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, August 24, 2009 11:01 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday August 25 > Day 237 > > Jeremiah 43-45 (The Message) > > Jeremiah 43 > Death! Exile! Slaughter! > 1-3 When Jeremiah finished telling all the people the whole Message that > their God had sent him to > give them-all these words-Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of > Kareah, backed by all the > self-important men, said to Jeremiah, "Liar! Our God never sent you with > this message telling us not > to go to Egypt and live there. Baruch son of Neriah is behind this. He has > turned you against us. > He's playing into the hands of the Babylonians so we'll either end up > being killed or taken off to > exile in Babylon." > 4Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers, and the people along with > them, wouldn't listen to > God's Message that they stay in the land of Judah and live there. > > 5-7Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers gathered up everyone who > was left from Judah, who > had come back after being scattered all over the place-the men, women, and > children, the king's > daughters, all the people that Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard had > left in the care of Gedaliah > son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and last but not least, Jeremiah the > prophet and Baruch son of > Neriah. They entered the land of Egypt in total disobedience of God's > Message and arrived at the > city of Tahpanhes. > > 8-9While in Tahpanhes, God's Word came to Jeremiah: "Pick up some large > stones and cover them with > mortar in the vicinity of the pavement that leads up to the building set > aside for Pharaoh's use in > Tahpanhes. Make sure some of the men of Judah are watching. > > 10-13"Then address them: 'This is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies says: Be on > the lookout! I'm sending > for and bringing Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon-my servant, mind > you!-and he'll set up his > throne on these very stones that I've had buried here and he'll spread out > his canopy over them. > He'll come and absolutely smash Egypt, sending each to his assigned fate: > death, exile, slaughter. > He'll burn down the temples of Egypt's gods. He'll either burn up the gods > or haul them off as > booty. Like a shepherd who picks lice from his robes, he'll pick Egypt > clean. And then he'll walk > away without a hand being laid on him. He'll shatter the sacred obelisks > at Egypt's House of the Sun > and make a huge bonfire of the temples of Egypt's gods.'" > > Jeremiah 44 > The Same Fate Will Fall upon All > 1-6 The Message that Jeremiah received for all the Judeans who lived in > the land of Egypt, who had > their homes in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and the land of Pathros: "This is > what > God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'You saw with your own > eyes the terrible doom that > I brought down on Jerusalem and the Judean cities. Look at what's left: > ghost towns of rubble and > smoking ruins, and all because they took up with evil ways, making me > angry by going off to offer > sacrifices and worship the latest in gods-no-gods that neither they nor > you nor your ancestors knew > the first thing about. Morning after morning and long into the night I > kept after you, sending you > all those prophets, my servants, begging you, "Please, please-don't do > this, don't fool around in > this loathsome gutter of gods that I hate with a passion." But do you > think anyone paid the least > bit of attention or repented of evil or quit offering sacrifices to the > no-gods? Not one. So I let > loose with my anger, a firestorm of wrath in the cities of Judah and the > streets of Jerusalem, and > left them in ruins and wasted. And they're still in ruins and wasted.' > 7-8"This is the Message of God, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of > Israel: 'So why are you ruining > your lives by amputating yourselves-man, woman, child, and baby-from the > life of Judah, leaving > yourselves isolated, unconnected? And why do you deliberately make me > angry by what you do, offering > sacrifices to these no-gods in the land of Egypt where you've come to > live? You'll only destroy > yourselves and make yourselves an example used in curses and an object of > ridicule among all the > nations of the earth. > > 9-11"'Have you so soon forgotten the evil lives of your ancestors, the > evil lives of the kings of > Judah and their wives, to say nothing of your own evil lives, you and your > wives, the evil you > flaunted in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? And to this > day, there's not a trace of > remorse, not a sign of reverence, nobody caring about living by what I > tell them or following my > instructions that I've set out so plainly before you and your parents! So > this is what > God-of-the-Angel-Armies decrees: > > 11-14"'Watch out! I've decided to bring doom on you and get rid of > everyone connected with