Digging Deeper Daily: By Daily Bible Reading PodcastSample

GENESIS 44-45:
Yesterday we heard of Joseph's brothers on their first and second trips to Egypt. Regarding my comment in yesterday’s podcast about Joseph giving wine without limit, it is likely that he was showing the normal generosity of a wealthy host. I very much doubt that under these circumstances his brothers would have allowed themselves to become drunk. We pick up the story, still in Joseph's palace on the second trip.

JOB 27:
In the NLT, this chapter is the 2nd chapter of Job’s six-chapter-long speech. But in the GNT Zophar interrupts and carries on through chapter 28.

1PETER 1:
In the last chapter of Mark’s Gospel, we read about the resurrection of Jesus. Since Mark very likely wrote his gospel based on Peter's information, it seems fitting that we move to Peter's two letters now. Evidently Peter spent the last decade of his life in Rome, where he was martyred around the year 64. Mark (whom Peter fondly refers to as ‘his son’ in chapter 5) was with him in Rome when this was written. Silas— whom we will hear of later in Acts, was the secretary for writing this letter. Scholars do not doubt that this letter is from Peter.

Here are a couple of quotes from Constable’s Notes. Constable quotes Selwyn:

“Along with [1Peter’s//its] [end times//eschatological] focus there is much
emphasis on holiness (personal, social, and communal), hope, salvation,
community, relationship to the world, the Trinity, and especially
suffering.”

“… despite its brevity—only 105 verses in all—[1Peter/it] is a microcosm of
Christian faith and duty, the model of a pastoral charge, composed of divers
materials and of many themes.”

For those who want to delve deeper in studying this short letter, I encourage you to search out and mark every occurrence of these repeated words: suffering, hope, joy, grace, and glory.