President Franklin Roosevelt’s last words were "I have a
terrific headache.”
Joe DiMaggio said, “I'll finally get to see Marilyn.” (Hint:
his former wife, Marilyn Monroe.)
Dominic Willard, a Prohibition mobster facing a
firing squad, was asked if he had a last request. “Why yes, a bulletproof
vest.”
And many of us remember, from 9-11, the courage of Todd
Beamer as he and others prepared to storm the cockpit of United Flight 93: “Are
you guys ready? Let’s roll.”
I love what John Newton (English preacher and writer of “Amazing
Grace”) said on his deathbed: “I am in the land of the dying, and I am
soon going to the land of the living.”
So now, without looking, what are the last words in the
Bible?
Ready?
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The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. (Revelation 22:21, ESV).
Isn’t it wonderful that the final words of holy Scripture are
about the grace of our Lord! I’ve been studying the Bible for many years, and
there are plenty of things I don’t understand. But what is wonderfully clear is
that all of time and history, all God’s plans, everything we are or ever will
be, comes down to this - the grace of Jesus.
