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: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:11 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday July 29 > Day 210 > > Isaiah 28-30 (The Message) > > Isaiah 28 > God Will Speak in Baby Talk > 1-4 Doom to the pretentious drunks of Ephraim, shabby and washed out and > seedy- > Tipsy, sloppy-fat, beer-bellied parodies > of a proud and handsome past. > Watch closely: God has someone picked out, > someone tough and strong to flatten them. > Like a hailstorm, like a hurricane, like a flash flood, > one-handed he'll throw them to the ground. > Samaria, the party hat on Israel's head, > will be knocked off with one blow. > It will disappear quicker than > a piece of meat tossed to a dog. > 5-6At that time, God-of-the-Angel-Armies will be > the beautiful crown on the head of what's left of his people: > Energy and insights of justice to those who guide and decide, > strength and prowess to those who guard and protect. > > 7-8These also, the priest and prophet, stagger from drink, > weaving, falling-down drunks, > Besotted with wine and whiskey, > can't see straight, can't talk sense. > Every table is covered with vomit. > They live in vomit. > > 9-10"Is that so? And who do you think you are to teach us? > Who are you to lord it over us? > We're not babies in diapers > to be talked down to by such as you- > 'Da, da, da, da, > blah, blah, blah, blah. > That's a good little girl, > that's a good little boy.'" > > 11-12But that's exactly how you will be addressed. > God will speak to this people > In baby talk, one syllable at a time- > and he'll do it through foreign oppressors. > He said before, "This is the time and place to rest, > to give rest to the weary. > This is the place to lay down your burden." > But they won't listen. > > 13So God will start over with the simple basics > and address them in baby talk, one syllable at a time- > "Da, da, da, da, > blah, blah, blah, blah. > That's a good little girl, > that's a good little boy." > And like toddlers, they will get up and fall down, > get bruised and confused and lost. > > 14-15Now listen to God's Message, you scoffers, > you who rule this people in Jerusalem. > You say, "We've taken out good life insurance. > We've hedged all our bets, covered all our bases. > No disaster can touch us. We've thought of everything. > We're advised by the experts. We're set." > > The Meaning of the Stone > 16-17But the Master, God, has something to say to this: > "Watch closely. I'm laying a foundation in Zion, > a solid granite foundation, squared and true. > And this is the meaning of the stone: > a trusting life won't topple. > I'll make justice the measuring stick > and righteousness the plumb line for the building. > A hailstorm will knock down the shantytown of lies, > and a flash flood will wash out the rubble. > > 18-22"Then you'll see that your precious life insurance policy > wasn't worth the paper it was written on. > Your careful precautions against death > were a pack of illusions and lies. > When the disaster happens, > you'll be crushed by it. > Every time disaster comes, you'll be in on it- > disaster in the morning, disaster at night." > Every report of disaster > will send you cowering in terror. > There will be no place where you can rest, > nothing to hide under. > God will rise to full stature, > raging as he did long ago on Mount Perazim > And in the valley of Gibeon against the Philistines. > But this time it's against you. > Hard to believe, but true. > Not what you'd expect, but it's coming. > Sober up, friends, and don't scoff. > Scoffing will just make it worse. > I've heard the orders issued for destruction, orders from > God-of-the-Angel-Armies-ending up in an international disaster. > > 23-26Listen to me now. > Give me your closest attention. > Do farmers plow and plow and do nothing but plow? > Or harrow and harrow and do nothing but harrow? > After they've prepared the ground, don't they plant? > Don't they scatter dill and spread cumin, > Plant wheat and barley in the fields > and raspberries along the borders? > They know exactly what to do and when to do it. > Their God is their teacher. > > 27-29And at the harvest, the delicate herbs and spices, > the dill and cumin, are treated delicately. > On the other hand, wheat is threshed and milled, but still not endlessly. > The farmer knows how to treat each kind of grain. > He's learned it all from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, > who knows everything about when and how and where. > > Isaiah 29 > Blind Yourselves So That You See Nothing > 1-4 Doom, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David set camp! > Let the years add up, > let the festivals run their cycles, > But