Last Words
22:20,21 He who testifies to the truth of these things says: "Yes, I am coming soon." So let it be! Come, Lord Jesus!
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
There is both pathos and glory in the way in which the Revelation ends. Amidst the terrible persecution of his day, the one thing which John longed for was the speedy return of Christ. That hope was never realized in the way in which he expected, but we can never doubt that Christ nevertheless abundantly kept his promise that he would be with his own even to the end of the world ( Matthew 28:20 ).
Then comes the glory. Come what may, John was sure of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and equally sure that it was sufficient for all things.
It is surely symbolic, and it is surely fitting, that the last word of the Bible should be GRACE.
-Barclay's Daily Study Bible (NT)
FURTHER READING
Revelation
G. B. Caird, The Revelation of Saint John the Divine (ACB E)
R. H. Charles, Revelation (ICC G)
T. S. Kepler, The Book of Revelation
H. B. Swete, The Apocalypse of St John (MmC G)
Abbreviations
ACB: A. and C. Black New Testament Commentary
ICC: International Critical Commentary
MmC: Macmillan Commentary
E: English Text
G: Greek Text
-Barclay's Daily Study Bible (NT)
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