Come, Lord Jesus! Come!
The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Rip the heavens apart!
Come down, Lord;
make the mountains tremble. ~ Isaiah 64:1 (CEV)
Then the Son of Man will be seen coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ~ Mark 13:26 (CEV)
Come down, Lord! Even though I am not as ready as I should be, I am eager for your coming. I look forward to justice for the poor. I look forward to knowing you more fully. I look forward to living in greater harmony with you. And I want to start all of that even before you come to shake things up. Help me to prepare and to prepare others. I'm going to live in the shadow of your hope. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
