The Alpha and Omega 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 reward, […]
Tree of Life 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 eternal life. […]
Though God Doesn’t Change, but the Way He Relates to Us Has We divide the Bible in two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament focuses on the relationship of Father God to his people and looks forward to the coming Savior. The New Testament centers on Jesus and the work […]
Lately I’ve been meditating on the phrase “tree of life.” It occurs in only three books of the Bible: Genesis, Revelation, and Proverbs. In Genesis, we find the tree of life in the garden of Eden, while in Revelation the tree of life is mentioned in the book’s concluding chapter, which addresses the new heaven […]
The word meditate is a verb. Verbs are action words; they are doing words. To mediate means to reflect on; to contemplate; to think about something deeply (especially spiritual matters). I often meditate on what God tells me in the Bible and through his Spirit. The result of one such season of meditation culminated in […]