The most certain future event for our world is the return of Christ. It’s a guarantee recorded in His name… “To the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come…” – (Revelation 1:4).
For 2000-years the Bride of Christ has clung to this promise… “Behold, He is coming back with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all families of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen” (Revelation 1:7). And when it happens, the four Living Creatures thunder the news across Heaven’s Throne Room, still calling His name… “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come”- (Rev. 4:8).
In the middle of the Great Tribulation, when the two witnesses are raised to life and ascend to Heaven with the Tribulation saints, all Heaven unites again in thunderous praise… “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is, and was, and is to come, because You have taken to Yourself your great power, and have reigned” (Rev. 11:17).
But at the end of the Tribulation, when the last bowls of wrath are poured out, an angel bursts forth in praise, but notice the change in Jesus’ name… “You are righteous, O Lord, who is, and was, O Holy One, because You have judged them” (Rev. 16:5). No longer will He be called “Who Is To Come” for He has returned to stay... “And the name of the city (Jerusalem) from that day forward shall be, Jehovah-Shammah: ‘The Lord Is There’” (Ezekiel 48:35).
We can begin each day delighting in the certainty that Jesus is returning and everything will change. It’s the promise of His name.
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