Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Isaiah 28 and 29.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 70.
The Greek Testament reading is in Titus 1.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Isaiah 29, Tyranny brought to an end
Additional studies: Isaiah Index
The Hebrew describes an oppressive and powerful tyrant who is brought to an end – he ceases to exist. The tyrant isn’t even necessarily a man; it could be an oppressive regime, or an oppressive idea which everyone must affirm or be ruined.
Those who watch for iniquity are all the ways eyes are on society to ensure compliance with the tyrannical, whether it be public cameras, or that outraged neighbor who is shocked your opinion is outside the accepted parameter.
They make speech a crime, and thoughts a punishable offense. For the one who stands up and reproves them in the open square, they lay traps. For the righteous who show up the emptiness of their foolishness – literally, that their cherished ideology is void of substance or sense – they turn them aside. They turn the righteous aside through whatever means they can; they do not turn aside their reproof, for they cannot.
This is the era that we have been living in, and its days are numbered. (Teshuvah Day 26 of 40)
Psalm 70, Hebrew Root Words
Additional studies: Psalms, Book Two: Psalms 42-72 Index
In the back of the structure, the verbs are repeated, but in the context of what YHVH’s people do in the face of the evil desires of the wicked.
1) They SEEK Him.
2) They LOVE His salvation as opposed to delighting in harm coming to anyone.
3) They SAY, “Let God be magnified.”
David’s prayer is that they 4) REJOICE and are GLAD regardless of circumstances, because God is with them is implied.
Titus 1:13-14, Jewish fables and commandments of men
Additional studies: Titus Index
The “them” Titus is to rebuke, are the insubordinate, especially those of the circumcision (vs. 10). This is not the first time we have run across Paul’s struggle with the circumcision party:
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. Act 10:44-45
They were astonished, because God saved the Gentiles and baptized them with the Holy Spirit while they were still uncircumcised.
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Zechariah 11.
Suggested study: Zechariah 11, Bible for Beginners.
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