Category: Bible

January 6, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

The topic for today is confusion without faith in God.

January 6: John 5, Genesis 11, Psalm 2 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

John 5 describes how Jesus healed a man at the pool of Bethesda on a Sabbath, which offended the Jews. In addition Jesus claimed to be equal with the Father, for which the Jews sought to kill him, but Jesus defended His testimony.

Genesis 11 tells about the Tower of Babel, and how different languages arose, all by being disobedient to God.

Psalm 2 is then what happens when “the heathen rage” and this psalm speaks of what is going on today.

The Tower of Babel is in a way repeated today where the global internet, supposed to bring us together, divide us more and more into camps, where the same words mean different things, dependent on the audience. Jesus is controversial, his claims are being rejected by people thinking they understand biology and morals better than God.  And hate is increasing, yet there are people that believe in the universal good of mankind, if they only could get rid of the concept of God.

Yet, people are, and always will be looking for the meaning of life, and long to eliminate the emptiness and meaningless that is the logical conclusion if there is no God.

January 5, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

Today there are only 3 chapters, but they are significant.

January 5: John 4, Genesis 9, Genesis 10, (click on the chapter to begin reading).

John 4 speaks about the first real evangelist spreading the good news of Christ the Messiah. It is the woman at the well, a Samaritan, scorn and rejected by her many husbands, yet used by God to tell the good news.

Genesis 9. God established His covenant with Noah (The Noahic Covenant), and as a sign He established the rainbow in the sky. Noah planted a vineyard, got drunk and exposed his nakedness. This leads to “the curse of Ham,” which lead to the excuse that the black race was for slavery. It was in reality the curse of Canaan, the original inhabitants of the yet to be promised land.  ponder that!

Genesis 10. A genealogy of the descendants of Noah. It tells how the earth was repopulated.

January 4, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

Today we come to the new birth chapter; you must be born again (literally: from above),  the new birth is necessary to enter into the Kingdom of God; and the new beginning signified by Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives, eight in all.

January 4: John 3, Genesis 6, Genesis 7, Genesis 8, (click on the chapter to begin reading).

Ponder the new beginning in the New Testament, leading to eternal life; and the new beginning in the Old Testament, restoring life on earth.

January 3, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

After 2 days reading about the Creation and the fall, it is time to focus our attention on what happened after the fall.

January 3: John 2, Genesis 4, Genesis 5, Psalm 1.  (click on the chapter to begin reading)

In John 2 Jesus turns water into wine, cleanses the Temple, and gives the Jews just one sign. Genesis 4 shows the results of original sin with the story of Cain and Abel and the beginning of animal sacrifice;  Genesis 5 shows the Genealogy from Adam to Noah, and Psalm 1 is a beautiful poem about righteous living, and only one person can fulfill all the conditions mentioned, the exception to ” There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3: 10)

The take home for today is the first of Jesus’ miracles, the first murder, the first man (Enoch) to be carried directly to God rather than die first, and Jesus giving the sign of Jonah about his (and our) resurrection. Psalm 1 extols righteous living according to the Old Testament and the law, with the New Testament counterpoint as given by the Apostle Paul.

January 2, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

Today’s reading of the Bible is short in chapters, but has enormous spiritual value if one is to understand it. It tells of a second, spiritual creation, the creation of Eve in Genesis 2,  (click on the chapter to begin reading), and the fall from grace in Genesis 3.

Chapter 2 tells of how God created woman out of man, showing that creation was not complete without man and woman as a unit. God’s design is one man, one woman, one lifetime. This would still be the case if we let God chose our mate. If we had followed God’s intent, a lot of sickness would not exist, especially sexually transmitted diseases.

But, God created us with free will, and the fall is then described in chapter 3. The problem is in eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, (not an apple tree) and in doing so we think we can do better than fellowship with God.

The question to ponder is: Why did God create us with a free will? He knew the result from the beginning, and knew He would have to send His Son to redeem us back to Himself. In fact He knew it from before the beginning: “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8, NIV)

Answer: We are created in God’s image, male and female, not so much physical, but spiritual, and free will is part of the package. Without free will there is no fellowship with God, only puppetry.

January 1, read through the Holy Bible in a year in Power-point, with comments.

The Holy Bible is the most important book ever written. It is the word of God.

The two chapters chosen for today are John 1 and  Genesis 1 (click on the chapter to begin reading)

Both chapters start with the words “In the beginning”. The gospel of John deals with creation spiritually, and Genesis 1 deals with the physical creation, but with a spiritual emphasis, laying the groundwork for spiritual understanding of how and why we exist.

We are existing in time and space. The question is: What was there before time and space existed, before the beginning?

Answer: God, existing in three persons, God the Father, God the Son (the Word) and God’s Spirit, (the Holy Ghost).

They alone are eternal, everything else, including time and space, is created.

December 31, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read the final chapter of the Holy Bible and the final chapter of Proverbs.

December 31: Revelation 22, Proverbs 31 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

Revelation 22 begins with showing the Apostle John the River of Life, the time is near, Jesus is coming soon and He testifies to the Churches, don’t add to or take away from God’s word. Jesus is coming Quickly, Amen!

Proverbs 31. The sayings of King Lemuel.  The book of Proverbs ends up with “The Wife of Noble Character”, and every day I thank the Lord for my wife of 51 years. Lives would have been quite different (or not existed  at all) if God had not brought us together.

 

December 30, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read one chapter of Revelation and the final chapter of Malachi.

December 30: Revelation 21, Malachi 4 click on the chapter to begin reading).

Revelation 21. The apostle John saw in a vision how all things are made new, the New Jerusalem was before his eyes and the glory of the New Jerusalem was on full display. there was no temple in it, all glory goes to the Lamb, the Alpha and Omega!

Malachi 4 is all about the great and dreadful day of the Lord, but before that God will send His messenger Elijah.

December 29, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read one chapter of Revelation and the third chapter of Malachi.

December 29: Revelation 20, Malachi 3 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

Revelation 20 is full of action: Satan will be bound for 1,000 Years and the saints will reign with Christ for the same length of time. Then there will be a satanic rebellion which will be crushed,  and after that comes the Great White Throne Judgment.

Malachi 3. The LORD will send His messenger, before His coming “But who can endure the day of his coming“,”For He is like a refiners fire.” So return to God instead of robbing God, but the people complain. God assures them there is everything to gain to serve Him.

December 28, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read one chapter of Revelation and the second chapter of Malachi.

December 28: Revelation 19, Malachi 2 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

Revelation 19. Hallelujah, while the world was quite upset at the demise of Babylon – Global Governance-, heaven is full of songs, jubilation and worship. Then John saw Christ on a White Horse,  and the beast and his armies were defeated. On Christ’s robe is written “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords“.

Malachi 2 tells of corrupt priests and the treachery of infidelity.