August 18, 2015. Daily Reading: II Kings 16-20. Background: II Kings 11-15. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 16 Ahaz in Judah: After Jotham died, his son Ahaz took the throne in his stead and would reign for 16 years. As so many of the succession of kings of Israel that came before him, Ahaz did what…
Leviticus 19-21: Holiness.
August 17, 2015. Daily Reading: Leviticus 19-21. Background: Leviticus 16-18. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 19 1. Holiness: The beginning of this chapter, which will be somewhat of a list of things for the children of Israel to abide by, begins with a discussion on holiness. The children of Israel were called to be Holy, just…
II Thessalonians 1-3: Eschatology.
August 16, 2015. Daily Reading: II Thessalonians 1-3. Background: This epistle is the second letter that we have addressed to the church in Thessalonica from Paul (with Timothy and Silvanus). The church in Thessalonica was founded in Acts 17:1-19 on Paul’s second missionary journey. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 1 The second return of Christ: Paul opens the letter…
Luke 21-22: Signs and the betrayal.
August 15, 2015. Daily Reading: Luke 21-22. Background: Luke 19-20. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 21 1. The widow’s offering: This chapter opens up with the story of the widow that gives two small copper coins into the treasury as an offering to the temple. He says that she has put in more than all the…
Ezekiel 31-36: Prophecies against the nations, and Israel’s renewal.
August 14, 2015. Daily Reading: Ezekiel 31-36. Background: Ezekiel 25-30. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 31 Prophecy against Pharaoh: In this chapter, the word of the Lord comes to Ezekiel to give to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, on the things that will happen to him. Though the prophecy is directed towards Pharaoh, the oracle uses the…
Proverbs 14-15: Couplets of wisdom.
August 13, 2015. Daily Reading: Proverbs 14-15. Background: Proverbs 13. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 14 Continuing proverbs: As with the previous chapters, Proverbs 14 continues in recording couples of wisdom that are not necessarily related to each other, but harbor so much meaning and practical application that it would be wise to delve into each…
II Kings 11-15: Kings of Israel and Judah.
August 12, 2015. Daily Reading: II Kings 11-15. Background: II Kings 6-10. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 11 Athaliah and Joash: After the assassination of Ahaziah by Jehu in chapter 9, the story picks up here with the mother of Ahaziah seeking to destroy the royal family and set herself up as the ruler of the…
Psalm 84-86: Talking to God.
August 11, 2015. Daily Reading: Psalm 84-86. Background: Psalm 81-83. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 84 The dwelling place of the Lord: This psalm is a psalm of the sons of Korah and addresses the lovely dwelling place of the Lord. The psalmist’s soul longs to be in the Lord’s dwelling place, in the court of…
Leviticus 16-18: Atonement, blood and unlawful sexual relations.
August 10, 2015. Daily Reading: Leviticus 16-18. Background: Leviticus 13-15. Concepts and Connections. Chapter 16 The Day of Atonement: This chapter seems to chronologically fall just following Leviticus 10 where we find the story of the death of Nadab and Abihu after they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord. After the intermission of various laws…
Updated Bible Reading Plan.
August 6, 2015. For those of you who are following along the reading plan and this blog, I have updated the plan and set the selected passages to the dates that I will post about them. Because of the break and shuffling a few of the passages around, the new plan will be complete on…
An Update.
August 5, 2015. Just as an update, I have decided to start this project back up on Monday, August 10th, so that the schedule doesn’t get thrown off too much. I will post an update later this week that details the new, revised schedule for the latter half of our journey though the Bible. Thank…
Intermission
July 20, 2015. If you are a regular reader of this blog and are following along with the reading plan, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support, especially everyone who has given me kind words and encouragement throughout this year. I have decided to take a short break for…
Twenty Eight Eighteen 