S4: Week 52: Day 1: 2025 Wrap up Pt. 1

Summary

A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace

Episode: S4: Week 52: Day 1: 2025 Wrap up Pt. 1

Date: December 22, 2025
Host: The Daily Grace Co. (Beth & Alexa)

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Overview of the Episode

In this reflective episode—marking the beginning of the final week in Season 4—Beth and Alexa pause to look back on their yearlong journey through the Christ in All of Scripture reading plan. The discussion centers on lessons learned, how their understanding of Jesus has deepened, and practical ways this study has shaped their ongoing approach to Bible reading. This wrap-up is intended to encourage listeners by highlighting how the entire Bible, both Old and New Testaments, consistently points to Christ.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Dual Nature of Jesus: Powerful King & Merciful Servant

• Alexa highlights a major takeaway:
  • Jesus is not only the powerful, reigning King prophesied in the Old Testament (especially referencing 2 Samuel 7), but also embodies deep mercy and empathy as a humble servant.
  • Quote:

    "Jesus is not just a powerful but merciful king. ...He is the promised Messiah who reigns over God's eternal kingdom. That shows us Jesus's power and glory. ...But Jesus came to us not only as a divine king but also a humble servant."
    —Alexa (01:21)

  • Alexa reflects on how easily one can overemphasize either aspect—either power or mercy—depending on their situation, missing how Jesus perfectly unites both.
  • Quote:

    "Jesus's power is seen through his humility. ... He is ruling and reigning and will one day return to execute justice, but he is also with me, caring for me, comforting me, and being gracious to me."
    —Alexa (01:21–02:48)

2. The Unified Storyline of Scripture

• Beth affirms that Jesus displays every divine quality perfectly—He is “perfectly powerful, perfectly merciful, full of glory, and perfectly humble.”
• Alexa shares:
  • A newfound appreciation for the prophetic books, which she previously found daunting or weighty.
  • Recognizes the persistent hope and the way the prophets' messages are fulfilled in Christ.
  • Quote:

    "While there is still judgment in these books, God is still active. ...His promises to them still remain, and he's going to fulfill his promises through Christ even though his people are wayward." —Alexa (03:09)

  • She now approaches even difficult books with the conviction that God's redemptive plan is unfolding throughout.

3. A Transformative Bible Study Approach

• Both hosts discuss how the “Christ in all of Scripture” framework has changed how they read the Bible:
  • Moving away from superficial or “check-the-box” reading.
  • Instead, they now pause to reflect on God’s character in the text, look for Christ-connections, and consider personal application.
  • Alexa says:

    "How we approached our passages throughout our study I think will help me pause and just take the time to consider, okay, what am I seeing in this passage about God's character and what ways is this text pointing me to Christ, and then after that, reflection, consider how to then respond in my own life."
    (04:28)

  • Alexa notes this framework is especially helpful in challenging books like Leviticus, making the reading more fruitful and meaningful.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Jesus’ character:
  "Jesus is both powerful and merciful. In fact, Jesus's power is seen through his humility."
  —Alexa (01:21)
• On prophetic books:
  "While there is still judgment in these books, God is still active. ...He's going to fulfill his promises through Christ even though his people are wayward."
  —Alexa (03:09)
• On future study:
  "This study has given me a framework to apply to my own personal study... to pause and just take the time to consider, okay, what am I seeing in this passage about God's character and what ways is this text pointing me to Christ..."
  —Alexa (04:28)
• On practical encouragement:
  "It has been such a cool year of slowing down and taking our time through scripture, but you're so right, it's easy to rush through and check it off your to-do list."
  —Beth (05:16)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:00–00:17 – Episode and season context; purpose of the study.
• 01:06–02:48 – Alexa shares key reflections on Jesus as both powerful King and merciful Servant.
• 03:09–04:13 – Discussion about learning from the prophetic books and God’s enduring promises.
• 04:28–05:16 – Insights on applying the study’s approach to future Bible reading, especially challenging passages.
• 05:36 – Wrap-up and encouragement to continue learning.

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains the warm, encouraging, and conversational tone typical of The Daily Grace Co. It’s reflective, honest, accessible, and focused on helping listeners deepen both their knowledge of Scripture and their relationship with Jesus.

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Summary Takeaway

Beth and Alexa invite listeners into a meaningful year-end reflection, showing how seeing Christ throughout Scripture changes the way we read, understand, and apply the Bible. They encourage slower, more thoughtful engagement with God’s Word—especially in tough books—by focusing on Jesus’ character and the continuity of God’s promises. This episode serves as both a celebration of growth over the past year and an inspiring launchpad for deeper study in the year to come.

