--THE LAST
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-Revelation 22:6-20
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'Let your gentleness
be known to all men.
The Lord is at hand.'
---Philippians 4:5
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-I HAVE a friend who reads the last chapter first when she starts a new thriller. "Takes the anxiety out of reading," she claims. So with Christians: Because we know the end of the story, we can be centers of peace in the midst of utter chaos, calm in the face of disaster.

The apostle Paul calls this attitude "moderation" in Philippians 4:5 (KJV). It's a term that implies "peace under pressure." It refers to the calm and deliberate strength with which we meet the disquieting circumstances of our days. Kingdoms may fall, friends may falter, churches may fold, oceans may rise, and mountains may crumble, but we can be at peace.

How do we maintain such composure? By remembering that "the Lord is at hand" (Phil. 4:5); He is near. Our Lord is standing just outside the door ready to burst through and turn everything that's wrong right-side-up. Then this world and all its troubles will become the kingdom of our Lord, and "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea" (Hab 2:14).

-Jesus said, "Surely I am coming quickly" (Rev. 22:20). Today could be the day! It's the very last thing He said in the very last chapter of His book!
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-No doctrine is more closely linked to practical daily living than that of the Lord's return./ 'You Are Here'~~

--ODB/DR
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