BibleStudyTogether DailyReadings

A 2-Year Chronological & Thematic Journey through God's Word
with Daily Comments from Dr. Del Tackett.

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September 30


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 639 (9/30) – Jeremiah 42:1-43:13

One can imagine how easy it would be to believe that the best plan would be to flee to Egypt, away from the Babylonian forces. God’s word sometimes points us to the narrow path, but it is the wide path that leads to death, as Jesus told us. Azariah and Johanan led the people down the broad path and they went to their death. May God grant us ears to hear His word and hearts to obey.

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September 29


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 638 (9/29) – 2 Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 40:7-41:18

We read another sad, yet intriguing chapter in the fall of Judah. It is disturbing when someone feigns friendship, is invited to break bread, and then deceitfully kills their hosts during the meal. This is the height of betrayal and treachery. Gedaliah appears to be a good governor and yet he is murdered. Judaism still recognized this with the Fast of Gedaliah on the third of Tishri.

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September 28


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 637 (9/28) – Obadiah 1:1-21; Psalms 43:1-5, 85:1-13; Acts 16:11-40

It would be good to watch the video overview before reading Obadiah. What struck me was the Lord’s condemnation of those “who stood aloof” while evil had its way. Unfortunately, this happens today. Psalm 43:5 is well worth memorizing to remember in days of lament. As we saw the gospel come to the Cornelius household, we see it now come to Lydia’s household and then the jailer’s household. Families are a key element in the work of the kingdom.

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September 27


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 636 (9/27) – Lamentations 5:1-22; Psalms 79:1-13; Acts 16:1-10

When God brings judgment upon a sinful people, the consequences are great. Rather than go our own way, is it not much better to bow to Him while there is still time? I was struck by how clearly the Spirit of God was directing Paul in the direction he was to go in bringing the first gospel messages.

 

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September 26


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 635 (9/26) – Lamentations 4:1-22; Acts 15:36-41

Some of the things that happened in the final days of Jerusalem are difficult to read. The Lord “poured out His hot anger” and they went from feasting to begging, clothed in purple to ashes. It was better for those who died by the sword. The disagreement between Paul and Barnabas is difficult but it is real. The Word of God is infallible; man is not..

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September 25


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 634 (9/25) – Lamentations 3:1-66; Acts 15:22-35

In the midst of lament, we have one of the great passages worth memorizing: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Also, note this: “though He cause grief, He will have compassion…”. This is so counter to today's “malevolent compassion” which coddles evil and destroys, rather than discipline which is bridled by truth and wisdom and therefore “trains by adversity” into righteousness. Notice the letter from Jerusalem that enjoined things that would allow the Jews and Gentile believers to live at peace with each other under grace rather than the law.

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September 24


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 633 (9/24) – Lamentations 2:1-22; Acts 15:1-21

As we read the deep lament for the just judgment of God, we read of the amazing grace of God as He is “rebuilding the tent of David”, no longer just of one ethnic people, but of people from all tribes and tongues from all over the world. When one considers how hard it would be to not think that the old covenant ways should be continued under Christ, it is comforting to know that the Holy Spirit guided them into the truth.

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September 23


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 632 (9/23) – Jeremiah 52:28-30; Lamentations 1:1-22

The video is very good and I recommend you look at it before we start to read Lamentations. 

 

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September 22


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 631 (9/22) – 2 Chronicles 36:15-21; Psalm 88:1-18, 123:1-4

We read today one of the saddest passages in all of God’s Word: “...the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.” How utterly terminal. Thanks be to God for when we were utterly terminal, Christ sacrificed Himself for us. Read Psalm 88 as a Messianic Psalm, Jesus in the midst of His atoning work. Then give thanks and pray Psalm 123 to Him.

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September 21


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 630 (9/21) – 2 Kings 25:8-21; Jeremiah 52:12-27; Acts 14:21-28

As you read the sad end of Jerusalem, the temple and Judah, remember when the temple design was dictated by the Lord and prepared by the best craftsmen, whom the Lord had given great skill. Remember the splendor of it and its divine purpose… to bring praise and worship, glory and honor to God. Now it is being destroyed, broken into pieces, burned to the ground. All according to God’s judgment. The Lord does not live in temples built by man and He will remove all the trappings when they no longer bring Him glory. The promises of God do not lie with these things. In Acts we see the reality of this as His Kingdom in the New Covenant begins its spread around the world. You are the temple of God, if you are in Christ, for He has fully satisfied the wrath of God for us. Rejoice in this and live like this.

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September 20


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 629 (9/20) – Jeremiah 39:1-18, 52:6-11, 40:1-6; 1 Chronicles 3:10-16; Acts 14:1-20

Whether it is Jeremiah in Babylonian chains or Paul suffering the stoning at Lystra, God rescues His people. Sometimes He rescues through extraordinary means as we read today; sometimes He rescues us through death. Either way, God is faithful to His children. When the times get rough for those who speak the truth, these are good things to remember. Do you wonder, as I do, how Nebuchadnezzar knew of Jeremiah and his prophecies?

