My Bible Reading Log: Checkpoint

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07 October 2026

A prophecy about two messengers

7th Cycle.

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.

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

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

A prophecy of two messengers (26Mar2010)

12 February 2026

Completed my 13th round of NT reading

7th Cycle.

13th Cycle.

Thu 12Feb2026

16Nov2025 Sun: Revelation 1:1 - 5:14 (95 verses) NIV
23Nov2025 Sun: 1 Samuel 7:1 - 7:17 (17 verses) WEB
24Nov2025 Mon: Revelation 6:1 - 7:17 (34 verses) KJV
08Dec2025 Mon: 1 Samuel 8:1 - 10:27 (76 verses) WEB; Revelation 8:1 - 11:19 (64 verses) KJV
24Dec2025 Wed: Revelation 12:1 - 18:24 (126 verses) KJV
01Jan2026 Thu: 1 Samuel 11:1 - 17:58 (231 verses) WEB; Revelation 19:1 - 22:21 (84 verses) KJV
02Jan2026 Fri: 1 Samuel 18:1 - 25:44 (229 verses) WEB; 1 Samuel 26:1 - 31:13 (117 verses) BBE
04Jan2026 Sun: 2 Samuel 1:1 - 3:39 (98 verses) WEB
05Jan2026 Mon: 2 Samuel 4:1 - 13:39 (236 verses) WEB
11Jan2026 Sun: 2 Samuel 14:1 - 15:37 (70 verses) WEB
16Jan2026 Fri: 2 Samuel 16:1 - 23 (23 verses) WEB
25Jan2026 Fri: 2 Samuel 17:1 - 19:43 (105 verses) NIV
12Feb2026 Fri: 2 Samuel 20:1 - 24:25 (163 verses) WEB

BBE— Bible in Basic English
WEB — World English Bible
KJV — King James Version
NIV — New International Version
BBE — Bible in Basic English
JND — J.N. Darby's Translation

Overall Progress
OT = 8,577 / 23,145 verses (37.1 %)
NT = 7,955 / 7,957 verses (99.97 %) End of 13th Cycle

At last, after a 13-month long journey of readings since early December 2025, I finally completed my 13th Cycle of NT readings on New Year Day 01Jan2026.

Meanwhile I am barely reaching 40% of my targetted 7th Cycle of OT reading after spending 14½ months on it. I'm afraid I'll have to press on until the end of 2026 to finish it. Tomorrow, I will embark on my 14th round of NT reading, planning to complete it together with my OT readings at the end of the year.

Passage for Today

And Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to hearken than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:22

Revised Standard Version

18 October 2024

Checkpoint: End of 6th Cycle of Old Testament Readings

20024-10-18 Fri

At last, after some disruptions from travelling and from illness over the earlier months of this year, I have finished reading the Old Testament for the Sixth Cycle.

I will spend the remaining months of the year working hard on completing the Twelfth Cycle of New Testament readings. Currently, I have covered about 43 percent of the NT and I am on track to finish the remaining 57 percent in the next two months.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

21 September 2024

End of 11th Cycle of New Testament Readings

Sat 21Sep2024

Today I arrived at the end of a long drawn out cycle of New Testament Reading. I embarked on this Eleventh NT Cycle at the beginning of last December 2023, expecting to finish it in six months' time by reading about 40 to 50 verses a day. However, I ended up taking 8 ¾ months to finish it because of disruptions from travelling and some procrastinating.

As I am also badly delayed in my current Old Testament reading, I will devote the remaining ten days of September to catch up on my OT readings before I proceed with my next NT reading cycle — the 12th Cycle.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

01 December 2023

Starting new cycles of Bible Reading

OT 6th Cycle. NT 11th Cycle.

After a break of more than two months since I completed the 5th and 10th reading cycles of OT and NT respectively, I have decided to resume my daily Bible readings today.

I am embarking on my 6th round of OT readings hand-in-hand with the 11th and 12th rounds of NT readings for the whole year of 2024, starting a month ahead of time.