Judah. > I'm going to take what's left of Judah, those who have decided to go to > Egypt and live there, and > finish them off. In Egypt they will either be killed or starve to death. > The same fate will fall > upon both the obscure and the important. Regardless of their status, they > will either be killed or > starve. You'll end up cursed, reviled, ridiculed, and mocked. I'll give > those who are in Egypt the > same medicine I gave those in Jerusalem: massacre, starvation, and > disease. None of those who > managed to get out of Judah alive and get away to Egypt are going to make > it back to the Judah for > which they're so homesick. None will make it back, except maybe a few > fugitives.'" > > Making Goddess Cookies > 15-18The men who knew that their wives had been burning sacrifices to the > no-gods, joined by a > large crowd of women, along with virtually everyone living in Pathros of > Egypt, answered Jeremiah: > "We're having nothing to do with what you tell us is God's Message. We're > going to go right on > offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings > to her, keeping up the > traditions set by our ancestors, our kings and government leaders in the > cities of Judah and the > streets of Jerusalem in the good old days. We had a good life then-lots of > food, rising standard of > living, and no bad luck. But the moment we quit sacrificing to the Queen > of Heaven and pouring out > offerings to her, everything fell apart. We've had nothing but massacres > and starvation ever since." > 19And then the women chimed in: "Yes! Absolutely! We're going to keep at > it, offering sacrifices to > the Queen of Heaven and pouring out offerings to her. Aren't our husbands > behind us? They like it > that we make goddess cookies and pour out our offerings to her." > > 20-23Then Jeremiah spoke up, confronting the men and the women, all the > people who had answered so > insolently. He said, "The sacrifices that you and your parents, your > kings, your government > officials, and the common people of the land offered up in the cities of > Judah and the streets of > Jerusalem-don't you think God noticed? He noticed, all right. And he got > fed up. Finally, he > couldn't take your evil behavior and your disgusting acts any longer. Your > land became a wasteland, > a death valley, a horror story, a ghost town. And it continues to be just > that. This doom has come > upon you because you kept offering all those sacrifices, and you sinned > against God! You refused to > listen to him, wouldn't live the way he directed, ignored the covenant > conditions." > > 24-25Jeremiah kept going, but now zeroed in on the women: "Listen, all you > who are from Judah and > living in Egypt-please, listen to God's Word. God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the > God of Israel, says: 'You > women! You said it and then you did it. You said, "We're going to keep the > vows we made to sacrifice > to the Queen of Heaven and pour out offerings to her, and nobody's going > to stop us!"' > > 25-27"Well, go ahead. Keep your vows. Do it up big. But also listen to > what God has to say about > it, all you who are from Judah but live in Egypt: 'I swear by my great > name, backed by everything I > am-this is God speaking!-that never again shall my name be used in vows, > such as "As sure as the > Master, God, lives!" by anyone in the whole country of Egypt. I've > targeted each one of you for > doom. The good is gone for good. > > 27-28"'All the Judeans in Egypt will die off by massacre or starvation > until they're wiped out. The > few who get out of Egypt alive and back to Judah will be very few, hardly > worth counting. Then that > ragtag bunch that left Judah to live in Egypt will know who had the last > word. > > 29-30"'And this will be the evidence: I will bring punishment right here, > and by this you'll know > that the decrees of doom against you are the real thing. Watch for this > sign of doom: I will give > Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies, those who are out to > kill him, exactly as I gave > Zedekiah king of Judah to his enemy Nebuchadnezzar, who was after him.'" > > Jeremiah 45 > God's Piling On the Pain > 1 This is what Jeremiah told Baruch one day in the fourth year of > Jehoiakim's reign as he was > taking dictation from the prophet: > 2-3"These are the words of God, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch. You > say, 'These are bad times > for me! It's one thing after another. God is piling on the pain. I'm worn > out and there's no end in > sight.' > > 4-5"But God says, 'Look around. What I've built I'm about to wreck, and > what I've planted I'm about > to rip up. And I'm doing it everywhere-all over the whole earth! So forget > about making any big > plans for yourself. Things are going to get worse before they get better. > But don't worry. I'll keep > you alive through the whole business.'" > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > 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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