Contemplative Bible Reading

Revelation 2:5 (New Living Translation) …Turn back to me and do the works you did at first… This is part of the revelation given to the church at Ephesus. It appears that this church had grown complacent in its heart and actions. They are encouraged to turn back to how they lived at first. Fatigue […]

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Revelation 2:2 (New Living Translation) I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars. John is writing to the (angel or messenger of) church of Ephesus. John commends them for not tolerating evil people. Good. There […]

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Revelation 1:9 (New Living Translation) 9 I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. This sentence is early in […]

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Revelation 22:2 (New Living Translation) It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. The Tree of Life will grow on each side […]

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Revelation 11:19 (New International Version 2010) 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. Here it is, the lost ark of the covenant. It will be in God’s […]

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