As we begin the Royal Kingdom period, we hear about the first king of Israel, Saul. We discover that though Saul looks like a fearless warrior, he has a major flaw. Fr. Mike also points out the significance of the readings from Proverbs. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 9-10 and Proverbs 6:23-35. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 106, and we just concluded seven days of reading the Gospel of John, which is such a gift.
I know at the same time, reading through the gospel of John in seven days means that we had quite a lot of content with not a lot of commentary, which is probably okay because the most important part of this podcast is the actual scripture being proclaimed. But this is, as I said, day 106, we're going into the royal kingdom.
So we left off with first Samuel six through eight, and then we took a seven day break with the gospel of John. Now, We're entering into the period of the royal kingdom. We're going to be introduced to Saul today in 1 Samuel 9 and 10. We're also reading from the book of Proverbs, like we did the last couple of days, Proverbs 6, verses 23 through 35.
As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition, I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking subscribe wherever you're listening to your podcast.
As I said, it is day 106, and it is an incredible gift. to not only have been given a week, seven days of the gospel of John, but also to come back and to be in this new time period, period of the royal kingdom, as we read 1 Samuel chapter 9 and 10 in Proverbs chapter 6, verses 23 through 35. 1 Samuel 9, Saul chosen to be king.
There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bekaroth, son of Aphia, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward, he was taller than any of the people. Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost.
So Kish said to Saul his son, take one of the servants with you and arise, go and look for the donkeys. And they passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.
When they came to the land of Zoph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us. But he said to him, Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man that is held in honor. All that he says comes true. Let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us about the journey on which we have set out.
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