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, September 01, 2009 12:03 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday September 1 > Day 244 > > Ezekiel 7-9 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 7 > Fate Has Caught Up with You > 1-4 God's Word came to me, saying, "You, son of man-God, the Master, has > this Message for the land > of Israel: "'Endtime. > The end of business as usual for everyone. > It's all over. The end is upon you. > I've launched my anger against you. > I've issued my verdict on the way you live. > I'll make you pay for your disgusting obscenities. > I won't look the other way, > I won't feel sorry for you. > I'll make you pay for the way you've lived: > Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you, > and you'll realize that I am God.' > 5-9"I, God, the Master, say: > 'Disaster after disaster! Look, it comes! > Endtime- > the end comes. > The end is ripe. Watch out, it's coming! > This is your fate, you who live in this land. > Time's up. > It's zero hour. > No dragging of feet now, > no bargaining for more time. > Soon now I'll pour my wrath on you, > pay out my anger against you, > Render my verdict on the way you've lived, > make you pay for your disgusting obscenities. > I won't look the other way, > I won't feel sorry for you. > I'll make you pay for the way you've lived. > Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you. > Then you'll realize > that it is I, God, who have hit you. > > 10-13"'Judgment Day! > Fate has caught up with you. > The scepter outsized and pretentious, > pride bursting all bounds, > Violence strutting, > brandishing the evil scepter. > But there's nothing to them, > and nothing will be left of them. > Time's up. > Countdown: five, four, three, two... > Buyer, don't crow; seller, don't worry: > Judgment wrath has turned the world topsy-turvy. > The bottom has dropped out of buying and selling. > It will never be the same again. > But don't fantasize an upturn in the market. > The country is bankrupt because of its sins, > and it's not going to get any better. > > 14-16"'The trumpet signals the call to battle: > "Present arms!" > But no one marches into battle. > My wrath has them paralyzed! > On the open roads you're killed, > or else you go home and die of hunger and disease. > Either get murdered out in the country > or die of sickness or hunger in town. > Survivors run for the hills. > They moan like doves in the valleys, > Each one moaning > for his own sins. > > 17-18"'Every hand hangs limp, > every knee turns to rubber. > They dress in rough burlap- > sorry scarecrows, > Shifty and shamefaced, > with their heads shaved bald. > > 19-27"'They throw their money into the gutters. > Their hard-earned cash stinks like garbage. > They find that it won't buy a thing > they either want or need on Judgment Day. > They tripped on money > and fell into sin. > Proud and pretentious with their jewels, > they deck out their vile and vulgar no-gods in finery. > I'll make those god-obscenities a stench in their nostrils. > I'll give away their religious junk- > strangers will pick it up for free, > the godless spit on it and make jokes. > I'll turn my face so I won't have to look > as my treasured place and people are violated, > As violent strangers walk in > and desecrate place and people- > A bloody massacre, > as crime and violence fill the city. > I'll bring in the dregs of humanity > to move into their houses. > I'll put a stop to the boasting and strutting > of the high-and-mighty, > And see to it that there'll be nothing holy > left in their holy places. > Catastrophe descends. They look for peace, > but there's no peace to be found- > Disaster on the heels of disaster, > one rumor after another. > They clamor for the prophet to tell them what's up, > but nobody knows anything. > Priests don't have a clue; > the elders don't know what to say. > The king holds his head in despair; > the prince is devastated. > The common people are paralyzed. > Gripped by fear, they can't move. > I'll deal with them where they are, > judge them on their terms. > They'll know that I am God.'" > > Ezekiel 8 > The Spirit Carried Me in Visions > 1-4 In the sixth year, in the sixth month and the fifth day, while I was > sitting at home meeting > with the leaders of Judah, it happened that the hand of my Master, God, > gripped me. When I looked, I > was astonished. What I saw looked like a man-from the waist down like fire > and from the waist up > like highly burnished bronze. He reached out what looked like a hand and > grabbed me by the hair. The > Spirit swept me high in the air and carried me in visions of God to > Jerusalem, to the entrance of > the north gate of the Temple's inside court where the image of the sex > goddess that makes God so > angry had been set up. Right before me was the Glory of the God of Israel, > exactly like the vision I > had seen out on the plain. > 5 He said to me, "Son of man, look north." I looked north and saw it: Just > north of the entrance > loomed the altar of the sex goddess, Asherah, that makes God so angry. > > 6 Then he said, "Son of man, do you see what they're doing? Outrageous > obscenities! And doing them > right here! It's enough to drive me right out of my own Temple. But you're > going to see worse yet." > > 7 He brought me to the door of the Temple court. I looked and saw a gaping > hole in the wall. > > 8 He said, "Son of man, dig through the wall." > > I dug through the wall and came upon a door. > > 9 He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities > they're engaging in." > > 10-11 I entered and looked. I couldn't believe my eyes: Painted all over > the walls were pictures of > reptiles and animals and monsters-the whole pantheon of Egyptian gods and > goddesses-being worshiped > by Israel. In the middle of the room were seventy of the leaders of > Israel, with Jaazaniah son of > Shaphan standing in the middle. Each held his censer with the incense > rising in a fragrant cloud. > > 12 He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the > dark, each one before his > favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, 'God doesn't see us. God has > forsaken the country.'" > > 13 Then he said, "You're going to see worse yet." > > 14-15 He took me to the entrance at the north gate of the Temple of God. I > saw women sitting there, > weeping for Tammuz, the Babylonian fertility god. He said, "Have you > gotten an eyeful, son of man? > You're going to see worse yet." > > 16 Finally, he took me to the inside court of the Temple of God. There > between the porch and the > altar were about twenty-five men. Their backs were to God's Temple. They > were facing east, bowing in > worship to the sun. > > 17-18 He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that > Judah engages in these > outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now > provoke me even further with > their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! > From now on, no mercy. > They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening." > > Ezekiel 9 > A Mark on the Forehead > 1 Then I heard him call out loudly, "Executioners, come! And bring your > deadly weapons with you." > 2 Six men came down the road from the upper gate that faces north, each > carrying his lethal weapon. > With them was a man dressed in linen with a writing case slung from his > shoulder. They entered and > stood by the bronze altar. 3-4 The Glory of the God of Israel ascended > from his usual place above > the cherubim-angels, moved to the threshold of the Temple, and called to > the man with the writing > case who was dressed in linen: "Go through the streets of Jerusalem and > put a mark on the forehead > of everyone who is in anguish over the outrageous obscenities being done > in the city." > > 5-6 I listened as he went on to address the executioners: "Follow him > through the city and kill. > Feel sorry for no one. Show no compassion. Kill old men and women, young > men and women, mothers and > children. But don't lay a hand on anyone with the mark. Start at my > Temple." > > They started with the leaders in front of the Temple. > > 7-8 He told the executioners, "Desecrate the Temple. Fill it with corpses. > Then go out and continue > the killing." So they went out and struck the city. > > While the massacre went forward, I was left alone. I fell on my face in > prayer: "Oh, oh, God, my > Master! Are you going to kill everyone left in Israel in this pouring out > of your anger on > Jerusalem?" > > 9-10 He said, "The guilt of Israel and Judah is enormous. The land is > swollen with murder. The city > is bloated with injustice. They all say, 'God has forsaken the country. He > doesn't see anything we > do.' Well, I do see, and I'm not feeling sorry for any of them. They're > going to pay for what > they've done." > > 11 Just then, the man dressed in linen and carrying the writing case came > back and reported, "I've > done what you told me." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
