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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 10:16 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday March 2 > Deuteronomy 31-34 (The Message) > > Deuteronomy 31 > > The Charge > 1-2Moses went on and addressed these words to all Israel. He said, "I'm > 120 years old today. I > can't get about as I used to. And God told me, 'You're not > going to cross this Jordan River.' 3-5 "God, your God, will cross the > river ahead of you and destroy > the nations in your path so that you may dispossess > them. (And Joshua will cross the river before you, as God said he would.) > God will give the nations > the same treatment he gave the kings of the Amorites, > Sihon and Og, and their land; he'll destroy them. God will hand the > nations over to you, and you'll > treat them exactly as I have commanded you. > > 6 "Be strong. Take courage. Don't be intimidated. Don't give them a second > thought because God, > your God, is striding ahead of you. He's right there with > you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you." > > 7-8 Then Moses summoned Joshua. He said to him with all Israel watching, > "Be strong. Take courage. > You will enter the land with this people, this land > that God promised their ancestors that he'd give them. You will make them > the proud possessors of > it. God is striding ahead of you. He's right there with > you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you. Don't be intimidated. > Don't worry." > > 9-13 Moses wrote out this Revelation and gave it to the priests, the sons > of Levi, who carried the > Chest of the Covenant of God, and to all the leaders > of Israel. And he gave these orders: "At the end of every seven years, the > Year-All-Debts-Are-Canceled, during the pilgrim Festival of Booths when > everyone > in Israel comes to appear in the Presence of God, your God, at the place > he designates, read out > this Revelation to all Israel, with everyone listening. > Gather the people together-men, women, children, and the foreigners living > among you-so they can > listen well, so they may learn to live in holy awe before > God, your God, and diligently keep everything in this Revelation. And do > this so that their > children, who don't yet know all this, will also listen and > learn to live in holy awe before God, your God, for as long as you live on > the land that you are > crossing over the Jordan to possess." > > 14-15 God spoke to Moses: "You are about to die. So call Joshua. Meet me > in the Tent of Meeting so > that I can commission him." > > So Moses and Joshua went and stationed themselves in the Tent of > Meeting. God appeared in the > Tent in a Pillar of Cloud. The Cloud was near the entrance > of the Tent of Meeting. > > 16-18 God spoke to Moses: "You're about to die and be buried with your > ancestors. You'll no sooner > be in the grave than this people will be up and whoring > after the foreign gods of this country that they are entering. They will > abandon me and violate my > Covenant that I've made with them. I'll get angry, oh > so angry! I'll walk off and leave them on their own, won't so much as look > back at them. Then many > calamities and disasters will devastate them because > they are defenseless. They'll say, 'Isn't it because our God wasn't here > that all this evil has come > upon us?' But I'll stay out of their lives, keep looking > the other way because of all their evil: they took up with other gods! > > 19-21 "But for right now, copy down this song and teach the People of > Israel to sing it by heart. > They'll have it then as my witness against them. When > I bring them into the land that I promised to their ancestors, a land > flowing with milk and honey, > and they eat and become full and get fat and then begin > fooling around with other gods and worshiping them, and then things start > falling apart, many > terrible things happening, this song will be there with them > as a witness to who they are and what went wrong. Their children won't > forget this song; they'll be > singing it. Don't think I don't know what they are > already scheming to do, and they're not even in the land yet, this land I > promised them." > > 22 So Moses wrote down this song that very day and taught it to the People > of Israel. > > 23 Then God commanded Joshua son of Nun saying, "Be strong. Take courage. > You will lead the People > of Israel into the land I promised to give them. And > I'll be right there with you." > > 24-26 After Moses had finished writing down the words of this Revelation > in a book, right down to > the last word, he