Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Judges 20 and 21.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 134.
The Greek Testament reading is in Galatians 6.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Judges 21, The Judges chronology
Additional studies: Judges Index
Ussher places the civil war with Benjamin some time during the Israelites’ subjugation by Moab and Amalek, which lasted from 1343-1325 BC. Ehud was a survivor of Benjamin. How did Ussher come up with his dates? All the information needed to construct a complete and accurate chronology of the Hebrew Testament is present within the Hebrew Testament. Ussher studied meticulously collecting every scrap of chronological information, arranging it until no thing was out of harmony with any other thing, also using the histories of the ancient world in Greek and Latin which he had. His history was so accurate, that his dates appeared in the margins of the King James Bible for hundreds of years, until the rise of darwinian evolutionary theory caused the publishers to abandon them.
Psalm 134, Doxology
Additional studies: Psalms Book Five (107-150) Index
We are the servants of YHVH, because He is the Creator of heaven and earth. We bless Him, and He blesses us. Isn’t the call to bless Him amazing? If you think of it, normally the greater blesses the lessor. And what do we have to confer upon the Creator of heaven and earth, anyway? Nothing material, but our love, worship, and devotion. Pour it out on Him, who has so richly blessed us who did not deserve it! ♥
Galatians 6, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Galatians Index
The central axis, or the central point of the entire passage, is, Let each one examine his own work. What is Paul saying? He has spent five chapters criticizing works – obedience to the Law of God – as a means of salvation or justification before God. Now he is balancing his message by saying, examine your works. Is the fruit being produced by your life of the flesh or of the Spirit? Look at your works. Don’t be deceived into thinking, in other words, that all is fine because you attend this church or believe that doctrine, because God is not deceived. You will know them by their fruit.
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Revelation 5.
Suggested study: Revelation 5, Bible for Beginners.
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