I John 2:3-27 Dear RTB’ers, Love one another, keep His commandments, and be careful that you are not led astray by wrong teaching. Am I missing anything from today’s reading? I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from Him abides in you, …
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December 8 / I John 1:1-2:2
I John 1:1-2:2 Dear RTB’ers, Today and for the next week we have an elderly apostle John writing circular letters to believers, presumably those living in Asia (modern Turkey), Greece and Italy (Rome). That is, in contrast to Hebrews, he does not appear to be writing to Jewish believers in Jerusalem/Israel. He does not address …
December 7 / Isaiah 38-39
Isaiah 38-39 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s readings mostly repeat, sometimes verbatim what we read in late October in II Kings 20:1-19. We posted those earlier comments links yesterday. And as with my post yesterday, I was again struck by Hezekiah’s prayer and God’s answer. God does answer prayer – yes, no, later – but never “maybe”. …
December 6 / Isaiah 36-37
Isaiah 36-37 Dear RTB’ers, As the STS introduction tells us, today we are repeating material, sometimes verbatim, that we already read back on October 26, 27, and 28 from II Kings 18:13-20:11, when Sennacherib, the king of Assyria attempted to take Jerusalem. Feel free to look back at those posts, but for today, I’ll just …
December 5 / Isaiah 33-35
Isaiah 33-35 Dear RTB’ers, The STS introductory note is helpful for today’s reading – Isaiah 33 tells of Israel’s fear of the coming Assyrian invasion, then joy when the Assyrians are defeated, followed by another End Times prophecy in the second half of the chapter. Isaiah 34 gives us a picture of God’s judgment on …
December 4 / Isaiah 30:18-32:20
Isaiah 30:18-32:20 Dear RTB’ers, A couple of happy chapters today… (Please forgive my informality!) But yes, the happiness begins early and continues through all three chapters: For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon …
December 3 / Isaiah 29:1-30:17
Isaiah 29:1-30:17 Dear RTB’ers, God continues His warnings to Judah/Jerusalem in today’s first four verses, but then He seems to deliver them from their enemies in the rest of the chapter. See especially Isaiah 29:5-8. Two following verses are particularly confusing: Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, …
December 2 / Isaiah 28
Dear RTB’ers, Today we have God turning His judgment away from the “nations” and toward Ephraim/Israel (the first thirteen verses) and Judah (the next nine verses). God’s word to Ephraim is the harsher of the two; today’s “that day” (v. 5) seems to be the very near current times – they will be taken captive …
December 1 / Isaiah 26-27
Isaiah 26-27 Dear RTB’ers, More “in that day” references today – Isaiah 27:1; 26:1,2,12,13. To me the reference continues to be End Times; I don’t see that Isaiah’s prophecies have been fulfilled any time in Israel’s history to date. There have been periodic enemy defeats and exiles and returns, but nothing like all of Israel’s …
December 2025 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Dec Isaiah 26-27 34 02-Dec Isaiah 28 29 03-Dec Isaiah 29:1-30:17 41 04-Dec Isaiah 30:18-32:20 45 05-Dec Isaiah 33-35 51 06-Dec Isaiah 36-37 60 07-Dec Isaiah 38-39 30 08-Dec I John 1:1-2:2 12 09-Dec I John 2:3-27 25 10-Dec I John 2:28-3:10 12 11-Dec I John 3:11-4:6 20 12-Dec I John 4:7-5:3 …