ENG Bible Reading Plan FINAL - 20240204 - 200404 - 0000

REDEMPTIVE
HISTORICAL
BIBLE READING
UECG- METRO EAST
The plan provided below takes
a different approach meant to complement
(not replace) the normal one. It curates the key chapters of the
OT that help frame the flow of redemptive history (how God
has worked in history to bring about His plan of salvation). Most
sections of OT readings include NT chapters that shed light on
fulfillment in Christ. You can go at your own pace and pause
however often you want to dig deeper and reflect on what you
are reading. In the end, you will have a solid grounding in the
entire message of the Bible, which can then help you revisit
those 1,189 chapters afresh.
Determine a time and 5 DAYS A WEEK

location to spend 5 minutes a day for 5 days a week. It is best to
have a consistent time and a quiet place where you can regularly
meet with the Lord.
Pause in your reading 5 WAYS TO DIG DEEPER

to dig into the Bible. Below are 5 different ways to dig deeper
each day. These exercises will encourage meditation. Try a
single idea for a week to find what works best for you.
Remember to keep a pen and paper ready to capture God’s
insights.
1 Underline or highlight keywords or phrases in the Bible
passage. Use a pen or highlighter to mark new
discoveries from the text.
2 Put it in your own words. Read the passage or verse

slowly, then rewrite each phrase or sentence using your
own words.
3 Ask and answer questions. Questions unlock discoveries

and meanings. Ask questions about the passage using
these words: who, what, why, when, where, or how. Jot
down your answers to these questions.
4 Capture the big idea. God’s Word communicates big

ideas. Periodically ask: What’s the big idea in this
sentence, paragraph, or chapter?
5 Personalize the meaning. Respond as God speaks to you

through the Scriptures. Ask: How could my life be
different today as I respond to what I’m reading?
Creation
Few things are more foundational to
Christianity than the doctrine of the special
creation of all things by the Triune God, with
the Father, Son, and Spirit all at work in the
unified act of creation.
Week 1
DATE BOOK & CHAPTER TOPIC
Feb 5 Genesis 1 “In the beginning, God”
Feb 6 Genesis 2 Adam and Eve
Feb 7 Psalm 19 “Heavens declare…”
Feb 8 Job 38 “Where were you when I…”
Feb 9 John 1 “In the beginning, Word”
Week 2
BOOK &
DATE TOPIC
CHAPTER
Feb 12 Colossians 1 Agency of Christ
Feb 13 2 Corinthians 4 Light of Christ
Feb 14 Hebrews 1 Agency of Christ
Fall, Original Sin, & Judgment

What distinguishes the Judeo-Christian
worldview is the doctrine of the original fall
of Adam into sin. It is the ‘problem’ for which
the rest of Scripture provides the ‘solution.’
Eating the
Feb 15 Genesis 3
fruit…“Offspring”
Feb 16 Genesis 6-9 Judgment of the flood
Week 3
Feb 19 Psalm 51 Sinfulness from birth
Feb 20 Romans 1 Downward spiral of sin
Feb 21 Romans 5 Sin/death through Adam
Feb 22 Romans 8 Unwinding the curse
Feb 23 2 Peter 3 Reflections on the flood
God’s Covenant Promise

The central promise that
to Abraham drives OT history is that
of God to Abraham: a nation coming from his
offspring, a land in which to dwell, and the
blessing of all nations through him—all by faith.
Week 4
Feb 26 Genesis 12 Abram’s call
Feb 27 Genesis 14 Abram and Melchizedek
Feb 28 Genesis 15 “Abram believed God…”
Feb 29 Genesis 17 Circumcision
Mar 1 Genesis 22 Testing of Abraham

Week 5
Mar 4 Matthew 1:1–17 Abraham’s lineage to Christ
Abraham the heir of the

Mar 5 Romans 4
world
Mar 6 Galatians 3 Justification by faith
Mar 7 Reflecting on Abraham’s

James 2
testing
Mar 8 Jesus, Abraham,

Hebrews 7
Melchizedek
Promise Continued through

God fulfills his promise
the Patriarchs to Abraham by giving
him twelve descendants from which the tribes
of Israel emerge
Week 6
Mar 11 Genesis 26-27 Promise to Isaac; Jacob-Esau
Mar 12 Genesis 32 Jacob renamed
Mar 13 Genesis 49 Blessings on the twelve sons
Mar 14 Psalm 105 Remembering the patriarchs
Mar 15 1 Chronicles 2 Genealogy
Week 7
Mar 18 Acts 7 Stephen’s ‘OT History’ 101

