Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Esther 3 and 4.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Proverbs 19.
The Greek Testament reading is in Revelation 15.
Essential Studies.
Esther 3 and 4, And Amalek the prophetic type
Additional studies: Esther Index
I looked up “Amalek” in Strong’s, and they say it means, “dweller in a valley,” but melech in Hebrew is “king”, am is “people.” King of the peoples, or nations, or, perhaps, first among the nations (Num 24:20)? Like Melchizedek, here we have a man, without father or lineage, who makes war on Messiah’s people until he himself is the last to be destroyed. He is a type of antimessiah, and in Esther, his descendant has once again determined to kill God’s people and wipe them off the map.
Proverbs 19, Effective chastening
Additional studies: Proverbs Index
Corporal punishment is reserved for fools (the scorning fool) who have already shown by ignoring previous instruction, that they are reluctant to turn from their foolishness. For children who are beginning to develop understanding–shown by attempting to comply with previous instruction–corporal punishment is unnecessary. Instead, an effective discipline is a reproof, that is, work, the proper completion of a laborious task, in order to correct a child from their error.
Revelation 15, Seven angels with seven last plagues
Additional studies: Revelation Index
In Revelation 15 John sees the seven angels who have the seven last plagues which will complete the wrath of God. They are given seven bowls of wrath, which was trodden from the winepress of the grapes of wrath, harvested in chapter 14. At the end of chapter 11, the seventh angel blew the seventh trumpet. Then chapters 12 through 14 told about Babylon’s long war against God, when she appeared to be victorious, and God’s war against Babylon, when His victory over her is prophesied. The interruption of chapters 12 through 14 is here, so that we learn who is receiving the wrath that the seven angels are about to pour out. The seventh trumpet reveals the seven angels who have the seven last plagues, which are described next …
Three-year Bible.
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Today’s reading is in Acts 7.
Suggested study: Acts 7, Bible for Beginners.
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