BibleGateway: Haggai 2 ESV Text: Haggai 2 Haggai 2 (Listen) The Coming Glory of the Temple 2:1 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the… The glory of the rebuilt temple cannot compare to the former glory of the temple of Solomon. The Lord promises to provide a temple that will be more glorious than that of Solomon.

BibleGateway: Haggai 1 ESV Text: Haggai 1 Haggai 1 (Listen) The Command to Rebuild the Temple 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month,… The Judean exiles have returned home from Babylon and have rebuilt their houses. Through Haggai the Lord commands them to rebuild the temple. The people obey the Lord and rebuild the temple.

BibleGateway: Exodus 3 ESV Text: Exodus 3 Exodus 3 (Listen) The Burning Bush 3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west… The Lord appears to Moses in a burning bush and appoints him to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and into the land of Canaan.

BibleGateway: Exodus 2 ESV Text: Exodus 2 Exodus 2 (Listen) The Birth of Moses 2:1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and… Moses is born to Hebrew parents, but his life is spared by a shrewd plan. The daughter of Pharaoh raises Moses as her own child. As an adult, Moses kills an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew. Pharaoh plans to kill Moses, and Moses flees for his life to Midian. Moses marries Zipporah, and they have a son.

BibleGateway: Exodus 1 ESV Text: Exodus 1 Exodus 1 (Listen) Israel Increases Greatly in Egypt 1:1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben,… Over three hundred years after Israel and his descendants settle in Egypt, a new king rises to power over Egypt. Afraid of the numerous Hebrews, he afflicts them with heavy labor and commands that every male child of the Hebrews be killed.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 60 ESV Text: Isaiah 60 Isaiah 60 (Listen) The Future Glory of Israel 60:1   Arise, shine, for your light has come,    and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.2   For behold, darkness shall cover… Israel will be glorified in the coming of the Redeemer, and the Lord will be glorified in the righteousness of His people.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 59 ESV Text: Isaiah 59 Isaiah 59 (Listen) Evil and Oppression 59:1   Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2   but your iniquities have made… Sin has created a barrier between God and man. The Lord will judge His people in righteousness. The good news is that the Lord will provide a Redeemer.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 58 ESV Text: Isaiah 58 Isaiah 58 (Listen) True and False Fasting 58:1   “Cry aloud; do not hold back;    lift up your voice like a trumpet;  declare to my people their transgression,    to the house of Jacob… Isaiah condemns the hypocritical fasting of those who continue to live in wickedness. Isaiah promises blessing to those who fast in faithfulness and sincerity.

BibleGateway: Isaiah 57 ESV Text: Isaiah 57 Isaiah 57 (Listen) Israel’s Futile Idolatry 57:1   The righteous man perishes,    and no one lays it to heart;  devout men are taken away,    while no one understands.  For the righteous man is taken… Isaiah exposes the futility of the idolatry of Israel. At the same time, Isaiah proclaims comfort for the contrite.

BibleGateway: 1 Peter 1 ESV Text: 1 Peter 1 1 Peter 1 (Listen) Greeting 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and… Though we endure suffering in this life, we have joy and hope by faith in Jesus Christ. We are called to live lives of holiness.

BibleGateway: 3 John ESV Text: 3 John 3 John (Listen) Greeting 1:1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you… John writes to Gaius. Some people support the ministry of the church while others oppose it.

BibleGateway: 2 John ESV Text: 2 John 2 John (Listen) Greeting 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the… John encourages “the elect lady and her children” (2 John 1) to walk in truth and in love.