Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation” (Hab. 3:18).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 52; Dec. 22-28
Dec. 22; Hab. 1-3;
1. Hab. 1:1; “The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Who was Habakkuk?
2. Hab.1:1; “The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.”
To who did God send the Prophet Habakkuk?
3. Hab. 3:17-19; “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places.
What do we learn from this passage as we approach a new year?
Dec. 23; Zep 1-2; Rev 16
1. Zeph. 1:1; “The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.”
Who was Zephaniah?
2. Zeph. 2:1; “Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation.”
Which nation is Prophet Zephaniah talking about?
3. Rev. 16:15; “Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)
What does the phrase “Behold, I am coming like a thief!” Mean?
Dec. 24; Zep 3; Hag 1-2; Rev 17
1. Zeph. 3:14; “Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!”
Who is the daughter of Zion?
1. Hag.1:1; “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.”
Who was Haggai?
2. Rev. 17:6; “And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.”
What does the phrase “Drunk with the blood of the saints” mean?
Dec. 25; Zech. 1-2; Rev 18;
1. Zech. 1:1; “In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying”
Who was Zechariah?
2. Zech. 2:8, “For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye”
What is the apple of God’s eye?
3. Rev. 18:21; “Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more.”
Who is “Babylon the great city”?
Dec. 26; Zech. 3-5;
1. Zech. 3:1; “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.”
Who was Joshua the high priest?
2. Zech. 3:8-9; “Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. 9 For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.”
Who is the Branch?
3. Zech. 4:6; “Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.”
Who was Zerubbabel?
Dec. 27; Zech. 6-7; Rev 19;
1. Zech. 6:11-13; “Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”
Who did the high priest Joshua point to? Do you think he was a type of Christ?
2. Zech. 7:1-2; “In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. 2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord.”
Who was king Darius? What year did he live before Christ?
3. Rev. 19:2; “For his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Who is the great prostitute woman?
Dec. 28; Zech. 8-10; Rev 20
1. Zech. 9:9; “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
Where in the New Testament do we find the fulfillment of this prophecy?
2. Zech. 10:10; “I will bring them home from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria,and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon, till there is no room for them.”
Why did God mention future restoration in this passage, bringing His people from Egypt, Assyria, Gilead, and Lebanon?
3. Rev. 20:12; “Then another book was opened, which is the book of life.”