O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday July 21 > Isaiah 4-6 (The Message) > > Isaiah 4 > 1 That will be the day when seven women will gang up on one man, saying, > "We'll take care of > ourselves, > get our own food and clothes. > Just give us a child. Make us pregnant > so we'll have something to live for!" > God's Branch > 2-4And that's when God's Branch will sprout green and lush. The produce of > the country will give > Israel's survivors something to be proud of again. Oh, they'll hold their > heads high! Everyone left > behind in Zion, all the discards and rejects in Jerusalem, will be > reclassified as "holy"-alive and > therefore precious. God will give Zion's women a good bath. He'll scrub > the bloodstained city of its > violence and brutality, purge the place with a firestorm of judgment. > 5-6Then God will bring back the ancient pillar of cloud by day and the > pillar of fire by night and > mark Mount Zion and everyone in it with his glorious presence, his > immense, protective presence, > shade from the burning sun and shelter from the driving rain. > > Isaiah 5 > Looking for a Crop of Justice > 1-2 I'll sing a ballad to the one I love, a love ballad about his > vineyard: The one I love had a > vineyard, a fine, well-placed vineyard. > He hoed the soil and pulled the weeds, > and planted the very best vines. > He built a lookout, built a winepress, > a vineyard to be proud of. > He looked for a vintage yield of grapes, > but for all his pains he got junk grapes. > 3-4"Now listen to what I'm telling you, > you who live in Jerusalem and Judah. > What do you think is going on > between me and my vineyard? > Can you think of anything I could have done > to my vineyard that I didn't do? > When I expected good grapes, > why did I get bitter grapes? > > 5-6"Well now, let me tell you > what I'll do to my vineyard: > I'll tear down its fence > and let it go to ruin. > I'll knock down the gate > and let it be trampled. > I'll turn it into a patch of weeds, untended, uncared for- > thistles and thorns will take over. > I'll give orders to the clouds: > 'Don't rain on that vineyard, ever!'" > > 7Do you get it? The vineyard of God-of-the-Angel-Armies > is the country of Israel. > All the men and women of Judah > are the garden he was so proud of. > He looked for a crop of justice > and saw them murdering each other. > He looked for a harvest of righteousness > and heard only the moans of victims. > > You Who Call Evil Good and Good Evil > 8-10Doom to you who buy up all the houses > and grab all the land for yourselves- > Evicting the old owners, > posting no trespassing signs, > Taking over the country, > leaving everyone homeless and landless. > I overheard God-of-the-Angel-Armies say: > "Those mighty houses will end up empty. > Those extravagant estates will be deserted. > A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine, > a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain." > 11-17Doom to those who get up early > and start drinking booze before breakfast, > Who stay up all hours of the night > drinking themselves into a stupor. > They make sure their banquets are well-furnished > with harps and flutes and plenty of wine, > But they'll have nothing to do with the work of God, > pay no mind to what he is doing. > Therefore my people will end up in exile > because they don't know the score. > Their "big men" will starve to death > and the common people die of thirst. > Sheol developed a huge appetite, > swallowing people nonstop! > Big people and little people alike > down that gullet, to say nothing of all the drunks. > The down-and-out on a par > with the high-and-mighty, > Windbag boasters crumpled, > flaccid as a punctured bladder. > But by working justice, > God-of-the-Angel-Armies will be a mountain. > By working righteousness, > Holy God will show what "holy" is. > And lambs will graze > as if they owned the place, > Kids and calves > right at home in the ruins. > > 18-19Doom to you who use lies to sell evil, > who haul sin to market by the truckload, > Who say, "What's God waiting for? > Let him get a move on so we can see it. > Whatever The Holy of Israel has cooked up, > we'd like to check it out." > > 20Doom to you who call evil good > and good evil, > Who put darkness in place of light > and light in place of darkness, > Who substitute bitter for sweet > and sweet for bitter! > > 21-23Doom to you who think you're so smart, > who hold such a high opinion of yourselves! > All you're good at is drinking-champion boozers > who collect trophies from drinking bouts > And then line your pockets with bribes from the guilty > while you violate the rights of the innocent. > > 24But they won't get by with it. As fire eats stubble > and dry grass goes up in smoke, > Their souls will atrophy, > their achievements crumble into dust, > Because they said no to the revelation > of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, > Would have nothing to do > with The Holy of Israel. > > 25-30That's why God flamed out in anger against his people, > reached out and knocked them down. > The mountains trembled > as their dead bodies piled up in the streets. > But even after that, he was still angry, > his fist still raised, ready to hit them again. > He raises a flag, signaling a distant nation, > whistles for people at the ends of the earth. > And here they come- > on the run! > None drag their feet, no one stumbles, > no one sleeps or dawdles. > Shirts are on and pants buckled, > every boot is spit-polished and tied. > Their arrows are sharp, > bows strung, > The hooves of their horses shod, > chariot wheels greased. > Roaring like a pride of lions, > the full-throated roars of young lions, > They growl and seize their prey, > dragging it off-no rescue for that one! > They'll roar and roar and roar on that Day, > like the roar of ocean billows. > Look as long and hard as you like at that land, > you'll see nothing but darkness and trouble. > Every light in the sky > will be blacked out by the clouds. > > Isaiah 6 > Holy, Holy, Holy! > 1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Master sitting on a > throne-high, exalted!-and the > train of his robes filled the Temple. Angel-seraphs hovered above him, > each with six wings. With two > wings they covered their faces, with two their feet, and with two they > flew. And they called back > and forth one to the other, > > Holy, Holy, Holy is God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > His bright glory fills the whole earth. > The foundations trembled at the sound of the angel voices, and then the > whole house filled with > smoke. I said, > "Doom! It's Doomsday! > I'm as good as dead! > Every word I've ever spoken is tainted- > blasphemous even! > And the people I live with talk the same way, > using words that corrupt and desecrate. > And here I've looked God in the face! > The King! God-of-the-Angel-Armies!" > Then one of the angel-seraphs flew to me. He held a live coal that he had > taken with tongs from the > altar. He touched my mouth with the coal and said, > > "Look. This coal has touched your lips. > Gone your guilt, > your sins wiped out." > And then I heard the voice of the Master: > "Whom shall I send? > Who will go for us?" > I spoke up, > "I'll go. > Send me!" > > 9-10He said, "Go and tell this people: > > "'Listen hard, but you aren't going to get it; > look hard, but you won't catch on.' > Make these people blockheads, > with fingers in their ears and blindfolds on their eyes, > So they won't see a thing, > won't hear a word, > So they won't have a clue about what's going on > and, yes, so they won't turn around and be made whole." > > 11-13Astonished, I said, > "And Master, how long is this to go on?" > He said, "Until the cities are emptied out, > not a soul left in the cities- > Houses empty of people, > countryside empty of people. > Until I, God, get rid of everyone, sending them off, > the land totally empty. > And even if some should survive, say a tenth, > the devastation will start up again. > The country will look like pine and oak forest > with every tree cut down- > Every tree a stump, a huge field of stumps. > But there's a holy seed in those stumps." > > > > > > > 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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