A prophecy about two messengers

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Wed 2026-10-07

Mon 21Sep2026

Daniel 1:1 - 7:28 (224 verses) WEB

Revelation 1:1 - 3:22 (71 verses) ESV

Tue 22Sep2026

Daniel 8:1 - 12:13 (133 verses) WEB

Revelation 4:1 - 5:14 (25 verses) NET

Wed 23Sep2026

Hosea 1:1 - 14:9 (197 verses) WEB

Revelation 6:1 - 11:19 (98 verses) NET

Thu 24Sep2026

Joel 1:1 - 3:21 (73 verses) WEB

Amos 1:1 - 9:15 (146 verses) WEB

Revelation 12:1 - 22:21 (210 verses) WEB

Fri 25Sep2026

Obadiah 1:1 - 21 (21 verses) WEB

Jonah 1:1 - 4:11 (48 verses) WEB

Sat 26Sep2026

Micah 1:1 - 7:20 (105 verses) WEB

Nahum 1:1 - 7:19 (47 verses) WEB

Sun 27Sep2026

Habakkuk 1:1 - 3:19 (56 verses) ESV

Zephaniah 1:1 - 3:20 (53 verses) ESV

Haggai 1:1 - 2:23 (38 verses) WEB

Mon 28Sep2026

Zechariah 1:1 - 8:23 (121 verses) ESV

Sun 04Oct2026

Zechariah 9:1 - 14:21 (90 verses) ESV NIV

Wed 07Oct2026

Malachi 1:1 - 4:6 (55 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Update	2026-10-07	2026-09-24
	OT	NT
Total No. of Verses	23,145	7,958
Finished reading	Malachi	Revelation
Finished No. of Verses	23,145	7,958
Overall Progress	100.0 %	100.0 %

Today, I have finished the 7th round of my Old Testament reading as I arrive at the end of the Book of Malachi. I began this 7th round of OT reading on 01Dec2024 and it has taken me more than 22 months to complete my reading cycle, a task that took me only about 10 months in previous cycles.

I have also completed my 14th round of New Testament reading about a week ago, again this reading cycle had taken me longer than usual: having begun in mid-February, it took me almost eight months to finish reading until the end of Revelations.

I will take a break from intensive Bible readings from now on until the end of the year and will embark on my 8th Cycle of OT concurrently with my 15th and 16th Cycles of NT readings starting from January 2027.

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Passage for Today

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me.
And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight,
behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:1

 

English Standard Version

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My thoughts for today can be found in the link below —

• A prophecy of two messengers (26Mar2010)

I will give you a new heart

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Sun 20Sep2026

Fri 18Sep2026

Ezekiel 11:1 - 17:24 (194 verses) WEB

James 1:1 - 5:20 (108 verses) ESV

1 Peter 1:1 - 5:14 (105 verses) ESV

2 Peter 1:1 - 3:18 (61 verses) ESV

Sat 19Sep2026

Ezekiel 18:1 - 39:29 (628 verses) WEB

Sun 20Sep2026

Ezekiel 40:1 - 48:35 (260 verses) WEB

1 John 1:1 - 5:21 (105 verses) ESV

2 John 1:1 - 1:13 (13 verses) ESV

3 John 1:1 - 1:15 (15 verses) ESV

Jude 1:1 - 1:25 (25 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-20	OT	NT
Total No. of Verses	23,145	7,958
Finished reading	Ezekiel	Jude
Finished No. of Verses	21,738	7,554
Completion	93.9 %	94.9 %

At last, after some persistent daily readings, I have reached the end of Ezekiel in the OT and finished the Epistle of Jude in the NT, bringing my progress to 93.9 percent of the Old Testament and 94.9 percent of the New Testament.

I will need another week or so to finish reading the remaining 6 percent of the OT and 5 percent of the NT, bringing to completion this 7th round of Old Testament and 14th round of New Testament readings.

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Passage for Today

For I will take you from amongst the nations and gather you out of all the countries,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.
I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you.
I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes.
You will keep my ordinances and do them.
You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers.
You will be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 36: 24 - 28

 

World English Bible

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Lift up your hearts

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Thu 17Sep2026

Mon 14Sep2026

Jeremiah 1:1 - 14:22 (369 verses) WEB

Jeremiah 15:1 - 22:30 (169 verses) NET

Philippians 1:1 - 4:23 (104 verses) ESV

Colossians 1:1 - 4:18 (95 verses) ESV

Tue 15Sep2026

Jeremiah 23:1 - 36:32 (390 verses) WEB

1 Thessalonians 1:1 - 5:28 (89 verses) ESV

2 Thessalonians 1:1 - 3:18 (47 verses) ESV

1 Timothy 1:1 - 6:21 (113 verses) NET

2 Timothy 1:1 - 4:22 (83 verses) NET

Wed 16Sep2026

Jeremiah 37:1 - 52:34 (436 verses) WEB

Titus 1:1 - 3:15 (46 verses) ESV

Philemon 1:1 - 25 (25 verses) ESV

Hebrews 1:1 - 6:20 (101 verses) ESV

Thu 17Sep2026

Lamentations 1:1 - 5:22 (154 verses) WEB

Ezekiel 1:1 - 10:22 (191 verses) WEB

Hebrews 7:1 - 13:25 (202 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-17	OT	NT
Total No. of Verses	23,145	7,958
Finished reading	Lamentations	Hebrews
Finished No. of Verses	20,465	7,122
Completion	88.4 %	89.5 %

