Behind on readings? Month One! Exodus & Loving Leviticus
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Mike - OYB
Feb 1, 2012, 5:32:22 PM2/1/12
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February 1, 2012
Learning to Love Leviticus! :) This upcoming month of readings is what I call mission-critical! We are about to begin our journey through the book of Leviticus. And as this is my 9th time leading people through the Bible, I know that Leviticus is the book where I lose many people who started out so strong. I want to let you know this in advance, so that if you feel like maybe not reading your Bible for even just one day this upcoming month, don't do it! You may find Leviticus "boring" on occasion, but there truly is a lot of depth to it. And if you stop reading the Bible during Leviticus, you'll miss out on so much more of the Bible coming up later this year - including Saul, David, Solomon, the prophets - and the list goes on.
February 1
Exodus 1-2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3; Exodus 3-4:17
February 2
Exodus 4:18-7:13
February 3
Exodus 7:14-9:35
February 4
Exodus 10:1-12:51
February 5
Exodus 13:1-15:27
February 6
Exodus 16:1-19:25
February 7
Exodus 20:1-22:15
February 8
Exodus 22:16-24:18
February 9
Exodus 25:1-28:43
February 10
Exodus 29:1-31:18
February 11
Exodus 32:1-34:35
February 12
Exodus 35:1-36:38
February 13
Exodus 37:1-39:31
February 14
Exodus 39:32-40:38; Numbers 9:15-23
February 15
Numbers 7:1-89
February 16
Numbers 8-9:14; Leviticus 1-3:17
February 17
Leviticus 4:1-6:30
February 18
Leviticus 7:1-8:36
February 19
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
February 20
Leviticus 12:1-14:32
February 21
Leviticus 14:33-16:34
February 22
Leviticus 17:1-19:37
February 23
Leviticus 20:1-22:33
February 24
Leviticus 23:1-25:23
February 25
Leviticus 25:24-26:46
February 26
Leviticus 27:1-34; Numbers 1:1-54
February 27
Numbers 2:1-3:51
February 28
Numbers 4:1-5:31
Chronological Bible Blog
Every day in 2012, I will be posting up daily commentary, questions for reflection, and images on the Chronological Bible Blog at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com I encourage you to visit the blog each day in 2012. The blog will be the place for you to interact with our online community of 700 people around the world participating with us in our Chronological Bible readings. Please do share your insights or reflections or questions by clicking on the "Comments" link at the bottom of each daily posting at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com and/or www.facebook.com/ChronologicalBible
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God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? This ministry is in its 9th year in 2012. Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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Congratulations
on Month One!
Hi everyone,
We're
crossing
the
threshold of Month One of our Chronological Bible readings! Congratulations!
Your marathon pace is looking great. The wonderful habit of reading
from God's
Word every day is starting to settle into place in your life.
Keep your eyes forward on the path before you this year and your eye on
the prize! As Paul tells us in Philippians 3:14 - "I
press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Let us each press on toward the goal! We have an amazing month of readings in front of us with the Exodus & Leviticus!
Skip
Ahead Advice - I do want to share some encouragement and advice for those of you that are behind on our Chronological Bible readings.
First and foremost, please
know that you are not alone in being behind. I lead this ministry every
year, and know that there are always a relatively large percentage of
people who fall behind in the daily readings. Please don't beat yourself
up over this at all. What I encourage you to do today - and again later
this year if you happen to fall behind again - is to simply skip ahead
to today's readings. Pick up
the Bible with the readings for today's calendar date, and keep pace
with us based on the calendar dates of readings going forward. If your
goal is to read the entire Bible and not miss a word, that's great - you
can circle back in January next year and catch up on any
days (or the entire month perhaps) of readings that you skipped. Just
don't get too worried about reading every single word right now and
playing catch-up to today's date right now - you'll just end up
frustrated and likely quit altogether. Skip ahead to today's readings!
I personally have done this before in years past and it works wonders to
keep us going on this beautiful marathon journey. I have a hunch there
may even be a few of you reading this email who have not started our
readings at all yet. :-) That's okay too! Will you start with us now
with today's readings? In January next year you can circle back and read Genesis & Job. Please just dive in and get back
on course with us today!
