Vintage Faith Community

The entire Old Testament points forward to the coming of Jesus Christ and God’s great rescue mission. The first four books of the New Testament tell the story of Jesus, intermixed with theological reflection and commentary on how the early disciples of Jesus came to understand what it all meant. The rest of the New Testament essentially looks back on the person and work of Jesus, drawing out the implications of his Rescue for the people he rescued! But one book in the New Testament does something different. Rather than look back at Jesus incarnation, his death, and his resurrection, the book of Revelation is a forward looking account of the end of the Story. One of Jesus’ closest friends, John, has a vision in which he sees into the heavenly realm, and is enabled to see how the Story turns out in the end. We know by looking at the cross and resurrection that the victory has been won: sin has been forgiven and done away with, and people can be reconciled to God right now. But the book of Revelation reminds us that God’s rescue of a people is going somewhere, it has a purpose, a final end where the Story finds resolution. This week we look at the end of the Story.