ordered the Levites who were responsible > for carrying the Chest of the Covenant of God, saying, "Take this Book of > Revelation and place it > alongside the Chest of the Covenant of God, your God. > Keep it there as a witness. > > 27-29 "I know what rebels you are, how stubborn and willful you can be. > Even today, while I'm still > alive and present with you, you're rebellious against > God. How much worse when I've died! So gather the leaders of the tribes > and the officials here. I > have something I need to say directly to them with Heaven > and Earth as witnesses. I know that after I die you're going to make a > mess of things, abandoning > the way I commanded, inviting all kinds of evil consequences > in the days ahead. You're determined to do evil in defiance of God-I know > you are-deliberately > provoking his anger by what you do." > > 30 So with everyone in Israel gathered and listening, Moses taught them > the words of this song, > from start to finish. > > Deuteronomy 32 > > The Song > 1-5 Listen, Heavens, I have something to tell you. Attention, Earth, I've > got a mouth full of > words. My teaching, let it fall like a gentle rain, > my words arrive like morning dew, > Like a sprinkling rain on new grass, > like spring showers on the garden. > For it's God's Name I'm preaching- > respond to the greatness of our God! > The Rock: His works are perfect, > and the way he works is fair and just; > A God you can depend upon, no exceptions, > a straight-arrow God. > His messed-up, mixed-up children, his non-children, > throw mud at him but none of it sticks. > > 6-7 Don't you realize it is God you are treating like this? > This is crazy; don't you have any sense of reverence? > Isn't this your father who created you, > who made you and gave you a place on Earth? > Read up on what happened before you were born; > dig into the past, understand your roots. > Ask your parents what it was like before you were born; > ask the old-ones, they'll tell you a thing or two. > > 8-9 When the High God gave the nations their stake, > gave them their place on Earth, > He put each of the peoples within boundaries > under the care of divine guardians. > But God himself took charge of his people, > took Jacob on as his personal concern. > > 10-14 He found him out in the wilderness, > in an empty, windswept wasteland. > He threw his arms around him, lavished attention on him, > guarding him as the apple of his eye. > He was like an eagle hovering over its nest, > overshadowing its young, > Then spreading its wings, lifting them into the air, > teaching them to fly. > God alone led him; > there was not a foreign god in sight. > God lifted him onto the hilltops, > so he could feast on the crops in the fields. > He fed him honey from the rock, > oil from granite crags, > Curds of cattle and the milk of sheep, > the choice cuts of lambs and goats, > Fine Bashan rams, high-quality wheat, > and the blood of grapes: you drank good wine! > > 15-18 Jeshurun put on weight and bucked; > you got fat, became obese, a tub of lard. > He abandoned the God who made him, > he mocked the Rock of his salvation. > They made him jealous with their foreign newfangled gods, > and with obscenities they vexed him no end. > They sacrificed to no-god demons, > gods they knew nothing about, > The latest in gods, fresh from the market, > gods your ancestors would never call "gods." > You walked out on the Rock who gave you your life, > forgot the birth-God who brought you into the world. > > 19-25 God saw it and turned on his heel, > angered and hurt by his sons and daughters. > He said, "From now on I'm looking the other way. > Wait and see what happens to them. > Oh, they're a turned-around, upside-down generation! > Who knows what they'll do from one moment to the next? > They've goaded me with their no-gods, > infuriated me with their hot-air gods; > I'm going to goad them with a no-people, > with a hollow nation incense them. > My anger started a fire, > a wildfire burning deep down in Sheol, > Then shooting up and devouring the Earth and its crops, > setting all the mountains, from bottom to top, on fire. > I'll pile catastrophes on them, > I'll shoot my arrows at them: > Starvation, blistering heat, killing disease; > I'll send snarling wild animals to attack from the forest > and venomous creatures to strike from the dust. > Killing in the streets, > terror in the houses, > Young men and virgins alike struck down, > and yes, breast-feeding babies and gray-haired old men." > > 26-27 I could have said, "I'll hack them to pieces, > wipe out all trace of them from the Earth," > Except that I