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Immerse Prophets Day 281 Year 2 Bible Reading
Season 2 Episode 281
Immerse Bible Reading Experience: Day 281 - Exploring the Book of Malachi
Welcome to Day 281 of the Immerse Bible Reading Experience, focusing on the book of Malachi. This episode dives into the messages delivered by Malachi, a prophet whose name signifies 'my messenger' in Hebrew, sent by God to rectify the worship practices of the people after their return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple. Malachi's distinctive approach involves making provocative claims, anticipating objections, and then addressing them. Key themes include the condemnation of defective offerings, concerns for justice, and God's dissatisfaction with unfaithfulness among the priests and people. The book concludes with hopeful promises for those who embrace Malachi's corrections, emphasizing proper worship, reconciliation, and the ultimate advent of the day God will set the world right.
00:00 Introduction to Immerse: Daily Bible Reading
00:35 Malachi's Unique Approach
01:11 The Six Exchanges in Malachi
01:51 God's Promises and Warnings
04:41 The Lord's Message to the Priests
09:11 Judah's Unfaithfulness and God's Justice
11:17 The Coming Messenger and Day of Judgment
15:33 Final Exhortations and Promises
16:50 Conclusion and Farewell
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Volume 4
Immerse: Prophets is the fourth of six volumes of the Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience program. Prophets presents the First Testament prophets in groupings that represent four historical periods, beginning with the prophets who spoke before the fall of Israel’s northern kingdom (Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah), then before the fall of the southern kingdom (Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk), around the time of Jerusalem’s destruction (Jeremiah, Obadiah, Ezekiel), and after the return from exile (Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi).
4 Questions to get your conversations started:
1. What stood out to you this week?
2. Was there anything confusing or troubling?
3. Did anything make you think differently about God?
4. How might this change the way we live?
QUICK START GUIDE
3 ways to get the most out of your experience
- Use Immerse: Beginnings instead of your regular chapter and verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book.
- Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together
for 8 weeks–more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open,
honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures. - Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” (p. 483) to see how the books of the Bible work together to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse: Beginnings, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”
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