Come Lord Jesus by John Piper is a timely read in this weary and expectant world. Addressing the second coming of Christ, end times eschatology, many questions that believers have regarding scripture surrounding these events. As always John offers the reader a book built on solid biblical interpretation to spark our longing for Christ's return, awakening our hope. So yes John, "Come Lord Jesus, Come"!!!
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Come, Lord Jesus by John Piper is full of information, based on the BIble, on the second coming of Christ. This is a good book for those who are at all interested in the second coming of Christ and want to know more. This wasn't exactly a quick book to read as it is heavy with information.

et not your servants shrink in fear
From that great day of flaming fire,
When those who chose not to revere
Your name will have what they desire, but never dreamed would be a place so dreadful, banished from your face. Grant us, O Christ from judgment freed, that we might ever fearless plead
O come, Lord Jesus, Come!

Oh to say those words and know the promise that this is not our home. To remember our mission which is not to make it to heaven but to proclaim the name of Jesus. John Piper is pretty clear in where he stands on the end times. We are not to be consumed with anxiety, dates but to be anticipate and look forward to the day. He also does not believe that the rapture will come that has been made into movies but when Christ returns in the air and the last battle. The end times are not for the faint of heart but those that are steadfast in the faith. Know your God, know your bible, know the sacrifice of Christ.

I have always enjoyed reading Piper and his exuberance on the Glory of God. It comes out in reading and teaching. Piper also makes you think. Do I agree with all- no but he has value for believers to keep the faith, the mission, and that is valuable for me. Revelation is written to give the believer peace. That God is in control. That these things must pass. So I will end Come Lord Jesus!

A special thank you to Crossway Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

This is the first title I have read from Piper in a while, and his quality still holds up. On every page he exalts Christ, and what it means for us as Christians.
One thing which he does, is goes far deeper into the subject than merely the second coming of Christ, but what it means for us as believers awaiting that very day.
It is a book that will solidify your belief in Christ, as well as draw you close to Him, and eagerly await His coming.

Allow me to try to unpack the latest book from John Piper, Come, Lord Jesus. This isn’t an easy review to write as this book is not about a simple subject. This is not a book about the timeline or an argument for when the tribulation happens versus the rapture. This is a book about our heart’s readiness for the return of the savior of the world.

This book is arranged into three parts:

Part One: Reasons to Love Christ’s Appearing
Part Two: The Time of His Appearing
Part Three: How Then Shall We Live?
“The aim of this book is to help you love the second coming of Jesus Christ. The contents and title were inspired partly by the biblical prayers “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20) and “Our Lord, come! (1 Corinthians 16:22). But mainly the book was inspired by the heart affection beneath these prayers which Paul expressed in 2 Timothy 4:8: There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. A crown of righteousness is promised to those who love the second coming of Christ. We pray for his appearing, because we love his appearing.”

John Piper, Come, Lord Jesus
In Part One, John Piper is trying to establish an excitement for the return of Jesus Christ that is authentic, biblical, and based on the reality we know of the first coming of Christ. Self-Humbling, Christ-Exalting Love for His Appearance.

John Piper’s meditations reveal that Jesus Christ’s return may not look to us, as we expect. But we should still be excited about it. Our expectations have to be based on biblical reality, or we take a chance, as the Jewish leaders did, in missing the entire point of Christ.

“But many in Christ’s day loved the appearing of the Messiah in a way that made Jesus’s goal in coming seem abhorrent. It contradicted their love of human praise. It contradicted their view of God as one who approved of their selfexaltation in rightousness (Luke 18:11-14). It made belief in the true Jesus impossible (John 5:44).”

John Piper, Come, Lord Jesus
John Piper argues in Come, Lord Jesus that we should look forward to Jesus Christ’s return as the most pressing thing in our lives. Every day we should think about glorifying God and watchfully waiting with hopeful anticipation.

In Part Two John Piper talks about the timing of his appearance. He defines and explains the context of why Christians believe in the “rapture” and his stance on the timing of it (I won’t spoil it for you). Although this book is not written for that purpose I did enjoy reading his scripture-based argument for when and how a rapture could take place.

In Part Three John Piper makes the argument, again, for being watchful and having heartfelt love for the Lord’s appearance. We should be patient, steadfast, and confident in our awaiting the second coming of Jesus Christ.

This book is heavy with scripture references and references to John Piper’s other written works for further study. I didn’t take this as a plug for other books as much as a call to investigate how the author has been saying this all along and his earlier works will more or less prove his thinking.

