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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE -dazzling-visit-to-the-holy-temple-before-its-destruction-1.5452077 My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at anytime! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 4/13/2019     Day 103 2 Chronicles 25:1 – 28:27 Reflection | Today Chapter 25 - Amaziah (789-769 BCE) - mixed reign; drafted 300K; There was a fundraising drive to rehab the Temple - it was successful and they refurbished the Temple; much fighting and the king dies. Chapter 26 - Uzziah (785-733 BCE) - builder and reformer; was 16 when he took over; infrastructure building; he worshipped wrong and God struck him with leprosy. Chapter 27 - Jotham (759 - 743 BCE) - good reign, built cities and infra- structure; he became strong because he ordered his ways before the Eternal One. Short chapter. Chapter 28 - Ahaz (743/753-727/715) unending failure of reign - a disaster. Oded -the prophet - raises up ...

Read |  Day 181 | Tuesday | June 30  2   Kings 16: 19-20  2   Chronicles 28: 26-27  Isaiah 13: 1-22  Isaiah 14: 1-23, 24-27, 28-32  Isaiah 15: 1– 16: 14 Date | 716 BC Reading | Ahaz reign ends; Isaiah tells of Babylon and taunts their king; talks of Assyria -they will be crushed; similar to Philistia and Moab. Next | Day 182 | Wednesday |July 1   2   Chronicles 29: 3-17, 18-36  2   Chronicles 30: 1-9, 10-27  2   Chronicles 31: 1-21  +++ Collect of the Day Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. A Collect for Peace O God, the author of peace and lover of co...

Read |  Day 174 | Tuesday | June 23 2   Kings 15: 32-38 2   Chronicles 27: 1-9 Micah 1: 1-16 2   Kings 16: 1-9 2   Chronicles 28: 1-15 Isaiah 7: 1-9, 10-25 Date | 740 BC Reading | Jotham - Judah - 740 BC - okay, high places still in place; prophet Mica cries for Samaria and Jerusalem; Ahaz - Judah - 732 BC - bad - read for details; Isiah calls and tells of the sign of Immanuel - God with us - for there is desolation in the land. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here Next |  Day 175 | Wednesday |June 24 Isaiah 8: 1-10, 11-22 Isaiah 9: 1-7, 8– 10: 4 Isaiah 10: 5-19, 20-34 Isaiah 11: 1-16 +++ Listen to today's daily office from the Episcopal Parish of Garrett County Maryland USA |  Click here