Jerusalem – Len Bilén's blog, a blog about faith, politics and the environment.

Day 356 of reading the Holy Bible in 365 days.

Revelation 14. The apostle John again saw the vision of the lamb and the 144,000 Jewish male virgins, after which he saw and heard three angels making their proclamation. And then came time to proclaim the reaping of the earth’s harvest, the Grapes of Wrath. This vision is later portrayed in the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Zechariah 8. The Lord promised to bless Jerusalem, the future Holy City.

Zechariah 9, an oracle: The LORD will defend Israel against all enemies, He promised ” thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”

Day 296 of reading the Holy Bible in 365 days.

Hebrews 4:11-16. We should labor to enter into God’s rest. It seems contradictory, but God’s rest is active, applying God’s word, sharper than any two-edged sword, in other words, active belief. Jesus did the same, our high priest was in every way tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Ezekiel 21. Babylon was chosen as the sword of God for judgement, a sword against Judah and the Ammonites.

Ezekiel 22. Jerusalem had become a morally, ethically and spiritually bankrupt city, God found no righteous people, much less leaders, so He was going to destroy it; with drought and fire.

Ezekiel 23 tells in some length of two harlot sisters, one is Samaria, the other Jerusalem. God will execute judgment on both Jerusalem and Samaria.

Ezekiel 24. God told Ezekiel to put on a cooking pot, fill it with water and the parts from the best animal, boil it dry, let the kettle burn up the meat completely and char the bones. So shall it be done with the city of bloodshed. Ezekiel’s wife died. Put up a stiff upper lip, Ezekiel!

December 22: Reading the Holy Bible in a year.

Zechariah 8. The Lord promised to bless Jerusalem, the future Holy City.

September 15, read through the Holy Bible in a year.

Philippians 1. After the customary greeting the Apostle Paul gave a heartfelt prayer for the believers. “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” (This was the verse given to my wife and me when we joined the church after our salvation). Paul was in prison and this worked in favor of the Gospel. He also encouraged them to behave worthy of the Gospel and follow Christ and be partakers with him in suffering.

Isaiah 59. We are hopelessly separated from God until we confess our sin, and even then we need a redeemer. He will come out of Zion.

Isaiah 60. Arise, shine, for your light has come. Gross darkness covers the people. It tells of the glory of Zion and ends with a millennial prophecy of the New Jerusalem.