April 5: 2 Samuel 22:32; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 44:6; Habakkuk 1:12; Hebrews 4:15–16; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 12:18; Hebrews 12:22–24; Revelation 1:17; Job 23:10; Psalm 18:31; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 90:1; Psalm 119:116; Psalm 142:3; Isaiah 25:4; John 10:28; Philippians 4:6–7; Hebrews 6:19 - a podcast by Crossway

“Fear not, I am the first and the last.”

For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest…. But you have come to Mount Zion… and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant.—Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith.—For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Thus says theLord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, theLordof hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.”—Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Are you not from everlasting, OLordmy God, my Holy One?—“For who is God, but theLord? And who is a rock, except our God?”

2 Samuel 22:32(Listen)

32   “For who is God, but the LORD?
    And who is a rock, except our God?

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Isaiah 9:6(Listen)

6   For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
  and the government shall be upon¹his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called²
  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Isaiah 44:6(Listen)

Besides Me There Is No God

6   Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel
    and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
  “I am the first and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.

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Habakkuk 1:12(Listen)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12   Are you not from everlasting,
    O LORD my God, my Holy One?
    We shall not die.
  O LORD, you have ordained them as a judgment,
    and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.

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Hebrews 4:15–16(Listen)

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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Hebrews 12:2(Listen)

2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Hebrews 12:18(Listen)

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

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Hebrews 12:22–24(Listen)

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,23 and to the assembly¹of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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Revelation 1:17(Listen)

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying,“Fear not, I am the first and the last,

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Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way!—“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.”—Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.—For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.

And who is a rock, except our God?—“They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”—Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!—We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain.

Job 23:10(Listen)

10   But he knows the way that I take;
    when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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Psalm 18:31(Listen)

31   For who is God, but the LORD?
    And who is a rock, except our God?—

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Psalm 61:2(Listen)

2   from the end of the earth I call to you
    when my heart is faint.
  Lead me to the rock
    that is higher than I,

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Psalm 90:1(Listen)

Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

90   Lord, you have been our dwelling place¹
    in all generations.

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Psalm 119:116(Listen)

116   Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
    and let me not be put to shame in my hope!

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Psalm 142:3(Listen)

3   When my spirit faints within me,
    you know my way!
  In the path where I walk
    they have hidden a trap for me.

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Isaiah 25:4(Listen)

4   For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
  for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

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John 10:28(Listen)

28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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Philippians 4:6–7(Listen)

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Hebrews 6:19(Listen)

19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

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