Hebrew Scroll Saying Jesus Is Coming SoonBible World
22:20Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Jesus Himself testifies that He is coming quickly, and His church answers with a hearty Amen, longing for Him to come, and this exchange closes the book of Revelation. His promise means a personal, certain and very near return that is hastening greatly. The answering prayer is the faithful, confident longing of believers through the ages, which all are called to voice as they wait for Him. His quick coming brings to each a reward according to his work, and it is both warning and encouragement to watch faithfully and not grow careless as if He delays. Its nearness leaves no time to dally but requires immediate repentance, cleansing and transformation of heart, and urgent work to prepare others because time is short and souls are perishing.
Words and Historical Setting
The closing of the book is formed by Jesus himself testifying that he is coming quickly, met by the answering Amen and the appeal for the Lord Jesus to come. The first voice is Christ's own testimony of his speedy coming, and the second is John's Amen prayer that voices the longing of the church. The promise declares that his return is soon, and the response expresses confident longing and faithful expectation.
That testimony was sent by the Lord God of the holy prophets through his angel to show his servants the things that must shortly be done, and its sayings are faithful and true. It was given to John on rocky Patmos, where the beloved disciple spoke the hope carried by Christ's followers through their pilgrimage. It is Christ's own revelation concerning the last events of this earth's history, given from God as a solemn warning to turn minds in these last days to what is to be.
The verse stands in the last chapter of Revelation and in its last four chapters, which are to be read carefully.
Promise and Its Answer
Surely I come quickly is Christ's own personal testimony that His return is certain and very soon, near and hastening greatly. It affirms that Jesus will return soon and gives the ground for longing for His coming. It is part of the book's solemn testimony about prophecy, which is to be treated reverently and studied because it reveals events past, present, and future, including those whose full fulfillment comes at the close of time.
Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus is the faithful Amen response by which the church answers that promise with longing, earnest desire, and confident expectation. Believers are called to voice this appeal and to affirm Christ's promised coming in prayer for Him to come. Voicing that answer expresses faith in Him, and when His people have such faith and stand firm, God will do much more for them even while infidelity stalks through the land and Satan works through men in prominent positions to sweep away the foundations of faith.
His coming quickly is joined to His coming to give every person a reward according to his work. The sayings surrounding this testimony are faithful and true, sent by the Lord God of the holy prophets through His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly be done. Christ has the richest treasures to open in His Word, with power to be laid hold of by walking in His way and taking all Scripture as guide, and the mighty blessing of God will surely come with the fulfillment of this Revelation in life everlasting.
Prophecy for the Last Days
The promise belongs to solemn prophecy that must be treated reverently and studied, because it reveals events past, present, and future whose full fulfillment comes at the close of time. The prophecies of Revelation concern events continuing until Christ's coming, its message leads toward that hope, and it is especially for the last days.
It belongs to communications given for all who live in these last days, and it stands with the third angel's message, which combines the first and the second messages and binds them up with the third and brings them down to the closing scenes of earth's history. It testifies to the great and last warfare between two classes, those who keep the commandments of God and those who make void the law of God. The perils of the last days are now present, and Satan seeks to keep minds confused about these things to gain a great victory, so there must be no confusion, which is death unto death, but pressing toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus with straight paths.
The promise to come quickly is both warning and encouragement to watch and wait faithfully for His personal return, rather than to treat delay as reason to doubt or grow careless like those who say their Lord delays His coming. It carries assurance because prophecy points out the sure result of the conflict, which can be seen by faith and longed for as a coming experience.
Doctrines and Related Scriptures
The closing testimony seals the warning that nothing may be added to the words of the prophecy to weaken their force, nothing taken from its solemn words, and nothing emptied of solemn meaning by turning it into spiritualistic mystery. Whoever does so will have the plagues written in the book added to him with judgments of increased dreadfulness, and will have his part taken out of the book of life and out of the holy city and from the things written in the book. Blessing belongs to him who reads and to those who hear and keep the words of the prophecy, because the time is at hand.
