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December 7Hosea 6:1-9:173 John 1:1-14Psalm 126:1-6Proverbs 29:12-14  Hosea 6:1 – We’ve read so much about judgment in the previous chapters, we have hope in this verse. Return to the LORD …

December 6Hosea 4:1-5:152 John 1:1-13Psalm 125:1-5Proverbs 29:9-11  Hosea 4:2 – Note the sins: Swearing (Leviticus 19:12/3rd Commandment), Lying (9th Commandment), Killing (6th Commandment), Stealing (8th Commandment), Adultery (7th Commandment). The …

December 5Hosea 1:1-3:51 John 5:1-21Psalm 124:1-8Proverbs 29:5-8  Hosea 1:1 – Hosea is a unique story. Rich Christiano has produced a great movie on the book of Hosea, Amazing Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agtN64fdNF8 Hosea …

December 4Daniel 11:36-12:131 John 4:1-21Psalm 123:1-4Proverbs 29:2-4  Daniel 11:36 – Between yesterday and today, we just leapfrogged the entire Church Age. Yesterday’s reading described events from 2,000 years ago. Today’s …

December 3Daniel 11:2-351 John 3:7-24Psalm 122:1-9Proverbs 29:1  Daniel 11:2 – In today’s reading we’ll go from Daniel’s present day (fall of Babylon 539 BC) to the Maccabean Revolt in 164 BC. …

December 2Daniel 9:1-11:11 John 2:18-3:6Psalm 121:1-8Proverbs 28:27-28  Daniel 9:2 – Prophecy is easier to be understood at the time when it is being fulfilled, as opposed to when it is …

December 1Daniel 8:1-271 John 2:1-17Psalm 120:1-7Proverbs 28:25-26  Welcome to December! You are in the final month of the year, and it’s been an incredible time of digging into God’s Word! …

November 30Daniel 7:1-281 John 1:1-10Psalm 119:153-176Proverbs 28:23-24 Daniel 7:1 – Nebuchadnezzar had dreams,  now Daniel has his own dream. Notice also that this chapter is not in chronological order. According …

November 29 Daniel 6:1-282 Peter 3:1-18Psalm 119:129-152Proverbs 28:21-22 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Book_of_Daniel_Chapter_6-5_%28Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media%29.jpg Daniel 6:2 – When a president of a new political party takes over in Washington, he usually replaces all of the …

November 28 Daniel 5:1-312 Peter 2:1-22Psalm 119:113-128Proverbs 28:19-20 Daniel 5:5  Daniel 5:7 – Until 1854, historians denied the reign of Belshazzar. All other known historical records once disagreed. Ancient historians …

November 27 Daniel 4:1-372 Peter 1:1-21Psalm 119:97-112Proverbs 28:17-18 Nebuchadnezzar 1795-c. 1805 William Blake 1757-1827 Presented by W. Graham Robertson 1939 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05059 Daniel 4:1 – John Walvoord makes an interesting observation: …

November 26 Daniel 2:24-3:301 Peter 4:7-5:14Psalm 119:81-96Proverbs 28:15-16 Daniel 2:24 – Daniel has the answer, and intercedes to protect pagan astrologers (Daniel 2:27)? Daniel 2:30 – Daniel says: the magicians …

November 25 Daniel 1:1-2:231 Peter 3:8-4:6Psalm 119:65-80Proverbs 28:14 Daniel 1:6 – Welcome to Daniel! Daniel and his three friends – not Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (those were the Babylonian names …

November 24Ezekiel 47:1-48:351 Peter 2:11-3:7Psalm 119:49-64Proverbs 28:12-13 Ezekiel 47:1 – DeYoung notes the similarities between this and “when water flows from the ‘throne of God’” in Revelation 22:1. Right now, …

November 23Ezekiel 45:13-46:241 Peter 1:13-2:10Psalm 119:33-48Proverbs 28:11 Ezekiel 45:18 – Instead of putting the blood on the walls of the peoples’ houses (Exodus 12:7), the blood is put on the walls …