Today is the 22nd day of December.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today.

This is Christmas week.

This is the last Sunday of the season of Advent. So those of you kind of observe the season,

know that, or if maybe it's being observed at church or whatever, lighting candles, etc., etc.

This is the fourth Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of love. It's Christmas week. Love

unspeakable comes into the world, right, with the arrival of the Savior. For God so love the

world that he gave his only son.

And whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life.

And so we rejoice and celebrate and immerse ourselves in those kinds of thoughts as we move toward Christmas Day.

And it is wonderful to be here with you today as we go through this week together.

Taking all of the next steps forward, it doesn't matter the season.

Like we have a step to take and we take it

every day no matter what's going on. And that's the beauty of the rhythm of the global campfire,

right? No matter what's happening in our lives, up or down, there is a constant. And that constant

is the scriptures informing us.

So let's dive in for today.

We're in the book of Zechariah.

We'll read from the Evangelical Heritage Version this week.

Zechariah chapters 2 and 3.

Okay. chapters two and three. Then I looked up and I saw a man standing there with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him, where are you going? He answered me to measure Jerusalem,

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