The last chapter answers whether a person can be saved without keeping the Sabbath by showing that those who do His commandments have right to the tree of life and may enter through the gates into the city. The Word as it reads must be believed and obeyed, by searching the Scriptures to see if these things are so and by praying with opened understanding and willingness to grasp every ray of light even when it opposes past belief. The prayer for the Lord Jesus to come voices the hope shared by faithful believers through the centuries that Christ will come, the dead in Christ will rise, and His coming will bring final victory over death and complete redemption.
It is the welcome living believers will give Christ when His sign is seen in the heavens at the close of this earth's history. Those alive when He appears will meet Him with joy and not with grief, as those who have waited for their God to save them. Those who overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony may share in that joyful greeting.
The cry expresses longing for the heavenly home, the building of God not made with hands eternal in the heavens, valued above all comforts and conveniences of earthly home. It longs for the mansions prepared, to enter through the gates of the city and dwell in the presence of Jesus forever, to overcome and wear the crown of life and share the saints' inheritance in glory. That hope comforts believers and encourages them to remain faithful and work cheerfully through trials, labors, sorrows, and conflicts until conflicts end and they see Him in glory.
The prayer longs for Jesus to come quickly to set things in order and bring wickedness to an end. It longs for the deceptive power of the enemy to be broken and for the artful deception and wicked science of Satan and evil angels to be speedily ended. It finds real comfort by looking beyond present conflict with its blindness, mistake, unsettled faith, and strong deception to the final triumph and the brightness of God's glory resting on the overcomers. The prayer springs from longing for the love and tenderness He showed erring fallen people as in the shepherd hunting the lost sheep and the prodigal son. It springs also from grief over cold Phariseeism, lack of sympathy, severe judgment of a brother fallen under temptation, and iron hearts that need to become hearts of flesh.
These closing words underscore the need to cherish sacredly every ray of light sent to the church and not depart in the slightest from the teachings of the Word.
Hope Amid Trial and Delay
On rocky Patmos the beloved disciple voiced in this prayer the hope of Christ's followers throughout their pilgrimage as pilgrims and strangers. The soon return comforts believers and encourages them to remain faithful and work cheerfully through trials until conflicts end, when they will see Him in glory and share the saints' inheritance. Believers prayed the prayer while expecting to meet their Master and join Him and the heavenly angels, and the delay after the appointed time when He did not appear as expected made returning to life's burdens and enduring ridicule a bitter, severe test of faith and patience. Ridley joins John in crying for the Saviour to come, expressing conviction that the world is drawing to an end and Christ's coming is near.
The verse is the prayer of the remnant in the final conflict, longing for Jesus their Deliverer in whom their hope of eternal life is centered, like a lost child weeping for home. As pilgrims and strangers amid labors, sorrows and conflicts, with the world, the church and the state stirred against them by Satan, they turn the eye of faith heavenward with intense desire for His quick coming. The cry expresses longing for home in glory, for the mansions prepared, to enter the gates of the city and dwell in the presence of Jesus forever, and to overcome and wear the crown of life. They are sustained by heavenly character, discernment of Satan's disguises, and fixed purpose from the Scriptures that earth and hell cannot subdue.
The prayer is spoken involuntarily at the sight of a cloud in the sky in times of blindness, mistake, unsettled faith, and strong deception. It means longing for the deceptive power of the enemy to be broken, refusing to let faith fail, and finding real comfort by looking beyond present conflict to the final triumph and the brightness of the glory of God resting on the overcomers. It carries assurance because prophecy points out the sure result of the conflict, which can be seen by faith and longed for as a coming experience. The appeal reflects desire for the eternal heavenly home outweighing earthly comforts, for obtaining the building of God, the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, and to be there.
That heavenly home is valued above all comforts and conveniences of earthly home, yet the prayer is offered while willing to stay away from home and remain at duty until the work is done and there is freedom to leave. The verse is applied amid widespread church troubles and the need for faithful laborers, with the end near.
