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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The returned Judeans begin rebuilding the altar of the Lord so that they may resume offering sacrifices. The Judeans lay the foundation of the new temple. The people shout for joy, but many of the older Judeans weep loudly, remembering the grandeur of the first temple.

BibleGateway: Ezra 3 ESV Text: Ezra 3 Ezra 3 (Listen) Rebuilding the Altar 3:1 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen,… 

Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph on Palm Sunday. Jesus curses an unfruitful fig tree. Jesus drives the buyers, sellers, and money-changers out of the temple. The priests and elders demand to know by what authority Jesus is teaching and performing miracles. Since they cannot answer whether the baptism of John was from heaven or from man, Jesus declines to answer their question.

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BibleGateway: Mark 11 ESV Text: Mark 11 Mark 11 (Listen) The Triumphal Entry 11:1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus1 sent two of his disciples… 

Paul and Sosthenes greet the believers in Corinth. After expressing his thankfulness to God for the faith of the Corinthians, Paul urges them not to be divided, but to be united by their common faith in Jesus Christ. God has revealed His wisdom and power in the “folly” of the cross.

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 1 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 1 1 Corinthians 1 (Listen) Greeting 1:1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church… 

The coming of the Lord is terrifying when we consider our sins, but joyful when we consider the salvation that the Lord has accomplished for us in Jesus Christ. Christ came once to accomplish righteousness for us and He comes again to judge us righteous for His own sake. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

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BibleGateway: Isaiah 64 ESV Text: Isaiah 64 Isaiah 64 (Listen) 64:1   Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,    that the mountains might quake at your presence—2   1 as when fire kindles brushwood    and the fire causes… 

Paul lists the various eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Christ. If Christ has been raised from the dead, then also all who believe in Him will rise from death. In the resurrection we will enjoy perfect glorified bodies. Our God has defeated death and has given us life in Jesus Christ. God be praised!

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BibleGateway: 1 Corinthians 15 ESV Text: 1 Corinthians 15 1 Corinthians 15 (Listen) The Resurrection of Christ 15:1 Now I would remind you, brothers,1 of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which… 

Jesus teaches many things and heals the ten lepers.

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BibleGateway: Luke 17 ESV Text: Luke 17 Luke 17 (Listen) Temptations to Sin 17:1 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin1 are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!…