Semikkah7

06/05/2025 – Day 340 – Psalm 140 – 142 / David: “Let the righteous one strike me…” Psalm 142:5

“Let the righteous one strike me — it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. …

06/04/2025 – Day 339 – Nehemiah – Chapters 5 – 9 / Post 1 of 5 / Two references to past cycle posts for this reading.

Next Wednesday, we finish our Nehemiah study with day 346, Chapters 10 through 13. I would like to refer you to two prior cycle posts for today’s reading: …

06/01/2025 – Day 336 – 1 John – Chapters 1 – 3 / 1:5 – “God is light” : How rich can commentary be from just one verse?

The first time I read through the Bible in a year over 25 years ago, I thought it was a challenge. Now , that part is easy. The difficult …

05/31/2025 – Day 335 – Malachi – Chapters 1 – 4 – “Believers today would do well to consider all they have as a stewardship responsibility from the Lord, asking Him what He would have them do with what he has given.” (Closing sentence to Malachi summary introduction – “The Apologetics Study Bible)/ See 3:10

Prior cycle posts: 1) 01/28/2024 – Verses 3:10 / 3: 18 -12 (*tithing) // 2) 04/17/2021 – a book of Malachi summary introduction through “Halley’s Bible Handbook”

(*tithing): An …

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 / 1 of ? / “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 …