M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
14 So, Abijah slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the City of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place (in whose days the land was quiet for ten years).
2 And Asa did what was good and right in the Eyes of the LORD his God.
3 For he took away the altars of the strange, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves,
4 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do according to the Law and the Commandment.
5 And he took away the high places out of all the cities of Judah, and the images. Therefore, the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 Also, because the land was at rest, he had built strong cities in Judah. And he had no war in those years. For the LORD had given him rest.
7 Therefore, he said to Judah, “Because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side, let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers and gates and bars, while the land is before us.” So, they built and prospered.
8 And of Judah, Asa had an army of three hundred thousand who bore shields and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were valiant men.
9 And Zerah of Ethiopia came out against him with an army of one million, and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out before him. And they set the battle in formation in the Valley of Zephathah, beside Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, it is nothing with You to help with many or with the powerless! Help us, O LORD our God! For we rest on You! And in Your Name we have come against this multitude! O LORD, You are our God! Do not let man prevail against You!”
12 So, the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. And the Ethiopians’ army was overthrown. There was no life in them; for they were destroyed before the LORD and before His host. And they carried away a mighty, great spoil.
14 And they struck all the cities all around Gerar. For the fear of the LORD came upon them. And they plundered all the cities; for there was much plunder in them.
15 Yea, and they struck the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels and returned to Jerusalem.
15 Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Obed.
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “O, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me! The LORD is with you while you are with him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3 “Now for a long season, Israel has been without the true God, and without priest to teach, and without Law.
4 “But whoever returned in his affliction to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, he was found by Him.
5 “And in that time there was no peace to him who went out and went in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the Earth.
6 “For nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city. For God troubled them with all adversity.
7 “Be strong, therefore! And do not let your hands be weak. For your work shall have a reward.”
8 And when Asa heard these Words, and the Prophecy of Obed the Prophet, he was encouraged and took away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken on Mount Ephraim. And he renewed the Altar of the LORD that was in front of the Porch of the LORD.
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon. For many fell to him out of Israel, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 So, they assembled to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 And at that time, they offered to the LORD from the spoil they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 And they made a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
13 And whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel shall be killed, whether small or great, man or woman.
14 And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn to the LORD with all their heart and sought Him with a whole desire. And He was found by them. And the LORD gave them rest all around.
16 And King Asa deposed Maachah, his mother, from her regency, because she had made an idol in a grove. And Asa broke down her idol and stamped it and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Still, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Also, he brought the things that his father had dedicated, and that he had dedicated, into the House of God: silver and gold and vessels.
19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
4 After this, I looked. And behold, a door was open in Heaven. And the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a trumpet; talking with me, saying, “Come up here! And I will show you things which must be done hereafter.”
2 And immediately, I was ravished in the Spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven. And One sat upon the throne.
3 And He Who sat looked like a jasper stone, and a sardius. And there was a rainbow around the throne, which looked like an emerald.
4 And around the throne were 24 seats. And upon the seats I saw 24 elders sitting, clothed in white raiment. And on their heads were crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunder and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne (which are the seven spirits of God).
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four beasts, full of eyes in front and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf. And the third beast had a face as a man. And the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And each of the four beasts had six wings around him. And they were full of eyes within. And they ceased neither day nor night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Who was and Who is and Who is to come!”
9 And when those beasts gave glory and honor and thanks to Him Who sat on the throne, Who lives forever and ever,
10 the 24 elders fell down before Him Who sat on the throne and worshipped Him Who lives for evermore; and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power! For You have created all things! And for Your will’s sake they are and have been created!”
2 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, came the Word of the LORD by the ministry of the Prophet Haggai, saying:
2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, prince of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak the High Priest, and to the rest of the people, saying,
3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this House in her first glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem as nothing in your eyes by comparison?
4 ‘Yet now, be of good courage, O Zerubbabel!’ says the LORD, ‘And be of good comfort, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak the High Priest. And be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the LORD, ‘and do it. For I am with you,’ says the LORD of Hosts.
5 ‘According to the Word that I Covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit shall remain among you. Do not fear!’
6 “For thus says the LORD of Hosts: “Yet a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the Earth and the sea and the dry land.
7 ‘And I will move all nations. And the desire of all nations shall come. And I will fill this House with Glory,’ says the LORD of Hosts.
8 ‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ says the LORD of Hosts.
9 ‘The Glory of this last House shall be greater than the first,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of Hosts.”
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of the LORD came to the Prophet Haggai, saying,
11 “Thus says the LORD of Hosts: ‘Ask the priests now concerning the Law, and say,
12 “If one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt he touches the bread or the pottage or the wine or oil or any food, shall it be holy?”’” And the priests answered and said, “No.”
13 Then Haggai said, “If a polluted person touches any of these, shall it be unclean?” And the priests answered, and said, “It shall be unclean.”
14 Then Haggai answered, and said, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘And so are all the works of their hands. And that which they offer here is unclean.
15 ‘And now, please consider in your minds from this day forward: before a stone was laid upon a stone in the Temple of the LORD,
16 ‘before these things were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress, to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 ‘I struck you with blight, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labors of your hands. Yet you did not turn to Me,’ says the LORD.
18 ‘Please consider in your minds from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s Temple was laid—consider it in your minds:
19 ‘Is the seed still in the barn? As yet, the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree have not brought forth fruit. From this day I will bless you.’”
20 And again the Word of the LORD came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, the prince of Judah, and say, ‘I will shake the heavens and the Earth!
22 ‘And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. And I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen. And I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. And the horse and the riders shall come down, each one by the sword of his brother.
23 ‘At that time,’ says the LORD of Hosts, ‘I will take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says the LORD, ‘and will make you as a signet! For I have chosen you,’ says the LORD of Hosts.”
3 There was now a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus - a ruler of the Jews.
2 This man came to Jesus by night, and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher from God; for no one could do these miracles that You do, except God were with Him.”
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born who is old? Can he enter into his mother’s womb again, and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
6 “That which is born of the flesh, is flesh. And that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
7 “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
8 “The wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered, and said to Him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered, and said to him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and know not these things?
11 “Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak that we know, and testify that we have seen. But you do not receive our witness.
12 “If when I tell you earthly things you do not believe, how shall you believe if I tell you of Heavenly things?
13 “For no one ascends up to Heaven, except He who descended from Heaven – the Son of Man, who is in Heaven.
14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15 “that whoever believes in Him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 “For God so loves the world, that He has given His only begotten Son; that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 “For God did not send his Son into the world that He should condemn the world, but that the world, through Him, might be saved.
18 “The one who believes in Him is not condemned. But the one who does not believe, is condemned already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 “And this is the judgment: that the Light came into the world, and man loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
20 “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 “But the one who practices truth comes to the Light, that his works done according to God might be made visible.”
22 After these things, Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea and stayed there with them and baptized.
23 And John also baptized in Aenon, near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.
26 And they came to John, and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, he baptizes, and all come to him.”
27 John answered, and said, “A man can receive nothing, except it be given to him from Heaven.
28 You yourselves are my witnesses, that I said, ‘I am not that Christ, but that I am sent before Him.’
29 “The One who has the bride is the Bridegroom. But the friend of the Bridegroom who stands and hears Him, rejoices greatly because of the Bridegroom’s voice. Therefore, my joy is fulfilled.
30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “The One who has come from on high is above all. The one who is from the Earth, is from the Earth, and speaks from the Earth. The One who has come from Heaven is above all.
32 “And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies. But no one receives His testimony.
33 “The one who has received His testimony, has sealed that God is true.
34 “For He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
36 “The one who believes in the Son has everlasting life. And the one who disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
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