Day 268 of the Professor Grant Horner Bible Reading Plan
Today's portions reveal ancestral records, craftsmanship calls, ministerial reconciliations, orderly living, temporary triumphs, merciful gates, prudent paths, tribal inheritances, Cushite judgments, and prison breakthroughs.
- List 1 (Gospels): Matthew 1 Jesus' genealogy from Abraham through David to Joseph; virgin Mary conceives by Holy Spirit; angel instructs Joseph to name child Jesus, fulfilling Immanuel prophecy as Savior from sins.
- List 2 (Pentateuch): Exodus 31 Bezalel filled with Spirit for skillful tabernacle work, assisted by Oholiab; artisans commanded; Sabbath observance mandated as covenant sign, violators face death; Moses receives stone tablets.
- List 3 (Pauline Epistles): 2 Corinthians 2 Paul urges forgiveness for repentant offender to avoid Satan's schemes; describes ministry as triumphant Christ-procession spreading knowledge aroma; not peddling word but sincere before God.
- List 4 (General Epistles): 2 Thessalonians 3 Requests prayer for word's spread; warns against idleness, commands work; Paul's example of self-support; directive: no work, no eat; final peace benediction, authenticating signature.
- List 5 (Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon): Job 20 Zophar asserts wicked's joy short-lived: prosperity swallowed, abandoned by God; heavens reveal iniquity, earth rises against; possessions flow away in wrath, terrors overwhelm completely.
- List 6 (Psalms): Psalm 118 Thanks for enduring love; Lord as salvation, better than human trust; surrounded but victorious; rejected stone becomes cornerstone; blessed coming in His name; bind sacrifice, extol exalted God.
- List 7 (Proverbs): Proverbs 20 Wine mocks, strong drink rages; lazy avoid plowing, hunger follows; honest scales please Lord; youth's glory strength, old age gray hair; gossip betrays, prudent covers offenses.
- List 8 (Historical Books): Joshua 19 Simeon's inheritance within Judah; allotments for Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan detailed with borders, cities; Joshua given Timnath Serah in Ephraim per request.
- List 9 (Prophets): Isaiah 18 Woe to Cush: bustling land beyond rivers; envoys sent, but Lord prunes before harvest; abandoned carcasses for birds, beasts; then gift brought to Zion from scattered tall people.
- List 10 (Acts): Acts 16 Timothy joins Paul, Silas; vision calls to Macedonia; Lydia converted in Philippi; demon-possessed girl freed, owners incite imprisonment; earthquake opens jail, jailer saved, baptized; magistrates release apostles.