Judges 3:7-31 Dear RTB’ers, The geography might be a bit confusing. When we left Joshua, Israel had possession of the Promised Land plus the Trans-Jordan land where Reuben, Gad and one-half of Manasseh lived. We also learned two days ago that Israel did not drive out all the inhabitants of the land, but that in …
Monthly Archives: May 2025
May 7 / Judges 2:6-3:6
Judges 2:6-3:6 Dear RTB’ers, There are a couple of key verses in today’s reading. First, And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that He had done for Israel. (v. 2:10b) One generation had served the Egyptians and seen the miracles that the Lord had brought about …
May 6 / Judges 1:1-2:5
Judges 1:1-2:5 Dear RTB’ers, Today we go back to the Old Testament, to the book of Judges. Joshua is the book immediately preceding Judges in the Bible. It’s been a while, almost nine months (August 2024) since we read Joshua in our RTB reading schedule. It was inserted by the STS authors halfway through Exodus, …
May 5 / Mark 16:9-20
Mark 16:9-20 Dear RTB’ers, Today we end Mark’s gospel, the second gospel on our three-year journey. John will come later this year and we’ll pick up Matthew next year. Tomorrow we will return to the Old Testament, to the book of Judges. As you may have noted in today’s STS footnote, today’s reading (vv. 9-20) …
May 4 / Mark 15:42-16:8
Mark 15:42-16:8 Dear RTB’ers, And when evening had come … Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. (vv. 42-43) “…took courage”. The NASB says “…gathered up courage…”. Both Matthew and …
May 3 / Mark 15:22-41
Mark 15:22-41 Dear RTB’ers, And it was the third hour when they crucified Him. (v. 25) And those who passed by derided Him, wagging their heads… (v. 29a) So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked Him to one another… (v. 31a) And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the …
May 2 / Mark 15:1-21
Mark 15:1-21 Dear RTB’ers, And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. (v. 1) We read yesterday that the Jewish leaders had charged Jesus with blasphemy and agreed that He deserved to die. However, only the Romans could order a prisoner’s …
May 1 / Mark 14:53-72
Mark 14:53-72 Dear RTB’ers, The rooster crowing after Peter’s denial and tomorrow’s first verse, And as soon as it was morning… (v. 15:1a) both inform us of these middle-of-the-night activities by the Council. Sad that they did all this under the cover of darkness. Again the high priest asked Him, “Are you the Christ, the …