The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 365: The Beginning and the End (2024)
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
Congratulations, you have made it to the last day of the Bible in a Year journey! Fr. Mike concludes our journey through the Bible by reflecting on the promise of a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation 21. It is this profound promise that reassures us that Christ is the beginning and the end, the one who makes all things new, the one who wipes away every tear, the one who conquers death, and the only one who offers us everlasting life, a life without end. Today's readings are Revelation 21-22, Hebrews 11-13, and Proverbs 31:30-31. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
What is the significance of Day 365 in the Bible in a Year journey?
Amen. The book of Proverbs chapter 31, verses 30 and 31.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates.
Father in heaven, thank you. Father in heaven, thank you.
Thank you.
In Jesus' name, receive our thanks. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Okay. So, this is it. One thing to just highlight about the end of Revelation, the end of the letter to the Hebrews, the end of our journey this year, is the new heavens and the new earth. that God restores everything. God restores hearts.
We heard yesterday, we're judged by what we've done on the earth. Of course, God's grace enables us to have access and to walk in faith and to be able to do good, but we have to choose to do that. But God wants us to do that. Jesus declares, I'm the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.
He says this to the thirsty in chapter 21, to the thirsty, I will give water without price from the fountain of the water of life. He who conquers shall have this heritage and I will be his God and he shall be my son. God loves you already. He will never, ever stop loving you. His plan for you is this, is again, chapter 21 in verse three and four. He says, the dwelling of God is with men.
He will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself will be with them and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more. Neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore for the former things have passed away. I know that over the last 365 days, over the last year, you have experienced death. You've experienced loss. Siblings.
You've lost parents. You've lost children. You've lost your own children. Your spouses.
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