Great Summary poem of the Book of Revelation

"The Lord Himself" -  Annie Johnson Flint

It is not for a sign we are watching -
For wonders above and below,
The pouring out of vials of judgment,
The sounding of trumpets of woe;

It is not for a Day that we are looking,
Not even the time yet to be
When the earth shall be filled with God's glory
As the waters cover the sea;

It is not for a King we are longing
To make the world-kingdom his own;
It is not for a Judge who shall summon
The nations of earth to his throne.

Not for these, though we know they are coming,
For they are but adjuncts of him,
before whom all splendor grows dim.

We wait for the Lord, our Beloved,
Our Comforter, Master, and Friend,
The substance of all that we hope for,
Beginning of faith, and its end;

We watch for our Savior and Bridegroom,
Who loved us and made us his own;
For him we are looking and longing;
For Jesus, and Jesus alone.

A Moment in Time

For the past 13 months we have been studying the book of Revelation at our Wednesday Night Bible Study.  It has been life changing.  Tonight it comes to an end and I am very sad about that.  It has become so much a part of my life that it is like closing a chapter on a dear friendship.  What I have learned I will carry with me the rest of my life and ministry.  I hope that those I tried to teach are as blessed as I am having studying this great and too often misunderstood book of the Bible.  Thank you to all of the scholars who have studied for years to prepare and write the commentaries I have used.  I especially want to thank Darrell Johnson for his book Discipleship on the Edge.  He helped me see the book of Revelation as more than just a what is going to happen next book and to see it as the Revealing of Jesus Christ.  He says, any interpretation that does not lead us to the feet of Jesus is simply off the mark.

I pray I stayed on point.