Another three books are finished this week. We are rolling along!
We complete Judges with what are for me some of the hardest chapters in the Bible. The story of the Levite and his concubine (ch19) is a very difficult story. Just remember that God does not approve of all the stories in the Bible. Sometimes they are there to shock us, to provoke us to anger and to show the sinful actions of those involved. Then in chapters 20 and 21 we read of warfare between different tribes of Israel, God's people - very sad. The last verse sums up the attitude of the people at this time - 'Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.' An attitude very prevalent in our own times I think! What do you think?
Then as a complete contrast we read the wonderful short story of Ruth. A great story of love and faithfulness, one of my favorite Bible stories. Following that we start into the book of 1 Samuel with the story of Samuel, a great prophet and the last of the Judges of Israel.
In the New Testament we read the events of Holy Week as narrated to us by Luke. The very heart of our faith is captured in the events of that week in Jerusalem culminating in the resurrection of Jesus which we read about on Easter Sunday!
14 Judges 19 Luke 18 Judges 20 Psalm 21
15 Judges 21 Luke 19 Ruth 1
16 Ruth 2 Luke 20 Ruth 3
17 Ruth 4 Luke 21 1 Samuel 1
18 1 Samuel 2 Luke 22 1 Samuel 3 Psalm 22
19 1 Samuel 4 Luke 23 1 Samuel 5
20 1 Samuel 6 Luke 24 1 Samuel 7
I hope you are enjoying the readings and learning a lot - I am!
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