Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Joshua 11 and 12.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 119:89-176.
The Greek Testament reading is in Mark 12.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Joshua 11 and 12, The Canaanites whom Joshua Conquered
Additional studies: Joshua Index
The bottom line: God’s judgments are just, and righteous altogether. If He, the God who forgives sin and iniquity, had ordered the extinction of the nation because of their very great, and unrepentant sins, then their abominations were very great indeed.
Psalm 119, Whole Psalm Chiastic Structure, part eight
Additional studies: Psalms Book Five (107-150) Index
That YHVH’s commandments are broad, we saw meant limitless respective of time and space. In fact the Hebrew word broad, spacious, expansive, is the same word used for the law of liberty in Psa 119:45. The pairing, which cannot be made any other way, because the surrounding elements force the two together, reveals that His broad commandment is a lamp and a light to our narrow path (Mat 7:14).
Mark 12, The Currency of the Kingdom
Additional studies: Mark Index
And when we trade in those things, God increases the Kingdom to us. When the children came out of Egypt, their clothes did not wear out for 40 years and God provided water from the rock in the midst of the desert and manna from heaven. They did not need the currency of the kingdom of man. When Elijah was delivering the word of the Lord to Ahab, God sent a raven with meat and bread for him twice a day for three years. He did not need the currency of the kingdom of man. And when 5000 men, besides women and children, needed to eat after hearing Jesus teach all day, the disciples fed them with five loaves of bread and two fish. They did not need the currency of the kingdom of man.
So what do we do? Do not fear, little flock, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom (Luk 12:32). Give Him all that you are and all that you have, and He will take care of the rest.
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Daniel 5.
Suggested study: Daniel 5, Bible for Beginners.
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