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October 8 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Shalom aleichem! Peace be to you! Today is the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2025, also known as the Feast of Tents or Sukkot.
If you would like to watch the Sukkot sermon from the Messianic Jewish congregation I attend for Tree of Life, you can watch HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITj_GPZqS5c
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Today's reading will cover Mark Chapter 16:12-14, Luke Chapter 24:13-44, and John Chapter 20:19-29. We will also read Zechariah Chapter 16 regarding the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles when Jesus returns.
Today we will continue to read about the disbelief, doubt, and lack of understanding the disciples had, despite being told by eye witnesses that Jesus was alive.
In our discussion for daily application we will talk about Jesus' blessing on those of us who believe that He is alive, although we have not seen Him, and that WE TOO SHALL LIVE BECAUSE HE LIVES!! HALLELUJAH!
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Introduction and Day Two of Sukkot
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Shalom Aleichem, everybody. Peace be to you. Welcome to today, October 8th, daily reading through the Day by Day Kids Bible, written by Karen Henley.
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And also welcome to day two of the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, the Feast of Tents, or Sukkot, however you like to refer to today's High Holy Holiday.
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We are in day two and there are seven days that we spend in the tent. And then the eighth day will also be a Shabbat rest. I'm looking forward to that day. Thank you so much for joining me, whether you are following along on your podcast or whether you are watching on video.
Accessing Content on Various Platforms
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In case you are new and finding this or you're looking for some other avenues to view or listen, this event is available on YouTube video, YouTube audio and Amazon music.
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Apple Music, um Pandora, Spotify, both by video and on audio. And I also have it on my site at inthefamilywaycoaching.com.
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And under the heading of Read the Bible in One Year, you can head over to whether you prefer audio or video, and you will find the links to watch them there. They're embedded right there on the site. You can watch them from there.
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Well, if you have been around for a while, you might be using your bookmarking commitment calendar. And if you are, it's time to take that out and get your sticker ready or whatever you are using to mark off your days so that you know where you are in your daily listening.
Significance and Prophecy of the Feast of Booths
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Because we are about to hear the Bible today.
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Since this is the Feast of Tabernacles, I do have some supplemental stuff for us today. i know that I've been giving you a great deal of information on this Feast of Booths, and we have some additional reading to give on that today.
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how important is it to celebrate the feast of booths is it something we are still supposed to do today and why well we've talked about the fact that it is a foreshadowing not only to remind us of the fact that god dwelled with the people in the cloud when he traveled with them from Egypt as they wandered in the desert for 40 years before they were permitted to enter the promised land, but also as a foreshadowing that Jesus will be coming again.
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Now, in Zechariah chapter 14, God talks about this, and he says that everybody will be required to celebrate the Feast of Booths at that time when he returns.
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So if God decided long ago that it was going to be a mandatory observation in the future when he returns again, why would it not be important for us to be observing it now?
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So we are going to be looking at Zechariah chapter 14. And in this chapter, he is talking about the return. It's talking about that there is, to behold, a day of the Lord is coming.
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And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war. And the city shall be captured. The house is ransacked. And he goes on about that. And he says in verse 3,
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in that day his feet will stand on the mount of olives which lies to the east of jerusalem and the mount of olives will be split in two from east to west forming a huge valley half of the mountain will move toward the north and half of it will move toward the south Then you will flee through my mountain valley because the mountain valley will reach to Azel.
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Yes, you will flee like you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of judea a Judah. Then Adonai, my God, will come and all the priests with him.
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All the saints, rather, all the saints with him. And in that day there will be no light, cold, or frost. It will be a day known only to the Lord, neither day nor night.
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Even in the evening time there will be light. Moreover, in that day living waters will flow from Jerusalem, half toward the eastern sea and half toward the western sea, both in the summer and in the winter.
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The Lord will then be king over all the earth. In that day, the Lord will be Ehad and his name Ehad, which means oneness.
