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: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday September 9 > Day 252 > > Ezekiel 31-33 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 31 > The Funeral of the Big Tree > 1-9 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, God's > Message came to me: "Son of > man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt, that pompous old goat: > "'Who do you, astride the world, > think you really are? > Look! Assyria was a Big Tree, huge as a Lebanon cedar, > beautiful limbs offering cool shade, > Skyscraper high, > piercing the clouds. > The waters gave it drink, > the primordial deep lifted it high, > Gushing out rivers around > the place where it was planted, > And then branching out in streams > to all the trees in the forest. > It was immense, > dwarfing all the trees in the forest- > Thick boughs, long limbs, > roots delving deep into earth's waters. > All the birds of the air > nested in its boughs. > All the wild animals > gave birth under its branches. > All the mighty nations > lived in its shade. > It was stunning in its majesty- > the reach of its branches! > the depth of its water-seeking roots! > Not a cedar in God's garden came close to it. > No pine tree was anything like it. > Mighty oaks looked like bushes > growing alongside it. > Not a tree in God's garden > was in the same class of beauty. > I made it beautiful, > a work of art in limbs and leaves, > The envy of every tree in Eden, > every last tree in God's garden.'" > > 10-13 Therefore, God, the Master, says, "'Because it skyscrapered upward, > piercing the clouds, > swaggering and proud of its stature, I turned it over to a world-famous > leader to call its evil to > account. I'd had enough. Outsiders, unbelievably brutal, felled it across > the mountain ranges. Its > branches were strewn through all the valleys, its leafy boughs clogging > all the streams and rivers. > Because its shade was gone, everybody walked off. No longer a tree-just a > log. On that dead log > birds perch. Wild animals burrow under it. > > 14 "'That marks the end of the "big tree" nations. No more trees nourished > from the great deep, no > more cloud-piercing trees, no more earthborn trees taking over. They're > all slated for death-back to > earth, right along with men and women, for whom it's "dust to dust." > > 15-17 "'The Message of God, the Master: On the day of the funeral of the > Big Tree, I threw the > great deep into mourning. I stopped the flow of its rivers, held back > great seas, and wrapped the > Lebanon mountains in black. All the trees of the forest fainted and fell. > I made the whole world > quake when it crashed, and threw it into the underworld to take its place > with all else that gets > buried. All the trees of Eden and the finest and best trees of Lebanon, > well-watered, were > relieved-they had descended to the underworld with it-along with everyone > who had lived in its shade > and all who had been killed. > > 18 "'Which of the trees of Eden came anywhere close to you in splendor and > size? But you're slated > to be cut down to take your place in the underworld with the trees of > Eden, to be a dead log stacked > with all the other dead logs, among the other uncircumcised who are dead > and buried. > > "'This means Pharaoh, the pompous old goat. > > "'Decree of God, the Master.'" > > Ezekiel 32 > A Cloud Across the Sun > 1-2 In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, God's > Message came to me: "Son of > man, sing a funeral lament over Pharaoh king of Egypt. Tell him: > "'You think you're a young lion > prowling through the nations. > You're more like a dragon in the ocean, > snorting and thrashing about. > > 3-10 "'God, the Master, says: > > "'I'm going to throw my net over you > -many nations will get in on this operation- > and haul you out with my dragnet. > I'll dump you on the ground > out in an open field > And bring in all the crows and vultures > for a sumptuous carrion lunch. > I'll invite wild animals from all over the world > to gorge on your guts. > I'll scatter hunks of your meat in the mountains > and strew your bones in the valleys. > The country, right up to the mountains, > will be drenched with your blood, > your blood filling every ditch and channel. > When I blot you out, > I'll pull the curtain on the skies > and shut out the stars. > I'll throw a cloud across the sun > and turn off the moonlight. > I'll turn out every light in the sky above you > and put your land in the dark. > Decree of God, the Master. > I'll shake up everyone worldwide > when I take you off captive to strange and far-off countries. > I'll shock