Day 201

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 31Isaiah 32Isaiah 33Isaiah 34Isaiah 35 Look in the scroll of the Lord. What humans lose through pride, the wild animals will gain. Edom had cheered on Babylon’s destruction of Judah/Jerusalem. The entire book of Obadiah in the Old Testament is on Edom and their...

Day 200

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 27Isaiah 28Isaiah 29Isaiah 30 HAPPY DAY 200! Atonement is not earned by your works. It is a gift of God’s mercy and is shown by turning from sin. God used hardships, like exile, to clear out the pagan idols so that His people could have a pure relationship with...

Day 199

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Today's Reading: 2 Kings 18:1-82 Chronicles 292 Chronicles 302 Chronicles 31Psalm 48 Remember, in the Wilderness, the Israelites had complained, and God sent “fiery serpents” (venomous snakes) as judgment, and many died. When the Israelites repented, God had Moses make the bronze...

Day 198

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 23Isaiah 24Isaiah 25Isaiah 26 He will remove the veil of spiritual blindness. In 2 Corinthians 3-4, Paul talks about the veil being taken away in Christ. When we turn to Jesus, our eyes are opened to see God’s glory clearly. Like a thick curtain that kept people...

Day 197

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 18Isaiah 19Isaiah 20Isaiah 21Isaiah 22 Isaiah gave the woe to Cush, which was ancient Ethiopia. In the Bible, “Ethiopia” is usually the translation for Cush. This referred to the ancient Kingdom of Cush/Nubia, located south of Egypt along the Nile River...

Day 196

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Today's Reading: There is no reading today, but you can use this time to catch up on any days that you may have missed this week. Click here to access prior days.  Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?  You do not...

Day 195

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Today's Reading: Isaiah 13Isaiah 14Isaiah 15Isaiah 16Isaiah 17 Chapter 14 gave a glimmer of hope after the judgment on the nations who oppressed God’s people. Israel would return from exile and even rule over their former captors (Isaiah 14:2). The people taunted the fallen Babylon...

Day 194

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Today's Reading: 2 Kings 162 Kings 172 Chronicles 28 The Northern Kingdom of Israel was made up of ten of the twelve tribes of Israel (often called Ephraim for the leading tribe). Israel fell to the Assyrian empire in 722 BC. Assyria conquered Samaria after a three-year siege and exiled many of...

Day 193

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Today's Reading: Micah 5Micah 6Micah 7 Great job finishing another minor prophet book. Bethlehem was the hometown of David; from it a Messiah would come from the line of David. The people still thought that a warrior king was coming. God said Israel would be abandoned until the time of the...

Day 192

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Today's Reading: Micah 1Micah 2Micah 3Micah 4 The “Mighty Mountain Micah” is how I remember the Book of Micah. It reminds me of the mountain melting like wax, and God promising the Ultimate kingdom on the mountain of the Lord. The mountains were a symbol of God’s judgment...