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The Lord's name will be oneness. The whole land from Geba to Ramon south of Jerusalem will become like the Arabah. Jerusalem will be raised up and occupy her place from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the first gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
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People will dwell in her and no longer will there be a ban of destruction. Jerusalem will live in security. Now here's where it gets to the part where he's talking about the Feast of Booths.
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Now this is the plague with which Adonai will strike all the people that wage war against Jerusalem. oop We're going to skip that part. That's actually not the part yet.
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ah After the plague that he strikes, it's pretty devastating. ah In verse 16, he says, then all the survivors from the nations that attacked jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the king lord god of hosts and to celebrate sucotte furthermore if any of the nations on earth do not go up to jerusalem to worship the king lord god of host they will have no rain If the Egyptians do not go up and celebrate, they will have no rain.
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Instead, there will be the plague that the Lord will inflict on the nations that do not go up to celebrate Sukkot.
Personal Testimonies of Celebrating Sukkot
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This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate Sukkot.
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And in that day, holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of horses, and the pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. In fact, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord God of hosts, so that everyone who comes to sacrifice will take them and cook in them.
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And in that day, there will no longer be a merchant in the house of the Lord God of hosts.
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So this is referring to the time but after Jesus returns. And he's going to be celebrating the Feast of Booths with us.
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He's going to be dwelling with us. And Jesus himself will celebrate this feast with us. So if we are meant to celebrate it after he returns, we are also meant to celebrate it to- today.
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And celebrating it we are. I will tell you, I had a magnificent first night. it was I was really nervous because our nights here in San Diego have been dipping to about 49. And it's been very foggy. So I was just concerned ah that it might be too cold and whatnot. But let me tell you, the Lord just really had his hand on on my husband and me.
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um My husband decided to celebrate with me and he spent the night in the tent with me. We even had our dinner out there and it was just awesome.
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ah He was just, we were just so joyful. and And the Lord woke me up at about three in the morning because we left the ah the the cover off of the tent.
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So it just had the mosquito net because we are supposed to have an open top in order to allow us to see the sky. And i don't know how it's possible, but through the fog, we could see, i could see the stars.
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So the Lord woke me up at about three in the morning and I kept wondering, we don't have any streetlights near us. So why is it so bright outside? And I had forgotten that last night was going to be a full moon.
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So the Lord's timing, as we've talked about, was just, it just aligned perfectly. he aligned his first day of Sukkot with a full moon. And I was able to see that when I moved to ah the the foot area of our tent.
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And it was just awesome. I woke up and I was like, what is that bright light up there? And I was looking up and it was, I had to put my glasses on because I could see the bright dots, but I couldn't make out enough to be stars without my glasses.
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And like I was like, I those are stars I see. And it was foggy, so I didn't think I was going to be able to see any stars because earlier in the evening when we had first gone to bed, I couldn't see any stars.
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And I thought, oh, okay. But the Lord woke me up at about three in the morning and I was awake for a little over an hour. And i just, I wasn't sleepy. And he used that time so just be with me.
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And i was just so filled with his Holy Spirit and thankfulness and just gratitude for everything because this is our time of of harvest time to receive blessing from him for these appointed times.
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And it was just wonderful. And it was really kind of funny because there was so much moisture from the fog and and I was concerned about being cold, but we were actually over hot.
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Both my husband and I were kind of warm and I had to kick off a blanket. And it was, it was so ah foggy and I kept hearing this dripping and I was like, what is dripping? It must be outside the tent.
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But the moisture had actually been dripping through our tent and it was on some of the plastic floor at the foot of the bed, but we didn't feel anything. There was nothing near our head.
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It was just dry. And so I just really felt like the Lord had protected us. And um i slept well. And it was just it was just lovely.
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So that is my testimony ah for my first experience with my very first night of celebration ever with the Feast of Booths. So I hope that you had ah the opportunity to celebrate and in some way for Sukkot this year.
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And if you are in a different year, ah it is my hope that you will celebrate it in latter years as well. If you are just coming to this in a different year.
Jesus' Resurrection and Initial Disbelief
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Well, let's get into our reading today.
