Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in 1 Kings 1 and 2.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Proverbs 28.
No Greek Testament reading today.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
1 Kings 1 and 2, The transfer of the kingdom
Additional studies: 1 and 2 Kings Index
For what is manipulation, but a recognition that your own will has been denied, thwarted, or otherwise not established, so, rather than laying down that will, it is still determined; only covert means, and pressure, is applied in order to bring about that will by force. Manipulation is an attempt to enforce one person’s will upon another, who does not want it or who has denied it, whether from a position of authority or no. The larger picture, is that anyone willing to employ manipulation, has already set his heart on rebellion, for it is a denial of the fact that the will has been countermanded.
Proverbs 28, Chiastic structures
Additional studies: Proverbs Index
The matching pairs in these two structures sometimes echo each other, but most often they contrast opposites: those who forsake Torah/ those who seek YHVH; the poor who has understanding/ the ruler who lacks understanding; blessings/ poverty, and so on. I have noticed that one who keeps Torah and one who confesses and forsakes sins are on one side, contrasted with the proud or hard of heart, who does wickedly. A proud heart does not confess sins. Is pride the root of all evil? It might very well be.
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Ezra 6.
Suggested study: Ezra 6, Bible for Beginners.
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