The End of the Story | Frank Becker

Week Twenty, 2017

THE END OF THE STORY, by John Grant

Says, “Yes, I am coming again soon.” Amen. Come Lord Jesus. – Rev 22:20

A good novelist works to keep the reader in suspense until the very last page of the book. I recently finished reading a book that kept me in suspense until the very last page. As I was reading I kept changing my mind as to the final outcome, but never thought of the way it turned out.

Contrast that with the Bible, which tells the end of the story from the very beginning and throughout the entire sixty-six chapters. While people throughout the ages have speculated when Christ will return, the Bible tells us clearly that He will return.

Here are a couple of the many verses that tell of the end of the story:

Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then, you also will appear with him in glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

These facts from biblical prophecy about Christ’s return may surprise you:
• One out of every 30 verses in the Bible mentions the subject of Christ’s return or the end of time.
• Of the 216 chapters in the New Testament, there are well over 300 references to the return of Christ.
• 23 of the 27 New Testament books mention Christ’s return.
• In the Old Testament, such well-known and reliable men of God as Job, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, as well as most of the minor prophets mention Christ’s return in their writings.
• Christ often spoke specifically about His own return to earth.
• Throughout the centuries, Christ’s disciples and followers have adamantly believed, written, and taught that Christ would someday return to earth. The Bible teaches it. The Lord stood upon its truths. The apostles declared it and wrote about it. The creeds include it and affirm it.

In the Bible, the end of the story is clear throughout the Bible. The end is clear and there is no room for suspense. He is coming again and that’s a fact.
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