Just added Revelation chapter 5 through chapter 10 to the free scripture library. #freescripturelibary #widemarginbible #freebiblejournalpages #biblejournaling

I've been watching a sermon series on Revelation this week so I've started transcribing the book one chapter at a time. The first chapter is going into the library today.

📖 Read: John 13:1–17, 34–35 Jesus rises from supper, lays aside His garments, wraps a towel around Himself, pours water into a basin, and begins washing His disciples’ feet. This was not impressive or celebrated work. It was the work of a servant. Then Jesus says: “If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” What does this passage show me about love? Love is willing to serve. Jesus did not merely tell His disciples that He loved them. He took the low place and cared for a need directly in front of Him. What does this show me love is not? Love is not being too important, gifted, or respected to perform humble work. Did I notice anything new? Read the passage again and list only what Jesus physically does. What does that sequence teach you about the way love moves from intention into action? #BibleStudy #BibleJournaling #John13 #LoveLikeChrist #ServantHeart

📖 Read: Matthew 5:43–48; Luke 6:27–36 Jesus says: “Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you.” Luke records several actions alongside that command: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. What does this passage show me about love? Love is not reserved for people who love us back. Jesus calls us to respond to hostility without becoming hostile ourselves. Love can pray, bless, and do good even when the other person has not earned it. What does this show me love is not? Love is not simply returning the treatment we receive. Jesus says that loving only those who love us is something even sinners do. The love He describes goes beyond reciprocity. Did I notice anything new? Read the passages again and notice which command feels most difficult: love, do good, bless, or pray. Write down what the text says before deciding what it requires of you today. #BibleStudy #BibleJournaling #LoveYourEnemies #SermonOnTheMount #LoveLikeChrist

Daniel’s first three beasts resemble recognizable animals: A lion. A bear. A leopard. Then the fourth beast appears—and the comparisons stop. Daniel calls it: “terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly.” It has enormous iron teeth. Daniel 7:19 adds bronze claws. It devours, breaks things into pieces, and tramples whatever remains. Ten horns rise from its head. This is not simply another animal with unusual additions. Daniel cannot find an ordinary creature capable of carrying the image. Why does this beast receives no familiar animal comparison. The text does not explicitly answer, but its effect is unmistakable: this kingdom has become something grotesque, unnatural, and ruinously violent. Try making a physical inventory before interpreting it: MATERIALS: iron teeth, bronze claws ACTIONS: devouring, crushing, trampling NUMBER: ten horns DIFFERENCE: unlike every beast before it Then notice what Daniel 7:23 explains directly: “The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth.” That is our interpretive anchor. The beast is not presented as an undiscovered species. It represents political power behaving monstrously. Historical interpretations of the kingdom and horns require additional study. But Daniel’s theological portrait is already clear: Human kingdoms can become beastly—consuming people, crushing opposition, and treating whatever they cannot use as something to trample. Scripture does not romanticize that kind of power. It shows us its teeth. 📖 Read: Daniel 7:7–8, 15–19, 23–24 #BibleStudy #BibleJournaling #Daniel7 #BiblicalBestiary #BiblicalProphecy