Meditation Reader, One of the features of Bible Copy Club is that we take priodic breaks during the year. We do this to help maintain momentum and to keep the experience fresh for our subscribers. It's easy for even the most enjoyable emails to become "wallpaper" after a while and we strive to avoid that. Typically, we take a rest every fourth to fifth week, and it's been six weeks since our mid-summer break. So this week, we won't be sending our daily emails and prompts, but we'll be back...

Meditation Reader, This week's passage concludes with a final description of the New Jerusalem and the discovery that the glory of God will be the source of light and that there will be no night. It will be a place of unblemished purity, security, and direct communion with God. Whereas the previous passages expressed these qualities by describing the dimensions, embellishments, and construction of the New Jerusalem, this passage states them in terms of absences. No temple, No sun, no moon, no...

Meditation Reader, Today's passage describes the dimensions and materials of the new Jerusalem in vivid and elaborate detail. As with yesterday's passage, the numbers stand out to demonstrate order, perfection, and completeness. The counting out of the stones foundation by foundation and the repetition of the number twelve, with twelve gates, twelve angels, and twelve foundations named for each of the twelve apostles. Writing out today's passage highlights the magnificent beauty and grandeur...