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: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:52 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday September 2 > Day 245 > > Ezekiel 10-12 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 10 > The Temple, Filled with the Presence of God > 1 When I next looked, oh! Above the dome over the heads of the > cherubim-angels was what looked like > a throne, sky-blue, like a sapphire! 2-5 God said to the man dressed in > linen, "Enter the place of > the wheels under the cherubim-angels. Fill your hands with burning coals > from beneath the cherubim > and scatter them over the city." > I watched as he entered. The cherubim were standing on the south side > of the Temple when the man > entered. A cloud filled the inside courtyard. Then the Glory of God > ascended from the cherubim and > moved to the threshold of the Temple. The cloud filled the Temple. Court > and Temple were both filled > with the blazing presence of the Glory of God. And the sound! The wings of > the cherubim were audible > all the way to the outer court-the sound of the voice was like The Strong > God in thunder. > > 6-8 When God commanded the man dressed in linen, "Take fire from among the > wheels, from between the > cherubim," he went in and stood beside a wheel. One of the cherubim > reached into the fire, took some > coals, and put them in the hands of the man dressed in linen. He took them > and went out. Something > that looked like a human hand could be seen under the wings of the > cherubim. > > 9-13 And then I saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each > cherub. The wheels radiating > were sparkling like diamonds in the sun. All four wheels looked alike, > each like a wheel within a > wheel. When they moved, they went in any of the four directions but in a > perfectly straight line. > Where the cherubim went, the wheels went straight ahead. The cherubim were > full of eyes in their > backs, hands, and wings. The wheels likewise were full of eyes. I heard > the wheels called "wheels > within wheels." > > 14 Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first, of an angel; the > second, a human; the third, a > lion; the fourth, an eagle. > > 15-17 Then the cherubim ascended. They were the same living creatures I > had seen at the Kebar > River. When the cherubim moved, the wheels beside them moved. When the > cherubim spread their wings > to take off from the ground, the wheels stayed right with them. When the > cherubim stopped, the > wheels stopped. When the cherubim rose, the wheels rose, because the > spirit of the living creatures > was also in the wheels. > > 18-19 Then the Glory of God left the Temple entrance and hovered over the > cherubim. I watched as > the cherubim spread their wings and left the ground, the wheels right with > them. They stopped at the > entrance of the east gate of the Temple. The Glory of the God of Israel > was above them. > > 20-22 These were the same living creatures I had seen previously beneath > the God of Israel at the > Kebar River. I recognized them as cherubim. Each had four faces and four > wings. Under their wings > were what looked like human hands. Their faces looked exactly like those I > had seen at the Kebar > River. Each went straight ahead. > > Ezekiel 11 > A New Heart and a New Spirit > 1 Then the Spirit picked me up and took me to the gate of the Temple that > faces east. There were > twenty-five men standing at the gate. I recognized the leaders, Jaazaniah > son of Azzur and Pelatiah > son of Benaiah. > 2-3 God said, "Son of man, these are the men who draw up blueprints for > sin, who think up new > programs for evil in this city. They say, 'We can make anything happen > here. We're the best. We're > the choice pieces of meat in the soup pot.' > > 4 "Oppose them, son of man. Preach against them." > > 5-6 Then the Spirit of God came upon me and told me what to say: "This is > what God says: 'That's a > fine public speech, Israel, but I know what you are thinking. You've > murdered a lot of people in > this city. The streets are piled high with corpses.' > > 7-12 "Therefore this is what God, the Master, says: 'The corpses that > you've piled in the streets > are the meat and this city is the soup pot, and you're not even in the > pot! I'm throwing you out! > You fear war, but war is what you're going to get. I'm bringing war > against you. I'm throwing you > out of this city, giving you over to foreigners, and punishing you good. > You'll be killed in battle. > I'll carry out judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you'll > realize that I am God. This > city will not be your soup pot and you won't be the choice pieces of meat > in it either. Hardly. I > will carry out judgment on you at the borders of Israel and you'll realize > that I am God, for you > haven't followed my statutes and ordinances. Instead of following my ways, > you've sunk to the level > of the laws of the nations around you.'" > > 13 Even while I was preaching, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. I fell down, > face to the ground, and > prayed loudly, "O Master, God! Will you completely wipe out what's left of > Israel?" > > 14-15 The answer from God came back: "Son of man, your brothers-I mean the > whole people of Israel > who are in exile with you-are the people of whom the citizens of Jerusalem > are saying, 'They're in > the far country, far from God. This land has been given to