Bible Reading: MAY31: Job 9-11
MAY 31 Job first answers his critics with a picture of despair. He did not know why he was suffering so bitterly. His family was dead. His wealth and influence were gone. He was suffering without relief. His enemies seemed…
Bible Reading: MAY30: Job 6-8
MAY 30 Four other men are involved in this drama–all of them friends of Job. Keep in mind that the events of this book cover several months, and that friends and neighbors discussed Job’s case. Eliphaz, from Teman, was the…
Bible Reading: MAY29: Job 1-5
MAY 29 In chapter 3 we see Job’s perplexity. We must not misunderstand this chapter. Job did not curse God, as Satan predicted, or as Job’s wife suggested. It is good to know that Satan cannot predict the future. He…
Bible Reading: MAY28: Esther 8-10
MAY 28 In the remaining chapters of Esther another feast is recorded. This feast could be called the feast of remembering. Once Haman was out of the way, peace reigned in the palace. Mordecai was given the authority once held…
Bible Reading: MAY27: Esther 3-7
MAY 27 In chapter 3 we see Satan begin to work. Haman’s promotion went to his head and turned him into a murderer. Mordecai, Esther’s cousin and a very faithful Jew, would not bow down to Haman. This made the…
Bible Reading: MAY26: Esther 1-2
MAY 26 Chapter 13 records Nehemiah’s second visit to Jerusalem. He found that the Jewish men had repeated the sin of taking heathen wives. In fact, some of the priests had even sinned in this way. It was now necessary…
Bible Reading: MAY25: Nehemiah 11-13
MAY 25 The dedication of the walls takes place in chapters 11 and 12. The actual dedication is described in chapter 12:27-47. Ezra and Nehemiah divided the people into two great companies, with Ezra leading one and Nehemiah following the…
Bible Reading: MAY24: Nehemiah 8-10
MAY 24 The second half of the Book of Nehemiah begins on the first day of the seventh month (chapter 8:2). The emphasis is now on the people of the city and their dedication to God. The material building was…
Bible Reading: MAY23: Nehemiah 5-7
MAY 23 Chapter 5 is a sad chapter, for in it we see the Jews selfishly preying upon one another. There is no building in this chapter. There were great economic burdens upon the Jews, not only because of the…
Bible Reading: MAY22: Nehemiah 1-4
MAY 22 Whenever God wants to get a job done, He chooses a man who is willing. God cannot use a man who is not willing to serve! The walls of Jerusalem had been ruined, a small remnant had returned,…