Psalm: 119:97-120 Meditation Revelation: Let’s explore these 144,000. These are first mentioned in Chapter 7 as John lists the tribes of Israel – each consisting of 12,000 souls. While we all believe there were 12 tribes – actually, it turns out, there were 13 – not unlike the Apostles + Jesus. Levi was to have …
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Saturday, November 20
Psalms: 53, 54 Meditation Joel: Joel speaks of “the Day of the LORD”. I promise you; you do not want to be around for that. That said, I’m afraid you may be there anyway. All that we looked at in Revelation (except the marriage of the Lamb) will be visited upon earth. Verse 12 “the …
Monday, November 1
Psalm: 143 Meditation Revelation: This is the second woe of three. First, we meet the two witnesses which as verse 4 tells us correspond to the two olive trees and two lampstands which are in heaven. These olive trees are fed by the river of life which flows through the celestial city (Rev. 22:1). The …
Sunday, September 5
Psalm: 89 Meditation Revelation: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” (v. 2) The scroll is a book. At that time books were not made of paper sheets – or leaves, as they came to be called. This is the imagery with which John was familiar. The seals are another matter. …
Sunday, August 29
Psalm: 7 Meditation Revelation: The Book of Revelation continues to be a mystery to me. I don’t have any profound insights on this book except to say that I think it is a glimpse of the world as seen from a heavenly perspective; what is shrouded to us is clear in heaven. We don’t see …
Friday, January 15
Psalm 17 Meditation: John – This is Jesus’ first open miracle. He mentions that his time has not yet come. It’s also mentioned that after this first revelation of his glory, his disciples believed in him. If the disciples didn’t believe in Jesus before seeing the clear water turn into drinkable wine, why were they …
Tuesday, December 22
Psalm: 66 Meditation Luke: This is one of those selections I don’t fully understand chosen for this day in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP – 1977). Simeon is one of the last prophets of the Old Testament (also allowing that John the Baptist was an Old Testament prophet) – he is what I describe …
Thursday, May 21
Ascension Thursday Psalm: 47 Meditation Daniel: This is a glimpse from Daniel, or rather a glimpse to Daniel of what we might call Jesus’ investiture as King of the Universe. This scene describes something like Revelation chapter 20 of what we know as the “white throne judgment”. While John (in Revelation) may have been familiar …
Tuesday, February 25
Psalm: 98 Meditation The theme for Lent will be avoiding complacency in our daily walk with Christ. Opening with a stern warning: We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard so that we do not drift away…” (v. 1) Drifting away is the very definition of complacency. We run the risk …
Daily Bible Readings – Monday, January 6, 2014
Prayer Psalm: 46 Prayer Point. It is easy to despair over the evil in our world. We fear for our safety. The wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. The economy is uncertain. Psalm 46 calls us to fix our eyes on another reality, God’s reality. Pray that we might know that God truly is “our refuge …
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