Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Joshua 13 and 14.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 120.
The Greek Testament reading is in Mark 13.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Joshua 13 and 14, The Land had Rest from War
Additional studies: Joshua Index
The prophetic book of Joshua, which prophesies of the second coming of Messiah Yeshua as He conquers all His enemies in His land, declared today that Israel inherited the land God had promised to give her. God kept His promise! It brought to mind this verse:
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” Mat 5:5
Psalm 120, Chiastic Structure
Additional studies: Psalms Book Five (107-150) Index
Meshech was one of the sons of Japheth, who settled in the north. Bill Cooper makes a compelling case that this tribe became the ancestors of the Russians who settled the Meschera Lowland surrounding Moscow. Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, who settled in the south, in Arabia. His name in Hebrew means, “dark-skinned.” The Psalmist might very well be saying, woe is me, that I dwell north, and south, but not in the Land. In fact, many of these psalms of ascents, from Psa 120-134, may have been written during the Exile or upon the return from Exile.
Mark 13, Chiastic Structure
Additional studies: Mark Index
But it is important to note, that the events of the destruction of the Temple form the central axis. Surrounding that, is the great tribulation. In fact, in history, the great persecution of the Roman state against the church began before the destruction of the Temple, in 64 AD in the reign of Nero, and ended after the destruction of the Temple, in 313 AD with the rise of Constantine. Surrounding the great tribulation, on the front side of the structure, are the signs, but the end is not yet. On the back side of the structure, are the signs that the end is near, at the very doors.
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Daniel 6.
Suggested study: Daniel 6, Bible for Beginners.
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