Reading the Bible Chronologically in 2022
This year, instead of reading from Genesis to Revelation, we will read the Bible as the story flows, as it happened and was written. There are several plans out there and I have worked to combine them into a plan that lets the Bible tell its own story "as it happened." Remember, the Bible is inspired, but not in the order the books appear in our Bibles. The Old Testament is approximately 3/4 of the Bible, but I have divided it so that we will spend half the year in the OT, and half the year in the NT.
Bible Readings: Isaiah 23-27
Background:
These readings are cosmic - big issues - God's glorious judgment and his amazing power for his people.
Daily Devotional: Our Sovereign God
God is mighty and powerful, sovereign over the world - but not everyone experiences that sovereignty in the same way. In Isaiah 23 and 24 we read God's judgment falls on Tyre and then on the entire world. He strips bare the earth and makes it desolate in Isaiah 24:1. Those who ignore his warnings against sin will one day meet the horrible power of God's wrath.
And that pretty much describes everyone these days, doesn't it? We have created a world in which God doesn't judge sin and the worst of sins is to say that he does. You live as you please - "you do you." No one should judge you or question your choices and dare to say that any choice you make is okay.
But the Bible says that we live one life and then give account to God. When the time is right he will judge the living and the dead. They say that the only two things you can't avoid are death and taxes. There is one thing much more certain than either of those - the eventual judgment of God over this earth. The sovereign God judges.
But in chapter 25, that same God uses his mighty power to save. According to verse 1, he accomplishes wonders according to plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. He saves his people by fighting mighty battles against their foes.
And that pretty much describes everyone these days, doesn't it? We have created a world in which God doesn't judge sin and the worst of sins is to say that he does. You live as you please - "you do you." No one should judge you or question your choices and dare to say that any choice you make is okay.
But the Bible says that we live one life and then give account to God. When the time is right he will judge the living and the dead. They say that the only two things you can't avoid are death and taxes. There is one thing much more certain than either of those - the eventual judgment of God over this earth. The sovereign God judges.
But in chapter 25, that same God uses his mighty power to save. According to verse 1, he accomplishes wonders according to plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. He saves his people by fighting mighty battles against their foes.
In that day the people will proclaim,Our sovereign God judges sin and saves his people. This world marches on like mankind is in charge but there is a God to whom we answer and we can either fight him to our loss or serve him to his glory and our gain.
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the Lord, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!” Isaiah 25:9
We praise you, Father, for being a God in charge. Though this world rages and fights against you, we rest in your power and sovereign care.
Consider God's Word:
Do you live in obedience to the God of heaven - for his glory?
When the world seems to be flying apart remember that God is in control.
When the world seems to be flying apart remember that God is in control.
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