“Jacob have I loved, but

Mar 19 Romans 9
Esau…”
Mar 20 Galatians 4 “We are like Isaac”
Mar 21 Hebrews 11 Commending the patriarchs
Mar 22 Matthew 22 God of Abraham/Isaac/Jacob
Exodus from Egypt

The exodus from captivity in Egypt is the
central redemptive work in the OT—the thing
to which and from which all OT theology flows.
Week 8
Mar 25 Exodus 3 Moses encounters God
Mar 26 Exodus 12–14 Passover and exodus
Mar 27 Exodus 15 Moses’ song of praise
Mar 28 Psalm 78 Remembering the exodus
Mar 29 Psalm 136 Praise for God’s deliverance
Week 9
Apr 1 Hosea 11 Out of Egypt I called my son”
Apr 2 Matthew 2 Jesus’ flight to Egypt
Apr 3 Matthew 26 Jesus keeps the Passover

Apr 4 1 Corinthians 5 Christ is our Passover
Jesus saved the Israelites from

Apr 5 Jude
Egypt
God’s Covenant Law

Given through Moses
Having redeemed his people, God immediately
extends and concretizes the Abrahamic covenant for
the new nation of Israel. God gives the law that
declares his righteous standards as well as a sacrificial
system (based on substitutionary atonement) that
provides a means to deal with sin.
Week 10
Apr 8 Exodus 19–20 Decalogue
Apr 9 Exodus 24 Blood of the old covenant
Apr 10 Exodus 34 Moses’ shining face
God’s glory fills the

Apr 11 Exodus 40
tabernacle
Apr 12 Leviticus 16 Day of Atonement
Week 11
Apr 15 Deuteronomy 5–6 Covenant re-confirmed
Apr 16 Deuteronomy 28–30 Blessings and curses
Apr 17 Psalm 119 Goodness of God’s law

Apr 18 Matthew 5 Fulfilling the law
Apr 19 Mark 10 Reflecting on the Decalogue
Week 12
Apr 22 Luke 22 Blood of the new covenant
Apr 23 Romans 10 Righteousness and law
Apr 24 2 Corinthians 3 Moses’ shining face
Apr 25 Galatians 5 Reassessing law
Apr 26 Hebrews 9 Christ’s atonement
Rebellion in the Wilderness

Israel immediately falls into a pattern of sin and
hardness against their redeeming God, resulting
in their judgment in the wilderness prior to
entering the land promised to Abraham.
Week 13
Apr 29 Numbers 11 Manna and quail
Apr 30 Numbers 14 Rebellion
May 1 Numbers 20 Water from the rock
May 2 Numbers 21 Bronze serpent lifted up
May 3 Psalm 95 “Do not harden your hearts”

Week 14
May 6 John 3 “Son of Man lifted up”
May 7 John 6 True manna
May 8 1 Corinthians 10 “Rock was Christ”
May 9 Hebrews 3 “Do not harden your hearts”
Conquest of the Land &

Early Leadership
Joshua leads the nation into the land
promised to Abraham, and the initial period
of leadership by the judges is one of ups
and downs
May 10 Deuteronomy 1–3 Preparing to enter
Week 15
May 13 Joshua 1 Commissioning of Joshua
May 14 Joshua 6 Jericho
May 15 Joshua 24 Covenant renewal
Summary of the period of

May 16 Judges 2
judges
May 17 Judges 13–16 Account of Samson

Week 16
May 20 Acts 13 Recap of Israel’s history
May 21 Hebrews 4 Promise of rest still stands
Establishing the Monarchy

God installs a king over Israel as his vice-
regent to bring security to the nation and
build a temple where his manifest presence
would be made known.
May 22 1 Samuel 1–2 Samuel as interim leader
May 23 1 Samuel 8–10 Saul anointed king
May 24 1 Samuel 16 David is anointed
Week 17
David rules a united

May 27 2 Samuel 5
kingdom
May 28 2 Samuel 11–12 David, Bathsheba, Solomon
May 29 1 Chronicles 17 Covenant with David
May 30 2 Chronicles 5 Solomon completes temple
May 31 Psalm 2 God’s royal son

Week 18
David’s song of God’s

Jun 3 Psalm 18
deliverance
Jun 4 Psalm 89 Covenant with David
Jun 5 Psalm 110 “Sit at my right hand”
Jun 6 Matthew 12 Jesus > temple, > Solomon
Jun 7 Luke 1–2 Jesus, the davidic King
Week 19
Jun 10 Luke 20 Jesus and Psalm 110
Jun 11 Romans 1 Jesus, of David in the flesh
Jun 12 Philippians 2 Jesus exalted as king
Jun 13 Hebrews 12 Jesus on the throne
Worship the enthroned

