Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Isaiah 30 and 31.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 71.
The Greek Testament reading is in Titus 2.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
Isaiah 30 and 31, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Isaiah Index
His people will be broken (Isa 30:12-14) and from that brokenness, they will repent, return to Him, and he restored. Their brokenness is the vehicle YHVH will use to restore them to Himself:
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? [Psa 118:22,23; Isa 28:16]Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” Mat 21:42-44
I always used to tell my children, “Learn by instruction and not by correction. For you will learn, but correction is much more painful.” Brokenness hurts! But it works. But even for the one with their eyes tightly shut and their fingers in their ears, God is able to break them and cause them to return to Him, because He is a covenant keeping God, and He is faithful to redeem the seed of Abraham, according to His promise to him.
Psalm 71, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Psalms, Book Two: Psalms 42-72 Index
The chiasm: When my enemies speak against me, that God has forsaken me, I will praise You more and more, and declare Your righteousness and Your salvation. What sound warfare strategy, when the enemy starts running his mouth!
Titus 2, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: Titus Index
In the 2B pair, grace toward salvation is the matching pair with zealousness for good works (A pair). Grace is not the opposite or enemy of works, but grace makes goodness and godliness possible. His grace has appeared to all men (as Jesus died for the sins of the whole world) and now God is calling all men everywhere to repent (Act 17:30). Repent of what? Of sin, of lawlessness (disregarding the Torah or Law of God), of ungodliness. The grace of God teaches those who have received it to deny ungodliness and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age (C pair). Those who repent, who receive redemption from sin, who receive the gift of grace to turn around and begin to live in a new way (2 Cor 5:17), are purified to be His own special people out of all men (B pair, compare with Hebrew segullah in Deu 7:1-11). (Teshuvah Day 27 of 40)
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Zechariah 12.
Suggested study: Zechariah 12, Bible for Beginners.
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