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: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:24 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday August 30 > Day 242 > > Ezekiel 1-3 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 1 > Wheels Within Wheels, Like a Gyroscope > 1When I was thirty years of age, I was living with the exiles on the Kebar > River. On the fifth day > of the fourth month, the sky opened up and I saw visions of God. > 2-3 (It was the fifth day of the month in the fifth year of the exile of > King Jehoiachin that God's > Word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, on the banks of the > Kebar River in the country of > Babylon. God's hand came upon him that day.) > > 4-9 I looked: I saw an immense dust storm come from the north, an immense > cloud with lightning > flashing from it, a huge ball of fire glowing like bronze. Within the fire > were what looked like > four creatures vibrant with life. Each had the form of a human being, but > each also had four faces > and four wings. Their legs were as sturdy and straight as columns, but > their feet were hoofed like > those of a calf and sparkled from the fire like burnished bronze. On all > four sides under their > wings they had human hands. All four had both faces and wings, with the > wings touching one another. > They turned neither one way nor the other; they went straight forward. > > 10-12 Their faces looked like this: In front a human face, on the right > side the face of a lion, on > the left the face of an ox, and in back the face of an eagle. So much for > the faces. The wings were > spread out with the tips of one pair touching the creature on either side; > the other pair of wings > covered its body. Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit > went, they went. They > didn't turn as they went. > > 13-14 The four creatures looked like a blazing fire, or like fiery > torches. Tongues of fire shot > back and forth between the creatures, and out of the fire, bolts of > lightning. The creatures flashed > back and forth like strikes of lightning. > > 15-16 As I watched the four creatures, I saw something that looked like a > wheel on the ground > beside each of the four-faced creatures. This is what the wheels looked > like: They were identical > wheels, sparkling like diamonds in the sun. It looked like they were > wheels within wheels, like a > gyroscope. > > 17-21 They went in any one of the four directions they faced, but > straight, not veering off. The > rims were immense, circled with eyes. When the living creatures went, the > wheels went; when the > living creatures lifted off, the wheels lifted off. Wherever the spirit > went, they went, the wheels > sticking right with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in > the wheels. When the > creatures went, the wheels went; when the creatures stopped, the wheels > stopped; when the creatures > lifted off, the wheels lifted off, because the spirit of the living > creatures was in the wheels. > > 22-24 Over the heads of the living creatures was something like a dome, > shimmering like a sky full > of cut glass, vaulted over their heads. Under the dome one set of wings > was extended toward the > others, with another set of wings covering their bodies. When they moved I > heard their wings-it was > like the roar of a great waterfall, like the voice of The Strong God, like > the noise of a > battlefield. When they stopped, they folded their wings. > > 25-28 And then, as they stood with folded wings, there was a voice from > above the dome over their > heads. Above the dome there was something that looked like a throne, > sky-blue like a sapphire, with > a humanlike figure towering above the throne. From what I could see, from > the waist up he looked > like burnished bronze and from the waist down like a blazing fire. > Brightness everywhere! The way a > rainbow springs out of the sky on a rainy day-that's what it was like. It > turned out to be the Glory > of God! > > When I saw all this, I fell to my knees, my face to the ground. Then I > heard a voice. > > Ezekiel 2 > 1 It said, "Son of man, stand up. I have something to say to you." 2 The > moment I heard the voice, > the Spirit entered me and put me on my feet. As he spoke to me, I > listened. 3-7 He said, "Son of > man, I'm sending you to the family of Israel, a rebellious nation if there > ever was one. They and > their ancestors have fomented rebellion right up to the present. They're a > hard case, these people > to whom I'm sending you-hardened in their sin. Tell them, 'This is the > Message of God, the Master.' > They are a defiant bunch. Whether or not they listen, at least they'll > know that a prophet's been > here. But don't be afraid of them, son of man, and don't be afraid of > anything they say. Don't be > afraid when living among them is like stepping on thorns or finding > scorpions in your bed. Don't be > afraid of their mean words or their hard looks. They're a bunch of rebels. > Your job is to speak to > them. Whether they listen is not your concern. They're hardened rebels. > 8 "Only take care, son of man, that you don't rebel like these rebels. > Open your mouth and eat what > I give you." > > 9-10 When I looked he had his hand stretched out to me, and in the hand a > book, a scroll. He > unrolled the scroll. On both sides, front and back, were written > lamentations and mourning and doom. > > Ezekiel 3 > Warn These People > 1 He told me, "Son of man, eat what you see. Eat this book. Then go and > speak to the family of > Israel." 2-3 As I opened my mouth, he gave me the scroll to eat, saying, > "Son of man, eat this book > that I am giving you. Make a full meal of it!" So I ate it. It tasted so > good-just like honey. > 4-6 Then he told me, "Son of man, go to the family of Israel and speak my > Message. Look, I'm not > sending you to a people who speak a hard-to-learn language with words you > can hardly pronounce. If I > had sent you to such people, their ears would have perked up and they > would have listened > immediately. > > 7-9 "But it won't work that way with the family of Israel. They won't > listen to you because they > won't listen to me. They are, as I said, a hard case, hardened in their > sin. But I'll make you as > hard in your way as they are in theirs. I'll make your face as hard as > rock, harder than granite. > Don't let them intimidate you. Don't be afraid of them, even though > they're a bunch of rebels." > > 10-11 Then he said, "Son of man, get all these words that I'm giving you > inside you. Listen to them > obediently. Make them your own. And now go. Go to the exiles, your people, > and speak. Tell them, > 'This is the Message of God, the Master.' Speak your piece, whether they > listen or not." > > 12-13 Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great > commotion-"Blessed be the Glory of > God in his Sanctuary!"-the wings of the living creatures beating against > each other, the whirling > wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake. > > 14-15 The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. > I didn't want to go. But > God had me in his grip. I arrived among the exiles who lived near the > Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I > came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled. > > 16 At the end of the seven days, I received this Message from God: > > 17-19 "Son of man, I've made you a watchman for the family of Israel. > Whenever you hear me say > something, warn them for me. If I say to the wicked, 'You are going to > die,' and you don't sound the > alarm warning them that it's a matter of life or death, they will die and > it will be your fault. > I'll hold you responsible. But if you warn the wicked and they keep right > on sinning anyway, they'll > most certainly die for their sin, but you won't die. You'll have saved > your life. > > 20-21 "And if the righteous turn back from living righteously and take up > with evil when I step in > and put them in a hard place, they'll die. If you haven't warned them, > they'll die because of their > sins, and none of the right things they've done will count for > anything-and I'll hold you > responsible. But if you warn these righteous people not to sin and they > listen to you, they'll live > because they took the warning-and again, you'll have saved your life." > > 22 God grabbed me by the shoulder and said, "Get up. Go out on the plain. > I want to talk with you." > > 23 So I got up and went out on the plain. I couldn't believe my eyes: the > Glory of God! Right > there! It was like the Glory I had seen at the Kebar River. I fell to the > ground, prostrate. > > 24-26 Then the Spirit entered me and put me on my feet. He said, "Go home > and shut the door behind > you." And then something odd: "Son of man: They'll tie you hand and foot > with ropes so you can't > leave the house. I'll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so > you won't be able to talk > and tell the people what they're doing wrong, even though they are a bunch > of rebels. > > 27 "But then when the time is ripe, I'll free your tongue and you'll say, > 'This is what God, the > Master, says:...' From then on it's up to them. They can listen or not > listen, whichever they like. > They are a bunch of rebels!" > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
