Di Bright Morning Star

Na di darkest hour before day break. Di world still dey sleep. And down low for di east side of di sky, one light appear, e bright pass all di other stars, e dey shine steady and clear. Morning dey come.

We don reach di last page of di Bible. John, old man wey dem send go Patmos island as exile, don see visions of heaven, of fight between good and evil, and of new heaven and earth where God dey live with im people. Now im book dey close. And di voice wey e hear na di voice of Jesus imself, wey dey talk direct to di churches and to anybody wey go read dis words. For dis Christmas series we don hear promises, about one child wey go crush di serpent, one son of David, one star wey go comot from Jacob, one branch, one shepherd, one king. Here, for di very end, Jesus gather all of dem together.

Look, I dey come quick; and my reward dey with me, to pay every man according to im work. Jesus dey come back, and when e come, e go put everything for correct place. Then e talk who e be. I be Alpha and Omega, di beginning and di end, di first and di last. Alpha na di first letter for di Greek alphabet, and Omega na di last one. Jesus dey talk say: I be di A and di Z. I dey there before anything start, and I go dey there when everything don complete. Di whole story, from Genesis reach Revelation, dey inside im hand.

Blessed are di people wey dey do im commandments, so dat dem go get right to di tree of life, and dem go fit enter di city through di gates. Di tree of life! E dey for di garden of Eden for di first pages of di Bible, and dem send Adam and Eve comot from am. Now, for di last pages, di road back to am don open. Some old copies of dis verse read say, blessed are di people wey wash dia robe, like Joshua di high priest wey dem give clean cloth. Outside di city, Jesus talk, na di people wey love evil and dey do am. Di invitation na real, and di choice na real too. Then Jesus call im own name. I, Jesus, don send my angel to testify dis tins to una for di churches.

I be di root and di offspring of David, and di bright morning star. Di root of David mean di One wey David come from, di source of im family line. Di offspring of David mean di One wey come from David family. Both at di same time: David Lord and David son. And di morning star, di brightest light before day break, di sign say night don almost finish. Then di last invitations for di Bible follow. And di Spirit and di bride talk say, Come. And make di person wey hear talk say, Come. And make di person wey dey thirsty come. And anybody wey want, make e take di water of life free. Free. No price. Anybody wey dey thirsty. Anybody wey want.

Di morning star no be star at all. Na di planet Venus. After di sun and di moon, Venus na di brightest tin for di night sky, and for months at a time e dey rise for di east before di sun, e dey shine clear while di sky still dark. People for di old world dey watch for am as di messenger wey dey announce day break. When Jesus call imself di bright morning star, e choose di light wey dey talk say: night dey end.

Di Bright Morning Star. You go find am for Revelation chapter twenty-two, verse twelve to seventeen. Long time ago, di prophet Balaam talk say one star go comot from Jacob. Wise men follow one star to find one child for Bethlehem. And for di last page of di Bible, dat child, wey don grow, wey don rise from death and dey reign, talk say: I be di bright morning star. Night don almost finish. Come. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Jesus call imself di bright morning star. Di Bible end with one invitation: come. How you go answer am?