christ is absolute truth. Matthew 24 and 25 are entirely given over to the statements about his coming again. For example, Matthew 24:27 says, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” The Bible again says in Matthew 25:31–32, “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations. . . .” This prophecy has yet to be fulfilled, but He said it, and I believe it will be.
Jesus didn’t lie to us. He said, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:2–3). He’s going to come back in person. The Lord Jesus Christ is coming back Himself! That’s how much He loves us. The plan of salvation is not only to satisfy us in this world and give us a new life here, but He has a great plan for the future. For eternity!
The Bible says we are going to reign with Him. We’re joint heirs with the Lord Jesus Christ, and we’re going to spend eternity with him! What is He doing now? He’s preparing a home for us! It’s been nearly two thousand years. What a home it must be! Eye cannot see nor ear hear, nor hath entered into the heart of man, what God has prepared for those who love Him! In Revelation John wrote, “The Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. . . . Behold, I come quickly!” (22:5, 7). Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Our Father and our God, I await with eagerness Christ’s return to take me to the home He is preparing for me in heaven. I want to share in His great triumph and final defeat of our enemy the devil. And I want to share in the glorious life eternal Your saints will spend with You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Billy Graham, Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010).