President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to reemphasize the importance of the Holy Bible in the daily life of the business of America.
“On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible,” April 18–25, 2026: A national, continuous Bible reading — live from Washington, D.C., watched across the U.S.
One Week. One Nation. One Book.
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This passage of the Holy Bible, 2 Chronicles 7: 11-22 is a passage that is quoted in part every National Day of Prayer, originally called a day of humiliation and prayer. This year it is on May 7. For the great majority of Americans that have never read the Holy Bible in its entirety an explanation is in order. The passage refers to the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, a celebration of offerings and animal sacrifices never seen before or again in the life of the Jewish nation. The Jews still mourn the loss of the Temple, and they are still waiting for their Messiah, waiting for their final redemption.
Two thousand years ago Jesus Christ was born, and when the time was right stepped forward and claimed to be equal with God, an obvious blasphemy unless it was true. This was accepted by large masses of the people, but not the religious establishment, so for this he was crucified by the Romans, since only the Romans had the power to condemn people to death. After the well documented crucifixion Jesus was buried and a guard was placed to prevent the dead body from being removed. After three days Jesus rose again from the dead and forty days later he returned to Heaven. Ten days after that he sent his Holy Spirit to the few believers. In all the time before the Holy Spirit had come upon Gods people, and they prophesied, wrote songs and psalms, and wrote the Holy Scriptures. God’s dwelling was in the Tabernacle, and after the Temple was completed God’s glory filled the temple. The moment Jesus Christ died on the cross the veil in the Temple was rent from top to bottom and the restricted access to God once a year was removed. The change is total. A person who truly believes has total direct access to God, because God Himself lives within the body of the believer in the form of the person of the Holy Spirit. The body of the believer has become the tabernacle or temple of the Holy Spirit. This is a very abbreviated version of the Gospel of the grace of God.
The Jews do not accept Christianity, because for them Jesus was not their Messiah. The Muslims do believe in Jesus (Issa) but only as a prophet, inferior to Muhammad and he was never crucified, it only seemed so to the Jews. Instead he was directly translated to God, because God would never punish his only Son, and certainly not for our sins.
What I have described is a very abbreviated form of the Gospel. Much more can be grasped by reading the complete Bible. My journey started with reading the book of Hebrews, then the gospel of Matthew, then the book of Genesis, and then I was hooked. The Bible is a fantastic book, but to be honest there are parts of the old Testament I still have a hard time reading. The Bible tells it as it was, warts and all, and in a way it has strengthen my faith.
Here is the passage our president will read:
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