Wonder Of None

“None” isn’t always what we want to hear: no more vacation days, no more milk, no more money – no, good things “gone” isn’t always fine with us. As religious leaders plotted to kill Him, Jesus spent His last few days teaching and preparing His followers of things-to-come. Speaking of the final judgment and the eternal sentencing for those who rejected The Messiah, Jesus’ words empowered His disciples: “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:46).  The end would come – inevitably.  Jesus was going away but only temporarily: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command …” (1 Thessalonians 4:16). What might that “command” be? In his book, The Final Week of Jesus, Max Lucado speculates: “The angels will stand and the Father will speak, ‘No more’ … Every person who lives and who ever lived will turn toward the sky and hear God announce, ‘No more.’ No more loneliness. No more tears. No more death. No more sadness. No more crying. No more pain.” The end [of life here as we know it] will come along with the end to sin’s reign and rule among nations and men.  Oh, the wonder of none – no more!  O glorious day!