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: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Friday September 11 > Day 254 > > Ezekiel 37-40 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 37 > Breath of Life > 1-2 God grabbed me. God's Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle > of an open plain strewn > with bones. He led me around and among them-a lot of bones! There were > bones all over the plain-dry > bones, bleached by the sun. > 3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" > > I said, "Master God, only you know that." > > 4 He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones: 'Dry bones, listen to the > Message of God!'" > > 5-6 God, the Master, told the dry bones, "Watch this: I'm bringing the > breath of life to you and > you'll come to life. I'll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, > cover you with skin, and > breathe life into you. You'll come alive and you'll realize that I am > God!" > > 7-8 I prophesied just as I'd been commanded. As I prophesied, there was a > sound and, oh, rustling! > The bones moved and came together, bone to bone. I kept watching. Sinews > formed, then muscles on the > bones, then skin stretched over them. But they had no breath in them. > > 9 He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell the > breath, 'God, the Master, > says, Come from the four winds. Come, breath. Breathe on these slain > bodies. Breathe life!'" > > 10 So I prophesied, just as he commanded me. The breath entered them and > they came alive! They > stood up on their feet, a huge army. > > 11 Then God said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of > Israel. Listen to what > they're saying: 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, there's nothing > left of us.' > > 12-14 "Therefore, prophesy. Tell them, 'God, the Master, says: I'll dig up > your graves and bring > you out alive-O my people! Then I'll take you straight to the land of > Israel. When I dig up graves > and bring you out as my people, you'll realize that I am God. I'll breathe > my life into you and > you'll live. Then I'll lead you straight back to your land and you'll > realize that I am God. I've > said it and I'll do it. God's Decree.'" > > 15-17 God's Message came to me: "You, son of man: Take a stick and write > on it, 'For Judah, with > his Israelite companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For > Joseph-Ephraim's stick, > together with all his Israelite companions.' Then tie the two sticks > together so that you're holding > one stick. > > 18-19 "When your people ask you, 'Are you going to tell us what you're > doing?' tell them, 'God, the > Master, says, Watch me! I'll take the Joseph stick that is in Ephraim's > hand, with the tribes of > Israel connected with him, and lay the Judah stick on it. I'll make them > into one stick. I'm holding > one stick.' > > 20-24 "Then take the sticks you've inscribed and hold them up so the > people can see them. Tell > them, 'God, the Master, says, Watch me! I'm taking the Israelites out of > the nations in which > they've been exiled. I'll gather them in from all directions and bring > them back home. I'll make > them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and give them one > king-one king over all of > them. Never again will they be divided into two nations, two kingdoms. > Never again will they pollute > their lives with their no-god idols and all those vile obscenities and > rebellions. I'll save them > out of all their old sinful haunts. I'll clean them up. They'll be my > people! I'll be their God! My > servant David will be king over them. They'll all be under one shepherd. > > 24-27 "'They'll follow my laws and keep my statutes. They'll live in the > same land I gave my > servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their > children and their grandchildren > will live there forever, and my servant David will be their prince > forever. I'll make a covenant of > peace with them that will hold everything together, an everlasting > covenant. I'll make them secure > and place my holy place of worship at the center of their lives forever. > I'll live right there with > them. I'll be their God! They'll be my people! > > 28 "'The nations will realize that I, God, make Israel holy when my holy > place of worship is > established at the center of their lives forever.'" > > Ezekiel 38 > God Against Gog > 1-6 God's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Gog from the country > of Magog, head of Meshech > and Tubal. Prophesy against him. Say, 'God, the Master, says: Be warned, > Gog. I am against you, head > of Meshech and Tubal. I'm going to turn you around, put hooks in your > jaws, and drag you off with > your whole army, your horses and riders in full armor-all those shields > and bucklers and > swords-fighting men armed to the teeth! Persia and Cush and Put will be in > the ranks, also > well-armed, as will Gomer and its army and Beth-togarmah out of the north > with its army. Many > nations will be with you! > 7-9 "'Get ready to fight, you and the whole company that's been called > out. Take charge and wait > for orders. After a long time, you'll be given your orders. In the distant > future you'll arrive at a > country that has recovered from a devastating war. People from many > nations will be gathered there > on the mountains of Israel, for a long time now a wasteland. These people > have been brought back > from many countries and now live safe and secure. You'll rise like a > thunderstorm and roll in like > clouds and cover the land, you and the massed troops with you. > > 10-12 "'Message of God, the Master: At