Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
SEPTEMBER
2
PSALMS:
2, 32, 62, 92, 122
PROVERBS:
2
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 44:1 - 45:12
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 PETER 1:1 - 12
PSALMS:
2
1 Why
are the nations in an uproar,
the
peoples grumbling in vain?
2 The
earth's kings are taking positions,
leaders
conspiring together,
against
ADONAI and his anointed.
3 They
cry, "Let's break their fetters!
Let's
throw off their chains!"
4 He
who sits in heaven laughs;
Adonai
looks at them in derision.
5 Then
in his anger he rebukes them,
terrifies
them in his fury.
6 "I
myself have installed my king on Tziyon,
my
holy mountain."
7 "I
will proclaim the decree:
ADONAI
said to me,
'You
are my son;
today
I became your father.
8 Ask
of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance;
the
whole wide world will be your possession.
9 You
will break them with an iron rod,
shatter
them like a clay pot.'"
10 Therefore,
kings, be wise;
be
warned, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve
ADONAI with fear;
rejoice,
but with trembling.
12 Kiss
the son, lest he be angry,
and
you perish along the way,
when
suddenly his anger blazes.
How
blessed are all who take refuge in him.
PSALMS:
32
1 By
David.
A
maskil:
How
blessed are those whose offense is forgiven,
those
whose sin is covered!
when
I stopped concealing my guilt,
and
said, "I will confess my offenses to ADONAI";
then
you, you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Selah)
Then,
when the floodwaters are raging, they will not reach to him.
you
will surround me with songs of deliverance. (Selah)
I
will give you counsel;
my
eyes will be watching you."
that
has to be curbed with bit and bridle,
or
else it won't come near you.
PSALMS:
62
1 For
the leader.
Set
in the style of Y'dutun.
A
psalm of David:
My
soul waits in silence for God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
as
if he were a sagging wall or a shaky fence?
they
take delight in lying with their mouths they bless, but inwardly
they curse.
(Selah)
pour
out your heart before him;
God
is a refuge for us. (Selah)
if
you lay them on a balance-scale, they go up both together are
lighter than nothing.
even
if wealth increases, don't set your heart on it.
PSALMS:
92
1 A
psalm.
A
song for Shabbat:
It
is good to give thanks to ADONAI and sing praises to your name,
'Elyon,
it
is so that they can be eternally destroyed,
my
ears have delighted in the fall of my foes.
13 Planted
in the house of ADONAI,
they
will flourish in the courtyards of our God.
14 Even
in old age they will be vigorous,
still
full of sap, still bearing fruit,
15 proclaiming
that ADONAI is upright, my Rock,
in
whom there is no wrong.
PSALMS:
122
1 A
song of ascents.
By
David: I was glad when they said to me,
"The
house of ADONAI! Let's go!"
as
a witness to Isra'el, to give thanks to the name of ADONAI.
PROVERBS:
2
1 My
son, if you will receive my words and
store
my commands inside you,
16 They
will save you from a woman who is a stranger,
from
a loose woman with smooth talk,
17 who
abandons the ruler she had in her youth and
forgets
the covenant of her God.
18 Her
house is sinking toward death,
her
paths lead to the dead.
19 None
who go to her return;
they
never regain the path to life.
20 Thus
you will walk on the way of good people
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For
the upright will live in the land,
the
pure-hearted will remain there;
22 but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
the
unfaithful rooted out of it.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
EZEKIEL 44:1 - 45:12
1 Then
the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one
facing east, and it was shut. 2 The
LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be
opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because
the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. 3 The
prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat
in the presence of the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of
the gateway and go out the same way.” 4 Then
the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the
temple. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling the temple of
the LORD, and I fell facedown. 5 The
LORD said to me, “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and
give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the
regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the LORD. Give
attention to the entrance to the temple and all the exits of the
sanctuary. 6 Say
to rebellious Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
Enough of your detestable practices, people of Israel! 7 In
addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought
foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary,
desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and
you broke my covenant. 8Instead
of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put
others in charge of my sanctuary. 9This
is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart
and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live
among the Israelites. 10 “
‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray and who
wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of
their sin. 11 They
may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple
and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and
sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve
them. 12 But
because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the
people of Israel fall into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted
hand that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the
Sovereign LORD. 13 They
are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my
holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of
their detestable practices.14 And
I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to
be done in it. 15 “
‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who
guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to
come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to
offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign
LORD. 16They
alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my
table to minister before me and serve me as guards. 17 “
‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear
linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while
ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the
temple.18 They
are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments
around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them
perspire.19 When
they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to
take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave
them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the
people are not consecrated through contact with their garments. 20 “
‘They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but
they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed. 21 No
priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22 They
must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins
of Israelite descent or widows of priests. 23 They
are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the
common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the
clean. 24 “
‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it
according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees
for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths
holy. 25 “
‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person;
however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or
daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile
himself. 26 After
he is cleansed, he must wait seven days. 27 On
the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in
the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering for himself, declares
the Sovereign LORD. 28 “
‘I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give
them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29 They
will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt
offerings; and everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong
to them.30 The
best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will
belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of
your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your
household. 31 The
priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or
torn by wild animals.
1 “
‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to
the LORD a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits
long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy. 2 Of
this, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the sanctuary, with
50 cubits around it for open land. 3 In
the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and
10,000 cubits wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy
Place. 4 It
will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister
in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the LORD. It
will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the
sanctuary. 5 An
area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the
Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to
live in. 6 “
‘You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits
wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will
belong to all Israel. 7 “
‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area
formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will
extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side,
running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel
to one of the tribal portions. 8 This
land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer
oppress my people but will allow the people of Israel to possess the
land according to their tribes. 9 “
‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have gone far enough,
princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what
is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the
Sovereign LORD. 10 You
are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate
bath. 11 The
ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a
tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to
be the standard measure for both. 12 The
shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus
twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1 PETER 1:1 - 12
1:1 Peter,
an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered
throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and
Bithynia,
2 who
have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus
Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in
abundance.
3 Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great
mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 and
into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This
inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
5 who
through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the
salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 In
all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may
have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
7
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of
greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by
fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is
revealed.
8 Though
you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see
him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and
glorious joy,
9 for
you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of
your souls.
10 Concerning
this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to
come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
11 trying
to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ
in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah
and the glories that would follow.
12 It
was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you,
when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those
who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from
heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
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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