Luke 1:39-56 Good morning, RTB’ers! I found myself answering elements of the STS’s first question this morning even before I read the question. As I read through Mary’s “Magnificat” I saw that she was referring to God’s relationship to herself in Luke 1:48-49 and then, pretty much to God’s relationship to the history of Israel …
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January 2 / Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:26-38 Good morning, RTB’ers! Today’s reading is very familiar to us – the angel Gabriel and Mary, the mother of Jesus. We read it every Christmas and we celebrate it with a Christmas Pageant every year with our kids. Mary’s response is so well-known for us: “…may it be done to me according to …
January 1 / Luke 1:1-25
Luke 1:1-25 Good morning, RTB’ers! And Happy New Year 2024!! We are so happy to have you along with us on this ride! May your Scripture reading be blessed, may you be filled with the Holy Spirit as you read and study, even as Zechariah’s promised son would also be filled (Luke 1:15). Sorry for …
June 30 / II Kings 23:1-27; II Chronicles 34:1-35:19
II Kings 23:1-27; II Chronicles 34:1-35:19 In today’s readings we have only one king, Josiah, and he is good – not a single bad word mentioned! He became king at 8 years old, he began to seek the LORD when he was 16, and he began his cleansing of Jerusalem and Judah when he was …
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June 29 / II Kings 22; Zephaniah
II Kings 22; Zephaniah 1-3 I noted yesterday that Josiah was regarded as a good king. We see that today, right off the bat: And [Josiah] did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right …
June 28 / II Chronicles 32-33, II Kings 21
II Chronicles 32-33; II Kings 21 Today, as in the past we have readings from Chronicles and Kings. If you are reading from The Chronological Study Bible you’ll have to move forward a few pages after II Chronicles 32 and II Kings 21 to get to II Chronicles 33. In between is material that we …
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December 31 / Psalm 150
Psalm 150 The end of the Psalms. Yes, it’s a Praise psalm, the last of the five closing Hallelujah psalms, but it’s also a guide for us as to how to praise God – the what (v. 1), the why (v. 2), the how (vv. 3-5), and the who (v. 6). I don’t mean to …
December 30 / Psalm 149
Psalm 149 Yesterday’s Psalm 148 was all about praise. I didn’t see that I could add much to what the psalmist had already said. I expected today to be more of the same, since we were now at the penultimate psalm in the five closing “Hallelujah” psalms. And sure enough, the psalmist does not disappoint …
December 29 / Psalm 148
Psalm 148 Praise. Nothing more to say…
December 28 / Psalm 147:12-20
Psalm 147:12-20 Psalm 147, Day 2. He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and rules to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know His rules. (vv. 19-20) “He has not dealt thus with any other nation…”. When the psalmist wrote these words, he was looking only at …