Tanakh (Old Testament) Reading<\/strong> B\u2019rit Hadashah (New Covenant, or New Testament) Reading<\/strong> Thoughts about Ruth 1 through 4<\/span><\/strong> Thoughts about 1 Samuel 1 through 8<\/span><\/strong> Thoughts about Acts 3 through 7<\/span><\/strong> Tanakh (Old Testament) ReadingRuth 1 \u2013 2Ruth 3 \u2013 4; Psalm 371 Samuel 1 \u2013 2; Psalm 1201 Samuel 3 \u2013 5; Psalm 231 Samuel 6 \u2013 8 B\u2019rit Hadashah (New Covenant, or New Testament) ReadingActs 3Acts 4Acts 5Acts 6Acts 7 Thoughts about Ruth 1 through 4We’re in my favorite part of the Tanakh! I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-bible-reading"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklybible.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ruth 1 \u2013 2
Ruth 3 \u2013 4; Psalm 37
1 Samuel 1 \u2013 2; Psalm 120
1 Samuel 3 \u2013 5; Psalm 23
1 Samuel 6 \u2013 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Acts 3
Acts 4
Acts 5
Acts 6
Acts 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We’re in my favorite part of the Tanakh! I love the life of David, so reading Ruth is a great prelude; she’s his great-grandmother.
Do you have any thoughts about Elimelech, Naomi, Mahlon, Chilion, Orpah, Ruth, and Boaz? I was reading this book while waiting to see a doctor, and decided to quit. I was a little embarrassed by the tears in my eyes. It’s a wonderful story.<\/span>
Thoughts about Psalms 37, 120, and 23<\/span><\/strong>
Psalm 37 is famous for verses four and five, “Commit your way …”
Psalm 120 is a “song of ascents.” It sounds like David to me.
When is the right time to read the twenty-third psalm? Any time!
Do you have any comments about these beautiful psalms?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did I mention that we’re in my favorite part of the Tanakh? We meet Elkanah, Peninnah, Hannah, and Samuel. We meet Eli and his despicable sons. We see God warning Eli and his sons\u2014once through an unnamed man of God and once through directly to young Samuel\u2014with no repentance. We see Samuel grow up and become a godly man. We see the loss of the Ark of the Covenant in warfare against the Philistines, along with the death of 30,000 soldiers of Israel. Hophni and Phinehas die in that battle, then Eli dies when he hears the news. It’s very sad.
We can assume that the Israelites were horrified about the loss of the Ark\u2014what will happen to us now? … are we still God’s people?\u2014but God was at no disadvantage. We enjoy reading of the terror and destruction Adonai brought to the enemies of his people. We see mama cows leaving behind their calves as they pull the cart carrying the ark to the Land where it belongs. There is great rejoicing! The Ark came back to Beth-shemesh! Then there is great sorrow when Adonai put to death people who looked into the Ark. Finally, the Ark is moved to Kiriath-jearim, where it stays for a long time.
We see Samuel leading a revival. We see him asking for God’s help in further warfare against the Philistines, and God’s miraculous intervention. We see Samuel as leader\/judge of the nation, for the rest of his life. Finally, we see him as an old man who failed to raise godly sons; when he set them up as judges, they proved themselves to be corrupt. Because of this, the people ask for\u2014demand!\u2014a king, not because they read about it in the Torah, but so that they could be like the other nations. There’s a lot packed into this week’s reading. Any thoughts?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our pastors are currently teaching through the Books of Acts, so we have a lot to ponder as we read these chapters. They are packed with action and God’s intervention. This section ends with the martyrdom of Stephen. Sad, but glorious. What do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"