Reading: Revelation 21-22, Psalm 48 How does it all end? The Story we have been reading for the last year began with God creating the heavens and the earth. The closing chapters of the Story describe exactly the same thing. John sees a new heavens and a new earth, for
Reading: Revelation 19-20, Psalm 47 Having dealt with the continually recurring rise and fall of Babylon, John’s vision turns to those who were persecuted by those Babylons through the ages. When Babylon falls, the saints and angels rejoice in the justice of God. But let us be honest: that is
Reading: Revelation 17-18, Psalm 46 We are going to need to talk about Rome. Not the cosmopolitan, artistic, ancient, and beautiful city that you can visit today, but the greatest city in history. The seat of empire. The center of the world. The place that everyone looks towards and says,
Reading: Revelation 14-16, Psalm 45 So we’ve got a dragon, some beasts, one of which has an image, who all demand all people to carry their name on them. Through both physical violence and economic manipulation, the beasts demand worship from humans. Across the world people give in to the
Reading: Revelation 12-13, Psalm 44 We left off reading yesterday with the sounding of the seventh trumpet, which heralds the Day of the Lord, which we hear about through the words of the elders who fall down before God and proclaim that the day has come for God to reward
Revelation 10-11, Psalm 43 The great signs and wonders of God’s judgment have come on the earth, but the humans persist in their problem. Sure, we have war, famine, disease, and death. Whatever, we will continue doing what we think of as right and wrong instead of looking to God
Reading: Revelation 7-9, Psalm 42 Yesterday we left off with a question. John sees the lamb open the seven seals upon the scroll containing God’s plan of salvation, with the result that the entire creation is crushed in righteous judgment. Ring any bells from the book of Genesis? Seems the
Reading: Revelation 1-3, Psalm 40 We’ve reaching the last book in the grand Story, and it is a doozy. Probably the most fascinating, terrifying, misunderstood piece of literature ever put to paper by human beings, the book of Revelation stands out from the rest of the New Testament. It is