Revelation...

I am excited because we are studying the book of Revelation in CBS (Community Bible Study) this year. The women are, and also the homeschool class, which Luke and Kendall are in. All 3 of us have homework each week and I'm just glad we are all on the same subject.

I think it is neat to be studying the beginning of history with them (creation...) and also be looking at the end of history at the same time. This was a neat part of my CBS commentary this week about Revelation and I'm going to copy a part of it here:

"The book of Revelation is a fitting conclusion to the Bible. It brings to a dramatic and joyful conclusion the long, tortured history of sinful humanity and its troubled relationship with its Creator. It is about the events that led up to the end of history, about the Second Coming of Christ, and the permanent establishment of the kingdom of God on earth. The book ends with man back in paradise, from which he was driven in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. He is holy, righteous, and pure again, and he has access both to the river and to the tree of life (Rev. 22:1-5). The story of fallen Adam and Eve ends happily here with the redemption and glorification of many in their human family through the blood of the Lamb, who is the central figure in Revelation."

"The biblical account thus comes full circle, back to loving fellowship between the Creator and those He created in His image but who rebelled in the Garden of Eden."

I just love those points. The world and its people will finally get back to the way God intended for it to be back in the beginning. That's hope.