Small Group & Individual Study Notes & Questions for the upcoming month of readings are attached to this email and are at these links (PDF & Word) below :
www.oneyearbibleimages.com/ChronBibleNotes2_1to2_28.pdf
www.oneyearbibleimages.com/ChronBibleNotes2_1to2_28.doc
Or, if these links above don't work, download this month or past month's Notes at this website link:
www.chronologicalbibleblog.com/groups.html
Small Group & Individual Study Notes & Questions for the upcoming month of readings are attached to this email and are at these links (PDF & Word) below :
www.oneyearbibleimages.com/ChronBibleNotes2_1to2_28.pdf
www.oneyearbibleimages.com/ChronBibleNotes2_1to2_28.doc
Or, if these links above don't work, download this month or past month's Notes at this website link:
www.chronologicalbibleblog.com/groups.html
Exodus
Author:
Moses
Date: 1420 or 1220 B.C.
Content: The book of Exodus deals with the significant facts surrounding Israel's emergence as a nation. Moses' great leadership is described as he accepted God's call to return to Egypt in order to lead God's people to freedom. God sent the ten devastating plagues upon Egypt because the Pharaoh refused to obey his command. The ceremony of Passover was established during the last plague and became a memorial of God's deliverance for all time to Israel. The Israelites crossed the sea and arrived at Mt. Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments and the plan for the tabernacle, and the covenant renewed the nation.
Theme: The power of God over evil is clearly shown when God defeats the enemy of his people by delivering them from bondage, but God expects that we trust and obey him in return. Worship in the Tabernacle and adherence to the law were two aspects of Israel's obedience. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers "The One Year Bible Companion" pages 1-2)
Date: 1420 or 1220 B.C.
Content: The book of Exodus deals with the significant facts surrounding Israel's emergence as a nation. Moses' great leadership is described as he accepted God's call to return to Egypt in order to lead God's people to freedom. God sent the ten devastating plagues upon Egypt because the Pharaoh refused to obey his command. The ceremony of Passover was established during the last plague and became a memorial of God's deliverance for all time to Israel. The Israelites crossed the sea and arrived at Mt. Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments and the plan for the tabernacle, and the covenant renewed the nation.
Theme: The power of God over evil is clearly shown when God defeats the enemy of his people by delivering them from bondage, but God expects that we trust and obey him in return. Worship in the Tabernacle and adherence to the law were two aspects of Israel's obedience. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers "The One Year Bible Companion" pages 1-2)
Terrific in-depth commentary on the book of Exodus can be found at Bible.org at this link: http://bible.org/article/introduction-book-exodus
"I
will harden his heart. . ." Exodus 4:21
One thing I love
about the Bible Blog
is the Comments each of you post up every day! Everyone posts
up some amazingly insightful and heartfelt Comments. As well as posting
up some great questions and conversations for us to dive
into. A few years ago someone posted up this great question: "In Exodus
4:21 God told Moses that he was going
to harden Pharaohs
heart, so doesn't that mean it is Gods fault that Pharaoh made the Israelites
life worse and also that all the plagues had
to happen?" I
thought I'd copy my reply gave on the blog here in this email too, because I am guessing that many of you may have
this same question:
"Very good question! I meant to post up about this
earlier, as I know others are having this question come up too. Paul in
Romans gets at this in Romans
9:14-21, below. (please don't see this as a harsh answer to you
personally to your question - just Scripture interpreting Scripture
here... :)
"What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not
at all! For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom
I have compassion." It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or
effort, but on God's mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised
you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and
that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." Therefore God has
mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to
harden. One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us?
For who resists his will?" But who are you, O man, to talk back to God?
"Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me
like this?'" Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same
lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?"
Bible.org gets at this point at this link - http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=218 Surf down to "The Permissive Will of God"
section. A brief excerpt is below here:
"Other parts of God's plan He permits. The
permissive will of God embraces only the moral features that are evil or
contrary to His desired will. Though God
does not actively promote this aspect of His sovereign will, He uses
them to accomplish His purposes, since He knows before hand just how
every person will respond to every possible situation, and decreed to
allow it or not. Regardless, God always places the responsibility for
these acts and their results with men or angels, as in the case of the fall of Satan
and then of man (Acts 14:16; Ps. 78:29; Isa. 10:5-14; Acts
2:23; Rom. 1:18-32). A classic example of this is perhaps the hardening
of Pharaoh's heart in the book of Exodus. Ten times it is said that
Pharaoh hardened his own heart (7:13, 14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 34;
13:15), and 10 times that God hardened Pharaoh's heart (4:21; 7:3; 9:12;
10:1, 20, 27; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17). Paul uses
this as an example of the inscrutable will of God and of His mercy
toward men (Rom. 9:14-18). Seven times Pharaoh hardened his own heart
before God first hardened it, though the prediction that God would do it
preceded all. The
fact that God permits these things does not make them less certain, nor
remove them from the sovereign plan of God, but it does remove the
responsibility for the sinful acts of men and fallen angels from God."