Jun 14 Revelation 7
Lamb
Religious Life of the Nation

During the early monarchy, Israel’s devotional
life flourishes in psalms and wisdom writings.
Week 20
Jun 17 Psalm 1 Two ways to live
Jun 18 Psalm 22 David’s lament

Jun 19 Psalm 51 Repentance for sin
Jun 20 Psalm 72 Prayer for the king
Jun 21 Psalm 118 “Blessed is he who comes”
Week 21
Jun 24 Proverbs 1–2 Wisdom and fear of the Lord
Jun 25 Proverbs 8 Praise of Wisdom
Jun 26 Ecclesiastes 1 “Vanity of vanities…”
Jun 27 Ecclesiastes 12 Fear God
Jun 28 Song of Songs 1 Goodness of marital love
Degradation of the Monarchy

After Solomon, the monarchy splits into the
Northern Kingdom (10 tribes, ‘Israel’/‘Ephraim,’
based in Samaria) and the Southern Kingdom
(2 tribes, ‘Judah,’ based in Jerusalem) and
spirals into sin.
Week 22
Jul 1 1 Kings 11–13 Kingdom divided
Jul 2 1 Kings 17–22 Example: Elijah and Ahab
Example: Evil under

Jul 3 2 Chronicles 33
Manasseh
Remembering Elijah’s
Jul 4 Luke 4
ministry
Israel and Judah in Exile

Due to repeated cycles of sin, the covenant
curse of exile is poured out. Assyria defeats the
Northern Kingdom/Israel (722BC) while
Babylonia defeats the Southern Kingdom/Judah
(605–586BC).
Jul 5 2 Kings 17 Fall of Israel to Assyria
Week 23
Assyria assails Judah,

Jul 8 Isaiah 7
Immanuel
Jul 9 2 Kings 24–25 Fall of Judah to Babylonia
Pronouncing judgment of
Jul 10 Micah 1
exile
Warnings to “Not-my-
Jul 11 Hosea 1–2
people”
Jul 12 Zephaniah 1 Punishment from the Lord
Week 24
Jul 15 Ezekiel 11 God’s glory leaves the temple

Jul 16 Matthew 1:18–25 Immanuel fulfilled
Jul 17 1 Peter 2 Grace to “Not-my-people”
Grief and Consolation

during Exile
Judah grieves during exile but is comforted
by the prophets, who reiterate God’s
promise of restoration
Jul 18 Lamentations 1 Mourning over Jerusalem
Jul 19 Psalm 44 Plea for God to rescue them
Week 25
Jul 22 Psalm 69 Zeal for the temple
Jul 23 Jeremiah 25 Promise of 70 year exile
Jul 24 Habakkuk 2 Faith to endure judgment
Jul 25 Daniel 1–2 Babylon to be judged
Revisiting Jeremiah’s
Jul 26 Daniel 9
promise
Week 26
Jul 29 John 2 Zeal for the temple
Jul 30 Hebrews 10 Faith to endure judgment

(Partial) Restoration from Exile
Though the N. Kingdom is never fully restored
(rather, repopulated with Samaritans), the S.
Kingdom is released under Persian rule to rebuild
the temple. But things are never quite the same.
Return under Cyrus,

Jul 31 Ezra 1–6
rebuilding
Aug 1 Nehemiah 8–9 Covenant renewal
Aug 2 Haggai 1 Encouragement to rebuild
Week 27
Jesus and the Samaritan

Aug 5 John 4
woman
Anticipating an
Eschatological Deliverer
Throughout the period of the prophets, we get
glimpses of an eschatological savior-figure (a
“Messiah,” though not always using that term) who
will bring deliverance to God’s people.
Aug 6 Isaiah 9 “A child is born”
Aug 7 Isaiah 11 “Root of Jesse”
Aug 8 Isaiah 52:11–53:12 Suffering servant
Aug 9 Jeremiah 23 Righteous “Branch”

Week 28
Likeness of the Glory of

Aug 12 Ezekiel 1
God
Aug 13 Ezekiel 34 Shepherd of Israel
Aug 14 Zechariah 9 King on a donkey
Aug 15 Daniel 7 “One like a son of man”
Aug 16 Matthew 21 Jesus as king on a donkey
Week 29
Aug 19 Mark 13 (Returning Son of Man
Aug 20 Romans 15 “Root of Jesse”
Aug 21 John 10 Jesus the good Shepherd
Aug 22 Acts 8 Who is the suffering servant
Aug 23 Revelation 4 Throneroom glory
Week 30
Aug 26 Revelation 5 Root of David
Anticipating the Day of the Lord

In conjunction with the coming of a deliverer, the OT
prophets also envision a new covenant, the return of God’s
presence, the outpouring of the Spirit, the engrafting of
the Gentiles (fulfilling the Abrahamic promise), cosmic
renewal, and resurrection in the Day of the Lord
Aug 27 Jeremiah 33 New covenant
Justice and a light to the

