Bible Read Thread

[SarahsKnight]

But history kind of repeats itself with what David did to Uriah.
Sorry I am getting ahead.
I also dont really get the prophesying naked bit.

Yeah I didn't get that either.

Somehow I do not think that we were really meant to.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Thanks for joining in, Miss Seeker. I like your observations.

Now then, onto Wednesday's reading: Psalms 39 through 41.

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

I enjoy reading with you. I've been looking for a Bible study for some time and this is nice.

I had to go with an easier to read translation for today's reading, as my brain wouldn't cooperate with the translation I normally use.

In Psalm 39, David asks God to tell him the length of his days and when his life will end. A handbreadth is basically measuring something with the base of the hand, so that's quite short. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure... that really spoke to me. We may think we will live a long life and could leave this earth in an instant. Very profound and true. He says everyone goes around like a phantom, heaping up wealth. Again this is true. 'Lord, who do I look for? My hope is in You.' I love this verse. David asks God to hear his cry.

In Psalm 40, it seems to start straight after Psalm 39 ended. God hears David's cries for help and turned his life around in a complete 180. He's got a firm place to stand, a new song in his mouth, he's trusting the Lord. He praises God for His many wonders and deeds. He desire's God's will and sets His law in his heart. It basically goes on the same throughout the entire chapter. I do love the ending though.

"But as for me, I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
you are my God, do not delay."

In Psalm 41, God has mercy on those who regard the weak. David's enemies want him to die and they speak falsely against him. David is backstabbed by a close friend and asks the Lord to have mercy on himself.

Overall I very much enjoyed the reading, especially Psalm 40.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Thursday: Poetry

Job 27 and 28

 

[Goodbook]

Seems like Job's story inspired solomon to write proverbs. Several direct parallels in the end of chapter 28.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Today in the prophecies we will be reading Jeremiah 7 through 11.

 

[SarahsKnight]

I noticed something in how our God particularly differs from the stereotypical view of gods as they are often portrayed in fiction and of course the false gods that actually existed in the times that the Old Testament books represented, at the end of Jeremiah 7, where God declares that one of the sins of His people that He is indignant about is that in their following after pagan gods they actually practiced the sacrifice of their children into fire. Burning living human beings in sacrifice was apparently something, as God Himself says at the end of the chapter, was never required by Him as a display of faith by His people the Israelites, nor did it ever enter His mind (or heart as it says in my NASB). Perhaps this is a good indication that our God is definitely more benevolent than those of fictional or pagan religions.

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For this morning, we will go back to Christ's life of preaching and healing with Mark 7 and 8.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Sunday: Epistles

1 Corinthians 11 and 12

 

[SarahsKnight]

Monday, week 15: The Law

Exodus 5 through 8

 

[Goodbook]

God wanted to give the Hebrews a feast, the Pharoah wanted to make them work harder but gave them straw instead of brick?!
I like that Gods reason for taking the Hebrews away from egypt was he wanted them to have a feast. They worked so hard and probably never got a day off.

 

[SarahsKnight]

We will see more of David and King Saul's rivalry today in 1 Samuel 21 through 25.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Wednesday, week 15: Psalms

Psalms 42 through 44

 

[Goodbook]

What, david had three wives at the end of this story...? Abigail, ahinoam and michal.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Yeah, now I remember. That Abigail lady was one of them. I kept trying to remember her name when I mentioned earlier that I think David had at least four wives over his lifetime.

Ah, just as well that Abigail accepted David's proposal, anyway. That Nabal fellow was kind of a discourteous and hard-headed man.

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Thursday: Poetry

Job 29 and 30

 

[Goodbook]

Poor Job!
But..why did he wash his steps with butter?!

 

[SarahsKnight]

Friday: Prophecy

Jeremiah 12 through 16

 

[SarahsKnight]

Saturday: The Gospels

Mark 9 and 10

 

[Goodbook]

These gospels make me think Marks emphaisis was on the poor. The poor were always last and the rich put themselves first. But Jesus says those who are first shall be last and the last shall be first.

He says this over and over in these chapters.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Alrighty, then. I will be gone for a few days, so allow me to post today's reading through next Friday's.

Sunday: 1 Corinthians 13 and 14

Monday: Exodus 9 through 12

Tuesday: 1 Samuel 26 through 31

Wednesday: Psalms 45 through 47

Thursday: Job 31 and 32

Friday: Jeremiah 17 through 21

 

[SeekerOfChrist94]

Sorry for disappearing. I'm taking summer classes so all my time is filled with homework.

1 Corinthians 13 - I enjoyed verses 4 and 5 the most. I have issues with being patient and not selfish when it comes to my relationship with my boyfriend (I know this is a singles section of the forum but anyway), so this is really helpful to remember. I also liked verses 13 "but the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 14 - I liked 20 in this one. Don't be a child in understanding, be a child in malice. Be mature in understanding. Good words to live by. In verse 27 about it says let there be an interpreter. So I don't think tongues in the church are random babblings like 'shaba' or whatever, but actual languages, unless you do know the Heavenly language. I don't know. It's a bit confusing to me. Speaking of confusion, I love verse 33. 'For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.' So true.

Great reading. I very much enjoyed it.