Daily Discipleship - Day 323: Come, Lord Jesus
May 3, 2026
Daily Discipleship • Day 323 • Friday, March 19, 2027
Come, Lord Jesus
Revelation 22:20
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J. R. R. Tolkien — Oxford professor, author of The Lord of the Rings, and devout Catholic, whose lifelong longing for the 'eucatastrophe'—the sudden joyous turn—mirrors John's cry for the returning King.
ταχύ
tachu · Greek NT“soon / quickly / without delay”
tachu can mean soon in time or quickly in manner—swiftly, without lingering. The promise is that when Christ comes, He will not come slowly or reluctantly but with decisive swiftness. The maranatha cry of the early church (1 Corinthians 16:22, Aramaic) corresponds to this Greek expression and was the church's oldest prayer.
The Bible's penultimate word is a promise: 'I am coming soon.' And the final human response is the oldest prayer of the church: 'Come, Lord Jesus.' The whole canon ends not with a doctrine or a command but with a longing—the cry of a bride waiting for her groom, of exiles who have heard that the King is returning.
Tolkien coined the word 'eucatastrophe'—the sudden, unexpected turn from catastrophe to joy—and saw the resurrection as the eucatastrophe of human history, and Christ's return as its consummation. This is where all good stories are pointing. Let your heart echo today what the church has prayed for two thousand years: Come. Come quickly.
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