that time you'll start thinking > things over and cook up an > evil plot. You'll say, "I'm going to invade a country without defenses, > attack an unsuspecting, > carefree people going about their business-no gates to their cities, no > locks on their doors. And > I'm going to plunder the place, march right in and clean them out, this > rebuilt country risen from > the ashes, these returned exiles and their booming economy centered down > at the navel of the earth." > > 13 "'Sheba and Dedan and Tarshish, traders all out to make a fast buck, > will say, "So! You've > opened a new market for plunder! You've brought in your troops to get rich > quick!"' > > 14-16 "Therefore, son of man, prophesy! Tell Gog, 'A Message from God, the > Master: When my people > Israel are established securely, will you make your move? Will you come > down out of the far north, > you and that mob of armies, charging out on your horses like a tidal wave > across the land, and > invade my people Israel, covering the country like a cloud? When the > time's ripe, I'll unleash you > against my land in such a way that the nations will recognize me, realize > that through you, Gog, in > full view of the nations, I am putting my holiness on display. > > 17-22 "'A Message of God, the Master: Years ago when I spoke through my > servants, the prophets of > Israel, wasn't it you I was talking about? Year after year they prophesied > that I would bring you > against them. And when the day comes, Gog, you will attack that land of > Israel. Decree of God, the > Master. My raging anger will erupt. Fueled by blazing jealousy, I tell you > that then there will be > an earthquake that rocks the land of Israel. Fish and birds and wild > animals-even ants and > beetles!-and every human being will tremble and shake before me. Mountains > will disintegrate, > terraces will crumble. I'll order all-out war against you, Gog-Decree of > God, the Master-Gog killing > Gog on all the mountains of Israel. I'll deluge Gog with judgment: disease > and massacre, torrential > rain and hail, volcanic lava pouring down on you and your mobs of troops > and people. > > 23 "'I'll show you how great I am, how holy I am. I'll make myself known > all over the world. Then > you'll realize that I am God.'" > > Ezekiel 39 > Call the Wild Animals! > 1-5 "Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, 'A Message of God, the Master: > I'm against you, Gog, > head of Meshech and Tubal. I'm going to turn you around and drag you out, > drag you out of the far > north and down on the mountains of Israel. Then I'll knock your bow out of > your left hand and your > arrows from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you'll be > slaughtered, you and all your > troops and the people with you. I'll serve you up as a meal to carrion > birds and scavenging animals. > You'll be killed in the open field. I've given my word. Decree of God, the > Master.' > 6 "I'll set fire to Magog and the far-off islands, where people are so > seemingly secure. And > they'll realize that I am God. > > 7 "I'll reveal my holy name among my people Israel. Never again will I let > my holy name be dragged > in the mud. Then the nations will realize that I, God, am The Holy in > Israel. > > 8 "It's coming! Yes, it will happen! This is the day I've been telling you > about. > > 9-10 "People will come out of the cities of Israel and make a huge bonfire > of the weapons of war, > piling on shields large and small, bows and arrows, clubs and spears, a > fire they'll keep going for > seven years. They won't need to go into the woods to get fuel for the > fire. There'll be plenty of > weapons to keep it going. They'll strip those who stripped them. They'll > rob those who robbed them. > Decree of God, the Master. > > 11 "At that time I'll set aside a burial ground for Gog in Israel at > Traveler's Rest, just east of > the sea. It will obstruct the route of travelers, blocking their way, the > mass grave of Gog and his > mob of an army. They'll call the place Gog's Mob. > > 12-16 "Israel will bury the corpses in order to clean up the land. It will > take them seven months. > All the people will turn out to help with the burials. It will be a big > day for the people when it's > all done and I'm given my due. Men will be hired full-time for the cleanup > burial operation and will > go through the country looking for defiling, decomposing corpses. At the > end of seven months, > there'll be an all-out final search. Anyone who sees a bone will mark the > place with a stick so the > buriers can get it and bury it in the mass burial site, Gog's Mob. (A town > nearby is called > Mobville, or Hamonah.) That's how they'll clean up the land. > > 17-20 "Son of man, God, the Master, says: Call the birds! Call the wild > animals! Call out, 'Gather > and come, gather around my sacrificial meal that I'm preparing for you on > the mountains of Israel. > You'll eat meat and drink blood. You'll eat off the bodies of great heroes > and drink the blood of > famous princes as if they were so many rams and lambs, goats and bulls, > the choicest grain-fed > animals of Bashan. At the sacrificial meal I'm fixing for you, you'll eat > fat till you're stuffed > and drink blood till you're drunk. At the table I set for you, you'll > stuff yourselves with horses > and riders, heroes and fighters of every kind.' Decree of God, the Master. > > 21-24 "I'll put my glory on display among the nations and they'll all see > the judgment I execute, > see me at work handing out judgment. From that day on, Israel will realize > that I am their God. And > the nations will get the message that it was because of their sins