Today we begin two new books as we read 2 Samuel 1, 1 Chronicles 1, and Psalm 13. Fr. Mike shows us how nothing in scripture is wasted space, and also points out how, through God's grace, we can move past the things that have hurt us. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 120. We finally made it to this day, 120. We are reading from 2 Samuel 1.
Yesterday, we said goodbye to 1 Samuel, which, of course, was all one book at one point, but we can pay no attention to that and realize that we're making progress to 2 Samuel chapter 1. We're also diving for the first time into 1 Chronicles chapter 1. We're also praying Psalm 13. As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition.
I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking subscribe. It's that easy to do. As I mentioned, we're dipping our toes into 1 Chronicles for the first time. Now, Chronicles is kind of a unique book.
One of the reasons it's unique is because typically it would be the last book in the Hebrew canon, right? So it would be the last book in the Jewish canon of Scripture. If it was included in that, it would be because what's happening is 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, it is going to be focused on a couple of things. One is the temple and worship. The other is the kingdom and the Messiah.
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