I have a good friend who recently got a Kindle as a gift. I think at first she might have been a little apprehensive. Being a true bookworm, I think she wondered if she would miss flipping the pages of the book, the smell of the paper, the "dog earing" of the pages … (actually I think you can electronically do that on the Kindle.) 

For those of you who are not familiar with the Kindle, it is a very sleek device that acts as a sort of an electronic book. In fact, it can store thousands of books.  It is really an amazing technology. It is so realistic. It truly simulates the experience of reading a book. In fact, it is so real that my friend said she even found her self licking her finger to flip to the next page (LOL!). That's OK, there is screen cleaner for that. 

My friend is the consummate bookworm. She loves to read and her only complaint about the Kindle was that you can't easily read the last page of the book first.I guess you could get there but certainly not as fast as flipping a book over and reading the last page. I thought that was so funny. Why would one need to read the end of the book first? I thought to myself, that spoils everything. She said, "No it doesn't. I want to know what is going to happen."  Oh well, to each her own.  

I thought about that statement. There are so many things in life where we want to know how it is going to end. We want to flip to the last chapter and see how it all turns out. We think that if we know that it is going to be OK in the end then we might just be able to get through whatever trial we're going through today.  As our pastor says, "Good news, Good news!" As believers, we can see how it all ends. We can flip to the back of the book. In fact, I'll flip there for you. I love this passage from Revelation 21: 

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

 5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

 6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

The Bible says that whoever reads Revelation will be blessed. Rev 1:3 says, "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near."  I love that!  This is one book that is worth reading the last chapter first.  The good news is that we win!  Yes, death is swallowed up in victory. Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that He is God. Oh what a day! I can't wait.