feared the enemy would grab the chance > to take credit for all of it, > Crowing, "Look what we did! > God had nothing to do with this." > > 28-33 They are a nation of ninnies, > they don't know enough to come in out of the rain. > If they had any sense at all, they'd know this; > they would see what's coming down the road. > How could one soldier chase a thousand enemies off, > or two men run off two thousand, > Unless their Rock had sold them, > unless God had given them away? > For their rock is nothing compared to our Rock; > even our enemies say that. > They're a vine that comes right out of Sodom, > who they are is rooted in Gomorrah; > Their grapes are poison grapes, > their grape-clusters bitter. > Their wine is rattlesnake venom, > mixed with lethal cobra poison. > > 34-35 Don't you realize that I have my shelves > well stocked, locked behind iron doors? > I'm in charge of vengeance and payback, > just waiting for them to slip up; > And the day of their doom is just around the corner, > sudden and swift and sure. > > 36-38 Yes, God will judge his people, > but oh how compassionately he'll do it. > When he sees their weakened plight > and there is no one left, slave or free, > He'll say, "So where are their gods, > the rock in which they sought refuge, > The gods who feasted on the fat of their sacrifices > and drank the wine of their drink-offerings? > Let them show their stuff and help you, > let them give you a hand! > > 39-42 "Do you see it now? Do you see that I'm the one? > Do you see that there's no other god beside me? > I bring death and I give life, I wound and I heal- > there is no getting away from or around me! > I raise my hand in solemn oath; > I say, 'I'm always around. By that very life I promise: > When I sharpen my lightning sword > and execute judgment, > I take vengeance on my enemies > and pay back those who hate me. > I'll make my arrows drunk with blood, > my sword will gorge itself on flesh, > Feasting on slain and captive alike, > the proud and vain enemy corpses.'" > > 43 Celebrate, nations, join the praise of his people. > He avenges the deaths of his servants, > Pays back his enemies with vengeance, > and cleanses his land for his people. > > 44-47 Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of > the people, he and Joshua > son of Nun. When Moses had finished saying all these > words to all Israel, he said, "Take to heart all these words to which I > give witness today and > urgently command your children to put them into practice, > every single word of this Revelation. Yes. This is no small matter for > you; it's your life. In > keeping this word you'll have a good and long life in this > land that you're crossing the Jordan to possess." > > 48-50 That same day God spoke to Moses: "Climb the Abarim Mountains to > Mount Nebo in the land of > Moab, overlooking Jericho, and view the land of Canaan > that I'm giving the People of Israel to have and hold. Die on the mountain > that you climb and join > your people in the ground, just as your brother Aaron > died on Mount Hor and joined his people. > > 51-52 "This is because you broke faith with me in the company of the > People of Israel at the Waters > of Meribah Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin-you didn't > honor my Holy Presence in the company of the People of Israel. You'll look > at the land spread out > before you but you won't enter it, this land that I am > giving to the People of Israel." > > Deuteronomy 33 > > The Blessing > 1-5 Moses, man of God, blessed the People of Israel with this blessing > before his death. He said, > God came down from Sinai, > he dawned from Seir upon them; > He radiated light from Mount Paran, > coming with ten thousand holy angels > And tongues of fire > streaming from his right hand. > Oh, how you love the people, > all his holy ones are palmed in your left hand. > They sit at your feet, > honoring your teaching, > The Revelation commanded by Moses, > as the assembly of Jacob's inheritance. > Thus God became king in Jeshurun > as the leaders and tribes of Israel gathered. > > 6 Reuben: > "Let Reuben live and not die, > but just barely, in diminishing numbers." > > 7 Judah: > "Listen, God, to the Voice of Judah, > bring him to his people; > Strengthen his grip, > be his helper against his foes." > > 8-11 Levi: > "Let your Thummim and Urim > belong to your loyal saint; > The one you tested at Massah, > whom you fought with at the Waters of Meribah, > Who said of his father and mother, > 'I no longer recognize them.' > He turned his back on his brothers > and neglected his children, > Because he was guarding