April 19, 2026
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Revelation 21:1-8
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revelation
We started with creation, where everything was good. Then came the fall, where sin broke everything. We saw the flood, the covenant, the exodus, the giving of the law, the founding of the Davidic kingdom, the exile, the coming of Christ, the work of the cross, and the birth of the church.
From beginning to end, it’s been one story: A holy God rescuing His broken world through Jesus Christ. But every story begs the question: How does it end?
Today, in The Consummation, we don’t just see the end of the story, we see the fulfillment of every promise God has made from Genesis onward. In the book of Revelation 21, the apostle John saw a vision that revealed how God will ultimately bring His redemptive story to completion.
December 31, 2023
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family, heaven, hope, new jerusalem, one year bible, revelation
“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2 ESV). I’m on my annual study retreat this week and I’ve been working on a sermon series about heaven for Spring 2024. So when the New Testament reading from the One Year Bible yesterday was
January 6, 2022
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ask the pastor, Millennium, revelation, Satan, suffering, The Chosen
Pastor Gary answers questions asked about the Chosen TV series and a question about the OYB reading from Revelation 20 concerning the release of Satan at the end of Christ’s Millennial reign on earth.
December 30, 2019
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heaven, new jerusalem, one year bible, revelation, Wilda Dillon Combs
“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2 ESV). My morning reading from the One Year Bible turned into a day long meditation on God’s heavenly city, The New Jerusalem. We’re only two days from finishing our annual practice of reading through the