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: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:03 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday September 8 > Day 251 > > Ezekiel 28-30 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 28 > The Money Has Gone to Your Head > 1-5 God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, 'This > is what God, the Master, > says: > "'Your heart is proud, > going around saying, "I'm a god. > I sit on God's divine throne, > ruling the sea"- > You, a mere mortal, > not even close to being a god, > A mere mortal > trying to be a god. > Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. > No enigmas can stump you. > Your sharp intelligence > made you world-wealthy. > You piled up gold and silver > in your banks. > You used your head well, > worked good deals, made a lot of money. > But the money has gone to your head, > swelled your head-what a big head! > > 6-11"'Therefore, God, the Master, says: > > "'Because you're acting like a god, > pretending to be a god, > I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, > the most vicious of all nations. > They'll pull their swords and make hash > of your reputation for knowing it all. > They'll puncture the balloon > of your god-pretensions. > They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal > and bury you in the deep blue sea. > Will you protest to your assassins, > "You can't do that! I'm a god"? > To them you're a mere mortal. > They're killing a man, not a god. > You'll die like a stray dog, > killed by strangers- > Because I said so. > Decree of God, the Master.'" > > 11-19God's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the > king of Tyre. Tell him, A > Message from God, the Master: > > "You had everything going for you. > You were in Eden, God's garden. > You were dressed in splendor, > your robe studded with jewels: > Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, > beryl, onyx, and jasper, > Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, > all in settings of engraved gold. > A robe was prepared for you > the same day you were created. > You were the anointed cherub. > I placed you on the mountain of God. > You strolled in magnificence > among the stones of fire. > From the day of your creation > you were sheer perfection... > and then imperfection-evil!-was detected in you. > In much buying and selling > you turned violent, you sinned! > I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. > I threw you out-you, the anointed angel-cherub. > No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! > Your beauty went to your head. > You corrupted wisdom > by using it to get worldly fame. > I threw you to the ground, > sent you sprawling before an audience of kings > and let them gloat over your demise. > By sin after sin after sin, > by your corrupt ways of doing business, > you defiled your holy places of worship. > So I set a fire around and within you. > It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. > All anyone sees now > when they look for you is ashes, > a pitiful mound of ashes. > All who once knew you > now throw up their hands: > 'This can't have happened! > This has happened!'" > > 20-23 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach > against it. Say, 'Message from > God, the Master: > > "'Look! I'm against you, Sidon. > I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' > They'll know that I am God > when I set things right > and reveal my holy presence. > I'll order an epidemic of disease there, > along with murder and mayhem in the streets. > People will drop dead right and left, > as war presses in from every side. > Then they'll realize that I mean business, > that I am God. > > 24"No longer will Israel have to put up with > their thistle-and-thorn neighbors > Who have treated them so contemptuously. > And they also will realize that I am God." > > 25-26 God, the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among > whom they've been > scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations > looking on, then they'll > live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there > in safety. They'll build > houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring > judgment on all the > neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize > that I am God." > > Ezekiel 29 > Never a World Power Again > 1-6 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, God's > Message came to me: "Son of > man, confront Pharaoh king of Egypt. Preach against him and all the > Egyptians. Tell him, > 'God, the Master, says: > "'Watch yourself, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. > I'm dead set against you, > You lumbering old dragon, > lolling and flaccid in the Nile, > Saying, "It's my Nile. > I made it. It's mine." > I'll set hooks in your jaw; > I'll make the fish of the Nile stick to your scales. > I'll pull you out of the Nile, > with all the fish stuck to your scales. > Then I'll drag you out into the desert, > you and all the Nile fish sticking to your scales. > You'll lie there in the open, rotting in the sun, > meat to the wild animals and carrion birds. > Everybody living in Egypt > will realize that I am God. > > 6-9 "'Because you've been a flimsy reed crutch to Israel so that when they > gripped you, you > splintered and cut their hand, and when they leaned on you, you broke and > sent them > sprawling-Message of God, the Master-I'll bring war against you, do away > with people and animals > alike, and turn the country into an empty