Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
2
PSALMS:
2, 32, 62, 92, 122
PROVERBS:
2
OLD
TESTAMENT:
ZECHARIAH 2:1 - 3:10
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 12:18 - 13:18
PSALMS:
2
1
Why
do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2
The
kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3
"Let
us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4
The
One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then
he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
"I
have installed my King C
on
Zion, my holy hill."
7
I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You
are my Son D;
today
I have become your Father.
E
8
Ask
of me,
and
I will make the nations your inheritance,
the
ends of the earth your possession.
9
You
will rule them with an iron scepter F;
you
will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10
Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve
the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. 1
PSALMS:
32
Of
David. A maskil.
A
1
Blessed
is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2
Blessed
is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3
When
I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4
For
day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5
Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6
Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
7
You
are my hiding place; 2
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8
I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9
Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10
Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11
Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! 3
PSALMS:
62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
My
soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3
How
long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
They
fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5
Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7
My
salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
9
Lowborn
men are but a breath, 4
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10
Do
not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11
One
thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12
and
that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. 5
PSALMS:
92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1
It
is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2
to
proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3
to
the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4
For
you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5
How
great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6
The
senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7
that
though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8
But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9
For
surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10
You
have exalted my horn A
like that of a wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11
My
eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12
The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13
planted
in the house of the LORD, 6
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14
They
will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15
proclaiming,
"The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." 7
PSALMS:
122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let
us go to the house of the LORD."
2
Our
feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem
is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4
That
is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5
There
the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May
those who love you be secure.
7
May
there be peace within your walls
and
security within your citadels."
8
For
the sake of my brothers and friends,
I
will say,
"Peace
be within you."
9
For
the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. 8
PROVERBS:
2
2
1
My son, if you accept my words
and
store up my commands within you,
2
turning
your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3
and
if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4
and
if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5
then
you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6
For
the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He
holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8
for
he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9
Then
you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10
For
wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11
Discretion
will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12
Wisdom
will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13
who
leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14
who
delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15
whose
paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16
It
will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words 9
17
who
has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18
For
her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19
None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20
Thus
you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For
the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22
but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and
the unfaithful will be torn from it. 10
OLD
TESTAMENT:
ZECHARIAH 2:1 - 3:10
2
1
Then
I looked up--and there before me was a man with a measuring line in
his hand! 2
I
asked, "Where are you going?"
He
answered me, "To
measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is."
3
Then
the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel came to meet
him
4
and
said to him: "Run,
tell that young man,
`Jerusalem
will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and
livestock in it.
5
And
I myself will be a wall of fire around it,'
declares the LORD,
`and
I will be its glory within.'
6
"Come!
Come!
Flee
from the land of the north,"
declares the LORD,
"for
I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,"
declares the LORD.
7
"Come,
O Zion!
Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!"
8
For
this is what the LORD Almighty says:
"After
he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have
plundered you--for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—9
I
will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will
plunder them.
A
Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.
10
"Shout
and be glad, O Daughter of Zion.
For I am coming, and I will live among you,"
declares the LORD.
11
"Many
nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my
people.
I
will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent
me to you.
12
The
LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will
again choose Jerusalem.
13
Be
still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself
from his holy dwelling."
3
1
Then
he showed me Joshua A
the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan B
standing at his right side to accuse him. 2
The
LORD said to Satan, "The
LORD rebuke you, Satan!
The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you!
Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?"
3
Now
Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4
The
angel said to those who were standing before him, "Take
off his filthy clothes."
Then
he said to Joshua, "See,
I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you."
5
Then
I said, "Put a clean turban on his head." So they put a
clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD
stood by.
6
The
angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7
"This
is what the LORD Almighty says:
`If
you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will
govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a
place among these standing here.
11
8
"`Listen,
O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are
men symbolic of things to come:
I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
9
See,
the stone I have set in front of Joshua!
There are seven eyes C
on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,'
says the LORD Almighty,
`and
I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.
10
"`In
that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine
and fig tree,' declares the LORD Almighty."
12
NEW
TESTAMENT:
REVELATIONS 13:1 - 13:18
13
1
And
the dragon A
stood on the shore of the sea.
And
I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven
heads, with ten : crowns on his horns, and on each head a
blasphemous name. 2
The
beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear
and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power
and his throne and great authority. 3
One
of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the
fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and
followed the beast. 4
Men
worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and
they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast?
Who can make war against him?"
5
The
beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to
exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6
He
opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his
dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7
He
was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them.
And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and
nation. 8
All
inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have
not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was
slain from the creation of the world. B
9
He
who has an ear, let him hear.
10
If
anyone is to go into captivity,
into
captivity he will go.
If
anyone is to be killed C
with the sword,
with
the sword he will be killed.
This
calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the
saints.
11
Then
I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a
lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12
He
exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and
made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose
fatal wound had been healed. 13
And
he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come
down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14
Because
of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast,
he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet
lived. 15
He
was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so
that it could 13
speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16
He
also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,
to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17
so
that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the
name of the beast or the number of his name.
18
This
calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number
of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666. 14
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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