After the Apocalypse
Thursday, November 20 • The Week of the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost • After the Apocalypse • Revelation 21.9-21
Revelation 21.9–21 lifts the veil on God’s generosity. We see a city where beauty is not decoration but revelation. Every jewel, every gate of pearl, every street of gold discloses the heart of the One who dwells within. His heart is overflowing with lavish, luminous, unguarded love for the last, the lost, and the least (and that includes you and me, no matter how well heeled you find yourself today). The New Jerusalem is not an escape but “this fragile earth, our island home” remade, a world transfigured by God’s love and mercy (BCP, p. 370). We are invited even now to walk in its radiance by following and trusting the Lamb. Even now His hand in our life is turning our rubble into foundations and our wounds into gates through which His glory enters.
Bible Study Help
If you want to read the Bible daily with the Church, you can find a robust reading plan in the Daily Lectionary. Clergy at All Saints will be happy to show you how.
Here are some other helps with your regular Bible reading provided by Scripture Union.
Bible for Life
Did you know the Book of Common Prayer provides a daily reading plan for the Bible? Check it out, starting on page 934. I’m happy to show you how to get started.
Liturgy for Life
Did you know you can find a guide for daily devotions in the Book of Common Prayer? Check it out, starting on page 136.
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