Isaiah 60-64 Isaiah repeatedly portrays a future world that is utterly transformed, a world in which Zion (Jerusalem) is central and exalted, enjoying complete peace and security, with all things set right under the leadership of One upon Whom the Spirit of the LORD rests. We see this in the following passages (among others): And …
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October 3 / Isaiah 56-59
Isaiah 56-59 First, a quick note on chronology… Let’s not forget that Isaiah lived and prophesied about 250-300 years prior to our most recent readings in Nehemiah. Yet here we are now reading the last eleven chapters of Isaiah, because the editors of The Chronological Study Bible seem to think that these chapters speak to …
October 2 / Joel
Joel 1-3 What the cutting locust left,the swarming locust has eaten.What the swarming locust left,the hopping locust has eaten,and what the hopping locust left,the destroying locust has eaten. Joel 1:4 Locusts. An enormous swarm of voracious grasshoppers darkens the sky above and devours every plant below. Before this vast army, the land is green and …
October 1 / Nehemiah 13; Psalm 92
Nehemiah 13:1-22; Psalm 92; Nehemiah 13:23-31 Today we come to the end of the Book of Nehemiah, which marks the end of the historical narratives in the Old Testament. Nehemiah acts as governor of Judah for several years, but he is called back to Persia in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes (i.e. 433 BC – …
October 2023 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Oct Nehemiah 13:1-22; Psalm 92; Nehemiah 13:23-31 46 02-Oct Joel 1-3 73 03-Oct Isaiah 56-59 68 04-Oct Isaiah 60-64 76 05-Oct Isaiah 65-66 49 06-Oct Zechariah 9-14 90 07-Oct Daniel 7-9 82 08-Oct Daniel 10-12 79 09-Oct John 1:1-18; Luke 1; Matthew 1:1-17 115 10-Oct Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-38; Matthew 2:1-21 67 …
September 30 / Psalms 145-150
Psalms 145-150 See:
September 29 / Psalms 118, 135-136
Psalms 118, 135-136 See:
September 28 / Psalms 111-117
Psalms 111-117 See:
September 27 / Psalms 104, 107
Psalms 104, 107 See:
September 26 / Psalms 125-134; Nehemiah 12:31-47
Psalms 125-134; Nehemiah 12:31-47 Today we get a more complete description of the arrangements for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. We also get more than a few psalms, so I suggest breaking these up into multiple short readings over the course of the day so as to have a chance to let each …
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