M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
1 God showed these things to Jesus Christ to show to his servants. These are things that must happen soon. Then God sent his angel and showed them to John, his servant.
2 John wrote down what God said and what Jesus showed to him. These words tell all that He saw.
3 God will bless the person who reads the words of this book. God will bless those who hear the words of this book and obey the things written in it.
4 Here is what John wrote to the people of the seven churches which are in the country of Asia Minor: May God's loving kindness bless you and give you peace. He lives now, he always has lived, and he will come again. May the seven Spirits bless you and give you peace. They stand in front of God's throne [chief chair of a king].
5 May Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace. What he says is true. He was the first to rise from death. And he is ruler of the kings of the earth. He loves us. By his own blood [death] he has made us free from the wrong things we have done.
6 He has made us into kings and priests to his God and Father. Praise him! He is great and has power for ever! Yes, it is so!
7 Watch! He will come in the clouds. Every one will see him. Those who stuck a spear in him will also see him. All the tribes on earth will cry when they see him. That is the way it will be. Yes it will!
8 The Lord God says, `I am the First and the Last. I am the beginning and the ending. I live now. I always have lived, and I will come again. I have all power.'
9 I am John, your brother. I belong to Jesus and I am having big trouble just as you are. I also belong to his kingdom and I wait patiently for it. I was on an island called Patmos because I told the word of God and talked about Jesus Christ.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day. Behind me I heard a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet or horn.
11 The voice said, `Write what you see in a book. Send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.'
12 I turned to see who was talking to me. I saw seven gold lamps.
13 In the centre of the seven lamps I saw someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long gown with a wide, gold belt around his chest.
14 The hair on his head was white like sheep's hair, white as snow. His eyes shone like a flame of fire.
15 His feet shone like fine brass that has been made pure by fire. His voice was like the sound of much water flowing.
16 In his right hand he had seven stars. Out of his mouth came a long knife or sword, sharp on both sides. His face shone like the sun when it is shining very brightly.
17 When I saw him, I fell down in front of him as if I had died. He put his right hand on me and said, `Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
18 I am he who lives. I died. But look, I am alive for ever. I have the keys to death and to the world of the dead.
19 So write what you have seen. Write the things that are now and the things that will happen after them.
20 You saw seven stars in my right hand. I will tell you the secret meaning of them and of the seven gold lamps. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lamps are the seven churches.
24 On the first day of the week, early in the morning, the women went to the grave. They took with them the things they had made ready.
2 They saw that the stone was rolled away from the grave.
3 So they went in. But they did not see the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 They were troubled about this. Then they saw two men standing near them. They were dressed in white clothes.
5 The women were afraid and bowed their faces down to the ground. The men said to them, `Why do you look for a living person among dead people?
6 He is not here. He has risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee.
7 He said that the Son of Man would be given over to bad men. He would be nailed to a cross, and he would rise on the third day.'
8 Then they remembered what he had said.
9 They left the grave and went back. They told all these things to the eleven disciples and to all the other people.
10 The women who told these things to the apostles were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women who were with them.
11 But Peter got up and ran to the grave. He bowed down and looked in. He saw the linen clothes lying there, but nothing more. Then he left, wondering about what had happened.
12 That same day, two of the disciples were going to the town called Emmaus. It was about two hours walk from Jerusalem.
13 They were talking together about all the things that had happened.
14 While they were talking and asking each other questions, Jesus himself came and walked with them.
15 But even though they saw him, they did not know who he was.
16 Jesus asked them, `What is this that you are talking about as you walk along looking so sad?'
17 One of them named Cleophas answered him. He said, `Are you a stranger in Jerusalem and do not know what has happened there these last days?'
18 Jesus said, `What things?" They said, `All that has happened to Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet of God. He had power to do big works and to teach the people. He was respected by God and all the people.
19 Our chief priests and rulers gave him over to be punished by death, and they nailed him to a cross.
20 But we were hoping that he was the one who would free the people of Israel. But that is not all. This is the third day since they did it.
21 Some of our women told us things that surprised us. Early this morning they were at the grave.
22 They did not find his body there. They came back and said that they saw angels. The angels told them that Jesus was living.
23 Some of us went to the grave. And they found everything just as the women said. But they did not see Jesus.'
24 Then he said to them, `You foolish men! Your hearts are slow to believe all that the prophets of God have said long ago.
25 Christ had to have this trouble and go to the place where he will be great, did he not?'
26 Then he told them the meaning of all that Moses and all the prophets of God long ago had written about him.
27 They came near the village to which they were going. It looked as if he was going on further.
28 But they begged him not to go further. They said, `Stay with us. It will soon be night. The day is almost finished.' So he went in to stay with them.
29 He sat down at the table with them. Then he took the bread and thanked God for it. He broke it and gave it to them.
30 Then they saw who he was. They knew him. And then suddenly they could not see him any more.
31 They said to each other, `It was like a fire burning in our hearts when he talked to us on the road and told us the meaning of the holy writings!'
32 They got up right then and went back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples together. Some other people were with them.
33 These people said, `The Lord has really risen! He came to Simon!'
34 Then the men from Emmaus told them what had happened on the road. They told how they knew Jesus when he broke bread and gave it to them.
35 While they were telling them this, Jesus himself stood there with them. He said to them, `Peace to you!'
36 They were troubled and afraid. They thought they were seeing a spirit.
37 He said to them, `Why are you troubled? Why do you wonder about these things in your hearts?
38 Look at my hands and my feet. You can see that it is I myself. Touch me with your hands and see. A spirit does not have a body and bones as you see I have.'
39 They gave him a piece of cooked fish.
40 He took the fish and ate it in front of them.
41 Then he said, `I told you this while I was with you. I told you that things were written about me in the books of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. And I told you that all of these things must come true.'
42 Then he taught them so that they understood the things in the holy writings.
43 He said, `It is written that the Christ must have trouble. On the third day he will rise from death.
44 Men will talk in his name to people in all countries. They will tell them to stop their wrong ways and ask to be forgiven. They will begin in Jerusalem.
45 You are the men who have seen these things, and will tell people about them.
46 I will send you what the Father has promised to give you. So wait in the city of Jerusalem until you have been given power from God.'
47 Jesus led the disciples out as far as the town of Bethany. He put up his hands and blessed them.
48 While he was blessing them, he left them. He was taken up into heaven.
49 They bowed down and worshipped him. They were very happy and went back to Jerusalem.
50 Every day they were in the temple praising God.
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