Call to Readiness and Work
The nearness of Christ's coming must make an impression on heart and life and character. There is no time to dally or to remain in an unprepared state. What is required is immediate thorough work for repentance, purifying the soul by heartfelt repentance. This includes asking God to forgive unfaithful discharge of duty and opening the door of the heart that Christ may enter.
A deep and thorough individual work is called for, a work that should have been done long ago and must be done now. It is a cleansing, refining, and transformation of the heart, with thorough humbling of the soul before God. It requires earnest seeking of the Lord with heart and mind and soul, deep searching of heart and cleansing of the soul temple. There must be diligent cultivation of the soil of the heart so that fruit appears in the life of every teacher and worker in proportion to the light given.
The nearness makes urgent the work of preparing people for the future life. It calls for earnest prayer and untiring work, and for churches, schools, and sanitariums to be placed on a much higher platform. It calls for urgent, faithful action that shows belief in the end of all things. The time in which to labor is short, and men and women are perishing.
Those who have had great light, who have received a knowledge of the truth line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, must cooperate with Him who sent His Son to the world to give light and salvation to men. Christ gave His life that the human family might become partakers of the divine nature. His divine power is to be the heritage of every believing soul, His divinity made effectual in the salvation of the race, and the intercession of the great High Priest made to avail before the throne of God under the plan devised in heaven. Those bought with such a price must show appreciation of Him and not fail to value the great salvation.
The Lord is soon to come, and every soul who would turn from error to truth will have a fierce conflict to cut loose from Satan's chariot car and stand free, free indeed in Christ Jesus. Voicing the answer, even so come, expresses faith in Him. God will do much more for His people when they have such faith. That faith stands firm against the infidelity stalking through the land as Satan works through men in prominent positions to sweep away the foundations of faith.
The certainty and nearness of the Lord's coming is a message to proclaim with joy and boldness, to pray for, and to make part of daily life. The expectation of His coming encourages courage, watchfulness, prayer, trust, and perseverance in faith. It calls God's people to wake up and strengthens hope in His help, blessing, and salvation. The petition for Jesus to come quickly is prayed often, even before realizing one is praying, expressing belief that time is now very short.
Jesus Himself testifies that He is coming quickly, and His church answers with a hearty Amen, longing for Him to come, and this exchange closes the book of Revelation. His promise means a personal, certain and very near return that is hastening greatly. The answering prayer is the faithful, confident longing of believers through the ages, which all are called to voice as they wait for Him. His quick coming brings to each a reward according to his work, and it is both warning and encouragement to watch faithfully and not grow careless as if He delays. Its nearness leaves no time to dally but requires immediate repentance, cleansing and transformation of heart, and urgent work to prepare others because time is short and souls are perishing.
Words and Historical Setting
The closing of the book is formed by Jesus himself testifying that he is coming quickly, met by the answering Amen and the appeal for the Lord Jesus to come. The first voice is Christ's own testimony of his speedy coming, and the second is John's Amen prayer that voices the longing of the church. The promise declares that his return is soon, and the response expresses confident longing and faithful expectation.
That testimony was sent by the Lord God of the holy prophets through his angel to show his servants the things that must shortly be done, and its sayings are faithful and true. It was given to John on rocky Patmos, where the beloved disciple spoke the hope carried by Christ's followers through their pilgrimage. It is Christ's own revelation concerning the last events of this earth's history, given from God as a solemn warning to turn minds in these last days to what is to be.
The verse stands in the last chapter of Revelation and in its last four chapters, which are to be read carefully.
Promise and Its Answer
Surely I come quickly is Christ's own personal testimony that His return is certain and very soon, near and hastening greatly. It affirms that Jesus will return soon and gives the ground for longing for His coming. It is part of the book's solemn testimony about prophecy, which is to be treated reverently and studied because it reveals events past, present, and future, including those whose full fulfillment comes at the close of time.
Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus is the faithful Amen response by which the church answers that promise with longing, earnest desire, and confident expectation. Believers are called to voice this appeal and to affirm Christ's promised coming in prayer for Him to come. Voicing that answer expresses faith in Him, and when His people have such faith and stand firm, God will do much more for them even while infidelity stalks through the land and Satan works through men in prominent positions to sweep away the foundations of faith.
