The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Introduction to the Royal Kingdom (with Jeff Cavins) (2025)
16 Apr 2025
Welcome to the Royal Kingdom period! Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike to set the scene for this time period. They review the major players, and why the people of Israel asked for a king. 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, we are once again joined by Jeff Cavins. as we take our steps away from this last checkpoint we had, the first checkpoint, really, the messianic checkpoint of the Gospel of John. And now today we're taking that step into the royal kingdom. So that encompasses 1 and 2 Samuel, that encompasses the beginning of 1 Kings, as well as the books of Chronicles.
And so I'm really excited to have Jeff here with us today as we take this next step in this next time period. I hope and pray that the messianic checkpoint, those seven days we just experienced, of the gospel of John was a massive blessing to you, that sense of just being able to kind of pop your head up and say, okay, this is the fulfillment.
Jesus is the fulfillment of everything that we've been hearing, everything we've been reading, everything has been proclaimed to us. And now we're going back, back in time to 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and the books of Chronicles, as we see what's happened now that David unites the tribes into one kingdom. So Jeff, to orient us as we take these next steps, what do we need to know?
Sure. Well, it's good to be with you once again. Thanks.
You just told us what we need to know. Go.
One, two, three. Well, we're entering now, Father, a period, which on your Bible timeline chart is the purple period, and the purple stands for royalty, because... we're going to make a major, major shift here. And that's one of the reasons we're doing this, is we don't want people to get lost. We want them to know exactly where they are at.
And as you mentioned, the narrative books are 1 and 2 Samuel and part of 1 Kings. And In this period, as far as the big picture goes, we're going to see that Israel is going to ask for a king, and we can talk about that. But they're going to ask for a king, and during this period, we're going to see three kings. We're going to see the first king, Saul. He's going to reign for roughly 40 years.
And then David will be the second king, and he's going to reign for 40 years. And Solomon, his son, will be the third king, and he's going to reign for 40 years. And so we're going to be looking particularly at these three kings, but most importantly, David. And something happens between God and David, namely a covenant, and that's going to give us some structure for the rest of the story.
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