Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Week Three

Comment on weekly readings from January 11th through January 17th (Days 11 - 17).
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    Have enjoyed reading with my husband each night and sharing our insights. I am still trying to understand why we are jumping old testament to new without any direct correlation between the two readings. I thought we might see some of the old testament showing the fulfillment in the new but so far I'm not seeing it. Does anyone know if this will start to change later in the readings?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    I find it beneficial to reference or even read the scripture of the day from my regular bible. The footnotes guide you to a deeper understanding of the Word and provide a correlation or foreshadowing of old to new testament scripture. The references expand beyond the specific scripture readings of the day to other books in the bible.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM

    One of the old sayings is that "the New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed and the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed". That means that as we read through the Scrptures which are basically God's love letter to us, that we will see that He has hidden things in the Old Testament that get shown to us in the New Testament as we read more and more of the books of the Bible. Our current reading program is designed to get everyone to read through the Bible once and as they are reading, the Holy Spirit has the ability to bring the various things that they have read together to give them a number of insights that they never has before. There are some very good daily reading guides such as from the Word Among Us that match the old and the new Bible readings and then give a commentary on them as to what to do with them daily. If anyone is interested in doing that, I would be glad to give you the website address. Robert Viviano

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2009 at 10:26 PM

    The reading on January 13th reminded of a fiction book that I read a couple of years ago. Here is an excerpt about "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant...

    "The Red Tent retells the story of Dinah, which is found in the Biblical book of Genesis, Chapter 34. This episode, usually known as the "Rape of Dinah" has been a difficult passage for bible readers for centuries because of the murderous behavior of Jacob's sons. In Genesis, Dinah does not say a single word; what happens to her is recounted and characterized as rape by her brothers. In my retelling of the story, Dinah finds her voice. The Red Tent is told entirely from her perspective and the point of view of the women around her." read more at www.anitadiamant.com/theredtent.asp

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