Jeremy Ewing Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 20-22 Key Verse Luke 21:32 — “Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.” Devotional Thought The temple courts are crowded with controversy in these chapters. The chief priests and scribes confront Jesus as He teaches, demanding to know … Read more
Basmath is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Basmath appears in the King James Bible in only one verse, 1 Kings 4:15, where she is named as a wife of Ahimaaz. The verse reads: “Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter … Read more
Monday, December 22, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 17-19 Secondary Reading: Psalms 147 Key Verse Luke 18:28 — “Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.” Devotional Thought Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem, and Luke gathers the journey into a single long procession of the lost being found. Ten … Read more
Sunday, December 21, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 14-16 Key Verse Luke 15:15 — “And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.” Devotional Thought On a Sabbath day, Jesus sat at the table of a chief Pharisee, and the room … Read more
Solomon’s First Temple — Archaeology of the House of God Artifact Summary Solomon’s First Temple was built in Jerusalem around the mid-10th century B.C.E. as a permanent house of worship for the God of Israel. The biblical account in 1 Kings 6–8 describes its dimensions, materials, furnishings, and dedication. While the Temple Mount itself has … Read more
Saturday, December 20, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 12-13 Key Verse Luke 12:48 — “But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they … Read more
Malchiram is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Malchiram was a descendant of King David, named in the royal genealogies recorded in the book of 1 Chronicles. He appears in a list of sons born to Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin), the king of Judah … Read more
Friday, December 19, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 9-11 Secondary Reading: Psalms 146 Key Verse Luke 10:18 — “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Devotional Thought Jesus sends out His twelve apostles with nothing but His authority—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, not even a … Read more
Jaroah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jaroah was a descendant of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is mentioned only once in Scripture, in the genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles 5. The Chronicler, writing after the Babylonian exile, gathered … Read more
Thursday, December 18, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 6-8 Key Verse Luke 7:29 — “And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.” Devotional Thought The Sabbath controversy in Luke 6 begins in a grainfield, where hungry disciples rub wheat in their hands and … Read more
Athlai is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Athlai was one of the men of Israel who had taken a foreign wife, an offense addressed during the reforms of Ezra after the return from the Babylonian exile. He is listed among the descendants of … Read more
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Luke 3-5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 145 Key Verse Luke 4:23 — “And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.” Devotional Thought The fifteenth year of Tiberius … Read more