BibleGateway: Genesis 1:1-31 ESV Text: Genesis 1:1-31 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 4:49      1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth… At the start of the new year, we are reminded of God’s new creation, both the one at the beginning and the one yet to come.

BibleGateway: Revelation 22:1-21 ESV Text: Revelation 22:1-21 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 3:23      1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,… Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

BibleGateway: Revelation 21:15-27 ESV Text: Revelation 21:15-27 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:26 and ends at about 4:31 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city,… This stunning picture-language tells us that heaven will be beautiful beyond what we can imagine.

BibleGateway: Revelation 21:1-14 ESV Text: Revelation 21:1-14 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:35      1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven… Heaven will be a complete separation from everything that is evil.

BibleGateway: Luke 2:41-52 ESV Text: Luke 2:41-52 KJV Text: The section starts at about 4:48 and ends at about 6:16      41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.… Jesus grows up, taking the first steps in His journey toward the cross.

BibleGateway: Luke 2:21-40 ESV Text: Luke 2:21-40 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:18 and ends at about 4:55      21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name… Lord, now let us depart in peace, for we have seen our Savior through the eyes of faith.

BibleGateway: Luke 2:1-20 ESV Text: Luke 2:1-20 KJV Text: The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:27      1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree… The time has come and our salvation is revealed!

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:31-40 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:31-40 KJV Text: The section starts at about 5:6 and ends at about 7:17 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant… The new covenant is founded on Christ. It is not a covenant of law, but rather of forgiveness.

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:21-30 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:21-30 KJV Text: The section starts at about 3:34 and ends at about 5:13 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway,… The theme of restoration again returns to the prophet’s lips. We realize that spiritual restoration as well as physical was on the Lord’s mind (v. 22).

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 31:15-20 ESV Text: Jeremiah 31:15-20 KJV Text: The section starts at about 2:28 and ends at about 3:41 15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping;… Jeremiah foretells the violent reaction to Christ’s birth (cf. Mt 2:16-18). The Good News was not (and still is not) received by the proud and self-seeking like Herod.