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: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:43 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday August 19 > Day 231 > > Jeremiah 25-27 (The Message) > > Jeremiah 25 > Don't Follow the God-Fads of the Day > 1 This is the Message given to Jeremiah for all the people of Judah. It > came in the fourth year of > Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah. It was the first year of > Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. > 2Jeremiah the prophet delivered the Message to all the people of Judah and > citizens of Jerusalem: > > 3From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah right up to > the present > day-twenty-three years it's been!-God's Word has come to me, and from > early each morning to late > every night I've passed it on to you. And you haven't listened to a word > of it! > > 4-6Not only that but God also sent a steady stream of prophets to you who > were just as persistent > as me, and you never listened. They told you, "Turn back-right now, each > one of you!-from your evil > way of life and bad behavior, and live in the land God gave you and your > ancestors, the land he > intended to give you forever. Don't follow the god-fads of the day, taking > up and worshiping these > no-gods. Don't make me angry with your god-businesses, making and selling > gods-a dangerous business! > > 7"You refused to listen to any of this, and now I am really angry. These > god-making businesses of > yours are your doom." > > 8-11The verdict of God-of-the-Angel-Armies on all this: "Because you have > refused to listen to what > I've said, I'm stepping in. I'm sending for the armies out of the north > headed by Nebuchadnezzar > king of Babylon, my servant in this, and I'm setting them on this land and > people and even the > surrounding countries. I'm devoting the whole works to total destruction-a > horror to top all the > horrors in history. And I'll banish every sound of joy-singing, laughter, > marriage festivities, > genial workmen, candlelit suppers. The whole landscape will be one vast > wasteland. These countries > will be in subjection to the king of Babylon for seventy years. > > 12-14"Once the seventy years is up, I'll punish the king of Babylon and > the whole nation of Babylon > for their sin. Then they'll be the wasteland. Everything that I said I'd > do to that country, I'll > do-everything that's written in this book, everything Jeremiah preached > against all the godless > nations. Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the Babylonians, > paying them back for > everything they've done to others. They won't get by with anything." God's > Decree. > > God Puts the Human Race on Trial > 15-16This is a Message that the God of Israel gave me: "Take this cup > filled with the wine of my > wrath that I'm handing to you. Make all the nations where I send you drink > it down. They'll drink it > and get drunk, staggering in delirium because of the killing that I'm > going to unleash among them." > 17-26I took the cup from God's hand and made them drink it, all the > nations to which he sent me: > > Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, along with their kings and leaders, > turning them into a vast > wasteland, a horror to look at, a cussword-which, in fact, they now are; > > Pharaoh king of Egypt with his attendants and leaders, plus all his > people and the melting pot of > foreigners collected there; > > All the kings of Uz; > > All the kings of the Philistines from Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what's > left of Ashdod; > > Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites; > > All the kings of Tyre, Sidon, and the coastlands across the sea; > > Dedan, Tema, Buz, and the nomads on the fringe of the desert; > > All the kings of Arabia and the various Bedouin sheiks and chieftains > wandering about in the > desert; > > All the kings of Zimri, Elam, and the Medes; > > All the kings from the north countries near and far, one by one; > > All the kingdoms on planet Earth... > > And the king of Sheshak (that is, Babylon) will be the last to drink. > > 27"Tell them, 'These are orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of > Israel: Drink and get > drunk and vomit. Fall on your faces and don't get up again. You're slated > for a massacre.' > > 28"If any of them refuse to take the cup from you and drink it, say to > them, > 'God-of-the-Angel-Armies has ordered you to drink. So drink! > > 29"'Prepare for the worst! I'm starting off the catastrophe in the city > that I claim as my own, so > don't think you are going to get out of it. No, you're not getting out of > anything. It's the sword > and nothing but the sword against everyone everywhere!'" The > God-of-the-Angel-Armies' Decree. > > 30-31"Preach it all, Jeremiah. Preach the entire Message to them. Say: > > "'God roars like a lion from high heaven; > thunder rolls out from his holy dwelling- > Ear-splitting bellows against his people, > shouting hurrahs like workers in harvest. > The noise reverberates all over the earth; > everyone everywhere hears it. > God makes his case against the godless nations. > He's about to put the human race on trial. > For the wicked the verdict is clear-cut: > death by the sword.'" God's Decree. > > 32A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > "Prepare for the worst! Doomsday! > Disaster is spreading from nation to nation. > A huge storm is about to rage > all across planet Earth." > > 33Laid end to end, those killed in God's judgment that day will stretch > from one end of the earth > to the other. No tears will be shed and no burials conducted. The bodies > will be left where they > fall, like so much horse dung fertilizing the fields. > > 34-38Wail, shepherds! Cry out for help! > Grovel in the dirt, you masters of flocks! > Time's up-you're slated for the slaughterhouse, > like a choice ram with its throat cut. > There's no way out for the rulers, > no escape for those shepherds. > Hear that? Rulers crying for help, > shepherds of the flock wailing! > God is about to ravage their fine pastures. > The peaceful sheepfolds will be silent with death, > silenced by God's deadly anger. > God will come out into the open > like a lion leaping from its cover, > And the country will be torn to pieces, > ripped and ravaged by his anger. > > Jeremiah 26 > Change the Way You're Living > 1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, > this Message came from > God to Jeremiah: 2-3"God's Message: Stand in the court of God's Temple and > preach to the people who > come from all over Judah to worship in God's Temple. Say everything I tell > you to say to them. Don't > hold anything back. Just maybe they'll listen and turn back from their bad > lives. Then I'll > reconsider the disaster that I'm planning to bring on them because of > their evil behavior. 4-6"Say > to them, 'This is God's Message: If you refuse to listen to me and live by > my teaching that I've > revealed so plainly to you, and if you continue to refuse to listen to my > servants the prophets that > I tirelessly keep on sending to you-but you've never listened! Why would > you start now?-then I'll > make this Temple a pile of ruins like Shiloh, and I'll make this city > nothing but a bad joke > worldwide.'" > 7-9Everybody there-priests, prophets, and people-heard Jeremiah preaching > this Message in the > Temple of God. When Jeremiah had finished his sermon, saying everything > God had commanded him to > say, the priests and prophets and people all grabbed him, yelling, "Death! > You're going to die for > this! How dare you preach-and using God's name!-saying that this Temple > will become a heap of rubble > like Shiloh and this city be wiped out without a soul left in it!" > > All the people mobbed Jeremiah right in the Temple itself. > > 10Officials from the royal court of Judah were told of this. They left the > palace immediately and > came to God's Temple to investigate. They held court on the spot, at the > New Gate entrance to God's > Temple. > > 11The prophets and priests spoke first, addressing the officials, but also > the people: "Death to > this man! He deserves nothing less than death! He has preached against > this city-you've heard the > evidence with your own ears." > > 12-13Jeremiah spoke next, publicly addressing the officials before the > crowd: "God sent me to > preach against both this Temple and city everything that's been reported > to you. So do something > about it! Change the way you're living, change your behavior. Listen > obediently to the Message of > your God. Maybe God will reconsider the disaster he has threatened. > > 14-15"As for me, I'm at your mercy-do whatever you think is best. But take > warning: If you kill me, > you're killing an innocent man, and you and the city and the people in it > will be liable. I didn't > say any of this on my own. God sent me and told me what to say. You've > been listening to God speak, > not Jeremiah." > > 16The court officials, backed by the people, then handed down their ruling > to the priests and > prophets: "Acquittal. No death sentence for this man. He has spoken to us > with the authority of our > God." > > 17-18Then some of the respected leaders stood up and addressed the crowd: > "In the reign of Hezekiah > king of Judah, Micah of Moresheth preached to the people of Judah this > sermon: This is > God-of-the-Angel-Armies' Message for you: > > "'Because of people like you, > Zion will be turned back into farmland, > Jerusalem end up as a pile of rubble, > and instead of the Temple on the mountain, > a few scraggly scrub pines.' > > 19"Did King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah kill Micah of Moresheth > because of that