Semikkah7 Annual Plan
The Semikkah7 Annual Plan takes you through the Bible in one year. Each day of the week is assigned a theme so that you are reading from various portions of the Bible each week. (*) You can download the plan as PDF or Excel to print and keep in your Bible.
(*) – See daily themes with the books of the Bible covered in sequence through the year, below – bottom of the page.
We now have at least one posting for all daily reading assignments, Day 1 through Day 365. If you logon, you can use the search function to quickly zero in on a particular day, for example: “Day 365” results will show all posts in history to the “Day 365” reading in Jude.
A testimony to: “I am a mess” but I am a redeemed mess:
When I set up the blog website, I wanted to name it after the mystery of Semikhah as explained here in Jewish tradition that the priests would lay their hands on the sacrifice and confess their sins over it, and by doing so, they and the people would become one with the sacrifice. Unfortunately, I misspelled it. So, as Jonathan notes up front, we performed the “Semikhah” when we were “born again” through Yeshua the Christ. Thereby, our sins were imputed to him, and His righteousness was imputed to us. Amazing Grace! Over and over again, a mystery that carries over from early in Jewish tradition to the Messiah.
And this mystery is Day 329 in Jonathan Cahn’s daily devotional – The Book of Mysteries. He had more amazing mysteries to share but he ran out of days. I encourage you to look over the posting dated 10/09/2021 – “The Mystery of the Semikhah”, a presentation by Jonathan Cahn. Log on and use your search tool to quickly call that post up. It beats toggling though 30 pages or so of posts in reverse sequential order. And by the way, I highly recommend this daily devotional for the top of your bed stand. The discipline is to keep to “one day at a time”.
See Leviticus 16:21 / Galations 2:20 / 1 Peter 5:7 / 1 John 1: 8-9
Here are my (JimmyB) most frequent commentary sources for the daily readings along with the commentator “messenger” bio for each:
John Gill commentary:
Link below: John Gill has commentary for every single verse of the Bible , free of charge. How he had time to preach in a church for most all of his adult life is beyond me.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/
Bio(click on symbol on the lower right, then copy the link to your browser.):
Matthew Henry commentary:
One Volume Edition – Copyright 1961 by Zondervan Publishing House ; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Note – Just under 2,000 pages in length, the web contains free summary versions by chapter of the Bible.
Bio:
https://www.matthewhenry.org/about/who-is-matthew-henry/_
Henry H. Halley’s “Halley’s Bible Handbook:
Twenty-Third Edition Copyright 1962 (orig. copyright 1927) by Zondervan Publishing House ; Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bio:
Check out this amazing story that brought about “Halley’s Bible Handbook”.
“A Puritan Theology – Doctrine for Life” by Joel E. Beeke & Mark Jones
Published by Reformation Heritage Books – Grand Rapids, MI / ISBN reference: 978-1-60178-166-6 – Copyright 2012 – 977 pgs.
“The Apologetics Study Bible” – Copyright 2007 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee – footnote and article excerpts – Holman Christian Standard Bible, Holman CSV (Registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers)
“The Evidence Bible” – NKJV – Commentary by Ray Comfort – 2011 – Published by Bridge-Logos Publishers – Alachua, Fl. – footnote and article excerpts.
7 Day Theme: – (*A)
Mondays: “Gospel” – Matthew; Mark; Luke ; John ; Acts
Tuesdays: “Law” – The Pentateuch: Genesis ; Exodus ; Leviticus ; Numbers ; Deuteronomy
Wednesdays: “History” – Joshua ; Judges ; Ruth ; 1 & 2 Samuel ; 1 & 2 Kings ; 1 & 2 Chronicles ; Ezra ; Nehemiah ; Esther.
Thursdays: “Psalms” – All year!
Fridays : “Poetry” – Job ; Proverbs ; Ecclesiastes ; Song of Solomon
Saturdays: “Prophets” – Isaiah ; Jeremiah ; Lamentation ; Ezekiel ; Daniel ; Hosea ; Joel ; Amos ; Obadiah ; Jonah ; Micah ; Nahum ; Habakkuk ; Zephaniah ; Haggai ; Zechariah ; Malachi ; Revelation.
Sundays: “Epistles” – Romans ; 1 & 2 Corinthians ; Galations ; Ephesians ; Phillippians ; Colossians ; 1 & 2 Thessalonians ; 1 & 2 Timothy ; Titus ; Philemon ; Hebrews ; James ; 1 & 2 Peter ; 1 Through 3 – John ; Jude.
(*A) – Printed copies of the daily read assignments are available through a pdf or an excel file on the the Semikhah7 plan page.