Aug 28 Isaiah 42
nations
Aug 29 Isaiah 65–66 New heavens / new earth
Aug 30 Joel 2 Spirit outpouring
Week 31
Sep 2 Ezekiel 36 Spirit and a new heart
Sep 3 Ezekiel 43 Return of the Glory of the Lord
Sep 4 Malachi 3–4 Messenger before the Day
Sep 5 Daniel 12 Eschatological resurrection
Sep 6 Mark 1 John the Baptist as messenger
Week 32
Sep 9 Acts 2 Pentecost and Spirit outpouring
Sep 10 Romans 11 Jews and Gentiles
Sep 11 1 Corinthians 15 Eschatological resurrection
Sep 12 Ephesians 2 Ingrafting of Gentiles
Sep 13 Hebrews 8 New covenant
Sep 14 Revelation 21–22 New heavens / new earth

WEEK 1
What does this passage teach us about God?
What does this passage teach us about ourselves or the world?
Are there thoughts, words, or phrases that caught your attention

that you want to apply to your life to live as God would want me to
live?
WEEK 2

live?
WEEK 3

live?
WEEK 4

live?
WEEK 5

live?
WEEK 6

live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
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live?
WEEK 32

live?

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REDEMPTIVE

Determine a time and 5 DAYS A WEEK

Pause in your reading 5 WAYS TO DIG DEEPER

2 Put it in your own words. Read the passage or verse

3 Ask and answer questions. Questions unlock discoveries

4 Capture the big idea. God’s Word communicates big

5 Personalize the meaning. Respond as God speaks to you

Feb 5 Genesis 1 “In the beginning, God”

Feb 6 Genesis 2 Adam and Eve

Feb 7 Psalm 19 “Heavens declare…”

Feb 8 Job 38 “Where were you when I…”

Feb 9 John 1 “In the beginning, Word”

Feb 12 Colossians 1 Agency of Christ

Feb 13 2 Corinthians 4 Light of Christ

Feb 14 Hebrews 1 Agency of Christ

Fall, Original Sin, & Judgment

Feb 16 Genesis 6-9 Judgment of the flood

Feb 19 Psalm 51 Sinfulness from birth

Feb 20 Romans 1 Downward spiral of sin

Feb 21 Romans 5 Sin/death through Adam

Feb 22 Romans 8 Unwinding the curse

Feb 23 2 Peter 3 Reflections on the flood

God’s Covenant Promise

Feb 26 Genesis 12 Abram’s call

Feb 27 Genesis 14 Abram and Melchizedek

Feb 28 Genesis 15 “Abram believed God…”

Feb 29 Genesis 17 Circumcision

Mar 1 Genesis 22 Testing of Abraham

Mar 4 Matthew 1:1–17 Abraham’s lineage to Christ

Abraham the heir of the

Mar 6 Galatians 3 Justification by faith

Mar 7 Reflecting on Abraham’s

Mar 8 Jesus, Abraham,

Promise Continued through

Mar 11 Genesis 26-27 Promise to Isaac; Jacob-Esau

Mar 12 Genesis 32 Jacob renamed

Mar 13 Genesis 49 Blessings on the twelve sons

Mar 14 Psalm 105 Remembering the patriarchs

Mar 15 1 Chronicles 2 Genealogy

Mar 18 Acts 7 Stephen’s ‘OT History’ 101

“Jacob have I loved, but

Mar 20 Galatians 4 “We are like Isaac”

Mar 21 Hebrews 11 Commending the patriarchs

Mar 22 Matthew 22 God of Abraham/Isaac/Jacob

Exodus from Egypt

Mar 25 Exodus 3 Moses encounters God

Mar 26 Exodus 12–14 Passover and exodus

Mar 27 Exodus 15 Moses’ song of praise

Mar 28 Psalm 78 Remembering the exodus

Mar 29 Psalm 136 Praise for God’s deliverance

Apr 1 Hosea 11 Out of Egypt I called my son”

Apr 2 Matthew 2 Jesus’ flight to Egypt

Apr 3 Matthew 26 Jesus keeps the Passover

Apr 4 1 Corinthians 5 Christ is our Passover

Jesus saved the Israelites from

God’s Covenant Law

Apr 8 Exodus 19–20 Decalogue

Apr 9 Exodus 24 Blood of the old covenant

Apr 10 Exodus 34 Moses’ shining face

God’s glory fills the

Apr 12 Leviticus 16 Day of Atonement

Apr 15 Deuteronomy 5–6 Covenant re-confirmed

Apr 16 Deuteronomy 28–30 Blessings and curses