Read To Me Daily Semester 4Sample

ESTHER 7-8:
In Esther 5 Haman planned to impale Mordecai on a pole in the NLT, or just hanged in the GNT. (Given the period of time, I think that the impaling method is more likely to be right.) But on the same night that Haman planned for that murder, God caused the king to have a sleepless night and read in the annals of the kingdom about Mordecai. Haman came before the king at just the right time to get assigned the task of honoring Mordecai.

ISAIAH 42:
In Isaiah 41 we again heard God predict the future, and challenge Israel’s idols to prophesy or do anything at all.

2THESSALONIANS 3:
The Thessalonians must have wondered how they would hear of Jesus’ return— given that Jesus would touch down so far from them at Jerusalem. We will be able to anticipate Jesus’ return by whether the ‘man of lawlessness’ has appeared, has drawn away many people by working powerful miracles, and has usurped God’s position in the temple. Note that God has not given us the order or timing of these events in relation to what was foretold in 1st Thessalonians.

Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, we stand in awe of You. You are sovereign over this world and You prove that by telling us what will happen. You do that over and over again. But mankind ignores everything. We ignore history, and your Word. Mankind prefers to make up their own gods and create new religions— all without any foundation in the truth. But just as certainly as Cyrus came and let the people of Israel go home, so Christ came and did part of what was prophesied about him. And now we wait for Him to come again and complete his work. All this information leaves us without an excuse. Who could claim that You didn’t communicate to us? We feel keenly that we are living in a battle zone. The power of Mysterious Wickedness is at work, and even we who know You have difficulty sorting out what we should think and do. Help us to put sin to death in our lives, and stop taking pleasure in it. Help us to be those who love the truth.