Well, one thing we learned in our readings this week - it was not good to be related to the King of Israel! In 1 Kings we see the promise that God made to David - that his kingdom would be split and although his blood would continue to reign - it would be only a small part of Israel. There are two countries now - Israel consists of 10 tribes, Judah the other two. Jeroboam, to keep the 10 tribes from reunited with Judah, builds two golden calves and declares them to be the gods of Israel (they love turning a calf into a god - don’t they?) Israel quickly sinks to the lowest sins possible. In Judah things aren’t much better. In 1 Kings 16:34 we see a prophecy made by Joshua come to pass regarding the rebuilding of Jericho. Then in 1 Kings 17, Elijah shows up for the first time.
I loved the beginning of 1 Philippians when Paul wrote that he had been imprisoned to stop the spread of the Message - but the opposite had happened - the guards were asking questions about Jesus. How cool is that? My favorite chapter, though, is chapter 3 when Paul gives all of his impressive credentials from when he was the Jew of the Jews - then says that next to the joy of knowing Jesus - his credentials are just trash That preaches!
This week we will finish up Colossians and 1 Kings - sliding right into 2 Kings and 1 Timothy!.
Sonday - June 18............1 Kings 22, 2 Chr 15-16; Col 4
Monday - June 19...........2 Ki 1-3; Psalm 82; 1 Tim 1
Tuesday - June 20............ 2 Ki 4-5; Ps 83; 1 Tim 2
Wednesday - June 21.......2 Ki 6-7; 2 Chr 20; 1 Tim 3
Thursday - June 22...........2 Ki 8-9; 2 Chr 21; 1 Tim. 4
Friday - June 23................2 Ki 10; 2 Chr 22-23; 1 Tim 5
Saturday - June 24...........2 Ki 11-12; 2 Chr 22-23; 1 Tim 5
Posted by Valerie at June 18, 2006 06:07 PM