Day 58: November 12, 2026 – Acts 25-28, Psalm 2 and Proverbs 26

We finish up with the story of Paul in the Bible. He is brought to Rome after a very circuitous route. He should have lost hundreds of people on the ship with him, but he saw a vision where the Lord told him not one would be lost. As a result he was able to lead even as he was a prisoner himself. He gets to Rome and explains what his situation is, but the book of Acts ends in a way that does not really give us any answers as to what happens to Paul. We assume that he dies in Rome, although we do not know that for sure and it is not mentioned anywhere in Scripture. Remember, Paul is the one who wrote most of the New Testament. He is a significant figure in Scripture not because he is in any way the Messiah, or even a leader in the church, Peter would have taken that role, but because he was so assiduous in his faith and in his planting of the churches.

Psalm 2 and the chapter in Proverbs gives us insight to important guidelines on how we should act. It is filled with moral teachings on how our ethics ought to reflect the ethic that we find in Scripture. Paul’s teachings remind us of the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus. The teachings in Psalms and Proverbs remind us what that looks like.