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Coming Soon

Revelation Bible Study, Day 40 Today’s passage: Revelation 22:17–21 Focus verse: He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” (Revelation 22:20) After Jesus finishes his last teaching, the Holy Spirit weighs in as well. But it’s not just him. It’s also the bride (not the bridegroom). This means you and me, all whose […]

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The Alpha and Omega

Revelation Bible Study, Day 39 Today’s passage: Revelation 22:12–16 Focus verse: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” (Revelation 22:13) This passage in Revelation records Jesus’s words, and it’s his final teaching in the Bible. As such, it deserves our careful attention. Jesus comes with his […]

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Worship God

Revelation Bible Study, Day 38 Today’s passage: Revelation 22:7–11 Focus verse: “Worship God!” (Revelation 22:9) John identifies himself as the author of Revelation in the opening sections of the book. In case we forgot, he reminds us that he’s still here and this is his vision, which he’s dutifully recording for us to read. Overwhelmed by […]

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Tree of Life

Revelation Bible Study, Day 37 Today’s passage: Revelation 22:1–5 Focus verse: On each side of the river stood the tree of life. (Revelation 22:2) The angel shows John a river of the water of life, clear and pure. It springs from the throne of Father God and the Lamb. From them comes living water, the source of […]

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The Bride of Christ

Revelation Bible Study, Day 36 Today’s passage: Revelation 21:9–27 Focus verse: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” (Revelation 21:9) An angel—one of the angels who carried a bowl filled with one of the seven plagues—invites John to come with him. The messenger has something exciting to share. The angel whisks […]

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A New Heaven and a New Earth

Revelation Bible Study, Day 35 Today’s passage: Revelation 21:1–8 Focus verse: Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. (Revelation 21:1) We receive John’s vision of a new heaven and a new earth with much excitement. The original version, courtesy of God’s creative work […]

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The First Resurrection

Revelation Bible Study, Day 34 Today’s passage: Revelation 20 Focus verse: Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. (Revelation 20:6) With the beast and the false prophet thrown into the lake of fire, only the dragon remains. An angel comes down from heaven. He holds the key to the Abyss and carries a […]

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Jesus Is the Word

Revelation Bible Study, Day 33 Today’s passage: Revelation 19:11–21 Focus verse: His name is the Word of God. (Revelation 19:13) Though the invitations to Jesus’s wedding have been sent, this doesn’t mean the wedding is ready to take place. Not yet. Jesus has more to do first. The next thing John sees in his vision is heaven […]

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Hallelujah

Revelation Bible Study, Day 32 Today’s passage: Revelation 19:1–10 Focus verse: “For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.” (Revelation 19:7) How many times do you think the word hallelujah appears in the Bible? Like me, you may have guessed many times, even hundreds. Yet hallelujah only shows up […]

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Leave Her

Revelation Bible Study, Day 31 Today’s passage: Revelation 18 Focus verse: “‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues.” (Revelation 18:4) In the fight between the beast and the Lamb, we know that the Lamb is victorious. Now we […]