2   The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” 20 Adam named his wife Eve,  because she would become the mother of all the living. 21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24

) 19  “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20   At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21  and longing to eat what fell from Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22  “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried   “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28  for I have five brothers. Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   37: The Last Judgment (Part 2)

priority in your life; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2

a description of Jesus' triumphal homecoming into heaven written 1,000 before it happened in Psalm 24 David here also reminds us of the guarantee God makes that we read about on Friday in 2 Corinthians. If Psalm 24 were the only passage from scripture we had, it would be sufficient for us to live confidently splendor (v3) ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 23

ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 2

Here Job pushes back on them. 12 Then Job replied: 2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and on nobles and disarms the mighty. 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light. 23 He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them . 24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste. 25 They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

As awesome as that is, v7 reminds us that as a baptized member of the church, you're not just joined

For all those who died before that time will be raised from the earth, their spirits being joined and

The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, 20  coming between the armies of darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. 21 and horsemen followed them into the sea. 24  During the last watch of the night the L ORD looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. 25  He jammed the over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” 27

ORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” 20 And he took the staff of God in his hand. 21  The L ORD  said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. 22  Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’ ” 24  At a lodging place on the way “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. 26  So the L ORD  let him alone.