Jan 19, 2022 | One Year Bible
Joseph is really in the news in today’s Old Testament reading. Rookie Employee Promoted to CEO of Potiphar Enterprises. Third quarter profits rise (Business Weekly- Genesis 39:3-5). Joseph Jacobson’s picture is soon on the front page of Forbes Magazine, for his...
Jan 18, 2022 | One Year Bible
You may have noticed that the Book of Genesis has been divided into different sections. Each of these sections have been marked by the phrase” These are the generations of”.The first section was about creation and so we have the marker phrase in Genesis 2:4: “These...
Jan 17, 2022 | One Year Bible
TODAY’S READING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT- Genesis 35:1-36:43 Jacob is instructed by God to return to Bethel, the place where God introduced Himself to Jacob in a dream. He made known Himself as Yahweh, the one true covenant-keeping God, when Jacob was fleeing Esau...
Jan 16, 2022 | One Year Bible
OLD TESTAMENT READING: GENESIS 32:13-34:31 JACOB- GOD CRIPPLED HIM TO CROWN HIM What a wonderful God we have! He is willing to get right down into the nitty, gritty, rough and tumble of our crazy lives. He meets with us in a personal way, comforts us, challenges us,...
Jan 15, 2022 | One Year Bible
Jacob is coming to realize that, apart from the grace of God, he would be destroyed. He is experiencing God’s favor because of a covenant made with Another (Abraham). This is a pattern we will see throughout the Bible. It mirrors the fact that God shows us favor...
Jan 14, 2022 | One Year Bible
Today’s Bible readings direct us to the episodes of God building the nation of Israel through the births of the 12 sons of Jacob (Genesis 30), and Jesus Christ building His church through calling His 12 disciples (Matthew 10) and sending them out on a mission. The...