Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Isaiah 59 and 60.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 90.
The Greek Testament reading is in 1 Timothy 4.
Essential Studies.
Isaiah 59 and 60, When God is far off
Additional studies: Isaiah Index
God being far from us is not the norm for people who are in covenant with God. He gave Moses instructions to build the tabernacle in the wilderness because He desires to dwell with and be with His people. He established Sabbaths and feast days as appointed times between Himself and His people because He desires to meet with His people. Togetherness is the norm, communion is the norm, communication is the norm, fellowship is the norm, relationship is the norm.
Additional studies: Psalms, Book Four: Psalms 90-106 Index
The psalm Contrasts the eternity of God and the surety of His works, with the brevity of man who returns to dust, when his life is over, like a vapor. Returning to dust is not our created state, but mortality was the consequence of our choice of sin rather than obedience to God (Gen 3). Sin is forbidden because it hurts self and others. Returning to the dust puts an end to the damage one man can do to another. When we contemplate the eternity and majesty, the authority and wisdom of God, who has chosen mortality for man as a consequence of sin, we gain a heart of wisdom, especially when we compare His steadfastness from generation to generation, to the brief span of our lives. For those who have gained this wisdom, who have repented of sin, and who seek to spend their lives worshiping God instead of hurting others, may His beauty and grace be upon them, and may the work of their hands be established to endure to His glory! Amen. ♥
1 Timothy 4, Chiastic structure
Additional studies: 1 & 2 Timothy Index
“Ah ha! You believers in Jesus Christ who abstain from pork, here is your proof text that you are actually in error!” You know, when I find a place in Scripture like this that expressly contradicts another place in Scripture that we have already studied, the first thing I do is put down my modern translation and pick up the King James, and then the Greek Literal Translation after that. Why? Because truth cannot contradict itself and remain truth. We have a misunderstanding somewhere. [Keep reading …]
Three-year Bible.
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Today’s reading is in 2 Chronicles 33.
Suggested study: 2 Chronicles 33, Bible for Beginners.
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