Author: Al Gary

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 20, 2021

    September 20 (Daily reading: Zechariah 1-4, NIV) Two months after Haggai’s prophecy, Zechariah wrote about the visions that God had revealed to him. He was a prophet and a priest who returned to Jerusalem with the exiles. He reinforced the words of Haggai concerning the rebuilding of the temple. “Therefore, this is what the LORD…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 19, 2021

    September 19 (Daily reading: Haggai) We don’t know much about Haggai, but he is mentioned in Ezra 5:1 as being instrumental in the decision to resume the work on the temple. The work had been delayed for about eighteen years when God inspired Haggai to speak to the people. God’s question was: “Is it time…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 18, 2021

    September 18 (Daily reading: Ezra 4-6; Psalm 137) The amazing beginning that the Hebrews made to rebuild the temple quickly ran out of steam. Their enemies came from the north, from the area of Samaria, and offered to help, saying that they had been sacrificing to the same God. Who were these people? 2 Kings…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 17, 2021

    September 17 (Daily reading: Ezra 1-3, NIV) God could use prophets like Jeremiah and Ezekiel to announce that His people would return to Jerusalem after seventy years in exile, but He needed a powerful foreign king to make it happen! “The LORD moved the heart of Cyrus King of Persia to make a proclamation… ‘The…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 16, 2021

    September 16 (Daily reading: Daniel 10-12) Daniel continued to have visions concerning the future. Different interpretations are offered by biblical commentators, with some saying Daniel’s visions reveal how things will happen in the end times, and others believing that Daniel’s prophecies were mostly fulfilled during the intertestamental period. Daniel 10:13 gives us insight into the…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 15, 2021

    September 15 (Daily reading: Daniel 7-9, NIV) In the first half of the book, Daniel interpreted the dreams of the kings Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar. In the second half, he wrote about his own dreams and their apocalyptic interpretations. Daniel was very troubled by them (7:15, 28). “I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 14, 2021

    September 14 (Daily reading: Daniel 4-6) God’s activity in the lives of the four young Hebrews teaches us how God can bless our faithfulness. King Nebuchadnezzar had issued a challenge to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and to their God: “What god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?” (3:15). Then he had…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 13, 2021

    September 13 (Daily reading: Daniel 1-3) God chose four young Hebrew men for special service while they were in exile. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah had been selected to serve in the king’s palace in Babylon. The attention of the palace officials was drawn to them because God’s hand was upon them. Their faith was…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 12, 2021

    September 12 (Daily reading: Joel) It is difficult to place the book of Joel chronologically. The only personal information about the prophet Joel is his father’s name. He announced the coming of “the day of the LORD” (1:15) as a destructive plague of locusts. The message of Joel has in common with other prophecies the…

  • Daily Bible Reading – September 11, 2021

    September 11 (Daily reading: Ezekiel 46-48, NIV) Ezekiel described an unusual feature of his vision: “I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east” (47:1). The further it flowed, the deeper it got, suggesting an abundance of supply of water. The stream flowed all the way down the Jordan…

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