Last updated on December 22, 2024
We now arrive at Revelation. One of my biggest apprehensions about taking on this project was what I was going to do once I got to this final book of the Bible. There are five days of readings in the Bible I was using. I’m down to three days because I’ve inserted a couple of other reflections. And I plan for my last reflection to an overall reflection on this practice. But still, two days of Revelation…
Let me first share my background on this book. During my senior year of high school my friend Dax and I asked my pastor, Bro. Phil, if he would do a Bible study with us one day each week after school. He agreed, and then asked what book we’d like to study. Without hesitation we said “Revelation.” Bro. Phil loved teaching the Bible, and we felt that with his help, we’d uncover all of the mysteries found in this book. And I remember loving every second of it. Those afternoons were a highlight of my senior year, and God used them to ingrain in me a love for Scripture.
A couple of years later I got into the Left Behind series, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. This series of novels gave a fictionalized account of what happened after the rapture.
In the years after this my beliefs changed greatly, and as a result, I didn’t have a lot of use for Revelation. During my years as a pastor I never preached from it, other than using a verse or two from chapter 2 or chapter 21.
All this to say, it’s really easy to dismiss this last book of the Bible. But one of the good things about this practice, and about the accountability of writing each day, is that I will encounter Revelation once again.
Today I wanted to share my history with this book. Now I’m am going to read it. And then tomorrow I’ll share more reflection.
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