us to own.' > > 16-20 "Well, tell them this, 'This is your Message from God, the Master. > True, I sent you to the > far country and scattered you through other lands. All the same, I've > provided you a temporary > sanctuary in the countries where you've gone. I will gather you back from > those countries and lands > where you've been scattered and give you back the land of Israel. You'll > come back and clean house, > throw out all the rotten images and obscene idols. I'll give you a new > heart. I'll put a new spirit > in you. I'll cut out your stone heart and replace it with a red-blooded, > firm-muscled heart. Then > you'll obey my statutes and be careful to obey my commands. You'll be my > people! I'll be your God! > > 21 "'But not those who are self-willed and addicted to their rotten images > and obscene idols! I'll > see that they're paid in full for what they've done.' Decree of God, the > Master." > > 22-23 Then the cherubim spread their wings, with the wheels beside them > and the Glory of the God of > Israel hovering over them. The Glory of God ascended from within the city > and rested on the mountain > to the east of the city. > > 24-25 Then, still in the vision given me by the Spirit of God, the Spirit > took me and carried me > back to the exiles in Babylon. And then the vision left me. I told the > exiles everything that God > had shown me. > > Put the Bundle on Your Shoulder > and Walk into the Night > Ezekiel 12 > 1-6 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, you're living with a bunch of > rebellious people. They > have eyes but don't see a thing, they have ears but don't hear a thing. > They're rebels all. So, son > of man, pack up your exile duffel bags. Leave in broad daylight with > everyone watching and go off, > as if into exile. Maybe then they'll understand what's going on, rebels > though they are. You'll take > up your baggage while they watch, a bundle of the bare necessities of > someone going into exile, and > toward evening leave, just like a person going off into exile. As they > watch, dig through the wall > of the house and carry your bundle through it. In full sight of the > people, put the bundle on your > shoulder and walk out into the night. Cover your face so you won't have to > look at what you'll never > see again. I'm using you as a sign for the family of Israel." > 7 I did exactly as he commanded me. I got my stuff together and brought it > out in the street where > everyone could see me, bundled it up the way someone being taken off into > exile would, and then, as > the sun went down, made a hole in the wall of the house with my hands. As > it grew dark and as they > watched, I left, throwing my bundle across my shoulders. > > 8-10 The next morning God spoke to me: "Son of man, when anyone in Israel, > that bunch of rebels, > asks you, 'What are you doing?' Tell them, 'God, the Master, says that > this Message especially > concerns the prince in Jerusalem-Zedekiah-but includes all the people of > Israel.' > > 11 "Also tell them, 'I am drawing a picture for you. As I am now doing, it > will be done to all the > people of Israel. They will go into exile as captives.' > > 12-15 "The prince will put his bundle on his shoulders in the dark and > leave. He'll dig through the > wall of the house, covering his face so he won't have to look at the land > he'll never see again. But > I'll make sure he gets caught and is taken to Babylon. Blinded, he'll > never see that land in which > he'll die. I'll scatter to the four winds those who helped him escape, > along with his troops, and > many will die in battle. They'll realize that I am God when I scatter them > among foreign countries. > > 16 "I'll permit a few of them to escape the killing, starvation, and > deadly sickness so that they > can confess among the foreign countries all the disgusting obscenities > they've been involved in. > They will realize that I am God." > > 17-20 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, eat your meals shaking in > your boots, drink your water > trembling with fear. Tell the people of this land, everyone living in > Jerusalem and Israel, God's > Message: 'You'll eat your meals shaking in your boots and drink your water > in terror because your > land is going to be stripped bare as punishment for the brutality rampant > in it. All the cities and > villages will be emptied out and the fields destroyed. Then you'll realize > that I am God.'" > > 21-22 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, what's this proverb making > the rounds in the land of > Israel that says, 'Everything goes on the same as ever; all the prophetic > warnings are false > alarms'? > > 23-25 "Tell them, 'God, the Master, says, This proverb's going to have a > short life!' > > "Tell them, 'Time's about up. Every warning is about to come true. > False alarms and easygoing > preaching are a thing of the past in the life of Israel. I, God, am doing > the speaking. What I say > happens. None of what I say is on hold. What I say, I'll do-and soon, you > rebels!' Decree of God the > Master." > > 26-28 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, do you hear what Israel is > saying: that the alarm the > prophet raises is for a long time off, that he's preaching about the > far-off future? Well, tell > them, 'God, the Master, says, "Nothing of what I say is on hold. What I > say happens."' Decree of > God, the Master." > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
