Jeremiah 30:1-31:26 Dear RTB’ers, Today and the next two days the key word is “restoration” – the Lord restoring the fortunes of both Israel (the Northern Kingdom) and Judah, bringing them back from captivity (exile) and re-settling them back in their own land. What’s unusual here is God’s inclusion of Israel and its restoration. Almost …
Monthly Archives: March 2026
March 25 / Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah 29 Dear RTB’ers, A number of verses stand out for me today. First, But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. (v. 7) Although Jeremiah was writing to the exiles in …
March 24 / Jeremiah 27-28
Jeremiah 27-28 Dear RTB’ers, A first comment… I have often suggested that you read the “See also” material. I particularly suggest that you read those items when we are reading these Old Testament prophets. I have never posted comments over most of the Old Testament, but John covered the entire Bible in 2023. His comments …
March 23 / Jeremiah 26
Jeremiah 26 Dear RTB’ers, Back to Jeremiah. Both the STS editors and my Study Bible suggest that today’s chapter 26 reading is an extension of what we already read in Jeremiah 7. Back then Jeremiah was warning the officials and people of Jerusalem of their certain doom if they did not repent of their evil …
March 22 / Matthew 28:1-20
Matthew 28:1-20 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus’ Resurrection. Words fail me. The best that I can do is to try to “put myself into the story”. I imagine that I were there, alongside the women meeting the angel or with Jesus’ disciples in Galilee. And even then I am awestruck – that He had done what He …
March 21 / Matthew 27:51-66
Matthew 27:51-66 Dear RTB’ers, The events immediately following Jesus’ death are striking: And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. (v. 51) I wonder, is this God the Father doing this? Is this His final condemnation of sin, shaking …
March 20 / Matthew 27:32-50
Matthew 27:32-50 Dear RTB’ers, Finally, Jesus’ Crucifixion. After all the suffering He had already endured… I guess it’s appropriate that we are reading this on a Friday – for us in our reading, a “Good Friday”. Jesus’ last words in Matthew’s gospel, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (v. 46b) [NOTE: John’s …
March 19 / Matthew 27:15-31
Matthew 27:15-31 Dear RTB’ers, Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered Him to be crucified. (v. 26) These are only a few words, “having scourged Jesus”, but they leave me almost sick to my stomach every time I read them. The famous “forty lashes less one”… My Study Bible noted that …
March 18 / Matthew 27:1-14
Matthew 27:1-14 Dear RTB’ers, So, what to make of Judas? Here is Jesus speaking at the Last Supper: The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been …
March 17 / Matthew 26:57-75
Matthew 26:57-75 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s first verse, Then those who had seized Jesus led Him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered. (v. 57) The scribes and elders had gathered already, very likely through the night and early into the morning, yet they had not been part of the …