Should we pray for the Lord's return?

The idea of the return of our Lord Jesus Christ is a lovely one, however, I find it difficult to actively pray for Christ's return when I think of the unsaved all around me. For them the Lord's return would not be a lovely prospect but would only herald the great day of His wrath for them.

I was in Israel recently and as such spent a number of days in Jerusalem. Our guide on the trip was a lovely Messianic Jew and I have precious memories of the trip and the lessons we learned from our guide. One day while standing below the temple complex she encouraged us to 'pray for the peace of Jerusalem' as taught in Psalm 122 v6. I had always taken this verse to mean that we should pray that Jerusalem would be a peaceful place i.e. the absence of violence. Our guide taught us that this command in Psalm 122 goes much further than that, it is in fact a prayer that the Prince of Peace would come and rule from Jerusalem, then and only then will Jerusalem have real peace.

As our guide offered this teaching my mind immediately went to the Model prayer.

'Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.' Matthew 6 v10

Praying for the 'Prince of Peace to come' is just the same as praying 'Thy Kingdom come' for then and only then will God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven. As I thought about these things I began to think that perhaps we as God's people should actually actively pray that the Lord Jesus would come back again as He has promised He will. As I though about this another scripture popped into my mind.

'He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.' Revelation 22 v20

It would seem that when the Apostle John was confronted with the promise of the Lord's return, 'behold I come quickly' he could not help but say, 'even so come Lord Jesus'. Should we be saying Amen to the Apostle John's prayer? Food for thought!