Read To Me Daily Semester 4Sample

EZEKIEL 41:
Yesterday we started Ezekiel’s account of his long vision about the future and ideal temple of God, and this is another vision that is referred to in the book of Revelation. The reason for this vision is given in chapter 43:

Ez. 43:10 NLT “Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan,
11 and they will be ashamed of what they have done. 

ISAIAH 17:
Yesterday in Isaiah we finished the two chapter oracle concerning Moab. It was really not so much a prophecy of condemnation, but a lament for the people.

HEBREWS 11b:
The Faith Chapter of Hebrews is an exposition of the verse quoted from Habbakuk 2:

Heb. 10:38 NLT And my righteous ones will live by [fully believing in Me//faith].
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”

It is unfortunate that the King James Version of the first verse of Hebrews 11 doesn’t make good sense but is still so often quoted as the definition of faith. The KJV says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for …” But how can any reader use that idea of ‘substance’? This became the definition that is so often quoted, but no one can figure out what to do with it after quoting it. No one can— so to speak— put their finger on that ‘substance’. The Greek word translated as ‘substance’ can also be translated ‘confidence’. And using that word, the definition makes sense.

Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, help us to deserve the title of ‘believers’. If we are believers, it means that we have made the choice to believe in things we cannot see. Lord, we don’t want to be gullible, accepting any idea that comes along. Instead we need a reliable source. May we find our most reliable source for believing in your Word. Contrary to what the world thinks, seeing is NOT believing. Lord Jesus, if we could actually see You right now seated as our High Priest in heaven, belief in that fact would no longer matter. But let the people mentioned in this chapter be our heroes. May we follow their examples. May we believe just like they did. First, drive into our minds the truth that You, Lord, exist, and you reward everyone who seeks You. We are seeking a city and that temple that Ezekiel saw. Keep that vision before us, Lord, that we may embrace the idea that we are foreigners and refugees on earth. Our Lord Jesus, once again today we hear You say to us, “I have prepared a place for you. I want you to be where I am forever.”