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The Back to the Bible Beginning to End Reading Plan OT and NT Together
Index of OT + NT Together
You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format and The Daily Bible in Chronological Order
The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan
Index of Historical Readings
Today's reading 2 Samuel 9-11; Luke 15.11-32
King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links: 2Samuel 9; 2Samuel 10; 2Samuel 11;
2Samuel 9 is the story of David treatment of Mephibosheth. David had remembered the covenant he made with Jonathan (1Samuel 20.14-17). He asked if there was any one alive from Saul’s household. He found out about Mephibosheth and he took care of him and he ate at the king’s table. This is a beautiful illustration of Jesus reaching down to us. In this case Jesus is represented by David and Mephibosheth is represented by us who ware sinners. Mephibosheth realized that he did not deserved David’s kindness and he humbled himself before David. He was an enemy of David because of his relationship with Saul who was his grandfather. He was also crippled. Yet despite all of the shortcomings of Mephibosheth, David showed mecry to him just as how Jesus showed mercy towards us while we were God’s enemies.
2Samuel 10.1-19; 1Chronicles 19.1-19 is the account of how David defeat the Ammonites. Nahash the king of the Ammonites died. Hanun, his son succeeded him. David thought he would show kindness to Hanun just as how Nahash had showed kindness to David. David sent some of his men to Hanun. Hanum overreacted after hearing the counsel of he nobles of the Ammonites. He ordered that Daivid’ smen have half of each man’s beard shaved, and cut off their garments in the middle of the buttocks, and sent them back to David. In the Middle Eastern culture this was considered an insult of the worst kind. David declared war against the Ammonites. They were soundly defeated, along with their allies the Aramaeans (Syrians). We should leaen not to jump to conclusion without weighing the matter carefully. Let us learn from the mistake of Hanun.
2 Samuel 11
It was spring and David stayed in Jerusalem instead of going with Joab and the army to fight the Ammonites. One evening, he saw Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, taking a bath on a roof-top. He ended up having an affiar with her, and from that union had a baby. He covered the matter up by setting Uriah up in the heat of battle, such that everyone retreated and Uriah was killed.
Arthur Pink-The Life of David
Deffinbaugh on 2 Samuel (Series)
Bob Roe on The Life of David
2 Samuel 9, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Samuel 10, with Commentaries, verse by verse
2 Samuel 11, with Commentaries, verse by verse
Deffinbaugh on 2 Samuel (Series)
Bob Roe on The Life of David
Links to Commentaries and other References - 2 Samuel
Luke 15 with Commentaries, verse by verse
In Luke 15 the parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15.4-7); Matthew 18.12-14); lost coin (Luke 15.8-10); and the Lost Son (The Prodigal Son) were mentioned. The common elements are an article or person was lost, with the person who owns the material looking for it until it was found. There was rejoicing in all three parables when the article or person was found.
The parable of the Lost Son is a spiritual journey which all of us have been through. The Prodigal Son is a model for us as sinners coming back to God.We need to admit that we are going in the wrong direction like the Prodigal Son. We need to accept the responsibility (v. 18), confess our sins openly before God and Man (Proverbs 28.12), accept the consequences and repair the damage we have done, we need to have a clean break from the past behavior. Another twist to the parable was the older brother who was not happy when his brother came back. The attitude of the older brother was the attitude of the Pharisees. Do we have this attitude toward other Christians? For example, when someone who claimed the Name of Christ went astray and came back, and we still have a grudge against that person. We need to forgive one another as our Heavenly Father forgives us.
IVP Commentary - Why Pursue Sinners? Luke 15
Links to Commentaries and other References - Luke
Bible Study Tools
Jesus Saves
How to Become a Christian
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.
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