Esther 5:1-10:3~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Below is an amazing painting by Rembrandt from the year 1660 of Esther revealing the evil plans of Haman to King Xerxes at the banquet in chapter 7.  Check out how Haman is off…

Ezra 6:14-22; Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1-4:17~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we begin reading about Queen Esther! Hold on tight because Esther is an amazing book – Don’t miss it!  Below is Esther: ~ Esther ~Author: UnknownDate: Fifth century B.C.Content:…

Zechariah 9:1-14:21~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ I love it!  In today’s readings Zechariah prophesies 500 years in advance about Jesus entering Jerusalem riding on a donkey to a hail of Hosanna’s (days before his death – popularly known as Palm…

Zechariah 6:1-15; Ezra 5:3-6:14; Zechariah 7-8:23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Bible.org’s commentary on today’s readings in Zechariah titled “Oracles Concerning Hypocritical Fasting” is at this link. We have great readings today in Ezra about the completion of the second Temple! …

Haggai 2:1-9; Zechariah 1:1-6; Haggai 2:10-19; Ezra 5:2; Haggai 2:20-23; Zechariah 1:7-5:11~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ I’ve been talking about a lot of obedience in recent blog posts.   Here’s a great verse of a promise of a blessing from God…

Daniel 10:1-12:13; Ezra 4:24-5:1; Haggai 1:1-15~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Daniel chapter 10 is fascinating as Daniel interacts with angels, including Gabriel – and we hear about Michael the Archangel and his work.   If you are interested in learning more…

Ezra 2:1-4:5; 1 Chronicles 3:19-24~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Worship Video: Today’s readings reminded me of the old-school DC Talk song “In the Light.” Here is a live version of the song in this video below.  This song has some…

Daniel 6:1-28; Daniel 9:1-27; 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-11; 1 Chronicles 3:17-19~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Daniel chapter 6 today is probably more famous than chapter 5’s writing on the wall!  Today Daniel goes into the lion’s den…  Several things,…

Daniel 7:1-8:27; Daniel 5:1-31~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ Okay, so Daniel chapter 7 with the vision of 4 beasts is not exactly an easy one for me to interpret here in a daily blog!  🙂  But I’ll give it a…

Ezekiel 47:1-48:35; Ezekiel 29:17-30:19; 2 Kings 25:27-30; Jeremiah 52:31-34~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ We finish the book of Ezekiel today!  Ezekiel chapter 47’s opening verses about the River of Healing are just beautiful.  Verses 1 through 3 tell us –…