people with you. > Kings will take one look and shudder. > I'll shake my sword > and they'll shake in their boots. > On the day you crash, they'll tremble, > thinking, "That could be me!" > > To Lay Your Pride Low > 11-15 "'God, the Master, says: > "'The sword of the king of Babylon > is coming against you. > I'll use the swords of champions > to lay your pride low, > Use the most brutal of nations > to knock Egypt off her high horse, > to puncture that hot-air pomposity. > I'll destroy all their livestock > that graze along the river. > Neither human foot nor animal hoof > will muddy those waters anymore. > I'll clear their springs and streams, > make their rivers flow clean and smooth. > Decree of God, the Master. > When I turn Egypt back to the wild > and strip her clean of all her abundant produce, > When I strike dead all who live there, > then they'll realize that I am God.' > > 16"This is a funeral song. Chant it. > Daughters of the nations, chant it. > Chant it over Egypt for the death of its pomp." > Decree of God, the Master. > > 17-19In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, God's > Message came to me: > > "Son of man, lament over Egypt's pompous ways. > Send her on her way. > Dispatch Egypt > and her proud daughter nations > To the underworld, > down to the country of the dead and buried. > Say, 'You think you're so high and mighty? > Down! Take your place with the heathen in that unhallowed grave!' > > 20-21 "She'll be dumped in with those killed in battle. The sword is > bared. Drag her off in all her > proud pomp! All the big men and their helpers down among the dead and > buried will greet them: > 'Welcome to the grave of the heathen! Join the ranks of the victims of > war!' > > 22-23 "Assyria is there and its congregation, the whole nation a cemetery. > Their graves are in the > deepest part of the underworld, a congregation of graves, all killed in > battle, these people who > terrorized the land of the living. > > 24-25 "Elam is there in all her pride, a cemetery-all killed in battle, > dumped in her heathen grave > with the dead and buried, these people who terrorized the land of the > living. They carry their shame > with them, along with the others in the grave. They turned Elam into a > resort for the pompous dead, > landscaped with heathen graves, slaughtered in battle. They once > terrorized the land of the living. > Now they carry their shame down with the others in deep earth. They're in > the section set aside for > the slain in battle. > > 26-27 "Meshech-tubal is there in all her pride, a cemetery in > uncircumcised ground, dumped in with > those slaughtered in battle-just deserts for terrorizing the land of the > living. Now they carry > their shame down with the others in deep earth. They're in the section set > aside for the slain. > They're segregated from the heroes, the old-time giants who entered the > grave in full battle dress, > their swords placed under their heads and their shields covering their > bones, those heroes who > spread terror through the land of the living. > > 28 "And you, Egypt, will be dumped in a heathen grave, along with all the > rest, in the section set > aside for the slain. > > 29 "Edom is there, with her kings and princes. In spite of her vaunted > greatness, she is dumped in > a heathen grave with the others headed for the grave. > > 30 "The princes of the north are there, the whole lot of them, and all the > Sidonians who carry > their shame to their graves-all that terror they spread with their brute > power!-dumped in unhallowed > ground with those killed in battle, carrying their shame with the others > headed for deep earth. > > 31 "Pharaoh will see them all and, pompous old goat that he is, take > comfort in the company he'll > keep-Pharaoh and his slaughtered army. Decree of God, the Master. > > 32 "I used him to spread terror in the land of the living and now I'm > dumping him in heathen ground > with those killed by the sword-Pharaoh and all his pomp. Decree of God, > the Master." > > Ezekiel 33 > You Are the Watchman > 1-5 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, speak to your people. Tell > them, 'If I bring war on this > land and the people take one of their citizens and make him their > watchman, and if the watchman sees > war coming and blows the trumpet, warning the people, then if anyone hears > the sound of the trumpet > and ignores it and war comes and takes him off, it's his own fault. He > heard the alarm, he ignored > it-it's his own fault. If he had listened, he would have saved his life. > 6 "'But if the watchman sees war coming and doesn't blow the trumpet, > warning the people, and war > comes and takes anyone off, I'll hold the watchman responsible for the > bloodshed of any unwarned > sinner.' > > 7-9 "You, son of man, are the watchman. I've made you a watchman for > Israel. The minute you hear a > message from me, warn them. If I say to the wicked, 'Wicked man, wicked > woman, you're on the fast > track to death!' and you don't speak up and warn the wicked to change > their ways, the wicked will > die unwarned in their sins and I'll hold you responsible for their > bloodshed. But if you warn the > wicked to change their ways and they don't do it, they'll die in their > sins well-warned and at least > you will have saved your own life. > > 10 "Son of man, speak to Israel. Tell them, 'You've said, "Our rebellions > and sins are weighing us > down. We're wasting away. How can we go on living?"' > > 11 "Tell them, 'As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from > the death of the wicked. I > want the wicked to change their ways and live. Turn your life around! > Reverse your evil ways! Why > die, Israel?' > > 12-13 "There's more, son of man. Tell your people, 'A good person's good > life won't save him when > he decides to rebel, and a bad person's bad life won't prevent him from > repenting of his rebellion. > A good person who sins can't expect to live when he chooses to sin. It's > true that I tell good > people, "Live! Be alive!" But if they trust in their good deeds and turn > to evil, that good life > won't amount to a hill of beans. They'll die for their evil life. > > 14-16 "'On the other hand, if I tell a wicked person, "You'll die for your > wicked life," and he > repents of his sin and starts living a righteous and just life-being > generous to the down-and-out, > restoring what he had stolen, cultivating life-nourishing ways that don't > hurt others-he'll live. He > won't die. None of his sins will be kept on the books. He's doing what's > right, living a good life. > He'll live. > > 17-19 "'Your people say, "The Master's way isn't fair." But it's the way > they're living that isn't > fair. When good people turn back from living good lives and plunge into > sin, they'll die for it. And > when a wicked person turns away from his wicked life and starts living a > just and righteous life, > he'll come alive. > > 20 "'Still, you keep on saying, "The Master's way isn't fair." We'll see, > Israel. I'll decide on > each of you exactly according to how you live.'" > > 21 In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, > a survivor from Jerusalem > came to me and said, "The city's fallen." > > 22 The evening before the survivor arrived, the hand of God had been on me > and restored my speech. > By the time he arrived in the morning I was able to speak. I could talk > again. > > 23-24 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, those who are living in the > ruins back in Israel are > saying, 'Abraham was only one man and he owned the whole country. But > there are lots of us. Our > ownership is even more certain.' > > 25-26 "So tell them, 'God the Master says, You eat flesh that contains > blood, you worship no-god > idols, you murder at will-and you expect to own this land? You rely on the > sword, you engage in > obscenities, you indulge in sex at random-anyone, anytime. And you still > expect to own this land?' > > 27-28 "Tell them this, Ezekiel: 'The Message of God, the Master. As sure > as I am the living God, > those who are still alive in the ruins will be killed. Anyone out in the > field I'll give to wild > animals for food. Anyone hiding out in mountain forts and caves will die > of disease. I'll make this > country an empty wasteland-no more arrogant bullying! Israel's mountains > will become dangerously > desolate. No one will dare pass through them.' > > 29 "They'll realize that I am God when I devastate the country because of > all the obscenities > they've practiced. > > 30-32 "As for you, son of man, you've become quite the talk of the town. > Your people meet on street > corners and in front of their houses and say, 'Let's go hear the latest > news from God.' They show > up, as people tend to do, and sit in your company. They listen to you > speak, but don't do a thing > you say. They flatter you with compliments, but all they care about is > making money and getting > ahead. To them you're merely entertainment-a country singer of sad love > songs, playing a guitar. > They love to hear you talk, but nothing comes of it. > > 33 "But when all this happens-and it is going to happen!-they'll realize > that a prophet was among > them." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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