Will Jesus Really Come Back Quickly?
“He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.” “Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”” (Revelation 22:6-7 WEB)
It may be confusing to readers when Jesus said that these things must happen “soon” and that He will come “quickly”, and yet He is not back yet.
We must understand that the way God perceives time is very difference from how we perceive it. To Him, an eternal being that existed since before time, and who created time, one thousand years only feels like one day.
“But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2 Peter 3:8 WEB)
The Book of Revelation was written before 100 A.D. so it has been 1000 over years since Jesus said He was coming back soon.
To Him, it feels like only slightly over a day has passed since then.
If I met you and knew that I would see you again in about 2 days time, I will probably say “Bye, I will see you again soon!”
That is because I perceive the 2 days to be coming soon. It feels like time will pass very quickly.
To Jesus, the few thousand years of waiting time before His return is just like the 2 days for Him. He will come back quickly—it is true according to the way He perceives time. If anyone can objectively declare if something is soon or not, it will be God who is the creator of time!
The Book of Revelation can be a confusing book to read on your own for the first time. The book is not in continuous chronological order. Sometimes the same flow of events are repeated a few times in different ways, from alternate angles to show us new truths.
For example, it’s like an object that you slowly rotate to observe—you may not see the little sticker on the back if you didn’t look behind it. If you didn’t look under it, you wouldn’t notice that there are words and numbers engraved there. There are many aspects to one event—the Book of Revelation shows us the important ones.
We are living in the generation where it is very possible to see all the things in the book come to pass. Come study this exciting final book of the Bible with me when you read “The Book of Revelation Explained”: https://bit.ly/bookofrevelationexplained