I have made good progress over the last four days of this week, finishing the OT books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, and reading up to chapter 10 of Ezekiel. In the NT, I have finished reading from the Epistle of Philippians right up to the end of Hebrews.

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Passage for Today

Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven, and say:
“We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.

Lamentations 3:40 - 42

 

New International Version

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To Me every knee shall bow

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Sat 13Sep2026

Fri 04Sep2026

Psalm 84:1 - 89:52 (119 verses) WEB

Psalms Book IV:

Psalm 90:1 - 106:48 (333 verses) WEB

Psalms Book V:

Psalm 107:1 - 109:31 (87 verses) WEB

John 16:1 - 21:25 (197 verses) NIV

Sat 05Sep2026

Psalm 110:1 - 118:29 (112 verses) ESV

Psalm 119:1 - 176 (176 verses) WEB

Psalm 120:1 - 138:8 (165 verses) WEB

Acts 1:1 - 5:42 (178 verses) ESV

Sun 06Sep2026

Psalm 139:1 - 150:6 (161 verses) WEB

Proverbs 1:1 - 10:32 (288 verses) NIV

Acts 6:1 - 10:48 (206 verses) ESV

Mon 07Sep2026

Proverbs 11:1 - 21:31 (327 verses) NIV

Acts 11:1 - 20:38 (357 verses) ESV

Wed 09Sep2026

Ecclesiastes 1:1 - 12:14 (222 verses) JND

Song of Solomon 1:1 - 8:14 (117 verses) NWB

Romans 1:1 - 9:33 (257 verses) NET

Thu 10Sep2026

Isaiah 1:1 - 17:14 (344 verses) WEB

Romans 10:1 - 16:27 (176 verses) ESV

Fri 11Sep2026

Isaiah 18:1 - 34:17 (323 verses) BBE

1 Corinthians 1:1 - 6:20 (124 verses) NET

1 Corinthians 7:1 - 16:24 (313 verses) WEB

Sat 12Sep2026

Isaiah 35:1 - 51:23 (376 verses) WEB

2 Corinthians 1:1 - 13:14 (257 verses) ESV

Sun 13Sep2026

Isaiah 52:1 - 66:24 (249 verses) WEB

Galatians 1:1 - 6:18 (149 verses) ESV

Ephesians 1:1 - 6:24 (155 verses) ESV

ESV — English Standard Version
NET — New English Translation
BBE — Bible in Basic English
NWB — Noah Webster Bible
JND — JN Darby's Translation
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress : 2026-09-13	OT	NT
Total No. of Verses	23,145	7,958
Finished reading	Isaiah	Ephesians
Finished No. of Verses	18,947	6,217
Completion	81.9 %	78.1 %

I have spent nine days of intensive readings of both the Old and New Testaments. At last, I am gradually catching up with lost time after several months of slow readings.

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Passage for Today

By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.’

Isaiah 45:23

 

English Standard Version

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Whom have I in heaven but Thee?

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Thu 03Sep2026

Tue 01Sep2026

Psalm 43:1 - 50:23 (125 verses) RSV

Psalm 51:1 - 55:23 (64 verses) KJV

John 6:1 - 71 (71 verses) CUB

John 7:1 - 8:59 (112 verses) WEB

Wed 02Sep2026

Psalm 56:1 - 72:20 (285 verses) RSV

John 9:1 - 11:57 (140 verses) BBE

Thu 03Sep2026

Book III Psalm 73:1 - 83:18 (239 verses) RSV

John 12:1 - 15:27 (146 verses) BBE

RSV — Revised Standard Version
KJV — King James Version
BBE — Bible in Basic English
CUB — Chinese Union Bible
WEB — World English Bible

Overall Progress
OT = 15,138 / 23,145 verses (65.4 %)
NT = 3,581 / 7,957 verses (45.0 %)

I am picking up the pace of daily readings again after a few months of hardly making any progress. In the last two days, I have finished reading Book II of Psalms (Ps 43 - 72) and proceeded with a good portion of Book III (Ps 73 - 83). Meanwhile, I continue to move forward in my New Testament reading of the Gospel according to John, covering chapters 6 to 15 in two days.