His coming quickly is joined to His coming to give every person a reward according to his work. The sayings surrounding this testimony are faithful and true, sent by the Lord God of the holy prophets through His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly be done. Christ has the richest treasures to open in His Word, with power to be laid hold of by walking in His way and taking all Scripture as guide, and the mighty blessing of God will surely come with the fulfillment of this Revelation in life everlasting.
Prophecy for the Last Days
The promise belongs to solemn prophecy that must be treated reverently and studied, because it reveals events past, present, and future whose full fulfillment comes at the close of time. The prophecies of Revelation concern events continuing until Christ's coming, its message leads toward that hope, and it is especially for the last days.
It belongs to communications given for all who live in these last days, and it stands with the third angel's message, which combines the first and the second messages and binds them up with the third and brings them down to the closing scenes of earth's history. It testifies to the great and last warfare between two classes, those who keep the commandments of God and those who make void the law of God. The perils of the last days are now present, and Satan seeks to keep minds confused about these things to gain a great victory, so there must be no confusion, which is death unto death, but pressing toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus with straight paths.
The promise to come quickly is both warning and encouragement to watch and wait faithfully for His personal return, rather than to treat delay as reason to doubt or grow careless like those who say their Lord delays His coming. It carries assurance because prophecy points out the sure result of the conflict, which can be seen by faith and longed for as a coming experience.
Doctrines and Related Scriptures
The closing testimony seals the warning that nothing may be added to the words of the prophecy to weaken their force, nothing taken from its solemn words, and nothing emptied of solemn meaning by turning it into spiritualistic mystery. Whoever does so will have the plagues written in the book added to him with judgments of increased dreadfulness, and will have his part taken out of the book of life and out of the holy city and from the things written in the book. Blessing belongs to him who reads and to those who hear and keep the words of the prophecy, because the time is at hand.
The last chapter answers whether a person can be saved without keeping the Sabbath by showing that those who do His commandments have right to the tree of life and may enter through the gates into the city. The Word as it reads must be believed and obeyed, by searching the Scriptures to see if these things are so and by praying with opened understanding and willingness to grasp every ray of light even when it opposes past belief. The prayer for the Lord Jesus to come voices the hope shared by faithful believers through the centuries that Christ will come, the dead in Christ will rise, and His coming will bring final victory over death and complete redemption.
It is the welcome living believers will give Christ when His sign is seen in the heavens at the close of this earth's history. Those alive when He appears will meet Him with joy and not with grief, as those who have waited for their God to save them. Those who overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony may share in that joyful greeting.
The cry expresses longing for the heavenly home, the building of God not made with hands eternal in the heavens, valued above all comforts and conveniences of earthly home. It longs for the mansions prepared, to enter through the gates of the city and dwell in the presence of Jesus forever, to overcome and wear the crown of life and share the saints' inheritance in glory. That hope comforts believers and encourages them to remain faithful and work cheerfully through trials, labors, sorrows, and conflicts until conflicts end and they see Him in glory.
The prayer longs for Jesus to come quickly to set things in order and bring wickedness to an end. It longs for the deceptive power of the enemy to be broken and for the artful deception and wicked science of Satan and evil angels to be speedily ended. It finds real comfort by looking beyond present conflict with its blindness, mistake, unsettled faith, and strong deception to the final triumph and the brightness of God's glory resting on the overcomers. The prayer springs from longing for the love and tenderness He showed erring fallen people as in the shepherd hunting the lost sheep and the prodigal son. It springs also from grief over cold Phariseeism, lack of sympathy, severe judgment of a brother fallen under temptation, and iron hearts that need to become hearts of flesh.
These closing words underscore the need to cherish sacredly every ray of light sent to the church and not depart in the slightest from the teachings of the Word.
