Category: Daily Devotional

We come to the end of the timeline of Jesus’ birth with the return of Joseph, Mary and, Jesus to their home town of Nazareth, in Galilee. Only a few words tell this story for this is the last we will see of Jesus until He is 12 years old and in the Temple in…

Zechariah 9-12 Judgment on Israel’s Enemies 9 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach    and Damascus is its resting place.For the Lord has an eye on mankind    and on all the tribes of Israel,[a]2 and on Hamath also, which borders on it,    Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.3 Tyre has built herself a rampart    and heaped up silver like dust,    and fine gold…

While Joseph, Mary and, Jesus are in Egypt, a length of time which is unknown, king Herod, who had sought to kill Jesus, dies. Only a few words tell of this for this is the change that enables Joseph, Mary and, Jesus to come out of Egypt back to a home in Galilee. Matthew 2:19-23…

Zechariah 5-8 A Vision of a Flying Scroll 5 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll! 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”[a] 3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the…

When the Magi had visited our Savior in Bethlehem, they were warned, in a dream, not to return to Jerusalem and king Herod. So, they departed for their home by another route. An angel, also, warns Joseph, in a dream, to flee to Egypt with Mary and Jesus. Matthew 2:12-18 tells us these stories: 12 And being…

Zechariah 1-4 A Call to Return to the Lord 1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 2 “The Lord was very angry with your fathers. 3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 4 Do…

Joseph and Mary have remained in Bethlehem for some time after Jesus’ birth and, now, live in a house there. Magi, wise men, have traveled far from the east seeking the place where a king has been born as they follow a star leading them to Him. Matthew 2:1-12 tells us the story: 1Now after Jesus…

Haggai 1-2 The Command to Rebuild the Temple 1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of…

Jesus, born to Jewish parents, is taken, on the 8th day after His birth, to the Temple to be circumcised.  Luke 2:22-38 tells us the story: Jesus Presented at the Temple 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as…

Zephaniah 1-3 1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. The Coming Judgment on Judah 2 “I will utterly sweep away everything    from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.3 “I will sweep away man and beast;    I…