I’ve highlighted so much of this book on my e-reader that the highlights themselves could be a book. This book was as much a book for reading through as it was for study. This book got me excited about the second coming of Christ for reasons the world has glossed over and completely missed.

Once again John Piper has written a book focused on a particular aspect of Scripture. In this case, he examines the concept of loving the return of the Lord Jesus. Piper avoids the temptation to expand on this topic, especially when it comes to the various views of the Second Coming. He provides his own view (he does not hold to a pre-tribulation rapture) but explains that it is not the intent of this book to enter that debate.

In short, Piper explains what it means to love the return of the Lord Jesus. Those who do not love the Lord’s appearing face the wrath of God. The writing is thoughtful and the reader cannot help but examine his own salvation in this light. Piper supports his assertions with plenty of references and exegesis of related Greek words, including their frequency and use in other passages. He cautions Christians to be on the alert for Jesus’s return, again even though he does not hold to a pre-tribulation rapture.

I did find the writing to be a little less than dynamic (it felt like it was developed from a sermon or lecture) and I took me a little longer to get through than I normally find with Piper. But that should not deter anyone from reading this important book. My thanks goes to NetGalley and Crossway for providing an advanced copy for my honest review.

Thanks so much to Crossway for the advanced copy of this book.


I have great respect for John Piper and find all his works to be very well done and Biblical.

This one was unfortunately hard for me to follow just with he way the points were laid out and that could have been to blame on the unfinished copy.

I do think this book will be very beneficial to those looking to deep dive into the second coming of Christ.

The goal of this book is to help us love the second coming of Jesus Christ. Part one of this book gives 12 reasons to do so. It is deep and thought-provoking. It’s something that I want to read slowly and meditate on. There were things I had never considered before. I appreciated the explanation of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness by Satan. The second part of the book talks about when Christ will return and the third part about how we should live in light of that.

One of my favorite parts was when it talked about the command to love God with ALL of our heart. “Even though we fall short of this destiny in this life, we will not fall short on that day. Christ is not returning to receive moderate marveling. On that day, when we see him, we will be changed so as to feel what we ought” (location 597). This was so hope-giving to me. It made me thankful and brought me to worship as did many parts of this book.

Thank you to Crossway for providing me with a free e-copy of this book. I’d highly recommend it. All opinions are my own.

First sentence: The aim of this book is to help you love the second coming of Jesus Christ. The contents and title were inspired partly by the biblical prayers "Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:20) and "Our Lord, come! (1 Corinthians 16:22). But mainly the book was inspired by the heart affection beneath these prayers which Paul expressed in 2 Timothy 4:8: There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing. A crown of righteousness is promised to those who love the second coming of Christ. We pray for his appearing, because we love his appearing.

Come, Lord Jesus is a weighty book. Perhaps I have misunderstood the word 'meditation' for most of my life--possible, for sure. I was expecting meaty devotions themed around the second coming, end times, last days, final judgment, heaven, new heaven and earth. I was not expecting a scholarly work packed--stuffed--with footnotes. I wasn't expecting Greek, Greek, and more Greek. There is a LOT for readers to unpack. This is no 5-minute-rice theology.

The theme is right on target. I would say it covers--end times, signs of the the last days, final judgment, tribulation, second coming, rapture, new heaven and earth, etc. It spans the teachings of the New Testament (New Testament authors). It seeks to reconcile the teachings of Jesus and Paul, to name an example.

I would say it challenges readers from the start. It asks much. And that's not a bad thing. To read without engaging this one would be a disservice. It asks you to think, to consider, to ponder, to wrestle with your own views and traditions. It holds the Bible in highest esteem. It lays out the Bible for you--chapter and verse. It unpacks all the angles. Piper has his views, but he is 'showing his work' if you will and not asking you to take his word for it on blind faith.

I found it thought-provoking. Even when I wanted to stop thinking about it, I couldn't. The end times, like it or not, can make you squirm a bit, be a bit uncomfortable. There are some subjects where I tend to be a little like Scarlett O'Hara, I'll think about that tomorrow. For me, the end times is that subject I'm always pushing to tomorrow. I think because it is so easy to get confused and stay confused. Perhaps because it is a subject that can feel extra-heated. Sometimes people have very STRONG feelings on what they think will happen, how it all unfolds. Trigger warning: Piper doesn't hold to a separate rapture of believers occurring pre-tribulation (or mid-tribulation for that matter). He believes in ONE second coming--the verses that speak of believers meeting him in the air is the same second coming where he's coming to judge the world.