sermon? Didn't > Hezekiah honor him and pray for mercy from God? And then didn't God call > off the disaster he had > threatened? "Friends, we're at the brink of bringing a terrible calamity > upon ourselves." > > 20-23(At another time there had been a man, Uriah son of Shemaiah from > Kiriath-jearim, who had > preached similarly in the name of God. He preached against this same city > and country just as > Jeremiah did. When King Jehoiakim and his royal court heard his sermon, > they determined to kill him. > Uriah, afraid for his life, went into hiding in Egypt. King Jehoiakim sent > Elnathan son of Achbor > with a posse of men after him. They brought him back from Egypt and > presented him to the king. And > the king had him killed. They dumped his body unceremoniously outside the > city. > > 24But in Jeremiah's case, Ahikam son of Shaphan stepped forward and took > his side, preventing the > mob from lynching him.) > > Jeremiah 27 > Harness Yourselves Up to the Yoke > 1-4 Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah > received this Message from > God: "Make a harness and a yoke and then harness yourself up. Send a > message to the kings of Edom, > Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send it through their ambassadors who have > come to Jerusalem to see > Zedekiah king of Judah. Give them this charge to take back to their > masters: 'This is a Message from > God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel. Tell your masters: > 5-8"'I'm the one who made the earth, man and woman, and all the animals in > the world. I did it on > my own without asking anyone's help and I hand it out to whomever I will. > Here and now I give all > these lands over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have made > even the wild animals > subject to him. All nations will be under him, then his son, and then his > grandson. Then his > country's time will be up and the tables will be turned: Babylon will be > the underdog servant. But > until then, any nation or kingdom that won't submit to Nebuchadnezzar king > of Babylon must take the > yoke of the king of Babylon and harness up. I'll punish that nation with > war and starvation and > disease until I've got them where I want them. > > 9-11"'So don't for a minute listen to all your prophets and spiritualists > and fortunetellers, who > claim to know the future and who tell you not to give in to the king of > Babylon. They're handing you > a line of lies, barefaced lies, that will end up putting you in exile far > from home. I myself will > drive you out of your lands, and that'll be the end of you. But the nation > that accepts the yoke of > the king of Babylon and does what he says, I'll let that nation stay right > where it is, minding its > own business.'" > > 12-15Then I gave this same message to Zedekiah king of Judah: "Harness > yourself up to the yoke of > the king of Babylon. Serve him and his people. Live a long life! Why > choose to get killed or starve > to death or get sick and die, which is what God has threatened to any > nation that won't throw its > lot in with Babylon? Don't listen to the prophets who are telling you not > to submit to the king of > Babylon. They're telling you lies, preaching lies. God's Word on this is, > 'I didn't send those > prophets, but they keep preaching lies, claiming I sent them. If you > listen to them, I'll end up > driving you out of here and that will be the end of you, both you and the > lying prophets.'" > > 16-22And finally I spoke to the priests and the people at large: "This is > God's Message: Don't > listen to the preaching of the prophets who keep telling you, 'Trust us: > The furnishings, plundered > from God's Temple, are going to be returned from Babylon any day now.' > That's a lie. Don't listen to > them. Submit to the king of Babylon and live a long life. Why do something > that will destroy this > city and leave it a heap of rubble? If they are real prophets and have a > Message from God, let them > come to God-of-the-Angel-Armies in prayer so that the furnishings that are > still left in God's > Temple, the king's palace, and Jerusalem aren't also lost to Babylon. > That's because > God-of-the-Angel-Armies has already spoken about the Temple furnishings > that remain-the pillars, the > great bronze basin, the stands, and all the other bowls and chalices that > Nebuchadnezzar king of > Babylon didn't take when he took Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim off to > Babylonian exile along with all > the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. He said that the furnishings left > behind in the Temple of God > and in the royal palace and in Jerusalem will be taken off to Babylon and > stay there until, in God's > words, 'I take the matter up again and bring them back where they > belong.'" > > > > > > > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
