Today’s readings – May 21:-
NEW TESTAMENT: John 7:1-27
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 Chronicles 13,14,15
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– Begin of daily reading for May 21 – Day 142
NEW TESTAMENT
John 7:1-27
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Jesus (Yeshua) and His Brethren (Brothers)
7 After these things Jesus (original name in Hebrew: Yeshua) walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry (Judea), because the Jews sought (were seeking) to kill him (Him).
2 Now the Jew’s feast of tabernacles was at hand (near).
3 His brethren (brothers) therefore said unto him (Him), Depart hence (Leave here), and go into Judaea (Judea), that thy (your) disciples also may see the works that thou doest (you do).
4 For there is no man that doeth (does) any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh (seeks) to be known openly. If thou (You) do these things, shew thyself (show Yourself) to the world.
5 For neither did his brethren (brothers) believe in him (Him).
6 Then Jesus (Yeshua) said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway (always) ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth (hates), because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye (you) up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
9 When he (He) had said these words unto them, he abode still (He stayed behind) in Galilee.
Jesus (Yeshua) Teaches Openly at the Temple
10 But when his brethren (His brothers) were gone up, then went he (He) also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews sought him (kept looking for Him) at the feast, and said, Where is he (He)?
12 And there was much murmuring (grumbling) among the people concerning him (Him): for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay (No); but he deceiveth (He deceives) the people.
13 Howbeit (However) no man spake (spoke) openly of him (Him) for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus (Yeshua) went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Jews marvelled (were confused), saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned (How did this man become learned [so versed in the Scriptures and theology] without formal training)?
16 Jesus (Yeshua) answered them, and said, My doctrine (teaching) is not mine, but his (His) that sent me.
17 If any man will do his (His) will, he shall know of the doctrine (teaching), whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18 He that speaketh (speaks) of himself seeketh (seeks) his own glory: but he that seeketh (seeks) his (His) glory that sent him (Him), the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him (Him).
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth (keeps) the law? Why go ye about to kill me (Why do you want to kill Me [for not keeping it])?
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast (You have) a devil: who goeth (goes) about to kill thee (you)?
21 Jesus (Yeshua) answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel (and you are all suprised).
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye (you) on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye (you) angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole (part healed) on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Is Jesus the Christ?
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he (He), whom they seek to kill?
26 But, lo (look), he speaketh (He speaks) boldly, and they say nothing unto him (Him). Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit (However,) we know this man whence he is (this Man where He is from): but when Christ cometh (comes), no man knoweth whence he is (no one will know where He is from).
OLD TESTAMENT
1 Chronicles 13
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David Attempts to Move The Ark
13 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren (brothers) every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth (lives) between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
(NOTE: cherubims = Angels with human, animal or birdlike characteristics to protect holy areas and are intimately associated with God’s holiness and the divine throne)
7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor (threshing floor) of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him (struck him down), because he put his hand to (touched) the ark: and there he died before God.
11 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
1 Chronicles 14
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David’s House and Family
14 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
2 And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
David’s Conquers the Philistines
8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou (will you) deliver them into mine (my) hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine (your) hand.
11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote (defeated) them (the Philistines) there. Then David said, God hath (has) broken in upon mine (my) enemies by mine (my) hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15 And it shall be, when thou shalt (you shall) hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt (you shall) go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite (you to strike) the host (army) of the Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote (struck down) the host (army) of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 Chronicles 15
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Preparing to Move The Ark
15 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath (has) the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren (brothers) an (a) hundred and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren (brothers) two hundred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren (brothers) an (a) hundred and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren (brothers) two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren (brothers) fourscore:
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren (brothers) an (a) hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said unto them, Ye (You) are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye (you) and your brethren (brothers), that ye (you) may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13 For because ye (you) did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.
16 And David spake (spoke) to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren (brothers) to be the singers with instruments of musick (music), psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren (brothers), Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren (brothers) of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Moving The Ark to Jerusalem
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised (hated) him in her heart.
– End of daily reading for May 21 – Day 142
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): John (21 Chapters) (Original language: Greek)
Timeline: Time in the early church after Christ rose from the dead, from 50 to 85 AD.
Author: The apostle John.
Objective / Purpose:-
This book was written in order to portray Jesus (Yeshua) as:-
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- the Word made flesh (that is, as God; Yeshua is God),
- the Messiah (‘anointed one’ or ‘chosen one’),
- and the Son of God.
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Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach) has come to reveal the nature of God and to grant eternal life to everyone who believes in Him.
In Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ, romanized : māšīaḥ (verb: to anoint, Hamashiach = the Anointed One)
In Greek = Christos
In English = Christ
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: Mostly Gentile followers of Jesus (Yeshua) and those who are looking for God.
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): 1 Chronicles
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): 1 Chronicles (29 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Between 450 and 425 B.C.
Author: Not known. Possibly Ezra.
Objective / Purpose: After the exile, the Book of 1 Chronicles (originally in Hebrew) was composed to teach those who were going back to Israel the proper way to worship the Almighty. The Southern Kingdom and the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi were the main subjects of the history. These groups of people tended to be more obedient to God.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The Returned People of Judah from Babylonian Exile.
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
John 7:1-27:-
1) Jesus (Yeshua) and His Brethren
2) Jesus (Yeshua) Teaches Openly at the Temple
3) Is Jesus (Yeshua) the Christ?
OLD TESTAMENT:-
1 Chronicles 13:-
1) David Attempts to Move The Ark
1 Chronicles 14:-
1) David’s House and Family
2) David’s Conquers the Philistines
1 Chronicles 15:-
1) Preparing to Move The Ark
2) Moving The Ark to Jerusalem
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): John 7:1-27: 1) Jesus (Yeshua) and His Brethren (Brothers) 2) Jesus (Yeshua) Teaches Openly at the Temple 3) Is Jesus (Yeshua) the Christ?
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): 1 Chronicles 13,14,15: 1) David Attempts to Move The Ark 2) David’s House and Family 3) David’s Conquers the Philistines 4) Preparing to Move The Ark 5) Moving The Ark to Jerusalem
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THE ORGINAL HEBREW NAME OF THE MESSIAH
The video below is done by a Jewish Hebrew language lady teacher. Her name is Ayelet. She is born and raised in Israel. Hebrew is her native language. In this video, we will be able to learn the correct pronunciation of the Messiah’s original name in Hebrew:-
VIDEO: Jesus – Yeshua in Hebrew – Hebrew Word of the Day (59 secs) – by The WORD in HEBREW
GUIDE TO BE A BELIEVER / TO BE SAVED
To accept Jesus Christ (original name in Hebrew: Yehshooah / Yeshua Hamashiach) as your personal Lord and Savior and what to do next, click here.
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