Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Exodus 7 and 8.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 50.
The Greek Testament reading is in Mark 8.
Essential Studies.
Exodus 7:1-7, Pharaoh’s hard heart (Additional studies: Exodus Index)
The Hebrew Root Word brings out the aspect that hardening does not take place after one incident, but many incidents interpreted or internalized perhaps bitterly, added together and compressed down, hardens the heart. What is the cure? I think that is a complex question, because I do believe that in many cases a broken heart precedes a hard one. Jesus equates our hearts to ground in the parable of the sower in Mar 4:13-20. Hard ground, that has been baked by the sun, cannot be sown with seed. It needs a gentle rain first, and lots of it, to restore the ground to softness; then it can receive something sown. A hard rain defeats the purpose; the water runs off instead of being received. A soft and gentle rain allows the water to penetrate the ground and begin its work of loosening up the soil.
Psalm 50, Chiastic structure (Additional studies: Psalms Book Two (42-72) Index)
Mark 8, The Leaven of the Pharisees (Additional studies: Mark Index)
Three-year Bible.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Luke 16.
Suggested study: Luke 16, Bible for Beginners.
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