Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8)
Bible Readings 2025, Week 51; Dec. 15-21
Dec. 15; Amos 7–9
1. Amos 8:4: “Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end.”
What does “trample on the needy” mean?
2. Amos 9:11–12: “In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,”
declares the LORD who does this.”
How did Apostle James apply this passage to Gentile-background Christians? Please refer to Acts 15.
3. Amos 9:14–15: “I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.”
Did this prophecy come to pass?
Dec. 16; Obadiah; Jonah 1; Rev. 11
1. Obadiah 1:1: “The vision of Obadiah.”
Who was Obadiah?
2. Jonah 1:1: “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,”
Who was Jonah?
3. Rev. 11:8: “Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified.”
How is one city called “Sodom and Egypt” together?
Dec. 17; Jonah 2–4; Rev. 12
1. Jonah 2:10: “And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.”
How did Jesus apply Jonah’s story to Himself? What are the similarities between Jonah and Jesus?
2. Jonah 4:11: “And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”
What does the phrase “who do not know their right hand from their left” mean?
3. Rev. 12:5: “She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to His throne.”
Who is this child?
Dec. 18; Micah 1–2; Rev. 13
1. Micah 1:1: “The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
Who was Micah?
2. Micah 1:1: “The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
Did Micah minister to Israel or Judah?
3. Rev. 13:1–3: “And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.”
Where in the book of Daniel do we have the background of this passage?
Dec. 18; Micah 1–2; Rev. 13
1. Micah 1:1: “The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
Who was Micah?
2. Micah 1:1: “The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”
Did Micah minister to Israel or Judah?
3. Rev.13:1-3; “And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.”
Where in the book of Daniel do we find a background of this passage?
Dec. 19; Micah 3–5
1. Micah 3:1: “And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?”
Is there a difference between the heads of Jacob and the rulers of Israel?
2. Micah 4:1: “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it.”
What did Micah mean by “latter days”?
3. Micah 5:2–3: “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.”
Where in the New Testament do we find the fulfillment of this promise?
Dec. 20; Micah 6–7; Nahum 1; Rev. 14
1. Micah 7:19: “He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
What is the meaning behind the phrase “cast all our sins into the depths of the sea”?
2. Nahum 1:1: “An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.”
Who was Nahum?
3. Rev. 14:1: “Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.”
Who does the Lamb point to?
Dec. 21; Nahum 2–3; Rev. 15
1. Nahum 2:1: “The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.”
Who was Nahum talking to?
2. Nahum 3:1: “Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder—no end to the prey!”
What was the “bloody city”?
3. Rev. 15:3: “And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”
What is the “song of Moses”? Where in the book of Exodus do we find it?