Today October 10
Devotional readings
Immanuel
"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." — Matthew 1:23 · KJV
Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Zechariah thus foretold the coming of the King to Israel. This prophecy is now to be fulfilled. He who has so long refused royal honors now comes to Jerusalem as the promised heir to David's throne.
It was on the first day of the week that Christ made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Multitudes who had flocked to see Him at Bethany now accompanied Him, eager to witness His reception. Many people were on their way to the city to keep the Passover, and these joined the multitude attending Jesus. All nature seemed to rejoice. The trees were clothed with verdure, and their blossoms shed a delicate fragrance on the air. A new life and joy animated the people. The hope of the new kingdom was again springing up.
Purposing to ride into Jerusalem, Jesus had sent two of His disciples to bring to Him an ass and its colt. At His birth the Saviour was dependent upon the hospitality of strangers. The manger in which He lay was a borrowed resting place. Now, although the cattle on a thousand hills are His, He is dependent on a stranger's kindness for an animal on which to enter Jerusalem as its King. But again His divinity is revealed, even in the minute directions given His disciples for this errand. As He foretold, the plea, “The Lord hath need of them,” was readily granted. Jesus chose for His use the colt on which never man had sat. The disciples, with glad enthusiasm, spread their garments on the beast, and seated their Master upon it. Heretofore Jesus had always traveled on foot, and the disciples had at first wondered that He should now choose to ride. But hope brightened in their hearts with the joyous thought that He was about to enter the capital, proclaim Himself King, and assert His royal power. While on their errand they communicated their glowing expectations to the friends of Jesus, and the excitement spread far and near, raising the expectations of the people to the highest pitch.
The Character of God, Ellen G. White · this reading’s own page
The books
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The Character of God
Ellen G. White · A reading for each day of the year A year on the character of God, gathered from Ellen G. White's published writing. Twelve monthly movements — from He Is Love in January to Unchanging and Everlasting in December — and every reading opens with a verse and then gives her own words, unaltered. The selection and the arrangement are Biblion's own; this is not a reprint of any existing book. -
Lives That Met God
Ellen G. White · A reading for each day of the year A year through the people of the Bible, gathered from Ellen G. White's published writing — Adam and Enoch, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, David, Elijah, Daniel and Esther, and the men and women who met Jesus. Each reading opens with a verse and then gives her own words, unaltered, following the events in the order they happened. The selection and the arrangement are Biblion's own. -
The Life of Christ
Ellen G. White · A reading for each day of the year A year through the life of Jesus, gathered from Ellen G. White's published writing and told in the order the events happened — the birth, the hidden years, the calling of the twelve, the miracles and the teaching, the last journey to Jerusalem, the upper room, the cross and the empty tomb. Each reading opens with a verse and then gives her own words, unaltered. The selection and the arrangement are Biblion's own. -
Morning and Evening
C. H. Spurgeon · A reading for the morning and the evening · Modern retelling The same morning and evening readings, retold in clear, contemporary English — Spurgeon's meaning kept, his Victorian phrasing eased.