I'm not letting up on Jerusalem. > The moaning and groaning will continue. > Jerusalem to me is an Ariel. > Like David, I'll set up camp against you. > I'll set siege, build towers, > bring in siege engines, build siege ramps. > Driven into the ground, you'll speak, > you'll mumble words from the dirt- > Your voice from the ground, like the muttering of a ghost. > Your speech will whisper from the dust. > 5-8But it will be your enemies who are beaten to dust, > the mob of tyrants who will be blown away like chaff. > Because, surprise, as if out of nowhere, > a visit from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, > With thunderclaps, earthquakes, and earsplitting noise, > backed up by hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning strikes, > And the mob of enemies at war with Ariel, > all who trouble and hassle and torment her, > will turn out to be a bad dream, a nightmare. > Like a hungry man dreaming he's eating steak > and wakes up hungry as ever, > Like a thirsty woman dreaming she's drinking iced tea > and wakes up thirsty as ever, > So that mob of nations at war against Mount Zion > will wake up and find they haven't shot an arrow, > haven't killed a single soul. > > 9-10Drug yourselves so you feel nothing. > Blind yourselves so you see nothing. > Get drunk, but not on wine. > Black out, but not from whiskey. > For God has rocked you into a deep, deep sleep, > put the discerning prophets to sleep, > put the farsighted seers to sleep. > > You Have Everything Backward > 11-12What you've been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed > envelope. If you give it to > someone who can read and tell her, "Read this," she'll say, "I can't. The > envelope is sealed." And > if you give it to someone who can't read and tell him, "Read this," he'll > say, "I can't read." > 13-14The Master said: > > "These people make a big show of saying the right thing, > but their hearts aren't in it. > Because they act like they're worshiping me > but don't mean it, > I'm going to step in and shock them awake, > astonish them, stand them on their ears. > The wise ones who had it all figured out > will be exposed as fools. > The smart people who thought they knew everything > will turn out to know nothing." > > 15-16Doom to you! You pretend to have the inside track. > You shut God out and work behind the scenes, > Plotting the future as if you knew everything, > acting mysterious, never showing your hand. > You have everything backward! > You treat the potter as a lump of clay. > Does a book say to its author, > "He didn't write a word of me"? > Does a meal say to the woman who cooked it, > "She had nothing to do with this"? > > 17-21And then before you know it, > and without you having anything to do with it, > Wasted Lebanon will be transformed into lush gardens, > and Mount Carmel reforested. > At that time the deaf will hear > word-for-word what's been written. > After a lifetime in the dark, > the blind will see. > The castoffs of society will be laughing and dancing in God, > the down-and-outs shouting praise to The Holy of Israel. > For there'll be no more gangs on the street. > Cynical scoffers will be an extinct species. > Those who never missed a chance to hurt or demean > will never be heard of again: > Gone the people who corrupted the courts, > gone the people who cheated the poor, > gone the people who victimized the innocent. > > 22-24And finally this, God's Message for the family of Jacob, > the same God who redeemed Abraham: > "No longer will Jacob hang his head in shame, > no longer grow gaunt and pale with waiting. > For he's going to see his children, > my personal gift to him-lots of children. > And these children will honor me > by living holy lives. > In holy worship they'll honor the Holy One of Jacob > and stand in holy awe of the God of Israel. > Those who got off-track will get back on-track, > and complainers and whiners learn gratitude." > > Isaiah 30 > All Show, No Substance > 1-5 "Doom, rebel children!" God's Decree. > "You make plans, but not mine. > You make deals, but not in my Spirit. > You pile sin on sin, > one sin on top of another, > Going off to Egypt > without so much as asking me, > Running off to Pharaoh for protection, > expecting to hide out in Egypt. > Well, some protection Pharaoh will be! > Some hideout, Egypt! > They look big and important, true, > with officials strategically established in > Zoan in the north and Hanes in the south, > but there's nothing to them. > Anyone stupid enough to trust them > will end up looking stupid- > All show, no substance, > an embarrassing farce." > 6-7And this note on the animals of the Negev > encountered on the road to Egypt: > A most dangerous, treacherous route, > menaced