Monday, July 13, Genesis 31 12 — While most biologists reject the breeding technique Jacob used, we know it was the Lord who made it work. Jacob did give God the credit. (31:9, 42; 32:9, 10) 19 — Note Rachel’s spiritual weakness. Read Matthew 4:10. Vv. 38-42 — The Lord definitely put Jacob in the house of correction. This correction …
Bible Reading & Commentary for the Week July 6 – July 11, 2020
Monday, July 6, Genesis 25 8-– Who were these people Abraham was “gathered to” in death? Only he and Sarah were buried in the Cave of Machpelah. These were the believers who had preceded him in death and now were in heaven. Cf. Heb. 11:4-16; Matt. 22:31-33. 34 — In the Christian congregation, we have those who are like Esau …
Bible Reading & Commentary for the Week June 29th – July 4th 2020
Monday, June 29, Genesis 19 Vv. 4-5 — God also speaks of the sin of homosexuality and its punishment in Rom. 1:26, 27, 32 and I Cor. 6:9-10, Lev. 20:13. 14 — The Lord sheds further light on Lot’s positive spiritual life in II Peter 2:6-8. 26 — True repentance is turning away from sin, not looking back to it. …
Bible Reading & Commentary for the Week June 22nd – June 27th 2020
Monday, June 22, Genesis 13 7 — The closest we may come to Abraham and Lot’s problem today might be an inheritance. Instead of quarreling over your inheritance, would you say to your relative, “You take the first choice”? Abraham made such a compromise because he trusted that the Lord would take care of him and the Lord did. Read …
Bible Reading & Commentary for the Week of June 15 – June 20
Monday, June 15, Genesis 7 v. 2 — The extra clean animal apparently was for sacrifice. (cf. 8:20) v. 11 — How long was Noah in the ark? Check 8:13-14 for the answer. v. 16 — The Lord shut them in. When we are in the Lord’s hands, we are completely safe and secure. Read Psalm 46 in connection with …
June 8 – 13 Bible Reading Guides & Commentary
GENESIS — Genesis, which means beginnings, was written by Moses. In it, God gives us an account of how the world began and also a history of the ancient world. After the flood, the history centers chiefly around the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. From them God established the nation of Israel. It was to that nation, from Abraham’s …
June 1 – 6 Bible Reading Guide
Monday, June 1, Revelation 18 Vv. 2, 20 — Babylon, in the Old Testament, was the heathen nation which brought Judah into Babylonian Captivity (II Kings 25:1-21 & II Chron. 36:15-20). As God freed Judah from that captivity (II Chron. 36:21-23 and Ezra 1)), so He’ll free the Christian Church in the last days from Babylon the Great. Babylon the …
May 25-30 Bible Reading Guides
Monday, May 25, Revelation 12 v. 1 — The woman is a symbol of the Christian church. v. 3 — “Crowns” is not the word for the crown of victory, but “diadem,” which implied deity. It was worn by the Persian emperors, by the mad Caligula and Diocletian (Roman emperors) and still later by the popes. Vv. 5-6 — The …
May 18-23 Bible Reading Guides
Bible Reading and Commentary May 18-23, 2020 Monday, May 18, Revelation 6 Vv. 2, 4, 5, 8 — Prof. Becker in his commentary on Revelation, interprets the opening of the 6 seals in chapter 6 with Matthew 24, where Jesus gives us the signs of the last days. Here’s his interpretation: The white horse in v. 2 is Christ and …
May 11-16 Bible Reading Guide
Bible Reading and Commentary May 11-16, 2020 REVELATION — The book of Revelation might be viewed as a commentary on 2 Bible passages, “We must through many hardships enter the Kingdom of God,” (Acts 14:22) and “The gates of hell will not overcome it (the church)” (Matt. 16:18; A.A.T.) Monday, May 11, Revelation 1 v. 5 — How are we …