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We have a lot a little bit of ah a little bit of a lot to read today.
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Now, this is still occurring on the third day. So this is still the Feast of First Fruits where Jesus has risen. And we know that he has already appeared to Mary Magdala and and the other disciples, they're not believing.
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Even when ah Peter and John went running to the tomb and they didn't see, they still didn't understand and they they believed, but they didn't believe. So it says that, I mean, they they believed that something was going on, but they didn't know where his body was and they were still scared of the Jewish leaders.
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So now there was a little town called Emmaus, and it was about seven miles away from Jerusalem. Two of Jesus's friends were walking to Emmaus. They were not one of the 11. They were Cleopas, I think it was, and another person from Emmaus named Simon, not not the same Peter.
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And they were talking about the bad things that had happened to Jesus over the two previous, the three days prior. And while they were talking, Jesus came up to them.
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And he began to talk with them, but their eyes were kept from knowing who he was. What are you talking about? asked Jesus. The two friends stopped walking, and they stood still.
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Their faces were very sad. One was Cleopas. "'Are you the only person in Jerusalem who has not heard?' he asked. "'Don't you know what's been happening around here?' "'What?' asked Jesus. "'It's about Jesus,' they said. "'He was a prophet. "'What he said was powerful, and what he did was powerful.
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"'But our leaders at the worship house had him killed, "'and we hoped that he would save our nation.' Now two days have passed, they said, and it's now the third day since this happened.
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Now women from our group told us something surprising. And early this morning they went to the grave, but Jesus' body was not there. The women said they saw angels, and these angels told them that Jesus is alive.
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But yet these men are still sad. They don't believe. Then some men from our group went to the grave, they said, and it was just like the women said.
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They didn't see Jesus. You have a lot to learn, said Jesus. It takes you a while to believe what the prophets said. Didn't the promised one have to go through these things?
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Then Jesus began telling them about Moses and the prophets, and he made it all very clear to them. He told them what God's word said about himself.
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Now they came to the town where they were going, and Jesus acted like he would just go on from there. Stay with us, said the two followers. The day is almost over. So Jesus went to stay with them.
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When they sat down to eat, Jesus picked up the bread. He thanked God for it. Our big Bible actually says that he gave the bracha, which is the the prayer that says, Blessed are you, o Lord, our God, ruler of the universe, who has commanded us to eat the unleavened bread for seven days.
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Blessed are you who has given us the but grain from the earth and fruit from the vine. We did that blessing during Shavuot as well. It's very similar.
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Then he started giving the bread to his friends, the matzah. This was the unleavened bread, because remember, they were in the Feast of Unleavened Bread at this time. And that is when they were able to see that it was Jesus.
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And then suddenly he was gone. The two followers looked at each other. Our big Bible says, didn't our hearts burn when he was speaking to us?
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Our Bible says, wasn't it wonderful when he talked to us on the road, they said. And it was wonderful when he told us what God's word meant. So they got up and they hurried back to Jerusalem.
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Now, Cleopas and the other follower from Emmaus, Simon, found Jesus' as followers. Jesus' special friends were there too. They were locked in a in a room, and they kept the door locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.
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It's true, these two friends said. Jesus has come back to life, and Peter saw him. The two from Emmaus told what happened to them, and they told how Jesus had shared the bread.
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They told how they knew then that he was Jesus. I'm going to pause for a moment and read to us from Mark, the book of Mark.
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When the disciples had heard that he was alive and had been seen by Mary Magdala, this is verse 11 in Mark chapter 16, they refused to believe. After that, he appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking on their way to Emmaus.
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They went and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them either. So the disciples, Jesus' friends, were still in disbelief.
Faith and Disbelief among Jesus' Disciples
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Despite having heard testimony from multiple people that Jesus had been seen and he was alive, they still were not believing because they had not seen him themselves.
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Later, when Jesus appeared to them, the eleven, as they were reclining at the table, he rebuked them for their unbelief and hard-heartedness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had been raised.
