Week 52
Last big decision for 2020: start to read through the bible tomorrow.
My plan is to go through in front-to-back order and read about one-hundred chapters per month – plus one psalm per day.
Reading through means reading through the OT. I guess some people disregard the OT since its irrelevant outlandish inapplicable and basically squandering time and energy.
I thought about that. Thought about last January-August in the OT. Thought about some of the things I’d miss if I skipped the OT.
Adam & Eve Cain & Abel Noah Job the Tower of Babel Abraham & Sarah Hagar & Ishmael Sodom & Gomorrah Isaac & Rebecca Jacob Esau Judah Joseph Egypt Pharaoh the Plagues Moses Sinai the Ten Commandments the Tabernacle the Wilderness Nadab & Abihu the Twelve Spies Korah-Dathan-Abiram Balaam Rahab Joshua Caleb Jericho Achan the Promised Land Deborah-Barak Gideon Samson Ruth Hannah Samuel Eli Saul Jonathan David Goliath Abigail & Nabal, Bathsheba Absalom Solomon the Temple Rehoboam-Jeroboam the Divided Kingdom Elijah Ahab Naboth Micaiah Elisha Naaman Joash Sennacherib the Rabshakeh Assyria & Israel Manasseh Jonah Isaiah Jeremiah Hezekiah Babylon & Judah Ezekiel Daniel Shadrach-Meshach-Abednego Persia Esther Ezra Nehemiah the Wisdom books.
It’s quite a bit to miss.
About a month ago I was reading psalm 105 and verse four said: search for the Lord…and keep on searching. I didn’t take that as a MHJ-has-to-read-the-OT directive. But keep-on-searching makes better sense to me than just-quit-searching.