Today’s readings – Jun 15:-
NEW TESTAMENT: Acts 2:1-21
OLD TESTAMENT: Nehemiah 1,2,3
– Begin of daily reading for Jun 15 – Day 167
NEW TESTAMENT
Acts 2:1-21
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The Holy Spirit Comes
2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
(NOTE: Pentecost = (Feast of Weeks) Hebrew: Shavu’ot. The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Yeshua after His Ascension according to Acts 2 fulfilling both Yeshua’s promise and Joel’s prophecy. It is held on the seventh Sunday [the next day after the 7th Sabbath – Leviticus 23:16])
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire (tongues resembling fire), and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit), and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately]).
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews (there were Jews living in Jerusalem), devout (religious) men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad (Now when this sound was heard), the multitude (crowd) came together, and were confounded (confused), because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea (Judea), and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this (“What could this mean“) ?
13 Others mocking (laughing and jokingly) said, These men are full of new wine (drunk).
Peter Preaches to the Crowd
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye (You) men of Judaea (Judea), and all ye (you) that dwell (live) at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken (pay attention) to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye (you) suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.).
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith (says) God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew (show) wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord [believing, accepting, invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord Yeshua] shall be saved (rescued spiritually).
OLD TESTAMENT
Nehemiah 1
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Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren (brothers), came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 And said, I beseech thee (You), O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth (who keeps) covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
6 Let thine (Your) ear now be attentive, and thine (Your) eyes open, that thou mayest (You may) hear the prayer of thy (Your) servant, which I pray before thee (You) now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy (Your) servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee (You): both I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee (You), and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy (You commanded Your) servant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee (plead to You), the word that thou commandedst thy (You commanded your) servant Moses, saying, If ye (you) transgress (sin), I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
9 But if ye (you) turn unto me (Me), and keep my (My) commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence (there), and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
10 Now these are thy (Your) servants and thy (Your) people, whom thou hast (You have) redeemed by thy (Your) great power, and by thy (Your) strong hand.
11 O Lord, I beseech thee (You), let now thine (Your) ear be attentive to the prayer of thy (your) servant, and to the prayer of thy (your) servants, who desire to fear thy (Your) name: and prosper, I pray thee (You), thy (your) servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2
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Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem
2 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart (“Why do you look sad when you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.”). Then I was very sore afraid (very frightened),
3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres (tombs), lieth waste (lies desolate), and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou (do you) make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy (your) servant have found favour in thy (your) sight, that thou wouldest (you would) send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres (tombs), that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy (your) journey be? and when wilt thou (will you) return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall
11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
17 Then said I unto them, Ye (You) see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste (lies desolate), and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye (you) do? will ye (you) rebel against the king?
20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye (you) have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3
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Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem
3 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren (brothers) the priests, and they builded the sheep gate (and built the Sheep Gate); they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri (Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built).
3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres (tombs) of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
18 After him repaired their brethren (brothers), Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth (lies) out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt (lived) in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth (lies) out.
27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth (lies) out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
– End of daily reading for Jun 15 – Day 167
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): Acts (28 Chapters) (Original language: Greek)
Timeline: Between AD 61 and 64
Author: The apostle Luke.
Objective / Purpose: Luke wrote this book to describe what transpired after Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) resurrection. He also described the development of Christianity. Luke was a Gentile doctor who traveled with Paul.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: Although addressed to Theophilus, it is meant for all followers of Jesus (Yeshua).
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Nehemiah
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Nehemiah (13 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Between 445 and 420 B.C.
Author: Not known. Possibly Ezra.
Objective / Purpose: The story of Jerusalem’s restoration and Israel’s return from Babylonian captivity was carried over into this book. Nehemiah left Susa in Elam and went to Jerusalem in Judah to oversee the reconstruction of the city walls by the Jews. He was the governor of Judah.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The Returned People of Judah from Babylonian Exile.
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
Acts 2:1-21:-
1) The Holy Spirit Comes
2) Peter Preaches to the Crowd
OLD TESTAMENT:-
Nehemiah 1:-
1) Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem
Nehemiah 2:-
1) Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem
2) Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall
Nehemiah 3:-
1) Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Acts 2:1-21: 1) The Holy Spirit Comes 2) Peter Preaches to the Crowd
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Nehemiah 1,2,3: 1) Nehemiah’s Concern for Jerusalem 2) Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem 3) Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Wall 4) Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem
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VIDEO #1: The Day of Pentecost (Shavuot) (4 mins 37 secs) – by Rei Ven
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Matthew 28:16-20
Mark 16:15-20
Luke 24:50-53
Acts 1:1-14
Acts 1:7-9
Acts 2:1-4
Acts 3:1-10
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THE ORGINAL HEBREW NAME OF THE MESSIAH
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VIDEO: Jesus – Yeshua in Hebrew – Hebrew Word of the Day (59 secs) – by The WORD in HEBREW
In Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ (H4899) = Mashiach = Messiah (English) / Anointed One
In Hebrew (full name): יְהוֹשׁוּעַ הַמָשִׁיחַ = Yahushua Hamashiach = Yahushua The Anointed One. NOTE: Yeshua יֵשׁוּעַ (H3442 = He will save) is a shortened form of Yehoshooah / Yahushua יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (H3091 = God / Yah saves). Yahushua as spelt in this manner depicts that the Messiah came in the name of His Father, Yah יה / יָהּ (H3050) as in John 5:43).
In Greek = Christos
In English = Christ = Messiah = Anointed One
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John 5:38 King James Version (KJV)
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