As I have done for last year, the readings for 2024 will be carried out by covering 64 verses of OT and 44 verses of NT each day. This will enable me to finish reading 23,145 OT verses and 7,957 NT verses in one year.

16 September 2023

End of 10th Cycle of New Testament Reading

OT 5th Cycle. NT 10th Cycle.

Sat 16Sep23
Revelation 13:1 – 22:21 (193 verses) WEB

WEB — World English Bible

Saturday 16Sep2023

Today I read the final ten chapters of the book of Revelation while travelling on a two-hour train journey. At last, I have reached the end of my Tenth Cycle of New Testament reading.

I began this round of NT readings at the beginning of June, finishing it today in the middle of September. It has taken about 4½ months to finish this 10th round of NT, well within my current target of completing it withing six months.

The following is the history of my New Testament readings:

1st NT Cycle: 14May20 – 08Feb21 (9 months)
2nd NT Cycle: 09Feb21 – 28Jun21 (5 months)
3rd NT Cycle: 29Jun21 – 26Sep21 (3 months)
4th NT Cycle: 27Sep21 – 28Dec21 (3 months)
5th NT Cycle: 29Dec21 – 17Mar22 (2½ months)
6th NT Cycle: 01Apr22 – 12Jun22 (2½ months)
7th NT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 15Sep22 (3 months)
8th NT Cycle: 01Oct22 – 20Dec22 (2¾ months)
9th NT Cycle: 23Dec22 – 18May23 (4¾ months)
10th NT Cycle: 01Jun23 – 16Sep23 (4½ months)

I will take a rest from this regimen of systematic Bible reading until the end of this year and will embark on the 11th Cycle of NT readings when the New Year 2024 begins.

Again, my target is to complete it within six months, i.e. by the end of June 2024.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

29 August 2023

End of 5th Cycle of Old Testament reading

29Aug2023

Today I have come to the end of my Fifth Round of reading the Old Testement.

I started reading the Old Testament for the fifth time on 25Dec22. It took me about 8 months to finish this reading cycle.

Looking back, I embarked on my first round of Old Testament reading in May 2020, just two months into the beginning of the pandemic — it was actually my second round because I first read through the Bible during my university undergraduate years in the early 1980s.

The following list summarises the start and end dates of my Old Testament readings to date:

1st OT Cycle: 14May20 – 12Jun21 (13 months)
2nd OT Cycle: 13Jun21 – 13Dec21 (6 months)
3rd OT Cycle: 13Dec21 – 21May22 (5¼ months)
4th OT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 22Dec22 (6¼ months)
5th OT Cycle: 25Dec22 – 29Aug23 (8 months)

I will be taking a short break from reading Old Testament, for the remaining months of this year, and will embark on my Sixth Cycle of OT reading when the new year 2024 begins.

For my next round of OT reading, I plan to continue with my present reading pace of about 64 verses a day instead of my previous 128 verses a day. This means I will take the whole of next year to complete my Sixth cycle of OT instead of taking six months as I have done in the past.

Full details of my Bible Reading Cycles can be found at the link below —

My Bible Reading Cycles

18 May 2023

Checkpoint: End of 9th Cycle of New Testament readings

Thursday 18May2023

Today I have reached the end of my Ninth Cycle of New Testament reading.

I began this round of NT readings towards the end of December, finishing it today shortly after mid-May. It has taken about 4¾ months to this 9th round of NT, well within my current target of completing it withing six months.

The following is the history of my New Testament readings:

1st NT Cycle: 14May20 – 08Feb21 (9 months)
2nd NT Cycle: 09Feb21 – 28Jun21 (5 months)
3rd NT Cycle: 29Jun21 – 26Sep21 (3 months)
4th NT Cycle: 27Sep21 – 28Dec21 (3 months)
5th NT Cycle: 29Dec21 – 17Mar22 (2½ months)
6th NT Cycle: 01Apr22 – 12Jun22 (2½ months)
7th NT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 15Sep22 (3 months)
8th NT Cycle: 01Oct22 – 20Dec22 (2¾ months)
9th NT Cycle: 23Dec22 – 18May23 (4¾ months)

I will continue with the 10th Cycle of NT readings at the beginning of next month.

