M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Rehoboam’s Foolish Reign

10 ^(A)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. ² And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for ^(B)he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. ³ Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ “Your father made our ^(C)yoke harsh; but now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” ⁵ Then he said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam ^(D)took counsel with the elders who had ^[a]stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?” ⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be good to this people and please them and ^(E)speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” ⁸ But he ^(F)forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and ^[b]stood before him. ⁹ So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?” ¹⁰ Then the young men who grew up with him spoke with him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.’ Thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins! ¹¹ So now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, “Return to me on the third day.” ¹³ And the king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders, ¹⁴ and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “^[c]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, ^(G)for it was a turn of events from God, ^(H)that Yahweh might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

¹⁶ Now all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king, saying,

^(J)So all Israel went to their tents. ¹⁷ But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. ¹⁸ Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was ^(K)over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel ^[d]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So ^(L)Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^(A)God gave Him to ^(B)show to His slaves ^(C)the things which must soon happen; and He indicated this ^(D)by sending it through His angel to His slave ^[a](E)John, ² who bore witness to ^(F)the word of God and to ^(G)the witness of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. ^3 (H)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, ^(I)for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

^4 (J)John to ^(K)the seven churches that are in ^(L)Asia: ^(M)Grace to you and peace, from ^(N)the One who is and who was and who ^[b]is to come, and from ^(O)the seven Spirits who are before His throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(P)the faithful witness, the ^(Q)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(R)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(S)loves us and released us from our sins ^[c]by His blood— ⁶ and He has made us to be a ^(T)kingdom, ^(U)priests to ^[d](V)His God and Father—^(W)to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen. ^7 (X)Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and ^(Y)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^(Z)mourn over Him. Yes, amen.

⁸ “I am ^(AA)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^[e](AB)Lord God, “^(AC)who is and who was and who ^[f]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Vision of the Son of Man

^9 (AD)I, John, your ^(AE)brother and ^(AF)fellow partaker in the tribulation and ^(AG)kingdom and ^[g](AH)perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(AI)because of the word of God and the witness of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^[h](AJ)in the Spirit on ^(AK)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(AL)like a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(AM)Write in a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(AN)seven churches: to ^(AO)Ephesus and to ^(AP)Smyrna and to ^(AQ)Pergamum and to ^(AR)Thyatira and to ^(AS)Sardis and to ^(AT)Philadelphia and to ^(AU)Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw ^(AV)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(AW)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(AX)like ^[i]a son of man, ^(AY)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(AZ)girded across His chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ And His head and His ^(BA)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(BB)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(BC)feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His ^(BD)voice was like the sound of many waters, ¹⁶ and having in His right hand ^(BE)seven stars, and a ^(BF)sharp two-edged sword which comes out of His mouth, and His ^(BG)face was like ^(BH)the sun ^[j]shining in its power.

¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I ^(BI)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(BJ)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(BK)Do not fear; ^(BL)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(BM)living One; and I ^[k](BN)was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever, and I have ^(BO)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(BP)write ^(BQ)the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(BR)after these things. ²⁰ As for the ^(BS)mystery of the ^(BT)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(BU)seven golden lampstands: the ^(BV)seven stars are the angels of ^(BW)the seven churches, and the seven ^(BX)lampstands are the seven churches.

Seek Yahweh Before His Day of Anger

¹⁰ This they will have in return for their ^(AE)pride because they have ^(AF)reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of hosts. ¹¹ Yahweh will be ^(AG)fearsome to them, for He will ^[g]starve ^(AH)all the gods of the earth; and all the ^(AI)coastlands of the nations will ^(AJ)bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.

Jesus Is Risen!

24 ^(A)Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^(B)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C)two men suddenly ^(D)stood near them in dazzling clothing, ⁵ and when the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He ^(E)has ^[a]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(F)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(G)the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.” ⁸ And ^(H)they remembered His words, ⁹ and when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now ^(I)Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the rest of the women with them were there; they were telling these things to ^(J)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[b]to them as nonsense, and they ^(K)were not believing them. ¹² But Peter stood up and ^(L)ran to the tomb; and stooping to look in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[c]only. And he went away ^(M)by himself, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, ^(N)two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[d]sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had happened. ¹⁵ And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus Himself approached and was going with them. ¹⁶ But ^(O)their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are discussing with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ And one of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You ^[e]the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about ^(P)Jesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty ^(Q)prophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(R)rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(S)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us astounded us. ^(T)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and not finding His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also said, but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(U)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (V)Was it not necessary for the ^[f]Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[g]with ^(W)Moses and ^[h]with all the ^(X)prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(Y)He acted as though He were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day ^[i]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and ^(Z)blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them. ³¹ Then their ^(AA)eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from ^[j]their sight. ³² And they said to one another, “^[k]Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(AB)was opening the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(AC)found gathered together the eleven and ^(AD)those with them, ³⁴ who were saying, “^(AE)The Lord has really risen and ^(AF)has appeared to Simon.” ³⁵ And they were relating ^[l]their experiences on the road and how ^(AG)He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(AH)He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace to you.” ³⁷ But being startled and frightened, they were thinking that they were seeing ^(AI)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your ^[m]hearts? ^39 (AJ)See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; ^(AK)touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ And while they still ^(AL)were not believing because of their joy and were still marveling, He said to them, “^(AM)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, ⁴³ and He took it and ^(AN)ate it before them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(AO)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the ^(AP)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(AQ)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(AR)opened their ^[n]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(AS)Thus it is written, that the ^[o]Christ would suffer and ^(AT)rise again from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AU)repentance ^[p]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[q]in His name to ^(AV)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(AW)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(AX)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but ^(AY)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AZ)Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple blessing God.