Sidney Collett (The Scripture of Truth, 17th impression, Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1945, page 100) mentions an interesting detail about the Word of God when he contrasts the first and the last words of man to God recorded in the Bible. The first words are in Gn 3:10: “I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” The last are in Rv 22:20: “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
What a contrast! In the beginning of the Bible, man is afraid of God — when he hears that God is coming, he runs away and hides. At the end of the Bible, man longs for God — when he hears God saying: “Surely I come quickly”, his glad response is: “Come!”
This is the message of the Bible: God, by His Son Jesus Christ, removed the root of sin that separated us from Him, so that the fear and shame that we felt in His presence might be replaced by a happy longing for Him. How great is His grace! How unspeakable is His gift (II Co 9:15)!
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