Date Readings Verses 01-Jun Ezekiel 39 29 02-Jun Ezekiel 40:1-47 47 03-Jun Ezekiel 40:48-41:26 28 04-Jun Ezekiel 42:1-43:12 32 05-Jun Ezekiel 43:13-44:31 46 06-Jun Ezekiel 45-46 49 07-Jun Ezekiel 47:1-12 12 08-Jun Ezekiel 47:13-48:35 46 09-Jun Colossians 1:1-14 14 10-Jun Colossians 1:15-23 9 11-Jun Colossians 1:24-2:7 13 12-Jun Colossians 2:8-23 16 13-Jun Colossians 3:1-17 17 …
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May 31 / Ezekiel 38
Ezekiel 38 (with NASB quotations today) Dear RTB’ers, Our STS companion book guides us well in today’s reading. Unlike previous chapters in Ezekiel when God was railing against Israel’s neighbors for their treatment of Israel, now we have nations coming from distant lands with an intent to invade Israel. It is their belief that Israel …
May 30 / Ezekiel 37
Ezekiel 37 Dear RTB’ers, The valley of dry bones… It’s only ten verses (plus another four verses of the Lord’s explanation) out of more than a thousand verses in Ezekiel’s 48 chapters, but I dare say, it’s the one thing that people know or remember best in this book. For us at St. Andrew’s it’s …
May 29 / Ezekiel 36:16-38
Ezekiel 36:16-38 Dear RTB’ers, …My holy name… This phrase occurs three times in today’s reading, plus one other occurrence where “great” replaces “holy”. It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to …
May 28 / Ezekiel 35:1-36:15
Ezekiel 35:1-36:15 Dear RTB’ers, Prophecies against Edom and in favor of Israel (both Judah and the Northern Kingdom)… Here is the Lord’s judgment in a single sentence (the Lord God speaking): Surely I have spoken in My hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves …
May 27 / Ezekiel 34
Ezekiel 34 Dear RTB’ers, A fairly straightforward reading today. Israel’s “shepherds” (kings, priests, prophets) are not tending their sheep properly: You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the …
May 26 / Ezekiel 33
Ezekiel 33 Dear RTB’ers, In previous chapters Ezekiel has been predicting the downfall of Jerusalem. Today we see that it has happened as predicted, In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been …
May 25 / Psalm 89:38-52
Psalm 89:38-52 Dear RTB’ers, It is helpful to recall yesterday’s reading, the beginning of this Psalm, where the psalmist speaks of God’s everlasting covenant with David and his children. Then today’s first verse jumps out like a monster in the dark, beginning with “But…” The psalmist then angrily charges God with bringing on all this …
May 24 / Psalm 89:1-37
Psalm 89:1-37 Dear RTB’ers, From its beginning this Psalm is about David and his relationship with God – God’s choice of him to be king (Ps. 89:19-20), God’s covenant with him (Ps. 89:3, 28, 34), his victorious reign (Ps. 89:20-27), and finally, his descendants (Ps. 89:30-37). In addition we have a long section (Ps. 89:5-18) …
May 23 / Psalm 88
Psalm 88 Dear RTB’ers, Today, a very unusual psalm… Except for the first verse (O LORD, God of my salvation…), the entire Psalm reads like a lament – except that, unlike a lament the writer does not explain his situation, what he is lamenting and why. He seems to be near death, or very ill …