Transcript

[A]

Welcome to A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ in All of Scripture. Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New, seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

[B]

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present throughout the entire Biblical story, but but the center of it. Hi friends, welcome back to the last week of Year in the Bible for 2025. We are so thankful that you have joined us on this journey of seeing Christ in all Scripture and we hope that your time in this study and listening to this podcast has been encouraging and illuminating. This week will be a unique week as we'll wrap up this year with some reflections and final encouragement for you. So today and tomorrow Beth and I will be sharing what we learned throughout our time in the Christ and all Scripture study and how what we learned is going to impact own study and God's Word moving forward. And then on Wednesday we'll end our time together with some final encouragement for you.

[A]

Yes, I am so excited to spend this time reflecting together and so to start us off, Alexa, can you share with us something that stood out to you about Jesus, whether that be his character or his actions? Just something that really stood out to you as you were going through this study throughout the year?

[B]

Yeah, I think what stood out to me was the truth that Jesus is not just a powerful but merciful king. Throughout our study we often talked about how Jesus is the fulfillment of 2 Samuel 7. So he is the the promised Messiah who reigns over God's eternal kingdom. That shows us Jesus's power and glory. He is a divine king who executes justice and reigns with perfect control. But Jesus came to us not only as a divine king but also a humble servant. He took on flesh so that he could be like us, walk among us and save us from our sin. So Jesus is certainly powerful, but he is also merciful. He empathizes with us, cares about our needs, and extends to us his forgiveness. And speaking for myself, I think sometimes I tend to think of Jesus as only powerful or only merciful, depending on the situation that I'm in. But Jesus is both. In fact, Jesus's power is seen through his humility. So I think meditating on that aspect of Jesus's character has given me just a greater appreciation for who Jesus is and just has challenged me to kind of broaden my perspective of Jesus's character, both when reading God's word and when I'm going about life's circumstances. So Jesus is ruling and reigning and will one day return to execute justice, but he is also with me, caring for me, comforting me, and being gracious to me.

[A]

I love that. It just makes me think about how perfectly Jesus possesses all of God's attributes. So he is perfectly powerful, but also perfectly merciful. He is full of glory, but he's also perfectly humble and he is perfectly loving while also being perfectly just. So, in light of all of this and everything else that we've learned throughout the year, what have you learned about the story of the Bible as a whole?

[B]

Honestly, I think this study gave me a greater appreciation of the prophets. I feel like I tend to groan when I need to read one of the prophetic books because they're just so hard to understand sometimes and just seem so weighty. But seeing the hope that God provides in each of the prophetic books, a hope that points to and is fulfilled in Christ, I think caused me to think about the prophetic books differently. While there is still judgment in these books, God is still active. We talked a lot about God's faithfulness to his promises when we went through the prophetic books. And so I think approaching the prophetic books with that understanding that God may be enacting just judgment, but he's still actively working through his people and their circumstances to give them deliverance and restoration is just helpful. His promises to them still remain, and he's going to fulfill his promises through Christ even though his people are wayward. And so I think I'm going to feel more excited to turn to the prophetic books, knowing those truths and keeping the greater story of Scripture in mind, that even though the circumstances of these books are hard, God's plan is still prevailing.

[A]

Totally. I am right there with you. I've been so thankful for this study and how it has given me so much more confidence for studying the prophet specifically in the future. And so speaking of future Bible study, how do you feel like this Christ in all of Scripture study will impact your study of the Bible moving forward?

[B]

Yeah, I think this study has given me a framework to apply to my own personal study. Sometimes I tend to rush in my reading of God's Word. I read the passage and then almost say to myself, okay, check. Done that for the day. But how we approached our passages throughout our study I think will help me pause and just take the time to consider, okay, what am I seeing in this passage about God's character and what ways is this text pointing me to Christ and then after that reflection and consider how to then respond in my own life. And I think this will be particularly helpful in hard passages. I'm reading Leviticus in my personal study time right now, so super fun. And I'm already like man, what are all these commands and what am I supposed to take away from them? But I think pausing to apply that framework of connections to God's character and to Christ will help my time and God's Word be more fruitful.

[A]

That's so good. Yeah, I know it has been such a cool year of slowing down and taking our time through scripture, but you're so right, it's easy to rush through and check it off your to do list. And this framework has been really helpful. Well friends, that is it for today. Join us tomorrow as we continue to reflect on all that God has shown us throughout this past year.

[B]

Thank you for listening to today's episode of A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace. Be sure to check out our show notes for some helpful links and resources related to today's episode, and make sure you're following Daily Grace Podcast and hedaily Grace Co on Instagram for more Bible study resources and encouragement. We're looking forward to studying God's Word with you again tomorrow. Bye friends.