Day 55: Obedience to God (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike underscores the importance of obeying God as he reads from Numbers 4 and Deuteronomy 4. We also read Psalm 88 and learn how it foreshadows the darkness Christ endured on the cross.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you are listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.7	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:11.5	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:14.5	Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:19.2	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and
0:21.2	how we fit into that story today.
0:23.8	It is day 55, and we'll be reading from Numbers chapter 4, Deuteronomy chapter 4.
0:28.4	We'll be praying Psalm 88.
0:30.0	Just a quick reminder.
0:31.1	The Bible translation that I'm using is the revised standard version, second Catholic
0:34.5	edition, and I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. You can use and follow along with whatever Bible translation you find most helpful.
0:41.5	To download your Bible in a year reading plan, so you can know what Day 54 was and what
0:46.0	day 56 is going to be, you can go to Ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year and download that
0:52.0	for free. You also can subscribe in your podcast app to receive daily episodes.
0:56.8	Now, let's get a context for the Book of Numbers and for Deuteronomy.
1:00.2	Remember, Numbers is taking place at the very beginning of the Desert Wandering.
1:04.2	They have not yet begun the Desert Wandering yet because they have not yet been challenged to go up to take the promised land yet. So this is only
1:11.4	13 months. This is only the second year after the people of Israel have been set free from slavery.
1:16.3	So that's the beginning of the desert wanderings while the book of Deuteronomy happens 38 years
1:21.0	later after all of the desert wanderings. And so Moses is giving his final speech before he goes off to be with the Lord and he dies.
1:30.2	So keep that in mind as we hear from Numbers and the story of more issues about census with the Levites,
1:36.7	as well as Deuteronomy where we hear about the rules that Moses is giving the people of Israel after all of their trials and their unfaithfulness
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