How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Who doesn't like a fresh start?

In just a few minutes, our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee is going to tell us about the glorious

prospect of all things made new as we study the book of Revelation chapter 21.

Welcome to Through the Bible.

I'm Steve Schwetz, your host on this five-year journey through God's Word.

And I'm so glad that you've joined us as our travels through

Revelation are quickly coming to a close. And if you're new to the Bible bus, don't worry. As we

finish Revelation, you can look forward to a fresh start in God's Word as our journey through all 66

books in five years begins again. So I hope that you're going to stick around. Now before we

open to Revelation

21, Greg Harris and I want to invite you to do something that we can only do once every five years.

That's right, Steve. This is a huge, huge milestone for many of us. Even those of us that have

been through it once before. I mean, just think of how

unusual it is for any Christian to have studied the Bible cover to cover in a five-year period.

Yeah, it's so significant. And I think about the number of saints that are going to write in

through email or letters and tell us how many trips they've been on the Bible bus. And each year

that those Founders Day bus riders get to... email or letters and tell us how many trips they've been on the Bible bus. And each year that

those Founders Day bus riders gets shorter and shorter as we start our 12th trip and our 56th year

going through the Bible. And God has been so faithful in all of it. Yeah. And what really strikes me

is a couple of things. One is just the faithfulness of God,

the faithfulness of his people. I mean, you can't do anything for 56 years if you don't have

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