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Category Archives: RTB 2023 – Chronological Bible
August 27 / Job 3-5
Job 3-5 See:
August 26 / Job 1-2
Job 1-2 As we begin our reading of Job, I would highly recommend that you take a look at this Teaching on Job by a certain young man I know, and then have a look at what we talked about last year. See: For a much deeper dive, you might try listening to 60 hours …
August 25 / Proverbs 30-31
Proverbs 30-31 I again encourage you to split these readings up over the course of the day… See: So how about Proverbs? Are we allowing ourselves to let these ancient words challenge our “modern sensibilities” or the direction of our not-so-wise society? Are we seeking Wisdom? Or are we just nodding our heads, saying, “That’s …
August 24 / II Chronicles 36:22-23; Proverbs 22:17-24:34
II Chronicles 36:22-23; Proverbs 22:17-24:34 Today we see the (beginning of the) fulfillment of what God promised through His prophets. Jeremiah had declared that the Babylonian exile would come to an end and that God’s people would return to the Promised Land. Further, as we read the other day, Isaiah had declared (much earlier) that …
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August 23 / Isaiah 52-55
Isaiah 52-55 Today we get the last of Isaiah’s four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah 52:13-53:12. In case one look at the Cross is not enough to convince us that Jesus is the fulfillment of this “Song”, the New Testament writers practically spell it out for us. Here are several obvious direct references to this “Song”: …
August 22 / Isaiah 49-51
Isaiah 49-51 Today we get two more of Isaiah’s “Servant Songs” in Isaiah 49:1-13 and Isaiah 50:4-9. As I mentioned before, the ESV avoids capitalizing “servant” or personal pronouns, and I suggest that it is useful to read these texts this way (uncapitalized) to avoid a biased interpretation. The NASB, on the other hand, capitalizes …
August 21 / Isaiah 46-48
Isaiah 46-48 “I am, and there is no one besides me.” That sounds like it must be God speaking, right? But it isn’t. That’s the voice of Babylon in her arrogant self-confidence. Here it is (twice!) with a bit more context: Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,who sit securely,who say in your heart,“I …
August 20 / Isaiah 44-45
Isaiah 44-45 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israeland his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:“I am the First and I am the Last;besides Me there is no god.” Isaiah 44:6 The LORD again emphasizes His preeminence. Time and again He declares that He is God and there is no other. (Isaiah 44:6,8; 45:5,6,14,18,21,22) Idols …
August 19 / Isaiah 42-43
Isaiah 42-43 Isaiah 42:1-9 is the first of four poems in Isaiah that have come to be known as the “Servant Songs”. (The others are found in Isaiah 49:1–13; 50:4–9; 52:13–53:12.) We know from New Testament references that these Servant Songs speak of Jesus Christ. (For example, see Matthew 12:15-18, which quotes Isaiah 42:1-4.) But …