Bible Reading Plan

I am excited about the Bible reading/teaching plan that the Lord has given me for 2009. Halley's Bible Handbook suggests each church have a plan for the people to read through the Bible in a year and that the Pastors messages be from the text that the church read the previous week.

If you take 15 minutes a day reading a few chapters from the Old Testament and a chapter from the New Testament weekdays, you could read it all in one year. I propose a one year plan to read Old and New simultaneously. But how long it would take to teach through the whole Bible is another question.

My plan (Lord willing) is to teach a one year overview of the Old Testament in 2009 focusing on the parts of each book where we can find Jesus Christ identified, typified, prophesied or foreshadowed. After all, the central focus is Jesus in both Old and New. The best commentary on the Bible is the Bible because the New Testament is in the Old (concealed) and the Old Testament is in the New (revealed). So here is the plan for the Sunday Teaching Schedule in 2009.

1. * January 4 - Introduction, Genesis 1-12
2. * January 11 - Genesis 13-29
3. * January 18 - Genesis 30-50
4. * January 25 - Exodus 1-14
5. * February 1 - Exodus 15-28
6. * February 8 - Exodus 29-40
7. * February 15 - Leviticus 1-14
8. * February 22 - Leviticus 15-27
9. * March 1 - Numbers 1-17
10. * March 8 - Numbers 18-36
11. * March 15 - Deuteronomy 1-34
12. * March 22 - Joshua 1-24
13. * March 29 - Judges 1-21
14. * April 5 - Ruth 1-4
15. * April 12 - 1 Samuel 1-21
16. * April 19 - 1 Sam 22-31, 2 Sam 1-8
17. * April 26 - 2 Sam 9-24
18. * May 3 - 1 Kings 1-22
19. * May 10 - 2 Kings 1-12
20. * May 17 - 2 Kings 13-25
21. * May 24 - 1 Chr 1-29
22. * May 31 - 2 Chr 1-17
23. * June 7 - 2 Chr 18-36
24. * June 14 - Ezra 1-10
25. * June 21 - Nehemiah 1-13
26. * June 28 - Esther 1-10
27. * July 5 - Job 1-21
28. * July 12 - Job 22-42
29. * July 19 - Psalm 1-22 (book 1, part 1)
30. * July 26 - Psalm 23-41 (book 1, part 2)
31. * August 2 - Psalm 42-72 (book 2)
32. * August 9 - Psalm 73-89 (book 3)
33. * August 16 - Psalm 90-106 (book 4)
34. * August 23 - Psalm 107-119 (book 5, part 1)
35. * August 30 - Psalm 120-150 (book 5, part 2)
36. * September 6 - Proverbs 1-14
37. * September 13 - Proverbs 15-31
38. * September 20 - Ecclesiastes 1-12
39. * September 27 - Song of Songs 1-8
40. * October 4 - Isaiah 1-20
41. * October 11 - Isaiah 21-39
42. * October 18 - Isaiah 40-66
43. * October 25 - Jeremiah 1-17
44. * November 1 - Jeremiah 18-35
45. * November 8 - Jeremiah 36-52
46. * November 15 - Lamentations 1-5
47. * November 22 - Ezekiel 1-24
48. * November 29 - Ezekiel 25-48
49. * December 6 - Daniel 1-8
50. * December 13 - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah
51. * December 20 - Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk
52. * December 27 - Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malechi

John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
Luke 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. 32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
John 5:39 "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life."
John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth."
Rom 15:4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
1 Tim 4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching.
2 Tim 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.