Anticipate Christ’s Coming

Keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ...

1 Timothy 6:14

One day we are going to see Jesus Christ. The day will come when your faith will be turned to sight. This is an amazing promise.

A few verses later, Paul reminds us that God “dwells in unapproachable light” (6:16). God is not hidden in unapproachable darkness, but in unapproachable light. Our problem is not that we can’t find God. It is that we couldn’t come near Him if we did!

All through the Bible, we find that people at their best are unable to stand in God’s presence. When Isaiah saw God’s glory, he said, “Woe is me! For I am lost” (Is. 6:5). And when the apostle John saw the glory of Christ, he “fell at His feet as though dead” (Rev. 1:17).

If the best of humanity in the Old and New Testaments are on their faces in the presence of God, how do you think it will be for us when the Son of God comes in His glory and all His holy angels with Him?

Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Mat. 5:8). And John, who fell at Christ’s feet as if he were dead, said, “When he appears… we shall see him as he is” (1 Jn. 3:2). How is this possible?

It is possible because the Son of God loved us and gave Himself for us. He bore our sins in His body on the tree. It is possible because the Holy Spirit unites us with Christ through the bond of faith. And it is possible because the risen Christ advocates for us in the presence of the Father.

You were bought by the precious blood of Christ and called to the blessing of life under the rule of the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal, who lives in unapproachable light, to whom be glory and dominion forever, Amen (6:16).

Whatever you are facing today, reflect on the hope you have in the coming of Jesus Christ.

Whatever you are facing today, reflect on the hope you have in the coming of Jesus Christ.