desert so they'll realize that I > am God. > > 9-11 "'Because you said, "It's my Nile. I made it. It's all mine," > therefore I am against you and > your rivers. I'll reduce Egypt to an empty, desolate wasteland all the way > from Migdol in the north > to Syene and the border of Ethiopia in the south. Not a human will be seen > in it, nor will an animal > move through it. It'll be just empty desert, empty for forty years. > > 12 "'I'll make Egypt the most desolate of all desolations. For forty years > I'll make her cities the > most wasted of all wasted cities. I'll scatter Egyptians to the four > winds, send them off every > which way into exile. > > 13-16 "'But,' says God, the Master, 'that's not the end of it. After the > forty years, I'll gather > up the Egyptians from all the places where they've been scattered. I'll > put things back together > again for Egypt. I'll bring her back to Pathros where she got her start > long ago. There she'll start > over again from scratch. She'll take her place at the bottom of the ladder > and there she'll stay, > never to climb that ladder again, never to be a world power again. Never > again will Israel be > tempted to rely on Egypt. All she'll be to Israel is a reminder of old > sin. Then Egypt will realize > that I am God, the Master.'" > > 17-18 In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of > the month, God's Message > came to me: "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has worn out his > army against Tyre. > They've worked their fingers to the bone and have nothing to show for it. > > 19-20 "Therefore, God, the Master, says, 'I'm giving Egypt to > Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He'll > haul away its wealth, pick the place clean. He'll pay his army with > Egyptian plunder. He's been > working for me all these years without pay. This is his pay: Egypt. Decree > of God, the Master. > > 21 "'And then I'll stir up fresh hope in Israel-the dawn of deliverance!- > and I'll give you, > Ezekiel, bold and confident words to speak. And they'll realize that I am > God.'" > > Ezekiel 30 > Egypt on Fire > 1-5 God, the Master, spoke to me: "Son of man, preach. Give them the > Message of God, the Master. > Wail: > "'Doomsday!' > Time's up! > God's big day of judgment is near. > Thick clouds are rolling in. > It's doomsday for the nations. > Death will rain down on Egypt. > Terror will paralyze Ethiopia > When they see the Egyptians killed, > their wealth hauled off, > their foundations demolished, > And Ethiopia, Put, Lud, Arabia, Libya > -all of Egypt's old allies- > killed right along with them. > > 6-8"'God says: > > "'Egypt's allies will fall > and her proud strength will collapse- > From Migdol in the north to Syene in the south, > a great slaughter in Egypt! > Decree of God, the Master. > Egypt, most desolate of the desolate, > her cities wasted beyond wasting, > Will realize that I am God > when I burn her down > and her helpers are knocked flat. > > 9 "'When that happens, I'll send out messengers by ship to sound the alarm > among the easygoing > Ethiopians. They'll be terrorized. Egypt's doomed! Judgment's coming! > > 10-12 "'God, the Master, says: > > "'I'll put a stop to Egypt's arrogance. > I'll use Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to do it. > He and his army, the most brutal of nations, > shall be used to destroy the country. > They'll brandish their swords > and fill Egypt with corpses. > I'll dry up the Nile > and sell off the land to a bunch of crooks. > I'll hire outsiders to come in > and waste the country, strip it clean. > I, God, have said so. > > 13-19 "'And now this is what God, the Master, says: > > "'I'll smash all the no-god idols; > I'll topple all those huge statues in Memphis. > The prince of Egypt will be gone for good, > and in his place I'll put fear-fear throughout Egypt! > I'll demolish Pathros, > burn Zoan to the ground, and punish Thebes, > Pour my wrath on Pelusium, Egypt's fort, > and knock Thebes off its proud pedestal. > I'll set Egypt on fire: > Pelusium will writhe in pain, > Thebes blown away, > Memphis raped. > The young warriors of On and Pi-beseth > will be killed and the cities exiled. > A dark day for Tahpanhes > when I shatter Egypt, > When I break Egyptian power > and put an end to her arrogant oppression! > She'll disappear in a cloud of dust, > her cities hauled off as exiles. > That's how I'll punish Egypt, > and that's how she'll realize that I am God.'" > > 20 In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, God's > Message came to me: > > 21 "Son of man, I've broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And look! It > hasn't been set. No > splint has been put on it so the bones can knit and heal, so he can use a > sword again. > > 22-26 "Therefore, God, the Master, says, I am dead set against Pharaoh > king of Egypt and will go > ahead and break his other arm-both arms broken! There's no way he'll ever > swing a sword again. I'll > scatter Egyptians all over the world. I'll make the arms of the king of > Babylon strong and put my > sword in his hand, but I'll break the arms of Pharaoh and he'll groan like > one who is mortally > wounded. I'll make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, but the arms of > Pharaoh shall go limp. > The Egyptians will realize that I am God when I place my sword in the hand > of the king of Babylon. > He'll wield it against Egypt and I'll scatter Egyptians all over the > world. Then they'll realize > that I am God." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
