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The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek - cartone Peter Paul Rubens Wiki Commons Images Read the Bible in a Year | My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 | Come join us at any time!  Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV (Enriching Our Worship 1) Today’s Reading - 12/9/2019     Day 343 Hebrews 4:1 – 6:20 Reflection | Today - Make sure you hear the message of salvation! Jesus knows our weaknesses for he has lived them! He now is our high priest! Teach the basics of the faith to others! Chapter 6 lists the basics of the faith.  God is not unjust and fulfills all promises. Jesus is our forerunner of the priesthood of all believers dating back to Melchizedek . Background |  Background by the Center of Biblical Studies.   Background by Mark Powell - Introducing the New Testam...

Jacob_van_Oost_(II)_-_Christ_and_the_Samaritan_Woman_at_the_Well.jpg Wiki Commons Images Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Reading Epiphany From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts. Malachi 1:11 | BCP p. 106 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Friday  | 19 January 2017 | Ps. 37; Heb. 7; John 4 Psalm 31 I am with you Lord; protect, lead, guide me. You have redeemed me; I am sick, please heal me. Wait for the Lord. Ephesians 6 Jesus is compared to the great priest and king of Abraham’s era - Melchizedek . John 4 Still, with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus continues - we will worship in Spirit and truth - not at a particular location. I am t...

Opening Sentence Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. + Isaiah 60:3 A painting of Abraham's departure by  József Molnár . Read | Friday | 22 January 2016 | Ps. 31; Ps. 35; Gen. 11:27—12:8; Heb. 7:1–17; John 4:16–26 Reflection | Psalm 31  -  Literary type | Individual Laments  |  click here . Rescue me! I worship you alone, O Lord; I am like the dead ... forgotten but I have trusted in you; bless the Lord for God has shown me the wonders of God's ways.  Genesis 11/12 - Abraham's family tree; God speaks and promises Abraham to be a great nation and gave directions to the land; Abraham's household follows what God has promised; When they arrive in Canaan - God shows up again and says God will give his  descendants  this land; Abraham builds an altar to worship God there.  Hebrews 7 - Paul says Jesus is of a higher order of priests that were ordaine...

Read  Genesis 11:1-26, 1 Chronicles 1:24-27, Genesis 11:27-14:24 Background | With the life of Abram and Sarai, the Chronological Bible gives two dates - a traditional chronology and one that is more recently rendered by scholarship. All dates are approximate (good guesses). Dates of Reading | prior to and including | 2166 BC | 2000 BC Reading | Tower of Babel answers the question of why there are so many languages and people scattered around the planet - the writer points to the  arrogance  of humanity to make a name for themselves; linage for Shem to Abram (long lifed people); Abram married Sarai and Sarai was barren (at this time); God calls Abram to go to a new land; Abram and Sarai  escape  a famine and got to Eygpt and a bizarre story of Abram protecting himself and  retribution for sin; Abram and Lot separate; Abram the Hebrew get a report of an upcoming attack on Lot and he saves Lot; Abram tithes and is blessed by the priest/king ...