The Bible in Time...

Congratulations!  If you have been reading each day you have read for 200 days. Celebrate! Read |  Day 200!!!! | Sunday | July 19 Isaiah 34:1 - 17 Isaiah 35:1 - 10 Micah 2, 3, 4, 5 Date | Micah - 703 BC. Background on Micah |  Micah was a prophet from Judah, but prophesied to both Samaria and Jerusalem, capital cities of the northern and southern kingdoms. He prophesied before and after the fall of Samaria in 722 BC and into the reign of Judah’s king, Hezekiah. He was a contemporary of Isaiah. Unlike Isaiah, however, Micah was not part of the inner court. More like Amos, Micah was from the village of Moresheth. This may explain Micah’s sensitivity to social injustice. The seven chapters of this book are a series of prophecies that alternate between judgment and restoration.   More from the Center of Biblical Studies | Click here Reading | Isaiah - Lord is mad at the nations - just watch the destruction; there is hope for restoration (ed. n...

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...