https://www.btstories.com/revelation-22/

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As I was looking at the New Jerusalem, the angel showed me the River of Living Water. It was crystal clear and owed out from the throne of God and the Lamb. It owed down the middle of the main street.

The Tree of Life was on both sides of the street. It had twelve kinds of fruit and produced a crop each month. All the nations went to the tree and found precious healing in its leaves. It was then I realized that never again would anything be cursed.

https://www.btstories.com/revelation-2011-21/

When the Lamb opened the book, John saw the strange things that were in it—amazing things about our future. He wrote about those things so people could know what he had seen. Near the end, John said…

I suddenly realized that everything was new. I looked into the sky and the old heaven no longer existed. There was a new heaven! I looked around and the old earth was gone. There was a new earth, and it didn’t have oceans!

https://www.btstories.com/johns-visions/

John was exiled to the island of Patmos for being a follower of Jesus and preaching the word of God. On the Lord’s Day, he was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly he heard a loud voice behind him. It sounded like a trumpet blast that said, “You are going to see amazing things. Write all of it in a book and send it to the seven churches of Asia.”

https://www.btstories.com/philemon/

Onesimus was a slave who ran away from his master Philemon. He went to Rome and eventually met Paul who led him to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Onesimus stayed with the apostle and helped him in the ministry. Eventually they knew it was time for the “runaway slave” to return to his master. Paul was a personal friend with Philemon, so he wrote a letter to help the two men reconcile their relationship.

https://www.btstories.com/shipwreck-and-rome/

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After fourteen days in a fierce storm, Paul’s ship struck a sandbar just off the island of Malta. Everyone got to shore and the local people came out and started helping them. They built a fire because of the rain and cold.

https://www.btstories.com/storm-at-sea/

Arrangements were made for Paul to travel to Rome on cargo ships. He was put in the custody of a Roman officer named Julius. He was kind to Paul and allowed his friends to visit him whenever they were in port.

Travel was slow because of storms. After many stops and changing boats several times, they eventually arrived at Fair Haven on the island of Crete. It was close to winter so they had to stop.

https://www.btstories.com/felix-festus-and-agrippa/

The high priest went to Caesarea along with some elders and a lawyer. They presented their case against Paul before Felix the governor. They said, “This man is a disease to the Jewish people. He causes riots everywhere he goes. Now he has come here and has desecrated our temple.”

Paul defended himself. He said, “I did nothing to deserve what was done to me. It’s true I follow Jesus of Nazareth, but I didn’t gather a crowd and preach to them. I simply went to the temple to fulfill a vow. Suddenly—and for no reason—a mob grabbed me and tried to kill me. They’re the ones who should be here defending their actions! Not me. These men standing before you have nothing against me. They even agree with me on the basic issue—that God can raise someone from the dead.”

https://www.btstories.com/plot-to-kill/

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The commander wanted to know exactly what had caused the riot near the temple in Jerusalem. So he took Paul before the Jewish council. Paul said, “Brothers, I stand before God with a clear conscience.” Hearing this, the high priest ordered someone to slap him.

https://www.btstories.com/riot-in-jerusalem/

Paul met with the elders of the church in Jerusalem and reported on how Gentiles were turning to Christ. Everyone glorified God when they heard this.

But then the elders shared their concerns with Paul. “Jewish Christians think that you’re teaching Jews to abandon the Law of Moses. We need to stop these rumors. Four men have taken a vow to God. They want to fulfill its requirements at the Temple, but they don’t have the money to pay for it. Join them in their vow, and pay their fee. This will demonstrate that you haven’t abandoned the laws of God.”

https://www.btstories.com/going-to-jerusalem/

Paul stayed three months in Corinth. Afterwards he went back to Troas, where he spent a week before starting his trip to Jerusalem.

The night before Paul left Troas, he preached to the church on the third floor of a house. He preached for hours—well into the night. A young man sat on a windowsill and soon became very sleepy. Eventually he went to sleep and slid out of the window, falling to the ground!