Reading the Bible in 90 Days: Third Month

Day 1. Isaiah 1-11, Psalms 101-102

2. Isaiah 12-23, Psalm 103

3. Isaiah 24-33, Psalms 104-105, Proverbs 21

4. Isaiah 34-45, Psalm 106

5. Isaiah 46-56, Psalms 107-108

6. Isaiah 57-66, Psalm 109, Proverbs 22-23

Reading the Bible in 90 Days: Second Month

Day 1. 1 Samuel 16-26, Psalms 51-52

2. 1 Samuel 27-31, 2 Samuel 1-7, Psalm 53

3. 2 Samuel 8-17. Psalms 54-55, Proverbs 11

4. 2 Samuel 18-24, 1 Kings 1-5, Psalm 56

5. 1 Kings 6-17, Psalms 57-58

6. 1 Kings 18-22, 2 Kings 1-6, Psalm 59, Proverbs 12

7. 2 Kings 7-17, Psalms 60-61

8. 2 Kings 18-25, Mark 1-5, Psalm 62

Reading the Bible in 90 Days: First Month

Day 1. Genesis 1-11, Psalms 1-2

2. Genesis 12-23, Psalm 3

3. Genesis 24-33, Psalms 4-5, Proverbs 1

4. Genesis 34-45, Psalm 6

5. Genesis 46-50, Exodus 1-6, Psalms 7-8

6. Exodus 7-17, Psalm 9, Proverbs 2

7. Exodus 18-28, Psalms 10-11

8. Exodus 29-40, Psalm 12

Jewish Context AD 1

When Jesus was born, Jews in and around Jerusalem had divided themselves into three major groups.

Sadducees

The Sadducees were the Jewish high-priestly families controlling the Temple in Jerusalem. They accepted only the Law of Moses, the first five books of our Old Testament, as normative. For them, to be a Jew, to be a meaningful participant in Yahweh’s Chosen People, was to offer right sacrifices to Yahweh in the temple dedicated to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

The Geographic Expansion of Christianity (AD 33-100)

In AD 33, the geographic extent of Christianity was limited to one large room in Jerusalem.

By AD 100, Christianity had spread north and south from Jerusalem to other cities located mostly in eastern Olympia. Some were near the eastern Mediterranean coast. Other cities lay southwest in Egypt and northwest in Anatolia, Hellas, and finally Italia. In spreading, Christianity jumped from one city to another along coastal trade routes rather than moving from one city to the towns and villages surrounding it.

On Healing: Biblical Texts Important to Smith Wigglesworth

In “Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947),” we learned about his remarkable ministry of healing which took place during the first half of the 20^th century. He once said that the best tracts ever written on healing were Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In Smith Wigglesworth on Healing, he mentioned many passages from these and other books of the Bible that strongly informed his ministry. Those he mentioned as important included (as quoted in the New American Standard Version):

Exodus 15:26

And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”

Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947)

Smith Wigglesworth was born into a poor non-Christian family in northern England. He worked full-time outside the house from the age of six just to bring in a little money. Yet he spent the last 40 years of his life traveling the world to serve Jesus Christ by preaching, healing, exorcising, and even raising the dead.

What follows is a summary of his reflections on that ministry found in Smith Wigglesworth on Healing (Whitaker House, 1999). Numbers at the end of sentences refer to the relevant pages and paragraphs in that book. My hope is that, by reflecting on the ministry of Wigglesworth, we too—as Christians and churches—might witness with greater clarity to Jesus Christ in this vital way.