I can honestly say that I've never asked myself the question do I [actively] love the second coming of Christ. Passively sure I think many Christians fall into that camp. But actively--desiring, longing, hoping, loving--that's a BIG, bold statement. Piper, especially at the beginning and perhaps again towards the end, makes the argument that "the test of our love for the Christ who HAS appeared is our longing for the Christ who WILL appear." He argues that it is our LOVE for his appearing that enables us to ENDURE through anything/everything. It is our LOVE for his appearing, so Piper claims Paul writes, that protects our hearts and minds from loving this world too much, from becoming too entangled with worldly-world influences. It is our LOVE for his appearing that will encourage and promote holy living--sanctification. It is our LOVE for his appearing that will keep us gathering together as believers and encouraging one another.

Piper further writes that it isn't enough to love certain things about his second coming [loving the gifts more than the giver] but our love for the second coming needs to fit into Christ's purpose for coming again. Here Piper does what Piper does best--talk about GLORY and delighting in the GLORY of the Lord. (Christian hedonism is Piper's default mode.) Here in this one it does make sense though.

He writes, "Absolutely crucial to God's ultimate purpose in the second coming is not only that the glory of Christ be revealed, but that it be loved. Rightly loved."

I am glad I read this one. It may be worth revisiting again. For being a book about the end of times or "day of the Lord" it covers SO much theological territory.

One of my favorite quotes:

Our hope is that the joy we have tasted in this life (1 Peter 2:3) will be given an injection of supernatural capacity beyond imagination. This is what Jesus prayed for. This is what will happen. God will pour his own love for Christ into us. We will enjoy Christ with the very enjoyment of God. It is true that our joy in Jesus even now is a work of God--God the Holy Spirit. Our joy in God and his Son is owing to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, creating the capacity to delight in God and Christ (Romans 14:17; 15:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:6)... Jesus promises that he will go further: he will make God known in new and unimagined ways, with the result that God's own love for the Son will become more fully our own love for the Son, so that we will be able to enjoy Christ with the purity and intensity we ought. We will not be lamed by our present worldliness and remaining corruptions, and by the constrains of a fallen body.

Come, Lord Jesus, Meditations on the second coming of Christ, is an in-depth study of end-times theology focusing primarily on developing a love for Christ's return.
John Piper begins by laying out his purpose for writing this book: to instil or inspire a love for the second coming of Christ, and to clarify why this love is so important. In the following chapters he presents his interpretations and conclusions, often presented as questions followed by detailed answers with many quotes from the Scriptures that inform his interpretation.

The book isn't an easy read for many reasons. The writing, though clear, includes a lot of explanations in parentheses, many Biblical quotes, and words in Greek. It's not a book that a reader will get through quickly; it's a study book. Moreover, as the book deals with the reality of Christ's return and our readiness for this event, the reader will be challenged, and not just intellectually.

I believe that any Bible student, whether formal or informal, will appreciate Piper's thoroughness in this book, whether they agree with all of his conclusions or not. I'm giving it four stars because, at times, this thoroughness was a bit repetitive for my liking and I would have preferred more concise answers. This is my personal preference.

I received a complimentary ARC from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Many thanks to NetGalley, publisher, and John Piper.

Very well written and researched, John Piper is extremely knowledgeable about Bible. This book explores the Bible concerning the Second Coming of Jesus and what it means to eagerly await it, which is a vitally important topic in this day and age. While I don’t agree with some of his viewpoints it is an interesting read.

Come, Lord Jesus by John Piper is a wonderful read. It's a book that I've already recommended to some friends and one that I plan to read again. The endorsements alone on this book should make others feel confident reading about the second coming of Christ.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my review.

Come, Lord Jesus by John Piper is just what I needed to read as I long for the second coming of Jesus to this weary and hard world. I found this book helped me to examine whether I long for the appearing of Christ, and what this event will mean for Christians, non-Christians, and for Christ himself. The end of the book Piper goes over how we should live in this time between the first and second coming of Christ. I found this book to be biblical and worth reading.

I have read several books by John Piper, and I always feel as if he carefully researches every single one and gives a lot of thought to the messages he shares .He is always true to what the Bible says.

Even if you feel that you don't need to read yet another book about the second coming, I urge you to pick up one more--this one.