A few other websites that I found helpful surround
this question of the hardening of
pharaoh's heart are at these links (Please know that I may not
personally agree with everything you read in these websites, but thought
that they had some good food for thought at various points):
http://www.biblehelp.org/pharaoh.htm
http://www.rationalchristianity.net/pharaoh.html
http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/text/exo4_21.htm
http://www.biblehelp.org/pharaoh.htm
http://www.rationalchristianity.net/pharaoh.html
http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/text/exo4_21.htm
Leviticus
Learning to Love Leviticus! :) This upcoming month of readings is what I call mission-critical! We are about to begin our journey through the book of Leviticus. And as this is my 9th time leading people through the Bible, I know that Leviticus is the book where I lose many people who started out so strong. I want to let you know this in advance, so that if you feel like maybe not reading your Bible for even just one day this upcoming month, don't do it! You may find Leviticus "boring" on occasion, but there truly is a lot of depth to it. And if you stop reading the Bible during Leviticus, you'll miss out on so much more of the Bible coming up later this year - including Saul, David, Solomon, the prophets - and the list goes on.
My main goal in this email is to encourage you to Learn to Love Leviticus! :-)
If
you
do nothing else with this email, please take ten minutes or so to
review the amazing reflection, at the link below, on the book of
Leviticus by Bob Deffinbaugh over at Bible. org.
The article at this link below titled "Learning to Love Leviticus" will
bless you immensely before we embark on our study of Leviticus this week:
An excerpt from Bob at this link above: "Up to this
point in time the Book of Leviticus has been the "liver and onions" book
of the Bible to me. That is, I know
that it must be good for me, but I just don't seem to have a taste for
the stuff. To others, the Book of Leviticus is something like camping . .
. they tried it once and that was enough to last them a lifetime. Having
briefly looked at the Book of Leviticus, let us get down to the issue of
"taste" which must be settled before we will ever benefit from this
portion of God's word. The first thing we must seek to do is to identify
the reasons why we tend to dislike and thus to avoid this book."
Again, please please
read "Learning to Love Leviticus" at this link - http://bible.org/seriespage/learning-love-leviticus - before you read anything
else in this email.
Author: Moses
Date: 1420 or 1220 B.C.
Content: The book of Leviticus was designed to be a handbook for the priests or Levites, hence the name Leviticus. It sets down the regulations that were to govern the life of Israel in general and specifically to give regulations concerning sacrifice and worship. All of the major sacrifices are described, as well as the way they were to be offered. All of the major festivals and holidays are discussed. There are also special sections devoted to the priesthood and regulations concerning ceremonial matters.
Theme: The central theme of this book is that God has provided a way for atonement to be made by the offering of sacrificial blood. This whole system found its fulfillment in the shedding of Christ's blood as the one great sacrifice for the sins of the world. Leviticus also shows that worship is to be orderly and is to follow a regular pattern. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers "The One Year Bible Companion" page 2) More commentary on Leviticus is at this link: http://bible.org/page.asp?page_id=882
Date: 1420 or 1220 B.C.
Content: The book of Leviticus was designed to be a handbook for the priests or Levites, hence the name Leviticus. It sets down the regulations that were to govern the life of Israel in general and specifically to give regulations concerning sacrifice and worship. All of the major sacrifices are described, as well as the way they were to be offered. All of the major festivals and holidays are discussed. There are also special sections devoted to the priesthood and regulations concerning ceremonial matters.
