Come now Lord.

Jewelers

When reading 1st Corinthians 16:22, we must remember that Christians everywhere anticipated of the second coming of Jesus Christ as he promised his disciples. They did not know the prophetic Word was going to take thousands of years as several other prophecies have to fall in line.
This was also typical during the prophetic age in the Old Testament. The prophecy will be in two parts but the prophet will see it as one complete vision. Isaiah saw the vision of Christ’s birth and Him ruling His kingdom as one vision but it is actually being fulfilled in two parts or dispensation. Paul finishes his letter to the Corinthians, by including this prayer, “Our Lord, come!" (16:22).
Paul wrote in Greek which was the common language of the people in Corinth. "Our Lord, come!" is not in Greek, but Aramaic (in Greek letters). It can be transliterated into English language as marana tha, and is familiar to many contemporary Christians as a single word, maranatha. The Aramaic expression means (marana) "our Lord" (tha) "come". This has also been used as the name of several Churches in New York.

Christians in history have believed that, after his resurrection, Jesus ascended to Heaven and would one day return to complete the work He began in his first mission amongst us. When we utter the words "Our Lord, come!" it’s not desperate plea for Jesus to come back and get us so that we can go to heaven. Rather, we are pleading for Him to return so as to finish His work of redeeming the World back to its original state. We are pleading
for our Lord to bring a new Heaven and a new Earth. Hence, "Our Lord,
come!" It isn't a prayer to escape the tyranny of this world, but rather, it is a request for restoration, revival, and abundant life which was Gods original intent.