Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me (Psalm 40:7, KJV).

What an amazing thing it is to know that the Bible truly has been written as history–His-story. With so much talk today about so-called postmodernism and the alleged shift in our capricious culture (that just never happens), it is comforting for us to know that God’s Word is unchanging. The Bible tells us – Your Word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens – Psalm 119:89. So you need not worry as you see more and more leaders within the Emergent Church and the Purpose Driven religion of new Evangelicalism begin to abandon Scripture in a fruitless effort to reach people with their “alternative” gospel. Yes, there is a growing apostasy, but we have the absolute truth and security of our Lord ‘s Word in our text – “in the volume of the book it is written of Me.”

Furthermore we can see this truth in Luke’s account of our Risen Lord when Jesus teaches two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus. In Luke 24:27 we read – Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures (NASB). And we must also keep in mind that Luke is talking from firsthand information – since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you (Luke 1:3). So you see, this is an historical account; we don’t often approach the text of the Bible in this way, but we should where applicable–and especially in times like this of such impending darkness.

And if you’re feeling a bit troubled today, let me offer you these words of comfort; not only does the Bible tell us of Christ's glorious Resurrection from the dead, but we also have the assurance that Jesus is coming back for us as well. You see another eyewitness account by the Apostle John informs us that the Master said:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am” (John 14:1-3).

So dear Christian, if you feel that maybe you didn’t give as much of yourself to the Lord this past year as you should have, or maybe you have never really trusted completely in the absolute fact that Jesus Christ died in place of His Church literally bearing the wrath of God that would have been ours. Today, if you hear His Voice within mine, then I exhort you: Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth (Hosea 6:3). And remember Jesus Himself tells us – “Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book” (Revelation 22:)

He which testifieth these things saith, “Surely I come quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.