Gary Gleans

  It was rather surreal yesterday posting the last entry in our journey through the New Testament.     I have been thinking about what I want to do moving forward.     The Old Testament may be an obvious choice but seems rather daunting.     I thought about redoing the Gospels since I did a harmony of the Gospels which gives us a chronology of the life of Christ, but loses the argument of each of the authors.     Honestly, I remain undecided.     If you, my readers, have any suggestions I would love to hear from you in the comments.     In the short term, I have decided to take a sort of break.     For the remainder of 2026, I’m going to focus more on prayer and plan to work my way through a book by Tyler Staton called After Amen.     I might write something about it, I may not, so wait and see.     In 2027 I have decided to read through the Bible again but plan to make a short post about each...

The Spirit and   the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And   let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the   water of life without price.    I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book:   if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in   the tree of life and in   the holy city, which are described in this book.     He who testifies to these things says,   “Surely   I am coming soon.”   Amen.   Come, Lord Jesus!     The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.  Amen. The revelation concludes with words of encouragement and words of warning.  It is fitting that these final words of Scripture articulate both the grace and justice of God.  God loving invites humanity into a relationship with...

“Behold,   I am coming soon,   bringing my recompense with me,   to repay each one for what he has done.    I am the Alpha and the Omega,   the first and the last,   the beginning and the end.”    Blessed are those who   wash their robes, so that they may have the right to   the tree of life and that   they may enter the city by the gates.  Outside are   the dogs   and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.     “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things   for the churches. I am   the root and   the descendant of David,   the bright morning star.” One of the most important questions every person must answer it: who is Jesus?  The answer to the question followed to its most logical conclusion will determine the eternal destiny of every person.  Entrance into the New...

And he said to me,   “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of   the spirits of the prophets,   has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”    “And behold,   I am coming soon.   Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”     I,   John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them,   I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those   who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”     And he said to me,   “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.  Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” As John closes out his message, he gives us every assurance ...

Then the angel showed me   the river of   the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of   the street of the city;   also, on either side of the river,   the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were   for the healing of the nations.  No longer will there be anything accursed, but   the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and   his servants will worship him.    They will see his face, and   his name will be on their foreheads.    And   night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp   or sun, for   the Lord God will be their light, and   they will reign forever and ever. There will be characteristics about the New Earth that are dramatically different than the reality we currently experience.  The quality and quantity of life will be beyond our abi...