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One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark...
One Year Bible Podcast: Join Hunter and Heather Barnes on 'The Daily Radio Bible' for a daily 20-minute spiritual journey. Engage with scripture readings, heartfelt devotionals, and collective prayers that draw you into the heart of God's love. Embark on this year-long voyage through the Bible, and let each day's passage uplift and inspire you.
TODAY'S EPISODE:
Welcome, dear ones, to the Daily Radio Bible. Today is December 30th, 2024, and we're on day 365 of our journey through the scriptures. I'm Hunter, your brother and Bible reading coach, here to guide you through these powerful passages. As we approach the end of the year, we're diving deep into Revelation chapters 15 through 18. We'll explore the profound imagery and warnings within, underscoring that despite the frightening visions of God's wrath, the ultimate message is one of hope: God's final word is Jesus. Join me as we reflect on the end-of-times visions and find solace in the promise of Christ's return. Let’s encounter the transforming power of God's word together. Stay tuned, and let’s prepare our hearts and minds for today’s reading and prayer.
TODAY'S DEVOTION:
God's final word is Jesus. John tells us in the first chapter of revelation that we are to read all the words of this prophecy to the church, all of it, and that there's a blessing for us when we do this.
Every drop of this book must be read. Every word, including these words concerning god's wrath. The only way that we can bear to hear the terrifying and nightmarish words of revelation is for us to read them in the light of Jesus who is god's revelation. The only way to utter these words is to know that it is not God's final word. No. God's final word is Jesus, his son. Jesus is God's final answer to the world's great evil. Evil hides and thrives in darkness and deceit.
But here in these chapters we see the veil is pulled back. The spell is gone and we can see clearly a glimpse of the horrors of evil in this world. Jesus has come to bring an end to the cruelty and the hidden and horrific ways of this evil world, and we see it here in these chapters. Babylon is fallen, we're told. It'll be no more. It will be thrown into the sea, never to rise again because something new is on the way. God's final word is on the way. The living word, Jesus himself is on the way.
He's not done yet. The ravages of evil run deep and are often unseen, but God's final word is not wrath. His final word is Jesus. And Paul makes it very clear that Jesus has come to disarm and to defeat the evil powers of this world. Jesus wins that victory on the cross, and we are the spoils of that victory. In His great mercy, He has come after us. He has broken the spell that the evil one has placed on us, and he enables us to see his love, his hope, and his light. There's more to come, my friend.
This is not the last word that god has for us. I know we only have one more day left, but rest assure, this is not the final word. Let us make sure that every time we come to the word of God, we are coming to see him. And may the love of this vision of him change and transform us from the inside out. Let it transfigure the work of our hands, the paths our feet take, the words our mouth speak. Let Christ live in and through you. Your life will honor him, and he will accomplish all that he has prepared for you when we say yes to that, when we let him do it. And the prayer of my own heart today is that I will let him do it.
That's a prayer that I have for my family too, for my wife and my daughters and my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so
TODAY'S PRAYERS:
Lord God Almighty and everlasting father you have brought us in safety to this new day preserve us with your Mighty power that we might not fall into sin or be overcome by adversity. And in all we do, direct us to the fulfilling of your purpose through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen.
Oh God you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed son to preach peace to those who are far and those who are near. Grant that people everywhere may seek after you, and find you. Bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit on all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
And now Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, Joy. Oh Lord grant that I might not seek to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in the giving that we receive, in the pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in the dying that we are born unto eternal life. Amen
And now as our Lord has taught us we are bold to pray...
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Loving God, we give you thanks for restoring us in your image. And nourishing us with spiritual food, now send us forth as forgiven people, healed and renewed, that we may proclaim your love to the world, and continue in the risen life of Christ. Amen.
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