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September 19


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 628 (9/19) – Jeremiah 33:1-26; 2 Kings 25:3-7; Acts 13:44-52

The promises and prophecies of God are eternal and eternally firm. The prophecy concerning Zedekiah is fulfilled in our reading today. The promises of the Covenant are being fulfilled today all over the world. There is resistance and persecution today as there was for Paul and Barnabas. When the day dawns today and then the night, remember the analogy the Lord uses concerning His Word.

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September 18


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 627 (9/18) – Jeremiah 32:16-44; Acts 13:13-43

In the midst of the judgment and destruction, God presents the hope that would come in the form of a new covenant. Some trip over the statement that God will “repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them”. However, read the rest of the passage and it is clear that the children are guilty as well. His judgment is often delayed, but it is never unjust. Note the Lord's distaste for Judah killing its children: “I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination”. Sin often becomes so normal that we fail to see it as sin any longer. Paul and Barnabas preach Jesus in the context of their history. It is good to not lose the historical perspective.

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September 17


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 626 (9/17) – Ezekiel 31:1-18; Jeremiah 32:1-15; Acts 13:1-12

We have three texts today that present the constant counter of the world. God blesses a nation; it becomes proud and acts unrighteously; God brings it down. Today it is the message to Pharaoh through what happened to Assyria. Jeremiah is imprisoned because the Word of God he delivers doesn't sit well with Zedekiah. In Paphos, Paul and Barnabas were opposed by a magician who was a “son of the devil”, an “enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy”. When you look around you and see unrighteousness and foolishness, do not lose hope. The Lord brought down Assyria and Egypt, He brought down Zedekiah, and He blinded the magician. Trust in the Lord.

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September 16


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 625 (9/16) – Jeremiah 34:1-22, 21:1-14

We are coming down to the final end of Judah and Jerusalem. (Why do you think Zedekiah was allowed to live out his life after being taken to Babylon?) Although we have read of the many sins in the land, for which this judgment is coming upon them, today we read of a couple more that are singled out: reneging on releasing slaves and failing to bring justice to those who are robbed. We have, in our times, a vast number of people held as slaves in the human trafficking market. God sees this. We have, in many cases, in our country, made the thief the victim and vilified the property owner. This is turning good for evil and evil for good. Do you think God sees this as well?

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September 15


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 624 (9/15) – Ezekiel 26:1-21, 30:20-26

People should tremble when we read of God’s judgment upon Tyre. Though Tyre was mighty and prosperous, God brought her to an end. Some have called this a failed prophecy because the sea never covered Tyre. But read God’s declaration: “Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.” Because Tyre was a coastal power that profited from other coastal cities and nations, He uses the metaphor of the “sea” of enemies covering it. Here is a good overview of Tyre and prophecy: [link].

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September 14


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 623 (9/14) – Ezekiel 28:1-26; Psalms 13:1-6; Acts 12:6-25

As you read the Lord’s description of Tyre, especially that it made its “heart like the heart of a god”, ponder what the Lord must think of our nation. The entire account seems eerily similar. Yet the Psalmist ends with “but I have trusted it Your steadfast love”. May we do the same. I am so fascinated by the event of the angel miraculously extracting Peter from prison (notice the city gate opened of its own accord). Many were praying for Peter but they couldn’t believe that it was him knocking on the door! Makes me laugh at how we pray for things but almost don’t believe God could do them.

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September 13


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 622 (9/13) – Ezekiel 27:1-36; 29; Acts 11:19-12:5

What struck me today was the exceeding detail in which God knows what is going on within the nation of Tyre. Remember the many times we read of people saying that the Lord does not see or care about what they are doing? He does. He sees and hears and knows. For their sins, the nation of Tyre was judged and brought to a “dreadful end”. After Stephen’s death at the hands of the Jewish leaders, we now see the persecution from the state through Herod. If the resurrection were not true, nor the indwelling of the Spirit, these men would not be willing to die.  Peter is thrown in prison for his faith. May we stand as well.

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September 12


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 621 (9/12) – Ezekiel 25:12-17; 29:1-16; Acts 11:1-18

Notice again how God is concerned with all things politic. He brings judgment against Edom and Philistia, Egypt and Pharaoh for their actions. Don’t be fooled into thinking God does not care about the operations of nations, internally and externally. God judged Pharaoh for even his thoughts and attitudes which are laid bare before Him. Also, again, think of how radical Christianity was to the Jewish worldview of that time.

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September 11


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 620 (9/11) – Ezekiel 24:15-25:11; Acts 10:34-48

It is difficult to read of God ending Ezekiel’s wife’s life and bringing him sorrow so that His people would “know that He was the Lord”, the last phrase of nearly every paragraph. So, too, we are not immune from the sorrow, nor the consequences that come to the corporate body in which we dwell.  God demonstrates the New Covenant by pouring out his Spirit upon the Gentiles. Can you imagine what a radical thing that was for the Jews to grasp?

