August 3 (Daily reading: 2 Chronicles 32-33) Hezekiah said to the people in the face of great danger: “Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with […]
Daily Bible Reading – August 02, 2021
August 2 (Daily reading: 2 Kings 20-21) “Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king … He did evil in the sight of the LORD … He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name” (21:1-2, 4). Manasseh proved that the […]
Daily Bible Reading – August 01, 2021
August 1 (Daily reading: Isaiah 64-66) We finish our reading in Isaiah by looking at two quotes as they were applied in the New Testament. Isaiah wrote about God’s amazing feats: “…when you did awesome things which we did not expect” (64:3). God is unique: “For from days of old they have not heard or […]
Daily Bible Reading – July 31, 2021
July 31 (Daily reading: Isaiah 59-63) Our reading opens with the terrible reality of sin. Even though “the LORD’S hand is not so short that it cannot save; nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear,” people still die in their sins. “Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, […]
Daily Bible Reading – July 30, 2021
July 30 (Daily reading: Isaiah 54-58) The opening verse of Isaiah 55, “Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters,” makes me think of the invitation given by Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his […]
Daily Bible Reading – July 29, 2021
July 29 (Daily reading: Isaiah 49-53) Twelve prophecies in today’s reading are quoted in the New Testament. We will look at two themes; the first, about belief, is developed by John and Paul. Isaiah wrote, “Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?” (Is. 53:1; quotes are […]