Readings from the Christian Scriptures (1)
Theme: biblical metanarrative of creation, fall, redemption
CREATION:
Genesis 1-2
The Creation
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and void, and
darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of
the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was
good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light day, and the darkness
He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the
waters from the waters.” 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below
the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the
expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry
land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He
called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”;
and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees
bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 There was
evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the
night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; 15 and let them be for
lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two
great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made
the stars also. 17 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and
to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it
was good. 19There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above
the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” 21 God created the great sea monsters and every
living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged
bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 There was evening
and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping
things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its
kind; and God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image, in the
image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God
said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the
sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 Then
God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the
earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have
given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it
was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2
The Creation of Man and Woman
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the seventh day God
completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which
He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all
His work which God had created and made.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the
Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of
the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no
man to cultivate the ground. 6 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface
of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward
the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground the Lord
God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in
the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four
rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is
gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of
the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is
Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep
it.16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely;
17but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat
from it you will surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper
suitable for him.” 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird
of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man
called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds
of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for
him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one
of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib
which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they
shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
John 1:1-18
The Deity of Jesus Christ
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in
the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing
came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
The Witness John
6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify
about the Light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the Light, but he came to
testify about the Light.
9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10 He was in the
world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His
own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them
He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were
born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Made Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John *testified about Him and cried out,
saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He
existed before me.’” 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the
Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has
seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained
Him.
Psalm 139
God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
5 You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
12 Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
19 O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
20 For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way
Psalm 8
The Lord’S Glory and Man’s Dignity.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
4 What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
FALL
Genesis 3
The Fall of Man
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And
he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 The
woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the
fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or
touch it, or you will die.’” 4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God
knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing
good and evil.” 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to
the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she
gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin
coverings.
8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man
and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the
sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 And He said,
“Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not
to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree,
and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the
woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
16 To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth,
In pain you will bring forth children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And he will rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten
from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you will eat the plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
20 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The
Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil;
and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever”— 23therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground
from which he was taken. 24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He
stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to
the tree of life.
Romans 1:18-32, 3:9-30
Unbelief and Its Consequences
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is
evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood
through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God,
they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and
their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged
the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and
four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies
would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the
natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the
natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men
committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a
depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness,
wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers,
haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without
understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of
God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also
give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Romans 3:9-30
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and
Greeks are all under sin; 10 as it is written,
“THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
12 ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”
13 “THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,”
“THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS”;
14 “WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS”;
15 “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
16 DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
17 AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN.”
18 “THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES.”
19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that
every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the
works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of
sin.
Justification by Faith
21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed
by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all
those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God, 24being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate
His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously
committed; 26for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He
would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
27 Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of
faith.28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. 29 Or is God
the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since indeed God
who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
REDEMPTION
Psalm 51
A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your loving kindness;
According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
And my sin is ever before me.
4 Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak
And blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins
And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
18 By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices,
In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Isaiah 53
The Suffering Servant
1 Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
3 He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the anguish of His soul,
He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Romans 7:14-8:5
The Conflict of Two Natures
14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For what I
am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the
very thing I hate. 16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing
that the Law is good. 17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. 18 For
I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the
doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I
do not want. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but
sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I
joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23 but I see a different law in the members
of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin
which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this
death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with
my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Romans 8
Deliverance from Bondage
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law
could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of
the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Revelation 22
The River and the Tree of Life
1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God
and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing
twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
of the nations. 3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be
in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their
foreheads. 5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a
lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever
and ever.
6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the
prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.
7 “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this
book.”
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to
worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 But he *said to me, “Do not do
that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the
words of this book. Worship God.”
The Final Message
10 And he *said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is
near.11 Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let
the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself
holy.”
12 “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to
what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the
end.”
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and
may enter by the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral
persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and
the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
17 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 wishes take the water of life without cost.
18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them,
God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from
the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from
the holy city, which are written in this book.
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.