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Passage for Today

Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

Psalm 73:25 - 26

 

Revised Standard Version

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Five months of intermittent readings

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Sun 30Aug2026

Mon 30Mar2026

Job 1:1 - 10:22 (239 verses) NIV

Luke 1:1 - 4:44 (214 verses) NIV

Tue 31Mar2026

Job 11:1 - 20:29 (247 verses) NIV

Luke 5:1 - 8:56 (194 verses) NIV

Fri 03Apr2026

Luke 9:1 - 11:53 (157 verses) NIV

Sat 04Apr2026

Job 21:1 - 30:31 (232 verses) NIV

Sun 05Apr2026

Job 31:1 - 42:17 (351 verses) NIV

Luke 12:1 - 15:32 (161 verses) NIV

Sun 19Apr2026

Book I Psalm 1:1 - 5:10 (44 verses) NIV

Mon 20Apr2026

Book I Psalm 6:1 - 15:5 (107 verses) RBV

Luke 16:1 - 20:47 (206 verses) RBV

Sun 17May2026

Book I Psalm 16:1 - 22:31 (143 verses) NIV

Luke 21:1 - 22:71 (109 verses) NIV

Wed 27May2026

Book I Psalm 23:1 - 25:22 (38 verses) KJV

Sun 14Jun2026

Book I Psalm 26:1 - 32:11 (93 verses) RBV

Luke 23:1 - 24:53 (109 verses) RBV

Sat 27Jun2026

Book I Psalm 33:1 - 34:32 (44 verses) RBV

Sun 05Jul2026

Psalm 35:1 - 38:22 (102 verses) RBV

Sun 27Jul2026

John 1:1 - 5:47 (213 verses) WEB

Sun 30Aug2026

Psalm 39:1 - 41:13 (43 verses) NIV

Book II Psalm 42:1 - 11 (11 verses) NIV

RBV — Revised Berkeley Version
WEB — World English Bible
NIV — New International Version

Overall Progress
OT = 14,425 / 23,145 verses (62.3 %)
NT = 3,112 / 7,957 verses (39.1 %)

The past five months' readings continue to be interrupted by travelling and family commitments. Between the month of March and now at the end of August, I have finished reading Job, the Gospel according to Luke, the Psalms Book I (Psalm 1 to 41) and a few chapters of the Gospel of John.

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Passage for Today

8 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. 20 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. 22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgement to the Son, 23 that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who doesn’t honour the Son doesn’t honour the Father who sent him.

24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgement, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 27 He also gave him authority to execute judgement, because he is a son of man. 28 Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgement. 30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

John 5:18 - 30

 

World English Bible

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My thoughts for today —

A brief look into the accusations by the Jews against the Lord Jesus and our Lord's reply and explanation recorded in John 5:18 - 30 WEB :

• v18 the Jews sought to kill Jesus not only because he broke the sabbath, but also because he called God his Father, making himself equal with God.
• v19 - 30 Jesus took pains to explain to the Jews that calling God his Father did NOT make him equal with God. (v19 Jesus THEREFORE answered them . . .)
• v19, 30 the Son can do nothing of himself
• v20 the Father shows him all things that He does
• v21 as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he will
• v22,27 the Father has given authority to execute judgment to the Son
• v26 as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave the Son to have life in himself
• v30 the Son can do nothing by himself, does not seek his own will but the will of the Father who sent him
• Also in v36,37, the Father has given the Son works to accomplish, the works testify that the Father has sent him
• v43 Jesus came in the Father's Name

Wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed

OT

 

7th Cycle.

  

NT

 

14th Cycle.

  

Sun 29Mar2026

Sat 28Feb2026

Ezra 1:1 - 10:44 (284 verses) WEB

Mark 3:1 - 4:41 (76 verses) KJV

Sun 01Mar2026

Nehemiah 1:1 - 9:38 (253 verses) NIV

Mark 5:1 - 6:56 (99 verses) NIV

Mon 02Mar2026

Nehemiah 10:1 - 13:31 (153 verses) WEB

Mark 7:1 - 8:38 (75 verses) KJV

Wed 04Mar2026

Mark 9:1 - 10:52 (102 verses) KJV

Sun 29Mar2026

Esther 1:1 - 10:3 (167 verses) NIV

Mark 11:1 - 16:20 (253 verses) NIV

WEB — World English Bible
KJV — King James Version
NIV — New International Version

Overall Progress
OT = 12,731 / 23,145 verses (55.0 %)
NT = 1,749 / 7,957 verses (22.0 %)

The recent month has seen me reading through the Old Testament books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. In the New Testament, I finished reading the Gospel according to Mark.

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Passage for Today

2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Nehemiah 1:2 — 4

 

King James Version

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My thoughts for today can be found in the links below —

• Three days and three nights (29Mar2026)
• Do not eat or drink for three days (07Nov2021)
• Eyes over evil, hands over heart (15Jul2020)
• It is in your hands, again (02Aug2020)