In the front and back of many books (including the bible) you’ll typically find a number of blank pages.

Yes, these are normally there due to the way books (especially ones with many pages) are bound together, but they can be more.

The blank pages at the front can be good to write dedications or messages. The ones at the back can be a good place to write notes.

I like to think of them another way.

Those blank pages at the front can be a tease. They represent the unknown. They hint at possibility and create anticipation and excitement that anything could be coming.

With the bible, the pages at the end do the exact same thing. While the end of Revelation is in one sense the end of the world, it’s not the end fo the story. No, no-one is going to add to the cannon of scripture, but the end of the bible isn’t the end of the story of Jesus, the church, or what God has, is, and will do on earth.

When you get to the end of Revelation (and skip over any maps or comparative tables of weights and measures) and you se those blank pages. Think of all that has happened since then. Think of all that God is doing today, and all that He will do in the future.

It’s almost as exciting as the pages before…