“I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands”… crying out with a loud voice, “’Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’” Rev. 7:9-10
Lord Jesus, the current uniting of many nations against the atrocity happening in the Ukraine is deeply encouraging. It makes the Apostle John’s vision most precious, real, and hope-fueling.
Your impossible-to-count Bride is presently being redeemed by the power of the Gospel. This is the true meaning and mercy-measure of all history. Fully and forever, we will gather at your return—not just representing many nations, but every nation that has ever existed. Saved by grace, healed and whole for eternity.
We won’t be united in a war effort, but in a never-ending worship celebration. Finally, we will adore you as you deserve, and we will love one another as you love us. The United Nations won’t be a building, but a reality.
Every evidence of evil, sin, and death will be gone. Everything broken will be replaced with “all things new.” The “echoes of Eden” will be superseded by the grace-grandeur of the heaven and new earth. Hallelujah!
Jesus, each day as we get closer to “the Day,” fill us again and again and again with the riches of the Gospel and the power of the Holy Spirit. May the war in the Ukraine end soon. But may the Day we hope for the most be nearer and dearer to us than ever. So Very Amen.