Date Readings Verses 1-Jul Nehemiah 9:1-21 21 2-Jul Nehemiah 9:22-37 16 3-Jul Nehemiah 9:38-10:39 40 4-Jul Nehemiah 11 36 5-Jul Nehemiah 12 47 6-Jul Nehemiah 13 31 7-Jul Psalm 90 17 8-Jul Psalm 91 16 9-Jul Psalms 92-93 20 10-Jul Psalm 94 23 11-Jul Psalms 95-96 24 12-Jul Psalms 97-98 21 13-Jul Psalms 99-101 22 …
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June 30 / Nehemiah 8
Nehemiah 8 Dear RTB’ers, And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. (v. 17) A bit of …
June 29 / Nehemiah 7
Nehemiah 7 Dear RTB’ers, If today’s reading seems familiar, go back to Ezra 2 and you’ll see the same listing, almost identical. Why two listing in what was originally one Ezra-Nehemiah text? We don’t know – but what we do know is that the Lord God knew each one of His people by name, by …
June 28 / Nehemiah 6
Nehemiah 6 Dear RTB’ers, Leadership, a willingness to work, and prayer; but ultimately it was the Lord God leading the way: And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help …
June 27 / Nehemiah 5
Nehemiah 5 Dear RTB’ers, Usury, the exacting of excessive interest. My Study Bible had a section title at the beginning of this chapter, “Usury abolished”. Our ESV translation speaks only of “interest” (vv. 7, 10), but it is clear from the context that the returns granted to the wealthy were exorbitant – with the poor …
June 26 / Nehemiah 4
Nehemiah 4 Dear RTB’ers, Just like the opposition that we saw from Judah’s neighbors in Ezra 4-6 around 536 BC, now some ninety years later a new set of enemies tries to stop the work on Jerusalem’s walls. How is it that opposition arises against the people of the God of Israel? How is it …
June 25 / Nehemiah 3
Nehemiah 3 Dear RTB’ers, Arise and build. (Neh. 2:18, from yesterday) And they did! Today’s whole chapter is about the rebuilding of the Jerusalem walls, with details on who were the leaders in building this or that section, and ten gates specifically mentioned. One item that stands out for me (noted in my Study Bible) …
June 24 / Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah 2 Dear RTB’ers, In his sermon series on Nehemiah in Northern Virginia, our former pastor saw Nehemiah as a type of the Holy Spirit. He spoke in particular on the following two verses. Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God …
June 23 / Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah 1 Dear RTB’ers, Nehemiah, one of Carol’s and my favorite books – that due to a sermon series from our church back in Virginia before we were married. The sermons were delivered by the pastor who married us. Memories…!! …Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And … they said …
June 22 / Ezra 9-10
Ezra 9-10 Dear RTB’ers, Foreign wives – two chapters devoted to this topic. But it was a semi-related verse that caught my attention: For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving …