1. What is Scripture engagement?

- Scripture engagement involves studying the Bible. But it is more than that: It is also
loving, living, and sharing God’s Word. It needs specific times and places in which
we interact with God’s Word. But it is more than that: Scripture engagement is not
just an activity, it is a lifestyle. Also, it helps us grow in our knowledge about God
and this world. But it is more than that: It is entering into a transformative encounter
with the living God. At the heart of Scripture engagement lies a relationship.
Scripture engagement is interacting with the Living God through his written word.

2. What is the first and last word of the Bible?

- The first book of the Bible is Genesis and the first words are “In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.” The last book in the Bible is Revelation and the last
words read” The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”

3. What is the first word in the Bible in Hebrew?

- The first verse in the Bible reads: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth.” In Hebrew, the verse sounds like this: “Bereshit Bara Elohim et HaShamaim
Ve’et Ha’Aretz” This verse consists of seven simple words in the Hebrew Bible text,
which we still use today in everyday colloquial Hebrew. Like the word Bereshit for
beginning, although in the word Bereshit we also find the word for “head” – Rosh –
because the head is the beginning of our body. Bara for created. Elohim for God,
whereby Elohim in itself is a plural. The word Shamaim for Heaven, which contains
the word for water – Maim. For heaven and air are made of water. In the colloquial
language, Aretz is the land, but in the first Bible verse and the following ones this
word means the earth, world or planet.

4. What is the last verse of the Bible? 

- Rev. 22:21, the last verse in the Bible, tells us that we are saved by the grace of God.
5. Explain the phrases “I am the Alpha and the Omega”.

- In Revelation 21:6 God identifies himself as "Alpha and Omega." Alpha is the first
letter of the Greek alphabet, and omega is the last letter of the alphabet. In other
words God is "the beginning and the end." But God isn't speaking about alphabets. He
is speaking of reality. God is absolutely the beginning and absolutely the end.
Everything that is originates ultimately in him. And everything will somehow end
with him. Jesus will also be present at its end, when he and his work are finally and
fully revealed. When you pray to Christ as the Alpha and the Omega, you are praying
to the One who is, who was, and who is to come. He is our all-sufficient Lord, who
will not fail to complete the good work he has begun in us.