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05/29/2025 – Day 333 – Psalm 137 – 139

Verse commentary is from “The Apologetics Study Bible”:

Psalm 137 – “Lament of Exiles”

“137: 7-9. The language of these verses jars the sensitivities of the modern reader, especially one who has …

05/28/2025 – Day 332 – Nehemiah – Chapters 1 – 4 / “Nehemiah Prays for His people”

In our first cycle of the Semikkah7 read through the Bible, we have a post dated 04/14/2021 that provides a summary introduction to the Book of Nehemiah, along with commentary …

05/26/2025 – Day 330 – Acts – Chapter 19 – 20 / 20: 17 – 38 “A Sad Farewell”: “… Through all this scene runs the dominant feeling of an affection as deep as the heart itself. That feeling should be in every church; for when love dies in any church the work of Christ cannot do other than wither.” // and more…

“But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I …

05/25/2025 – Day 329 – 2 Peter 1 – 3 / Including: Signs of the End Times (3:3)/ the Bible’s fascinating facts (2:5)

My commentary excerpts this morning is from “The Evidence Bible – NKJV” (ISBN 978-0-88270-525-5) via the verse footnotes:

“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to …

05/24/2025 – Day 328 – Zechariah – Chapters 8 – 14 / A summary excerpt of the book, concluding our two week Saturday study of Zechariah. Last sentence: “… In this regard, Zechariah stands alongside Isaiah and the Psalms as books with a wealth of messianic teaching.”

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your King is coming to you; He is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on …

05/22/2025 – Day 326 – Psalms 134 – 136/ Chapter Titles: “Call to Evening Worship” / “The LORD is Great” / ” God’s Love is Eternal”, respectively.

I’m going to get right to it by sharing with you each chapter’s summaries , by way of the footnotes in “The Apologetics Study Bible”:

” 134: 1-2. The Psalmist invited …

05/21/2022 – Day 325 – Ezra – Chapters 6 – 10

I want to share a short excerpt from the introduction section of the book of Ezra in “The Apologetics Study Bible”, pg. 678 – 679:

The Reliability of Ezra

“Prominent in Ezra …

05/17/2025 – Day 321 – Chapters 1 – 7 – “The Eight Visions of Zechariah Explained: Lessons, Prophecies, and Meaning” by Diane Ferreira / October 16, 2024 – Updated on February 21, 2025

This commentary from Diane Ferreira on Zechariah is rich so I am sharing the link below. Please note as the article makes multiple references to the Messiah King, this …