Saint for the Month of
December 2003 John the Divine - 27th
December The
last book of the Bible, the Revelation or Apocalypse, was
written by John, who describes himself there as our
brother, sharing tribulation with patient endurance,
exiled on the The
book of Genesis begins the account of man's spiritual
odyssey by describing our expulsion from the Garden of
Eden. The book of Revelation is a vision of our
restoration to It is
in the book of Revelation that we find the compassionate
invitation of Jesus to the world "Behold I stand at
the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens
the door, I will come to him and eat with him, and he
with me. He who conquers, I will grant to sit with me on
my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my
Father on his throne." "Beloved,
let us love one another, for love is of God; and every
one that loves us born of God and knows God. See what
love the Father has given us, that we should be called
the children of God; and so we are". (John
the Divine: 27th December) Prayer
from the Revelation of John the Divine. 'I
looked and behold a great multitude which no man could
number, from all tribes and peoples and tongues,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their
hands, crying out in a loud voice, "Salvation
belongs to our God who sits on the throne and unto
the Lamb," Richard
F. Sibley
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