Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“Jesus Christ…who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood” (Rev. 1:5).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 49; Dec. 1-7
Dec. 1; Dan. 1-2;
1. Dan. 1; Who wrote the Book of Daniel?
2. Dan. 1:8; “But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.”
Who was Daniel?
3. Dan. 2:34; “As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.”
What was this stone point to in this vision?
Dec. 2; Dan 3-5; Rev 1;
1. Dan. 3:25; “He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
Who was the fourth man walking in the fire with the three men from Judah?
2. Rev. 1:1; “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.”
Who wrote the Book of Revelation? Who is the author of the Book of Revelation?
3. Rev. 1:1; “The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.”
Who was John?
Dec. 3; Dan 6-7; Rev 2
1. Dan. 6:1; “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;
Who was Darrius?
2. Da. 6:25-27; “Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. 26 I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions.”
Does this passage teach that Darrius believed in the God of Israel?
3. Dan. 7:13-14; “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”
What is this vision about? Who is the Ancient of Days? Who is the one like a son of man?
Dec. 4; Dan 8-10; Rev 3;
1. Dan. 9:1; “In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans.”
Who was Ahasuerus?
2. Rev. 3:7-13; “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
Did Jesus see any faults in the church of Philadelphia?
1. Rev. 3: 14; “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
What was the church of Laodicea’s sin?
Dec. 5; Dan 11-12;
1. Dan. 11:3-4; “Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do as he wills. 4 And as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these.”
Do you think this “mighty king” was Alexander the great?
2. Dan. 12:4; “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
What does it mean that the book was sealed until the time of the end?
3. Dan. 12:13; “But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”
What does the phrase “the end of the days” refer to?
Dec. 6; Hos 1-3; Rev 4;
1. Hos. 1:1; “The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Who was the prophet Hosea?
2. Hos. 1:3; “So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
Who was Gomer?
3. Rev. 4:8; “And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
Where in the Book of Exodus did God mention that He was and is to come? Please refer to Ex. 3:14
Dec. 7; Hos 4-5; Rev 5
1. Hos. 4:17; “Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.”
Why did God switch His warning from Israel to Ephraim? Do you think God used the name Ephraim to represent all Israel?
2. Rev. 5:1; “Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.”
Does God have a hand? Why the right hand?
3. Rev. 5:12; “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”
Who is the Lamb who was slain?