December 23, 2018

Readings for this week:

23 December             Zechariah 1-2/Psalms 146-147                  

24 December             Zechariah 3-4/Revelation 17                    

25 December             Zechariah 5-6/Revelation 18                    

26 December             Zechariah 7-8 /Revelation 19                   

27 December             Zechariah 9-10/Psalm 148 

28 December             Zechariah 11-12/Revelation 20    

29 December             Zechariah 13-14/Revelation 21    

Things to look for as you read this week:

• The Gospel of John quotes the words, "They look on the one whom they have pierced," at the crucifixion of Jesus. From which prophet does John take the quotation?
• Why will there be no temple in the New Jerusalem?

Last week's answers:

• In what chapter of which book is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem foretold? (Micah 5)
• In Micah we read that what God considers good—what the Lord requires of us—is essentially three things. What are they? (To do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God—Micah 6:8)
• According to Revelation, the "mark of the beast" is a name, represented as a number, which people will be forced to bear if they hope to participate in trade and commerce. What is the number? (666—Revelation13:18)

December 16, 2018

Readings for this week:

16 December             Micah 1-3/Psalm 144                      

17 December             Micah 4-5/Revelation 12               

18 December             Micah 6-7/Revelation 13               

19 December             Nahum 1-3 /Revelation 14            

20 December             Habakkuk 1-3/Psalm 145   

21 December             Zephaniah 1-3/Revelation 15       

22 December             Haggai 1-2/Revelation 16

  

Things to look for as you read this week:

• In what chapter of which book is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem foretold?
• In Micah we read that what God considers good—what the Lord requires of us—is essentially three things. What are they?
• According to Revelation, the "mark of the beast" is a name, represented as a number, which people will be forced to bear if they hope to participate in trade and commerce. What is the number?

Last week's answers:

• In Amos, God says that He wants nothing to do with Israel's festivals, assemblies, offerings, and worship because the people are lacking two highly important things. What are they? (Justice and righteousness—Amos 5:21-24)

• What does John see when the Lamb opens the seventh seal? (Seven angels with seven trumpets standing before God—Revelation 8:1-2)

December 9, 2018

Readings for this week:

09 December             Amos 3-4/Psalms 140-141              

10 December             Amos 5-6/Revelation 7                  

11 December             Amos 7-8/Revelation 8                  

12 December             Amos 9 /Revelation 9                     

13 December             Obadiah 1/Psalms 142-143           

14 December             Jonah 1-2/Revelation 10    

15 December             Jonah 3-4/Revelation 11    

Things to look for as you read this week:

• In Amos, God says that He wants nothing to do with Israel's festivals, assemblies, offerings, and worship because the people are lacking two highly important things. What are they?
• What does John see when the Lamb opens the seventh seal?

Last week's answers:

• Which psalm affirms that the Lord knows all about us, wherever we are?

(Psalm 139)

• When John weeps because no one is worthy to open the scroll sealed with seven seals, what is he told? (He is told not to weep, because Jesus Christ can open the scroll.—Revelation 5:5)
  
  

December 2, 2018

Readings for this week:

02 December             Hosea 7-8/Psalms 137-138            

03 December             Hosea 9-10/Revelation 2               

04 December             Hosea 11-12/Revelation 3             

05 December             Hosea 13-14 /Revelation 4            

06 December             Joel 1-2/Psalm 139  

07 December             Joel 3/Revelation 5

08 December             Amos 1-2/Revelation 6      

Things to look for as you read this week:

• Which psalm affirms that the Lord knows all about us, wherever we are?

• When John weeps because no one is worthy to open the scroll sealed with seven seals, what is he told?
  
  

Last week's answers:

• Why does Nebuchadnezzar have Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the fiery furnace? (They refuse to worship an idolatrous image.—Daniel 3:13-23)
• Whose brother is Jude? (Jude calls himself the "brother of James," which is probably a reference to the James who was the brother of Jesus.—Jude 1:1; see also Matthew 13:55)
• Where was John when he received the message of Revelation? (On the island of Patmos—Revelation 1:9)