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But now Jesus was standing in front of them. Be at peace. Shalom Allahem. That's how I greeted you today. Be at peace, Jesus said. Now they were scared because they thought that they were seeing a ghost.
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Why are you scared? asked Jesus. Why do you wonder if I am real? Look at my hands. Look at my feet. It's me. Touch me.
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See? ghost doesn't have skin and bones like I have. And then Jesus showed them his hands. He showed them his feet. They were surprised and they were full of joy, but they could hardly believe their eyes.
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Do you have anything to eat here? Jesus asked. So they brought him some cooked fish and he ate it. Remember when I was still with you?
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asked Jesus. I told you all of this would happen. Lots of things are written about me in God's word. Moses wrote about me. The prophets wrote about me.
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The Psalms are about me. Everything written about me has to come true. Then Jesus said, God the Father sent me Now I am sending you.
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And Jesus breathed on him. He said, i am giving the Holy Spirit to you.
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Thomas wasn't there that night. And Jesus' other friends told him, We saw the Lord. But Thomas said, I don't believe it. I'm not going to believe. First, I would have to see the nail marks in his hands.
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I'd have to touch the places where his nails were. I'd have to put my hand on his side where the spear went in. So a week later, Jesus's friends were in the same house and Thomas was there too.
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And they still kept all the doors locked. They were still scared. Jesus came again and he stood with his friends. Shalom Alechem.
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Be at peace, he said. Then Jesus turned to Thomas. Thomas, put your fingers here, said Jesus.
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Touch my side. Look at my hands. Stop thinking that this is just a story. Believe. e My Lord and my God, and said Thomas.
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You believe because you see me, said Jesus. But some people won't see me. And they will believe anyways. And God will send good things to them.
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Our big Bible says, you see because you believe because you have seen. But blessed are those who have not seen and do believe.
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That is you and me. It is so important to to believe, although we have not seen it. Jesus' disciples had been told that this was going to happen.
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Other people had witnessed to them, and they still did not believe. It was not until they saw with their own eyes that they believed, and then they became witnesses.
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They didn't even want to believe, even though they had been there, and other people were telling them. It is so important and it's so hard for people to believe when they don't see. This happened a long time ago, but it is still true today. Jesus has indeed risen from the dead.
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Our daily application today is that Jesus is alive. It is so important to believe, not that Jesus lived and was a prophet or that he was the son of God.
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He is the son of God and he is alive now. He is alive. He is the first fruits of those risen from the dead. We too will live again and have eternal life with him if we believe.
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And God tells us here, Jesus tells us, that when we believe without having seen it, God will bless us for this. I hope that you feel God's blessing on you as you believe that Jesus is alive today.
Encouragement to Celebrate and Spread Faith
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Well, I hope that you feel that God has lit your light today. i hope that you are excited that Jesus is alive and he is coming back and he will be celebrating the Feast of Booths with us.
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Maybe not us personally, but with people on earth, he will be celebrating. the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tents, when he returns.
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And we read today that and everybody who does not go up and worship him and celebrate with that Feast of Tents, that they will have consequences for not doing so.
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It will not rain and there will be other consequences for them if they do not choose to obey. Let us choose to obey and and live under God's blessing.
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and for ah keeping his appointed times for us. I hope that you have a fantastic rest of your day, whatever day you get around to watching or listening to today's October 8th daily reading from our day-by-day kids Bible series.
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I hope that you are enjoying the understanding that we are getting from God's word this year and the daily application. And I hope that you are continuing to find it just as applicable today as you would any other day.
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If you are encouraged and feel that God has lit your light, please click that light button at the end so that we can help shine our light. We are also the light of the world because Jesus lives with us.
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And we read today in Zechariah that jesus like God's name will be oneness. And we have been learning how we are all one with God. Let's spread the word about reading God's word so that others know that they need to also hear and believe and that they will be blessed for doing so and also to observe God's feast of tents so that we can live in obedience.
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I will be here for everyone again for tomorrow's daily reading through the Day by Day Kids Bible written by Karen Henley. And until then, have a very blessed day.