Again, my target is to complete it within six months, i.e. by the end of this year.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

20 December 2022

End of 8th Cycle of New Testament Reading

Tuesday 20Dec2022

Today I have reached the end of my Eighth Cycle of New Testament reading.

I began this round of NT readings at the beginning of October, taking me about 2¾ months to finish it.

The following is the history of my New Testament readings:

1st NT Cycle: 14May20 – 08Feb21 (9 months)
2nd NT Cycle: 09Feb21 – 28Jun21 (5 months)
3rd NT Cycle: 29Jun21 – 26Sep21 (3 months)
4th NT Cycle: 27Sep21 – 28Dec21 (3 months)
5th NT Cycle: 29Dec21 – 17Mar22 (2½ months)
6th NT Cycle: 01Apr22 – 12Jun22 (2½ months)
7th NT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 15Sep22 (3 months)
8th NT Cycle: 01Oct22 – 20Dec22 (2¾ months)

I will begin the 9th Cycle of NT readings when the new year begins.

This time, I will read smaller portions each day. Instead of covering 88 verses a day, I wll read only about 44 verses. This means I will take half a year to finish my next round of NT readings instead of the usual three months.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links —

End of 4th Cycle of Old Testament Reading

Tuesday 20Dec2022

Today I finished my Fourth Round of reading the Old Testement.

I started reading the Old Testament for the fourth time on 13Jun22. It took me 6¼ months to finish this reading cycle.

The following list summarises the start and end dates of my Old Testament readings to date:

1st OT Cycle: 14May20 – 12Jun21 (13 months)
2nd OT Cycle: 13Jun21 – 13Dec21 (6 months)
3rd OT Cycle: 13Dec21 – 21May22 (5¼ months)
4th OT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 22Dec22 (6¼ months)

I will be taking a short break from reading Old Testament, for the remaining twelve days of the year, and will embark on my Fifth Round of OT reading when the new year begins.

For my next round of OT reading, I plan to read smaller portions each day, covering only about 64 verses a day instead of my current 128 verses a day. This means I will take the whole of next year to complete my Fifth cycle of OT instead of taking six months as I have done in the past.

Full details of my Bible Reading Cycles can be found at the link below —

My Bible Reading Cycles

15 September 2022

Checkpoint: End of 7th Cycle of New Testament readings

Today I have finished reading the last chapter of the Book of Revelation, bringing me to the end of the 7th Cycle of New Testament reading.

I began reading the New Testament for the Seventh time in mid-June and it has taken me about 3 months to complete this round of NT readings.

The following is the history of my New Testament readings:

1st NT Cycle: 14May20 – 08Feb21 (9 months)
2nd NT Cycle: 09Feb21 – 28Jun21 (5 months)
3rd NT Cycle: 29Jun21 – 26Sep21 (3 months)
4th NT Cycle: 27Sep21 – 28Dec21 (3 months)
5th NT Cycle: 29Dec21 – 17Mar22 (2½ months)
6th NT Cycle: 01Apr22 – 12Jun22 (2½ months)
7th NT Cycle: 13Jun22 – 15Sep22 (3 months)

I will begin the 8th Cycle of NT readings in about two weeks' time (Oct22 – Dec22).

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links:

12 June 2022

Checkpoint: End of 6th Cycle of New Testament Reading

At last, after a week of reading the Book of Revelation of St John, I reached the end of the New Testament again.

I began reading the New Testament for the Sixth time at the beginning of April. It took me about 2½ months to finish, bringing me to the end of the Sixth Cycle today.

