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JULY 31 - Nº 212 Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-20 Soon after Mary returned to Nazareth, Joseph had a big decision to make. His fiancée was...

JULY 30 - Nº 211 Luke 1:26-80 The angel Gabriel appeared at the Temple in Jerusalem to tell an elderly priest named Zechariah that he and...

JULY 29 - Nº 210 Luke 1:1-25 As God was preparing the world for His Son to come as the Messiah, there were basically four groups of people living on the planet: First - there were Abraham’s descendants known as the Jews or Israelites. They were the nation God had chosen to be His representatives to the rest of the world (see #8 - January 8). Second - there were the Romans who had unified the world and connected it with a sophisticated system of roads (see #208 - July 27). T

JULY 28 - Nº 209 Matthew 1:1; Mark 10:45; Luke 1:1-4; John 20:30-31 As God was preparing the world for His Son to come as the Messiah,...

JULY 27 - Nº 208 Galatians 4:4 For 400 years God did not speak to His people. He did not send messengers to warn them or to inform them...

JULY 26 - Nº 207 Nehemiah 13; Malachi 1 – 4 The Jews who returned to Judah from Persia had rebuilt the Temple with the help of...

JULY 25 - Nº 206 Nehemiah 4:15 – 6:14; 8:1 – 9:38; 11:1-3 Since the men rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem were facing murderous threats...

JULY 24 - Nº 205 Nehemiah 1:1 – 4:14 Zerubbabel had rebuilt the Temple (see #198 - July 17 & 199 - July 18 ), and Ezra had instructed...

JULY 23 - Nº 204 Ezra 7 – 10 There is a 58-year gap between chapter 6 (when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem—see #199 - July 18 ) and...

JULY 22 - Nº 203 Esther 6:12 – 10:3 After parading his most hated enemy through the streets of Susa while declaring how great he was,...

JULY 21 - Nº 202 Esther 5:1 – 6:11 After three days of fasting, Esther put on her royal robes and went to the inner court of the palace. ...

JULY 20 - Nº 201 Esther 2:19 – 4:17 Esther’s older cousin, Mordecai, was very important. Every day he sat at the King’s gate with the...

JULY 19 - Nº 200 Esther 1:1 – 2:18 Back in Babylon, King Darius I became sick and died. His son Xerxes (also known as Ahasuerus) was...

JULY 18 - Nº 199 Ezra 5 – 6; Haggai 1 The Jewish settlers who had moved back to Jerusalem were struggling. Not only were they receiving...

JULY 17 - Nº 198 Ezra 1:1 – 4:6; 4:24 – 5:2; Isaiah 44:28 – 45:5; Haggai 1 – 2 ; Zechariah 1 – 14 Darius the Mede (also known as Cyaxares...