Theme: The central theme of this book is that God has provided a way for atonement to be made by the offering of sacrificial blood. This whole system found its fulfillment in the shedding of Christ's blood as the one great sacrifice for the sins of the world. Leviticus also shows that worship is to be orderly and is to follow a regular pattern. (Above commentary is from Tyndale Publishers "The One Year Bible Companion" page 2) More commentary on Leviticus is at this link: http://bible.org/page.asp?page_id=882
Our Upcoming Scripture Readings
February 1
Exodus 1-2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3; Exodus 3-4:17
February 2
Exodus 4:18-7:13
February 3
Exodus 7:14-9:35
February 4
Exodus 10:1-12:51
February 5
Exodus 13:1-15:27
February 6
Exodus 16:1-19:25
February 7
Exodus 20:1-22:15
February 8
Exodus 22:16-24:18
February 9
Exodus 25:1-28:43
February 10
Exodus 29:1-31:18
February 11
Exodus 32:1-34:35
February 12
Exodus 35:1-36:38
February 13
Exodus 37:1-39:31
February 14
Exodus 39:32-40:38; Numbers 9:15-23
February 15
Numbers 7:1-89
February 16
Numbers 8-9:14; Leviticus 1-3:17
February 17
Leviticus 4:1-6:30
February 18
Leviticus 7:1-8:36
February 19
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
February 20
Leviticus 12:1-14:32
February 21
Leviticus 14:33-16:34
February 22
Leviticus 17:1-19:37
February 23
Leviticus 20:1-22:33
February 24
Leviticus 23:1-25:23
February 25
Leviticus 25:24-26:46
February 26
Leviticus 27:1-34; Numbers 1:1-54
February 27
Numbers 2:1-3:51
February 28
Numbers 4:1-5:31
Every day in 2012, I will be posting up daily commentary, questions for reflection, and images on the Chronological Bible Blog at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com I encourage you to visit the blog each day in 2012. The blog will be the place for you to interact with our online community of 700 people around the world participating with us in our Chronological Bible readings. Please do share your insights or reflections or questions by clicking on the "Comments" link at the bottom of each daily posting at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com and/or www.facebook.com/ChronologicalBible
I am excited that there are 700+ of us on this journey together through the Chronological Bible! Please contact me as any questions come up. Until next month's email!
God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? This ministry is in its 9th year in 2012. Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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Mike - OYB
Jan 28, 2013, 6:09:48 AM1/28/13
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February 2013
Learning to Love Leviticus! :) This upcoming month of readings is what I call mission-critical!
We are about to begin our journey through the book of Leviticus. And as
this is my 10th time leading people through the Bible, I know
that Leviticus is the book where I lose many people who started out so
strong. I want to let you know this in advance, so that
if you feel like maybe not reading your Bible for even just one day this
upcoming month, don't do it! You may find Leviticus "boring" on
occasion, but there truly is a lot of depth to it. And if you stop
reading the Bible during Leviticus, you'll miss out on so much
more of the Bible coming up later this year - including Saul, David,
Solomon, the prophets - and the list goes on.
Every
day
in
2013,
I
will
be
posting
up daily commentary, questions for reflection, and images on
the Chronological Bible Blog at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com I encourage you to visit the blog each day in 2013.
The blog will be the place for you to interact with our online community of 1,000 people around the world participating with us in our Chronological Bible readings. Please do share your insights or
reflections or questions by clicking on the "Comments" link at the bottom of each daily posting at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com
and/or www.facebook.com/ChronologicalBible
I am excited that there are 1,000+ of us on this journey together through the Chronological Bible! Please contact me as any questions come up. Until next month's email!
God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? This ministry is in its 10th year in 2013. Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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I am excited that there are 1,000+ of us on this journey together through the Chronological Bible! Please contact me as any questions come up. Until next month's email!
God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? This ministry is in its 10th year in 2013. Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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Mike - OYB
Jan 31, 2014, 11:15:28 PM1/31/14
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February 2014
Every
day,
I
will
be
posting
up daily commentary, questions for reflection, and images on
the Chronological Bible Blog at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com I encourage you to visit the blog each day.
The blog will be the place for you to interact with our online community of 1,000 people around the world participating with us in our Chronological Bible readings. Please do share your insights or
reflections or questions by clicking on the "Comments" link at the bottom of each daily posting at: www.chronologicalbibleblog.com
and/or www.facebook.com/ChronologicalBible
I
am excited that there are 1,000+ of us on this journey together through the Chronological Bible! Please contact me as any questions
come up. Until next month's email!
God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
God bless,
Mike
mi...@oneyearbibleblog.com
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? This ministry is in its 11th year in 2014. Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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Mike - OYB
Feb 3, 2015, 10:37:14 PM2/3/15
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February!
p.s. If you would consider praying for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry when you think of it, I would so greatly appreciate your prayers. Would you consider praying for this ministry on a regular basis? Maybe even once a month when you receive this email? Your partnership of prayer in this ministry will help bring more people worldwide into the joy and transformation of heart that takes place by reading and studying God's Word every day. Thank you so very much for your prayers. I truly mean it - thank you.
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