He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Revelation 22:20

The Lord Jesus Christ last message to the church universal (the mystical body of Christ) is “Surely I come quickly”. The Lord Jesus Christ did not lie and therefore the promise of His soon coming is an unbreakable promise. He made this promise in either late 95 or early 96 AD. It was recorded in Scripture by the Apostle John for the benefit of every believer from that date until His return.

This promise was given by “The Son” who is the eternal person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He made this promise as the God-Man in His hypostatic eternal glorified human resurrection body. John was caught up to the third heaven (cf. Rev. 4:1-2) to see the divine revelation of things to come (cf. Rev.1:19c with 4:3-22:21). He had already been instructed on things he had seen (cf. Rev. 1:19a with vv 4-20), and things which were occurring in the church age and would continue until Christ return (cf. Rev. 1:19b with 2:1-3:22). Christ actually made the promise four different times in His last prophetic message which He sent to every believer (cf. Rev. 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20). You will notice that the promise is actually given three times in the closing fifteen verses of the book. That fact alone should cause us all to pause and consider the importance of this prophetic promise.