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: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:48 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday July 31 > Day 212 > > Isaiah 34-36 (The Message) > > Isaiah 34 > The Fires Burning Day and Night > 1 Draw in close now, nations. Listen carefully, you people. Pay attention! > Earth, you, too, and everything in you. > World, and all that comes from you. > 2-4And here's why: God is angry, > good and angry with all the nations, > So blazingly angry at their arms and armies > that he's going to rid earth of them, wipe them out. > The corpses, thrown in a heap, > will stink like the town dump in midsummer, > Their blood flowing off the mountains > like creeks in spring runoff. > Stars will fall out of the sky > like overripe, rotting fruit in the orchard, > And the sky itself will be folded up like a blanket > and put away in a closet. > All that army of stars, shriveled to nothing, > like leaves and fruit in autumn, dropping and rotting! > > 5-7"Once I've finished with earth and sky, > I'll start in on Edom. > I'll come down hard on Edom, > a people I've slated for total termination." > God has a sword, thirsty for blood and more blood, > a sword hungry for well-fed flesh, > Lamb and goat blood, > the suet-rich kidneys of rams. > Yes, God has scheduled a sacrifice in Bozrah, the capital, > the whole country of Edom a slaughterhouse. > A wholesale slaughter, wild animals > and farm animals alike slaughtered. > The whole country soaked with blood, > all the ground greasy with fat. > > 8-15It's God's scheduled time for vengeance, > the year all Zion's accounts are settled. > Edom's streams will flow sluggish, thick with pollution, > the soil sterile, poisoned with waste, > The whole country > a smoking, stinking garbage dump- > The fires burning day and night, > the skies black with endless smoke. > Generation after generation of wasteland- > no more travelers through this country! > Vultures and skunks will police the streets; > owls and crows will feel at home there. > God will reverse creation. Chaos! > He will cancel fertility. Emptiness! > Leaders will have no one to lead. > They'll name it No Kingdom There, > A country where all kings > and princes are unemployed. > Thistles will take over, covering the castles, > fortresses conquered by weeds and thornbushes. > Wild dogs will prowl the ruins, > ostriches have the run of the place. > Wildcats and hyenas will hunt together, > demons and devils dance through the night. > The night-demon Lilith, evil and rapacious, > will establish permanent quarters. > Scavenging carrion birds will breed and brood, > infestations of ominous evil. > > 16-17Get and read God's book: > None of this is going away, > this breeding, brooding evil. > God has personally commanded it all. > His Spirit set it in motion. > God has assigned them their place, > decreed their fate in detail. > This is permanent- > generation after generation, the same old thing. > > Isaiah 35 > The Voiceless Break into Song > 1-2 Wilderness and desert will sing joyously, the badlands will celebrate > and flower- > Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom, > a symphony of song and color. > Mountain glories of Lebanon-a gift. > Awesome Carmel, stunning Sharon-gifts. > God's resplendent glory, fully on display. > God awesome, God majestic. > 3-4Energize the limp hands, > strengthen the rubbery knees. > Tell fearful souls, > "Courage! Take heart! > God is here, right here, > on his way to put things right > And redress all wrongs. > He's on his way! He'll save you!" > > 5-7Blind eyes will be opened, > deaf ears unstopped, > Lame men and women will leap like deer, > the voiceless break into song. > Springs of water will burst out in the wilderness, > streams flow in the desert. > Hot sands will become a cool oasis, > thirsty ground a splashing fountain. > Even lowly jackals will have water to drink, > and barren grasslands flourish richly. > > 8-10There will be a highway > called the Holy Road. > No one rude or rebellious > is permitted on this road. > It's for God's people exclusively- > impossible to get lost on this road. > Not even fools can get lost on it. > No lions on this road, > no dangerous wild animals- > Nothing and no one dangerous or threatening. > Only the redeemed will walk on it. > The people God has ransomed > will come back on this road. > They'll sing as they make their way home to Zion, > unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, > Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness > as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night. > > Isaiah 36 > It's Their Fate That's at Stake > 1-3 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria > made war on all the > fortress cities of Judah and took them. Then the king of Assyria sent his > general, the "Rabshekah," > accompanied by a huge army, from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah. > The general stopped at the > aqueduct where it empties into the upper pool on the road to the public > laundry. Three men went out > to meet him: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, in charge of the palace; Shebna the > secretary; and Joah son of > Asaph, the official historian. > 4-7The Rabshekah said to them, "Tell Hezekiah that the Great King, the > king of Assyria, says this: > 'What kind of backing do you think you have against me? You're bluffing > and I'm calling your bluff. > Your words are no match for my weapons. What kind of backup do you have > now that you've rebelled > against me? Egypt? Don't make me laugh. Egypt is a rubber crutch. Lean on > Egypt and you'll end up > flat on your face. That's all Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who leans > on him. And if you try to > tell me, "We're leaning on our God," isn't it a bit late? Hasn't Hezekiah > just gotten rid of all the > places of worship, telling you, "You've got to worship at this altar"? > > 8-9"'Be reasonable. Face the facts: My master the king of Assyria will > give you two thousand horses > if you can put riders on them. You can't do it, can you? So how do you > think, depending on flimsy > Egypt's chariots and riders, you can stand up against even the > lowest-ranking captain in my master's > army? > > 10"'And besides, do you think I came all this way to destroy this land > without first getting God's > blessing? It was your God who told me, Make war on this land. Destroy > it.'" > > 11Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah answered the Rabshekah, "Please talk to us in > Aramaic. We understand > Aramaic. Don't talk to us in Hebrew within earshot of all the people > gathered around." > > 12But the Rabshekah replied, "Do you think my master has sent me to give > this message to your > master and you but not also to the people clustered here? It's their fate > that's at stake. They're > the ones who are going to end up eating their own excrement and drinking > their own urine." > > 13-15Then the Rabshekah stood up and called out loudly in Hebrew, the > common language, "Listen to > the message of the great king, the king of Assyria! Don't listen to > Hezekiah's lies. He can't save > you. And don't pay any attention to Hezekiah's pious sermons telling you > to lean on God, telling you > 'God will save us, depend on it. God won't let this city fall to the king > of Assyria.' > > 16-20"Don't listen to Hezekiah. Listen to the king of Assyria's offer: > 'Make peace with me. Come > and join me. Everyone will end up with a good life, with plenty of land > and water, and eventually > something far better. I'll turn you loose in wide open spaces, with more > than enough fertile and > productive land for everyone.' Don't let Hezekiah mislead you with his > lies, 'God will save us.' Has > that ever happened? Has any god in history ever gotten the best of the > king of Assyria? Look around > you. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? The gods of Sepharvaim? Did > the gods do anything for > Samaria? Name one god that has ever saved its countries from me. So what > makes you think that God > could save Jerusalem from me?'" > > 21The three men were silent. They said nothing, for the king had already > commanded, "Don't answer > him." > > 22Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator, Shebna the > secretary, and Joah son of > Asaph, the court historian, tearing their clothes in defeat and despair, > went back and reported what > the Rabshekah had said to Hezekiah. > > > > > > > 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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