Daily Devotionals

The world has long been anticipating the return of Jesus Christ. Nations have risen and fallen. World wars have started and finished. Natural disasters have devastated entire populations, yet cities are rebuilt and life goes on. It’s been more than two thousand years since the birth of Christ, and many are wondering, “Will He come at all? How can we dare say that ‘He is coming soon?’”

The apostle Peter writes, “Beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:8, 9). We are called to be ready for whenever the Lord comes.

Yet despite this assurance, many will be surprised by His coming: “As in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be” (Matthew 24:38, 39). We know better: “You, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief” (1 Thessalonians 5:4).

The book of Revelation has given us a clear picture of events signaling the soon return of Christ. The prophecies are coming to their fulfillment in this generation. These signs are likened to painful birth contractions (1 Thessalonians 5:3). Such pangs come suddenly, unexpectedly, and with great intensity, and, before you know it, the child has arrived. But every mother will also testify to the eager, joyful anticipation of their coming child, even though she can never be sure exactly when.

All signs today point to the imminent return of Christ. Is your heart longing to be with Him? Jesus is coming soon!

Lord Jesus, I long for you to come quickly. Please come and end this world of sorrow and sin.

For Further Study: Isaiah 25:9; Romans 8:22, 23; 2 Peter 3:1–8

Key Bible Texts

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20 KJV)