The following is an overview of the completed cycles of my New Testament readings:

1st NT Cycle: 14May20 – 08Feb21 (9 months)
2nd NT Cycle: 09Feb21 – 28Jun21 (5 months)
3rd NT Cycle: 29Jun21 – 26Sep21 (3 months)
4th NT Cycle: 27Sep21 – 28Dec21 (3 months)
5th NT Cycle: 29Dec21 – 17Mar22 (2½ months)
6th NT Cycle: 01Apr22 – 12Jun22 (2½ months)

I have made plans to proceed with the next two cycles of New Testament readings, the 7th (Jul22 – Sep22) followed by the 8th (Oct22 – Dec22), at the beginning of July. However, I have changed my mind and I will embark on the 7th Cycle of NT reading (concurrently with the 4th Cycle of OT) tomorrow. This will give me about two weeks of headstart and avails some room for any unexpected delays along the way.

My ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, can be found in the following links:

21 May 2022

Checkpoint: End of 3rd Cycle of Old Testament Reading

Saturday 21May2022

Shabbat Shalom

On this Shabbat Day of Rest, I have come to the end of my Third Round of reading the Old Testement scriptures.

This 3rd Cycle of Old Testament reading began towards the end of last year on 13Dec22 and has taken me 5¼ months to complete.

Looking back, I embarked on my first round of Old Testament reading ( which was actually my second round because I first read through the Bible during my university undergraduate years in the early 1980s) in May 2020 just two months into the beginning of the pandemic.

The following list summarises the start and end dates of my Old Testament readings to date:

1st OT Cycle: 14May20 – 12Jun21 (13 months)
2nd OT Cycle: 13Jun21 – 13Dec21 (6 months)
3rd OT Cycle: 13Dec21 – 21May22 (5¼ months)

I will be taking a short break from reading Old Testament, until the end of June, and will embark on my Fourth Round of OT reading in July, planning to complete it by the end of December by reading an average 128 verses a day.

Full details of my progress through Cycles of Bible Readings can be found via the link below:

My Bible Reading Cycles

17 March 2022

Checkpoint: end of 5th Cycle of New Testament Reading

Wednesday 16Mar2022
Revelation 12:1 - 17 KJV (17 verses)

Thursday 17Mar2022
Nehemiah 8:1 - 13:31 GNB (209 verses)
Revelation 13:1 - 22:21 KJV (193 verses)

Today, 17Mar22, I arrive at the end of my 5th round of reading the New Testament. It is Checkpoint time.

I began this 5th Cycle of New Testament reading at the end of last year, on 29Dec2021, and have taken about two and a half months to finish reading all twenty-seven NT books.

This 5th cycle is a little faster than the 4th Cycle which took me three months, from 27Sep21 to 28Dec21.

I shall be taking a short break from New Testament readings from tomorrow until the end of this month, and will embark on the 6th NT Cycle only on 01Apr22

Meanwhile I will spend the next two weeks reading longer portions from the Old Testament, currently in the middle of my 3rd cycle. I hope to complete this 3rd OT Cycle of reading by the end of May.

You can see my ongoing progress in Bible reading, both Old and New Testament cycles as well as the current books and chapters, in the following links:

28 December 2021

Checkpoint: End of 4th Cycle of New Testament Reading

Tuesday 28Dec2021

Today I completed my Fourth Cycle of New Testament reading, cycle which I started three months ago in September.

Whilst the First Cycle of New Testament Reading took me nine months to finish, the Second Cycle took five months, and both the Third and Fourth Cycles took me only three months each to complete.

There are 7,957 verses in the New Testament. I plan to complete my next cycle of reading in another three months by reading about 88 verses a day.

The Fifth Cycle of New Testament reading will begin tomorrow 29Dec2021 and I hope to complete it by the end of March next year.

13 December 2021

Checkpoint: End of 2nd Cycle of Old Testament Reading

Monday 13Dec2021

Today I reached the end of my 2nd Cycle of reading the Old Testament, a cycle that began six months ago on 13Jun2021.

This 2nd Cycle is faster that the 1st Cycle which took me about 15 months to finish, from May2020 to Jun2021. It is also carried out in a different manner from the 1st Cycle, in that I followed the Hebrew division of Old Testament Books into Torah, Neviim, and Khetuvim (the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings) instead of the usual order of OT books that we find in our present day English Bibles.

