40 DAYS IN THE WORD
EASTER BIBLE READING PLAN
Here’s a 40-Day Reading Plan focusing on Passover themes, incorporating both the Old and New Testaments. It traces the story of redemption, from the first Passover in Egypt to Jesus, the ultimate Passover Lamb.
The Need for Redemption
1. Genesis 3:1-24
The Fall and the need for a Saviour
2. Genesis 22:1-19
Abraham and Isaac: A foreshadowing of the Lamb
3. Exodus 1:1-22
Israel’s oppression in Egypt
4. Exodus 3:1-22
God calls Moses to deliver His people
5. Exodus 6:1-13
God promises deliverance
6. Exodus 7:1-13
Confrontation with Pharaoh
7. Exodus 11:1-10
The final plague foretold
The First Passover
8. Exodus 12:1-30
The first Passover and the blood of the lamb
9. Exodus 12:31-51
The Exodus begins
10. Exodus 14:1-31
Crossing the Red Sea
11. Exodus 16:1-36
Manna from heaven
12. Exodus 19:1-25
Israel at Mount Sinai
13. Exodus 20:1-21
The Ten Commandments
14. Leviticus 23:1-8
The Feast of Passover instituted
Christ in the Old Testament
15. Psalm 22:1-31
The suffering of the Messiah
16. Isaiah 53:1-12
The suffering servant
17. Jeremiah 31:31-34
The promise of a new covenant
18. Zechariah 9:9-17
The coming King
19. Malachi 3:1-6
The messenger and the refining fire
20. John 1:29-42
Jesus, the Lamb of God
21. John 6:25-59
Jesus, the Bread of Life
Jesus and the Passover
22. Matthew 21:1-17
The Triumphal Entry
23. Matthew 26:1-30
The Last Supper
24. Luke 22:7-34
Jesus institutes the New Covenant
25. John 13:1-38
Jesus washes the disciples’ feet
26. John 14:1-31
Jesus prepares a place for us
27. John 18:1-40
Jesus is betrayed and arrested
28. John 19:1-42
The crucifixion of the Passover Lamb
The Victory of the Lamb
29. Matthew 28:1-20
The resurrection of Jesus
30. Luke 24:13-49
Jesus on the road to Emmaus
31. John 20:19-31
Jesus appears to the disciples
32. Acts 2:1-41
Pentecost: The Holy Spirit given
33. Romans 5:1-21
Justification through Christ’s blood
34. 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
Christ, our Passover Lamb
35. Hebrews 9:11-28
Jesus, the perfect sacrifice
Living in the Power of the Resurrection
36. Hebrews 10:1-25
The new and living way
37. 1 Peter 1:13-25
Be holy as He is holy
38. Revelation 5:1-14
The Lamb who was slain is worthy
39. Revelation 19:1-10
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
40. Revelation 21:1-8
The new heaven and new earth
