Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Genesis 31 and 32.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 37.
The Greek Testament reading is in Matthew 27.
Essential Studies.
Genesis 31 and 32, God does not forsake His lovingkindness
Additional studies: Genesis Index
We saw previously that God fulfilled His word to Sarah (Gen 21:1); that God did not forsake His lovingkindness or His truth to Abraham (Gen 24:26-27), and now He is putting neon flashing lights around the central axis proclaiming that He fulfilled His promise to bless Jacob and be with him. Repetition is a teaching tool of Scripture! God does not want us to miss, that He keeps His word and He fulfills His promises! ♥
Psalm 37, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Psalms Book One (1-41) Index
The theme of the Psalms we have been studying this week has been, that YHVH will preserve the righteous even when trouble and judgment comes because of the wicked. Noah was preserved through the judgment of the wicked; Lot was preserved through the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; Jacob and his family were preserved in Egypt through the most severe famine the ancient world had ever seen. Israel was not preserved from the Assyrians or Babylonians, because Israel was living wickedly, ignoring the Law of God, just as the nations around them! This history is prophetic and teaches us about the time to come. Not everything we have been told about the end times has been the truth.
YHVH knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Psa 37:18-19
Matthew 27, Chiastic structure of the crucifixion
Additional studies: Matthew Index
The central axis is not what I would have expected, when I began working this out. The blood of Jesus is upon us – it is not just the residents of Jerusalem in the 1st century who put Him to death. Every human being who has ever lived has put Him to death. But it is through that death, that our sin, including the sin of putting Jesus to death, is forgiven!
Three-year Bible.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Amos 8.
Suggested study: Amos 8, Bible for Beginners.
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