your sayings > and watching over your Covenant. > Let him teach your rules to Jacob > and your Revelation to Israel, > Let him keep the incense rising to your nostrils > and the Whole-Burnt-Offerings on your Altar. > God bless his commitment, > stamp your seal of approval on what he does; > Disable the loins of those who defy him, > make sure we've heard the last from those who hate him." > > 12 Benjamin: > "God's beloved; > God's permanent residence. > Encircled by God all day long, > within whom God is at home." > > 13-17 Joseph: > "Blessed by God be his land: > The best fresh dew from high heaven, > and fountains springing from the depths; > The best radiance streaming from the sun > and the best the moon has to offer; > Beauty pouring off the tops of the mountains > and the best from the everlasting hills; > The best of Earth's exuberant gifts, > the smile of the Burning-Bush Dweller. > All this on the head of Joseph, > on the brow of the consecrated one among his brothers. > In splendor he's like a firstborn bull, > his horns the horns of a wild ox; > He'll gore the nations with those horns, > push them all to the ends of the Earth. > Ephraim by the ten thousands will do this, > Manasseh by the thousands will do this." > > 18-19 Zebulun and Issachar: > "Celebrate, Zebulun, as you go out, > and Issachar, as you stay home. > They'll invite people to the Mountain > and offer sacrifices of right worship, > For they will have hauled riches in from the sea > and gleaned treasures from the beaches." > > 20-21 Gad: > "Blessed is he who makes Gad large. > Gad roams like a lion, > tears off an arm, rips open a skull. > He took one look and grabbed the best place for himself, > the portion just made for someone in charge. > He took his place at the head, > carried out God's right ways > and his rules for life in Israel." > > 22 Dan: > "Dan is a lion's cub > leaping out of Bashan." > > 23 Naphtali: > "Naphtali brims with blessings, > spills over with God's blessings > As he takes possession > of the sea and southland." > > 24-25 Asher: > "Asher, best blessed of the sons! > May he be the favorite of his brothers, > his feet massaged in oil. > Safe behind iron-clad doors and gates, > your strength like iron as long as you live." > > 26-28 There is none like God, Jeshurun, > riding to your rescue through the skies, > his dignity haloed by clouds. > The ancient God is home > on a foundation of everlasting arms. > He drove out the enemy before you > and commanded, "Destroy!" > Israel lived securely, > the fountain of Jacob undisturbed > In grain and wine country > and, oh yes, his heavens drip dew. > > 29 Lucky Israel! Who has it as good as you? > A people saved by God! > The Shield who defends you, > the Sword who brings triumph. > Your enemies will come crawling on their bellies > and you'll march on their backs. > > Deuteronomy 34 > > The Death of Moses > 1-3 Moses climbed from the Plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the > peak of Pisgah facing Jericho. God showed him all the land from Gilead to > Dan, all Naphtali, > Ephraim, and Manasseh; all Judah reaching to the Mediterranean > Sea; the Negev and the plains which encircle Jericho, City of Palms, as > far south as Zoar. > > 4 Then and there God said to him, "This is the land I promised to your > ancestors, to Abraham, > Isaac, and Jacob with the words 'I will give it to your descendants.' > I've let you see it with your own eyes. There it is. But you're not going > to go in." > > 5-6 Moses died there in the land of Moab, Moses the servant of God, just > as God said. God buried > him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor. > No one knows his burial site to this very day. > > 7-8 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still > walked with a spring in > his step. The People of Israel wept for Moses in the > Plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for > Moses came to an end. > > 9 Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had > laid his hands on him. > The People of Israel listened obediently to him and did > the same as when God had commanded Moses. > > 10-12 No prophet has risen since in Israel like Moses, whom God knew > face-to-face. Never since has > there been anything like the signs and miracle-wonders > that God sent him to do in Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to > all his land-nothing to > compare with that all-powerful hand of his and all the > great and terrible things Moses did as every eye in Israel watched. > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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