by lions and deadly snakes. > And you're going to lug all your stuff down there, > your donkeys and camels loaded down with bribes, > Thinking you can buy protection > from that hollow farce of a nation? > Egypt is all show, no substance. > My name for her is Toothless Dragon. > > This Is a Rebel Generation > 8-11So, go now and write all this down. > Put it in a book > So that the record will be there > to instruct the coming generations, > Because this is a rebel generation, > a people who lie, > A people unwilling to listen > to anything God tells them. > They tell their spiritual leaders, > "Don't bother us with irrelevancies." > They tell their preachers, > "Don't waste our time on impracticalities. > Tell us what makes us feel better. > Don't bore us with obsolete religion. > That stuff means nothing to us. > Quit hounding us with The Holy of Israel." > 12-14Therefore, The Holy of Israel says this: > "Because you scorn this Message, > Preferring to live by injustice > and shape your lives on lies, > This perverse way of life > will be like a towering, badly built wall > That slowly, slowly tilts and shifts, > and then one day, without warning, collapses- > Smashed to bits like a piece of pottery, > smashed beyond recognition or repair, > Useless, a pile of debris > to be swept up and thrown in the trash." > > God Takes the Time to Do Everything Right > 15-17God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, > has this solemn counsel: > "Your salvation requires you to turn back to me > and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. > Your strength will come from settling down > in complete dependence on me- > The very thing > you've been unwilling to do. > You've said, 'Nothing doing! We'll rush off on horseback!' > You'll rush off, all right! Just not far enough! > You've said, 'We'll ride off on fast horses!' > Do you think your pursuers ride old nags? > Think again: A thousand of you will scatter before one attacker. > Before a mere five you'll all run off. > There'll be nothing left of you- > a flagpole on a hill with no flag, > a signpost on a roadside with the sign torn off." > 18But God's not finished. He's waiting around to be gracious to you. > He's gathering strength to show mercy to you. > God takes the time to do everything right-everything. > Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. > > 19-22Oh yes, people of Zion, citizens of Jerusalem, your time of tears is > over. Cry for help and > you'll find it's grace and more grace. The moment he hears, he'll answer. > Just as the Master kept > you alive during the hard times, he'll keep your teacher alive and present > among you. Your teacher > will be right there, local and on the job, urging you on whenever you > wander left or right: "This is > the right road. Walk down this road." You'll scrap your expensive and > fashionable god-images. You'll > throw them in the trash as so much garbage, saying, "Good riddance!" > > 23-26God will provide rain for the seeds you sow. The grain that grows > will be abundant. Your > cattle will range far and wide. Oblivious to war and earthquake, the oxen > and donkeys you use for > hauling and plowing will be fed well near running brooks that flow freely > from mountains and hills. > Better yet, on the Day God heals his people of the wounds and bruises from > the time of punishment, > moonlight will flare into sunlight, and sunlight, like a whole week of > sunshine at once, will flood > the land. > > 27-28Look, God's on his way, > and from a long way off! > Smoking with anger, > immense as he comes into view, > Words steaming from his mouth, > searing, indicting words! > A torrent of words, a flash flood of words > sweeping everyone into the vortex of his words. > He'll shake down the nations in a sieve of destruction, > herd them into a dead end. > > 29-33But you will sing, > sing through an all-night holy feast! > Your hearts will burst with song, > make music like the sound of flutes on parade, > En route to the mountain of God, > on the way to the Rock of Israel. > God will sound out in grandiose thunder, > display his hammering arm, > Furiously angry, showering sparks- > cloudburst, storm, hail! > Oh yes, at God's thunder > Assyria will cower under the clubbing. > Every blow God lands on them with his club > is in time to the music of drums and pipes, > God in all-out, two-fisted battle, > fighting against them. > Topheth's fierce fires are well prepared, > ready for the Assyrian king. > The Topheth furnace is deep and wide, > well stoked with hot-burning wood. > God's breath, like a river of burning pitch, > starts the fire. > > > > > 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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