DECEMBER 20 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Haggai 1:1-2:23; Revelation 11:1-19; Psalm 139:1-24; Proverbs 30:15-16
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- Haggai 1:1-2:23 Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Obadiah prophesied after King Cyrus of Persia granted those held captive in Babylon permission to return to Jerusalem. Haggai and Zechariah exhorted the people and the leaders...
TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- DECEMBER 19 – Zephaniah 1:1-3:20; Revelation 10:1-11; Psalm 138:1-8; Proverbs 30:11-14
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- Zephaniah 1:1-3:20 Zephaniah prophesied during the reign of King Josiah. He was a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah. Although there was a great reformation in the days of Josiah, triggered by the discovery in the temple of...
DECEMBER 18- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- HABAKKUK 1:1-3:19; REVELATION 9:1-21; PSALM 137:1-9; PROVERBS 30:10
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- HABAKKUK 1:1-3:19 Habakkuk prophesied between the fall of Nineveh (the capital of Assyria) in 612 B.C. and the Babylonians’ invasion of Judah in 588 B.C. Babylon was becoming the dominant power as Jehoiakim reigns in Judah.....
DECEMBER 17 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- NAHUM 1:1- 3:19; REVELATION 8:1-13; PSALMS 136:1-26; PROVERBS 30:7-9
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- NAHUM 1:1- 3:19 The Book of Nahum is a sequel to the Book of Jonah. When Jonah walked the streets and preached to his enemies at Nineveh, the people repented and were spared of God's judgment. But now, approximately one hundred...
DECEMBER 16 – TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- MICAH 5:1-7:20; REVELATION 7:1-17; PSALMS 135:1-21; PROVERBS 30:5-6
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- MICAH 5:1-7:20 Micah accurately predicts the judgments coming upon the northern and southern kingdoms. Israel is captured by the Assyrians in 722 B.C., and Judah will be taken by the Babylonians more than one hundred years later...
DECEMBER 15- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- MICAH 1:1-4:13; REVELATION 6:1-17; PSALMS 134:1-3; PROVERBS 30:1-4
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- MICAH 1:1-4:13 Micah was an eighth-century B.C. prophet from Moresheth, Judah, a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah, who preached both to Israel and Judah. He preached during the reigns of Jotham (750 – 732 B.C.), and Hezekiah...
DECEMBER 14 -TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- Jonah 1:1-4-11; Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 133:1-3; Proverbs 29:26-27
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- Jonah 1:1-4-11; Seven times we read, words to the effect, "The word of the Lord came to Jonah" (1:1;2:10; 3:1, 3; 4:4, 9, 10). Jonah, son of Amittai, was told to preach against the great city of Nineveh, the capital city of...
DECEMBER 13 -TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- OBADIAH 1:1-21; REVELATION 4:1-11; PSALMS 4:1-11; PSALMS 132:1-18; PROVERBS 29:24-25
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- OBADIAH 1:1-21; Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. His prophecies focus on the Edomite nation, descendants of Abraham's grandson, Esau, and the rival of his other grandson, Jacob. The Edomites had a history of...
DECEMBER 12- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- AMOS 7:1-9:15; REVELATION 3:7-22; PSALM 131:1-3; PROVERBS 29:23
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- AMOS 7:1-9:15 Amos is shown possible scenarios of judgments- God can judge with a plague of locusts (7:1-3), or He can use fire (7:4-6). Amos pleads for mercy, knowing that 'Jacob' would not survive. "How can Jacob stand? He is...
DECEMBER 11- TODAY’S READING FROM THE ONE YEAR BIBLE- AMOS 4:1-6:14; REVELATION 2:18-3:6; PSALM 130:1-8; PROVERBS 29:21-22
TODAY'S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- - AMOS 4:1-6:14 Amos sarcastically invites the people of Israel to their altars of disobedience at Bethel and Gilgal and dares them to continue to serve their worthless idols. He says, 'brag about your free-will offerings,' your...