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Opening Sentence Behold, the dwelling of God is with humankind. God will dwell with them, and they shall be the Lord's people, and God will be with them, and be their God.   Revelation 21:3 Read | Monday after the Second Sunday after Christmas | Ps. 85  87; Ps. 89:1–29; Joshua 3:14—4:7; Eph. 5:1–20; John 9:1–12  35–38   By Phillip Vere [FAL], via Wikimedia Commons Reflection | Psalm 85  -  Literary type | Liturgy  |  click here You have been gracious to the land and the people and restore our relationship with you, O Lord; grant us your salvation; turn to the Lord; truth and righteousness shall be the way of the Lord; peace. Joshua 3 - The people of Israel walk across the Jordan on dry land into the promised land; they crossed safely led by God; they build a  monument  to remember the  occasion . Ephesians  5 - Christian conduct as imitators of God; behave; watch your tongue; greed is i...

Read |  Day 71 | Thursday | March 12 | Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:30 Dates | 1405 or 1239 BC Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here   Background | Center for Biblical Studies | Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Bible, and last book of the Pentateuch. It is a record of Moses’ last words before his death. The title Deuteronomy means “second law,” because here, at the end of Israel’s desert wanderings, Moses gives the law again to a generation not alive forty years earlier (when they were first given on Mt. Sinai). Most of the book consists of a series of speeches given by Moses. The first verses of the book set up Moses’ speeches, and the final chapter (34) records his death. After recounting some of their desert woes (chapters 1-4), Moses drives home the necessity of absolute allegiance to God (chapters 4-11). It is in this section, in 6:4-5, that we find one of the most famous verses in the Old Testament, known...