{"id":24495,"date":"2026-03-31T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24495"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:39:00","slug":"march-31st-chronological-bible-readings-chronological-bible-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24495","title":{"rendered":"March 31st Chronological Bible Readings \u2013 Chronological Bible Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Judges 1:1-3:30<\/strong><\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~<\/span><\/em><br \/><span><em>~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture with <\/em><em>The ESV Bible<\/em><\/span> ~<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Today we begin the book of Judges! Coming up in this book, we\u2019ll be reading about Deborah, Gideon, Samson, Delilah, and Micah \u2013 to drop a few names.\u00a0 Below is a great map of the judges in Israel that we\u2019ll be reading about:<\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Judges<\/strong><br \/><span>Author<\/span>: Unknown<br \/><span>Date<\/span>: Eleventh century B.C.<br \/><span>Content<\/span>: The book of Judges covers a period of several hundred years following the conquest of Canaan, during which time the people were ruled by individual leaders called judges or saviors. Their task was primarily military, being to expel the enemy from the land. Throughout this period of Israel\u2019s history there is a tragic cycle to be observed \u2013 that of rebellion against God, followed by the judgment of God, usually in the form of foreign invasion. The children of Israel then cry to God for help and a \u201cjudge\u201d is sent to save them. This cycle is repeated numerous times throughout the book. Tragically, the people never seem to learn that rebellion against God is a sure road to disaster.<br \/><span>Theme<\/span>: The grim lesson of Judges is that \u201cthe wages of sin is death: (see Romans 6:23). Sin takes many forms, from the sophisticated sins of kings to the barbaric events that close the book, but the net results is always the same: when everyone does his own thing, chaos and destruction are the inevitable outcome. Through it all, however, God in his faithfulness saves the people when they truly repent and turn to him.<em> (Above commentary is from \u201cThe One Year Bible Companion\u201d p. 4)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>More commentary on Judges is at these 3 links:<\/strong> <br \/>Really interesting commentary is <\/span><span>at this link<\/span><span> titled <\/span><span><strong>\u201cThe Role of Women in the Book of Judges.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>(below is an image of Deborah)<\/span><br \/><span>https:\/\/bible.org\/page.php?page_id=887<\/span><br \/><span>https:\/\/bible.org\/page.php?page_id=951<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Bible Project:<\/strong>\u00a0 Here is a terrific brief video overview of the book of Judges!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>An image is below for Judges chapter 1 verses 14 &amp; 15 today: <em>\u201cWhen Acsah married Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for an additional field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, \u201cWhat is it? What can I do for you?\u201d She said, \u201cGive me a further blessing. You have been kind enough to give me land in the Negev; please give me springs as well.\u201d So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Today in Judges Chapter 2 verses 1 &amp; 2 we will read these words from the angel of the Lord \u2013 <em>\u201cI said, \u201cI will never break my covenant with you, and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars. Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?\u201d\u201d<\/em> The Israelites disobeyed God back then. Why? Do we disobey God in our lives today? Why do we do this? I have a hunch that maybe sometimes we are simply afraid. Afraid of fully following and trusting God. We may think that God really won\u2019t live up to his promises. At these moments our faith is weak. And we end up disobeying God. Fortunately our inconsistencies do not affect God\u2019s perfect consistency. God never changes. We do. And we can allow ourselves to either be changed by God such that we live in obedience to him \u2013 or, we can continue to disobey God and live tumultuous lives. It\u2019s a pretty simple choice. One decision brings an amazing peace that surpasses all understanding and the other decision \u2013 grief and frustration. Do we disobey God in our lives today? Why have we done this? Can we instead choose to obey God in our lives?\u00a0 An image is below for Judges chapter 2 verses 4 &amp; 5 today\u00a0 \u2013<em> \u201cWhen the angel of the LORD finished speaking, the Israelites wept loudly. So they called the place \u201cWeeping,\u201d and they offered sacrifices to the LORD.\u201d<\/em><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Today in Judges we read about Israel forgetting about God and worshiping other gods.\u00a0 Sad stuff!\u00a0 Judges chapter 2 verse 19 stood out: <em>\u201cBut when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They followed other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 I wonder if we are so different today from the Israelites in the time of the Judges?\u00a0 Do we maybe shape ourselves up for short amounts of time \u2013 but then go back to our corrupt ways?\u00a0 Do we ultimately refuse to give up our evil practices and stubborn ways?\u00a0 Why is this?\u00a0 What is the remedy to this problem?\u00a0 Or \u2013 perhaps I should ask \u2013 Who is the remedy to this problem?\u00a0 Who can literally rescue us from this problem?\u00a0 Who can rescue us from ourselves?\u00a0 Will you allow Jesus to rescue you from any evil practices and stubborn ways?<\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"color: black\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Worship Video:<\/strong>\u00a0 Today\u2019s readings reminded me Matthew West\u2019s terrific song \u201cMaker:\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Have you given your life over to your maker?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Click here and meet your Maker!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Please join us in memorizing and meditating on a verse of Scripture today:<\/strong> <em>\u201cBut when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.\u201d<\/em> Judges 2:19 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Prayer Point:<\/strong> Pray that you will never ever follow nor serve other gods. Pray that you will never take back up evil practices nor stubborn ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Comments from You:<\/strong>\u00a0 What verses or insights stand out to you in today\u2019s readings?\u00a0 Please post up by clicking on the \u201cComments\u201d link below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">God bless,<br \/>Mike<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. Download our monthly Small Group study notes for our Chronological Bible readings at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #2 \u2013 Download a schedule of our Chronological Bible readings for the year in PDF format at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #3 \u2013 I would greatly appreciate it if you would pray for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry today! Please also consider partnering with us by financially supporting this ministry. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judges 1:1-3:30~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we begin the book of Judges! Coming up in this book, we\u2019ll be reading about Deborah, Gideon, Samson, Delilah, and Micah \u2013 to drop a few names.\u00a0 Below is a great map of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[59,45,46,558,5265,231],"class_list":["post-24495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bible-study","tag-31st","tag-bible","tag-blog","tag-chronological","tag-march","tag-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}