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September 10


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 619 (9/10) – Ezekiel 23:22-24:14; Acts 10:9-33

It is a hard thing to pause and think about how God sees a nation. Today we read some of His perspective regarding the things that were going on. In reading the common accusation of Jerusalem in Ezekiel: “the bloody city” I was reminded of Revelation 18:24. I also thought of the millions of babies slaughtered in our land. The finality of God’s words at the end are stark: “I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent…” The book of Acts is filled with the transition from the Old Covenant to the New. The amazing event with Cornelius is  one of those.

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September 9


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 618 (9/9) – Ezekiel 22:17-23:21

There is more sadness today. God sought a people who were not righteous in Egypt, but still He made them His. He lavished love upon them and poured out blessings upon them, but they continued in their unrighteousness and unfaithfulness to Him. When He judged Israel, Judah should have learned from that, but instead she became even more unfaithful than Israel, until God finally brought judgment down upon her as well. How very sad, yet so typical of fallen man. Thanks be to God for His work through Christ on our behalf.

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September 8


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 617 (9/8) – Ezekiel 21:18-22:16; 2 Kings 24:20-25:2; Jeremiah 52:3-5

How difficult is it to read, “and He cast them out of His presence.” How utterly desperate a situation when the Lord brings His judgment upon a people who have repeatedly despised Him. Notice also how God, who could have brought the judgment by supernatural means, chooses, as He does most often, to use the agency of man or other created things, like locusts or frogs or famine. God is omnipotent, for sure, but He most commonly makes use of the creation to carry out His purposes and plans. Including you and me.

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September 7


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 616 (9/7) – Ezekiel 20:27-21:17; Acts 10:1-8

I was struck by the statement the Lord makes concerning the reason for His judgment: “not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds”, but for “my name’s sake”. This surely takes us not only to the nature and character of God, but also to the covenant He made with Abraham. It is a fearful thing to read of the sword of God being unsheathed.

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September 6


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 615 (9/6) – Ezekiel 19:1-20:26; Acts 9:20-43

I am fascinated by the way God uses imagery. He, of course, is the Literary Master. We can learn much by how He does so. The final two verses are worth your meditation and discussion: “I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life, and I defiled them through their very gifts in their offering up all their firstborn, that I might devastate them. I did it that they might know that I am the Lord.” How utterly consistent with God’s Word through Paul in Romans and Galatians concerning the Law. Notice how quickly the Jews turned upon Saul. One moment he was their key prosecutor of the Way; the next he was the hated apologist for Christ.

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September 5


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 614 (9/5) – Ezekiel 18:1-32; Acts 9:1-19

We have read much of God’s corporate dealing with people: as a nation, as a city, etc. Today we read of God’s dealing with individuals. Although the examples of sinful or righteous acts are relevant to the then current Old Covenant, the underlying nature of God is clear. He is truly just and the definition of just lies with Him and not with us. We have some very twisted views of justice today that are generated by man and not by God. Repentance is a strong theme in this passage. That God “has no pleasure in the death of the wicked” is worth a great deal of thought, meditation and discussion. The conversion experience of Saul is nothing but breathtaking and such a great demonstration of the amazing grace of God. I have always been struck by the fact that God knows street names! Of course He does!

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September 4


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 613 (9/4) – Ezekiel 17:1-24; Acts 8:26-40

If one were to read 17:1-10 and stop and try to discern the riddle, it would most likely not match the Lord’s interpretation (vs 11-21). It would be good to discuss 22-24, not only to ask if this refers to the Messianic Kingdom, but ponder the Sovereignty of God that is expressed here. This discussion should extend to verse 19 and how God calls the covenant that was made between Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah,  “my oath” and “my covenant”. We are given another amazing example of God’s Sovereignty and Orchestration in the event with Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. Apparently Philip was miraculously transported there and then to Azotus. Can you imagine being Philip?

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September 3


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 612 (9/3) – Ezekiel 16:35-63; Acts 8:4-25

The metaphor continues and so, too, how it hits home to us. Notice that remedy comes from God alone. What an amazing transition we find at the hands of the apostles as the gospel comes to Samaria for the first time. There will always be people like Simon who want to somehow make Christianity about themselves and to prosper from it.

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September 2


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 611 (9/2) – Ezekiel 16:1-34

In this complex mixing of metaphor and historical narrative concerning the infidelity of Israel, it is hard not to see our own nation as we read it through. Taken from obscurity and raised against all odds to prominence and blessed with the abundant hand of God, yet now filled with evil and abominations, sacrificing our children, exporting all of this to the world… May God grant us repentance for surely it seems we are due His wrath. May God bring us to our senses and soon.

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September 1


Dr. Tackett's Daily Comment

Day 610 (9/1) – Ezekiel 14:12-15:8

Several things struck me today. First, that God speaks in general terms regarding His judgment: “...when a land sins against me…”. God deals with nations, although there are those today who declare that He has no concern for nations. Second, that God uses three men: Noah, Daniel, and Job, as His examples of righteous men, yet I have had numerous conversations with Christians who do not see the events of Noah as true historical narrative, but rather mythical, allegorical, or poetic. Third, the literary genius of God in how He speaks of the wood of the vine.

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