Even So

Revelation 4:11 KJV
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Though the crescendo of the passage is obviously this, Chapter 4 is an altogether sublime text.

Most students of the Bible consider this to be representative of the rapture. John had his eyes on the things of the Lord when suddenly there was the voice calling "come up hither" and immediately he was in the spirit.

What a wonderful day that is going to be when we drop these rags of worldliness called the body and we are transported to the glories of heaven.

I think the thing that struck me the most today is that there is nothing to dread of fear in the text. John's journey to glory is only wondrous. We tend to fear the unknown and passing into glory certainly has some huge unknowns. But the Word of God gives us several indicators that this journey is a glorious one.

Even so Lord Jesus, please come quickly.