Hope Amid Trial and Delay
On rocky Patmos the beloved disciple voiced in this prayer the hope of Christ's followers throughout their pilgrimage as pilgrims and strangers. The soon return comforts believers and encourages them to remain faithful and work cheerfully through trials until conflicts end, when they will see Him in glory and share the saints' inheritance. Believers prayed the prayer while expecting to meet their Master and join Him and the heavenly angels, and the delay after the appointed time when He did not appear as expected made returning to life's burdens and enduring ridicule a bitter, severe test of faith and patience. Ridley joins John in crying for the Saviour to come, expressing conviction that the world is drawing to an end and Christ's coming is near.
The verse is the prayer of the remnant in the final conflict, longing for Jesus their Deliverer in whom their hope of eternal life is centered, like a lost child weeping for home. As pilgrims and strangers amid labors, sorrows and conflicts, with the world, the church and the state stirred against them by Satan, they turn the eye of faith heavenward with intense desire for His quick coming. The cry expresses longing for home in glory, for the mansions prepared, to enter the gates of the city and dwell in the presence of Jesus forever, and to overcome and wear the crown of life. They are sustained by heavenly character, discernment of Satan's disguises, and fixed purpose from the Scriptures that earth and hell cannot subdue.
The prayer is spoken involuntarily at the sight of a cloud in the sky in times of blindness, mistake, unsettled faith, and strong deception. It means longing for the deceptive power of the enemy to be broken, refusing to let faith fail, and finding real comfort by looking beyond present conflict to the final triumph and the brightness of the glory of God resting on the overcomers. It carries assurance because prophecy points out the sure result of the conflict, which can be seen by faith and longed for as a coming experience. The appeal reflects desire for the eternal heavenly home outweighing earthly comforts, for obtaining the building of God, the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, and to be there.
That heavenly home is valued above all comforts and conveniences of earthly home, yet the prayer is offered while willing to stay away from home and remain at duty until the work is done and there is freedom to leave. The verse is applied amid widespread church troubles and the need for faithful laborers, with the end near.
Call to Readiness and Work
The nearness of Christ's coming must make an impression on heart and life and character. There is no time to dally or to remain in an unprepared state. What is required is immediate thorough work for repentance, purifying the soul by heartfelt repentance. This includes asking God to forgive unfaithful discharge of duty and opening the door of the heart that Christ may enter.
A deep and thorough individual work is called for, a work that should have been done long ago and must be done now. It is a cleansing, refining, and transformation of the heart, with thorough humbling of the soul before God. It requires earnest seeking of the Lord with heart and mind and soul, deep searching of heart and cleansing of the soul temple. There must be diligent cultivation of the soil of the heart so that fruit appears in the life of every teacher and worker in proportion to the light given.
The nearness makes urgent the work of preparing people for the future life. It calls for earnest prayer and untiring work, and for churches, schools, and sanitariums to be placed on a much higher platform. It calls for urgent, faithful action that shows belief in the end of all things. The time in which to labor is short, and men and women are perishing.
Those who have had great light, who have received a knowledge of the truth line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, must cooperate with Him who sent His Son to the world to give light and salvation to men. Christ gave His life that the human family might become partakers of the divine nature. His divine power is to be the heritage of every believing soul, His divinity made effectual in the salvation of the race, and the intercession of the great High Priest made to avail before the throne of God under the plan devised in heaven. Those bought with such a price must show appreciation of Him and not fail to value the great salvation.
The Lord is soon to come, and every soul who would turn from error to truth will have a fierce conflict to cut loose from Satan's chariot car and stand free, free indeed in Christ Jesus. Voicing the answer, even so come, expresses faith in Him. God will do much more for His people when they have such faith. That faith stands firm against the infidelity stalking through the land as Satan works through men in prominent positions to sweep away the foundations of faith.
The certainty and nearness of the Lord's coming is a message to proclaim with joy and boldness, to pray for, and to make part of daily life. The expectation of His coming encourages courage, watchfulness, prayer, trust, and perseverance in faith. It calls God's people to wake up and strengthens hope in His help, blessing, and salvation. The petition for Jesus to come quickly is prayed often, even before realizing one is praying, expressing belief that time is now very short.