June 11, 2028

22“The LORD begot me, the beginning of his works, the forerunner of his deeds of long ago; 23From of old I was formed, at the first, before the earth. 24When there were no deeps I was brought forth, when there were no fountains or springs of water; 25Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills, I was brought forth; 26When the earth and the fields were not yet made, nor the first clods of the world. 27When he established the heavens, there was I, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep; 28When he made firm the skies above, when he fixed fast the springs of the deep; 29When he set for the sea its limit, so that the waters should not transgress his command; When he fixed the foundations of earth, 30then was I beside him as artisan; I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, 31Playing over the whole of his earth, having my delight with human beings.

4When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place— 5What is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care for him? 6Yet you have made him little less than a god, crowned him with glory and honor. 7You have given him rule over the works of your hands, put all things at his feet: 8All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field, 9The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. 3Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, 5and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.

8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.” The First Vision.

12“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. 13But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. 14He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.