The Daily Bible: New International Version (NIV), multi-colored paperback by F. Lagard Smith (Editor)

Great for First Time Bibleby Paula65

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March 23, 2009: If you have made other attempts at reading the Bible from start to finish and have found yourself struggling to keep up and/or get through it I would suggest you try this one. I have other Bibles but find this one has been particularly helpful in breaking it down to small daily readings. It's compact size makes it quiet portable too.

A great encouragement to keep on reading thru the Bible on a daily basis! The organization by subjecby Yeshua-Lover

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February 22, 2009: As with any commentary, one must be careful. I believe in inductive Bible study where we let scripture interpret scripture and discover truth for ourselves. However, after doing this, it is often helpful to read commentaries. But, only after one has thoroughly studied The Word personally and let the Holy Spirit teach us should we consult commentaries.

Since I have studied the Feasts of the Lord for several years now, I was disturbed with the February 20 reading. I could not find on-line how to contact the author, but would like to address my concerns.

I believe in item #2. "Feast of Weeks (Harvest or Firstfruits)", that 2 Feasts are being erroneously combined here. I agree that the Feast of Weeks (or Pentacost as is known today by Christians today)is one of the 3 "major" feasts when the Lord required Israelites to go to Jerusalem. However, Feast of Firstfruits is not the same feast. It is celebrated earlier... see Leviticus 23.

There are 7 Feasts of the Lord... 3 in the spring, then 50 days later Pentacost or Feast of Weeks and then 3 feasts in the fall. SPRING: Passover, Unleavened Bread & 1st Fruits pointed forward to Jesus as our perfect Lamb, He was sinless (unleavened bread), and He arose on the 3rd day (1st Fruits of our resurrection); then Pentacost (Holy Spirit comes upon the believers & also could represent the Church of Jews and Gentiles with the 2 loaves of leavened bread), then in the FALL: Trumpets (points to the time when the last trump will sound and Jesus will return), Yom Kippur (Zech 12: all the tribes will mourn when they see Him), and Sukkot (see Zech 14... all the nations will come up to Jerusalem to celebrate this and Jesus will physically "Tabernacle" with us in the flesh.