"Then Cometh The
End"
I
Cor. 15:24-28
When
everything that must be has come to pass, when everything that shall be has
been, "then cometh the end." Wise men seek to know the end of
things and determine their actions accordingly. If you would be wise, learn
these five facts and live in the light of them.
1. EVERYTHING IN THIS
WORLD MUST SOON COME TO AN END (I Cor. 7:29-31). Time is not infinite. The world is
not eternal. Everything in this world had a beginning and shall have an end.
God made all things, including you and me, for a specific purpose. And when God's purpose is accomplished, "then cometh the
end." Everything under the sun, in the light of eternity, is
vanity. In the end, nothing will matter but eternity.
2. THE BEGINNING, THE
ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THE END OF ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD (Isa. 45:2-13; 46:9-13;
Rom. 11:36; II
Cor. 4:18;
Eph. 1:11).
God predestinated all things, created all things, rules all things, disposes of
all things, and shall have the glory of all things, according to his own wise,
holy, and sovereign will.
3. THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, GOD'S SON, OUR SAVIOR, MUST REIGN UNTIL THE END COMES (I Cor. 15:25). That Man who lived and died for us, to
save us and bring us to heaven, is the God who rules all things. He forever
possesses the right of sovereignty, because he is God. And he earned the right
as a Man, as our Surety and Mediator, to rule the universe by his obedience to
God as our representative(Psa.115:3; John 17:2-4;
Psa.2:8).
4. WHEN THE END COMES CHRIST
SHALL DELIVER UP THE KINGDOM TO THE FATHER (I Cor. 15:24, 28). All of God's elect, all of those
given to Christ in the covenant of grace, he will save and present to the
Father in the perfection of holiness and everlasting glory (Eph. 5:25-27; John
6:37-40). Nothing shall prevent Christ from saving his redeemed ones!
5. IN THE END GOD SHALL
BE ALL IN ALL (I Cor. 15:28). Our God has ordained all that comes to
pass to make himself an everlasting and glorious name (Isa. 63:12, 14), that in
all things Christ might have pre-eminence forever (Col. 1:18). And in the end
God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as revealed, known, and loved in the Person
and work of Christ, the Mediator, shall be all things in all his people for all
eternity.
Don Fortner