Today I have also begun my 3rd Cycle of Old Testament reading. In this new cycle, I am going back to the order of OT books in our Bibles.

There are altogether 23,145 verses in the OT and I would like to finish my next cycle of OT reading in six months from now by reading about 128 verses a day.

26 September 2021

Checkpoint: end of 3rd Cycle of New Testament Reading

Sun 2021.09.26

Today I arrived at the end of the book of Revelation. This completes my Third Cycle of reading of the New Testament, a cycle which I started three months ago on 29Jun21, beginning with the Gospel according to Matthew. Tomorrow I will begin my Fourth Cycle of New Testament readings.

In the next cycle, in order to keep in touch with more versions of the English translations of the Bible, I will use a different version each day in the fourth cycle instead of my current practice of switching to a different version after each book. Also, besides reading from my printed copies of KJV, NKJV, NIV, GNB, RBV, and NRSV, I will also be reading from html bibles which I downloaded from ebible.org, viz. ASV, WEB, BBE, JND, and WNT.

28 June 2021

Checkpoint: end of NT 2nd Cycle

Monday 2021.06.28

Today I reached the end of the 2nd Cycle of my New Testament readings.

I started this cycle on 09Feb21, beginning with the Acts of the Apostles, gradually moving towards the book of Revelation. I had decided to leave the reading of the books of the Gospels to the end of the cycle.

Eventually, I finished reading Revelation on 06Jun21.

After that, I proceeded with reading the four Gospels beginning with Matthew. This took me about three weeks, and today I reached the last chapter of the Gospel of John.

Whilst my 1st NT Cycle took me nine months (14May20 - 08Feb21), this 2nd Cycle is faster and took me only about five months to complete (09Feb21 - 28Jun21).

Tomorrow, I will embark on my 3rd Cycle of NT reading, this time starting from Matthew and moving towards Revelations, from the first book of the NT to the last.

I hope to finish this cycle by the end of the year.

12 June 2021

Checkpoint: End of OT Cycle 1

Today I completed my First Cycle of Old Testament readings.

I started this cycle of OT readings last year on 14May20, embarking on Genesis chapter 1, and while reading the NT and the Apocrypha concurrently, I reached the end of the book of Malachi this morning. It has been a thirteen-month journey of daily readings.

This is now Checkpoint time. Before I begin my Second Cycle of OT readings tomorrow, there are a few changes I'd like to make to my daily Bible readings.

Firstly, I will stop reading from my html Bibles which I downloaded from the web last year, mostly from versions such as the World English Bible, Bible in Basic English, J.N.Darby's Translation, American Standard Bible and the King James Version. Instead, I will be going back to reading from my printed Bibles which have been left collecting dust on my bookshelves over the past year. In particular, I'm looking forward to read from my old worn out copies of RSV, KJV, NKJV, NIV, and TEV.

Secondly, I will not be reading the OT in the order that is typically arranged in our English Bibles. Instead, I will follow the older order or divisions found in Hebrew Scriptures, that is, "the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings", as mentioned by our Lord after His Resurrection when He appeared to His disciples at Emmaus,

Luke 24:44 KJV
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

In Hebrew scripture, this division of books is called, "Torah, Nevi'im, and Khetuvim". Torah means the Law, Nevi means Prophets and Khetuvim simply means books or writings. From these three Hebrew words, the acronym "TaNaKh" is coined which is used by Jewish people to refer to their scriptures today.

The order of OT books according to the divisions of the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings is listed here.

Thirdly, instead of reading two books concurrently from the OT as I have done throughout this recent First Cycle, I will slow down a little and read each book consecutively. This will enable me to cover more ground in my ongoing cycle of NT and Apocryphal readings which are read side-by-side with the OT everyday.

Looking forward to begin Cycle 2 of OT readings tomorrow, 13Jun2021, as I blow off the dust from my old printed Bibles from my bookshelf.

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