that > Israel went into exile. They > were disloyal to me and I turned away from them. I turned them over to > their enemies and they were > all killed. I treated them as their polluted and sin-sated lives deserved. > I turned away from them, > refused to look at them. > > 25-29 "But now I will return Jacob back from exile, I'll be compassionate > with all the people of > Israel, and I'll be zealous for my holy name. Eventually the memory will > fade, the memory of their > shame over their betrayals of me when they lived securely in their own > land, safe and unafraid. Once > I've brought them back from foreign parts, gathered them in from enemy > territories, I'll use them to > demonstrate my holiness with all the nations watching. Then they'll > realize for sure that I am their > God, for even though I sent them off into exile, I will gather them back > to their own land, leaving > not one soul behind. After I've poured my Spirit on Israel, filled them > with my life, I'll no longer > turn away. I'll look them full in the face. Decree of God, the Master." > > Ezekiel 40 > Measuring the Temple Complex > 1-3 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year on > the tenth of the > month-it was the fourteenth year after the city fell-God touched me and > brought me here. He brought > me in divine vision to the land of Israel and set me down on a high > mountain. To the south there > were buildings that looked like a city. He took me there and I met a man > deeply tanned, like bronze. > He stood at the entrance holding a linen cord and a measuring stick. > 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look and listen carefully. Pay close > attention to everything I'm > going to show you. That's why you've been brought here. And then tell > Israel everything you see." > > 5 First I saw a wall around the outside of the Temple complex. The > measuring stick in the man's > hand was about ten feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall: about > ten feet. The height was > also about ten feet. > > 6-7 He went into the gate complex that faced the east and went up the > seven steps. He measured the > depth of the outside threshold of the gate complex: ten feet. There were > alcoves flanking the gate > corridor, each ten feet square, each separated by a wall seven and a half > feet thick. The inside > threshold of the gate complex that led to the porch facing into the Temple > courtyard was ten feet > deep. > > 8-9 He measured the inside porch of the gate complex: twelve feet deep, > flanked by pillars three > feet thick. The porch opened onto the Temple courtyard. > > 10 Inside this east gate complex were three alcoves on each side. Each > room was the same size and > the separating walls were identical. > > 11 He measured the outside entrance to the gate complex: fifteen feet wide > and nineteen and a half > feet deep. > > 12 In front of each alcove was a low wall eighteen inches high. The > alcoves were ten feet square. > > 13 He measured the width of the gate complex from the outside edge of the > alcove roof on one side > to the outside edge of the alcove roof on the other: thirty-seven and a > half feet from one top edge > to the other. > > 14 He measured the inside walls of the gate complex: ninety feet to the > porch leading into the > courtyard. > > 15 The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of > the porch was seventy-five > feet. > > 16 The alcoves and their connecting walls inside the gate complex were > topped by narrow windows all > the way around. The porch also. All the windows faced inward. The > doorjambs between the alcoves were > decorated with palm trees. > > 17-19 The man then led me to the outside courtyard and all its rooms. A > paved walkway had been > built connecting the courtyard gates. Thirty rooms lined the courtyard. > The walkway was the same > length as the gateways. It flanked them and ran their entire length. This > was the walkway for the > outside courtyard. He measured the distance from the front of the entrance > gateway across to the > entrance of the inner court: one hundred fifty feet. > > 19-23 Then he took me to the north side. Here was another gate complex > facing north, exiting the > outside courtyard. He measured its length and width. It had three alcoves > on each side. Its > gateposts and porch were the same as in the first gate: eighty-seven and a > half feet by forty-three > and three-quarters feet. The windows and palm trees were identical to the > east gateway. Seven steps > led up to it, and its porch faced inward. Opposite this gate complex was a > gate complex to the > inside courtyard, on the north as on the east. The distance between the > two was one hundred > seventy-five feet. > > 24-27 Then he took me to the south side, to the south gate complex. He > measured its gateposts and > its porch. It was the same size as the others. The porch with its windows > was the same size as those > previously mentioned. It also had seven steps up to it. Its porch opened > onto the outside courtyard, > with palm trees decorating its gateposts on both sides. Opposite to it, > the gate complex for the > inner court faced south. He measured the distance across the courtyard > from gate to gate: one > hundred seventy-five feet. > > 28-31 He led me into the inside courtyard through the south gate complex. > He measured it and found > it the same as the outside ones. Its alcoves, connecting walls, and > vestibule were the same. The > gate complex and porch, windowed all around, measured eighty-seven and a > half by forty-three and > three-quarters feet. The vestibule of each of the gate complexes leading > to the inside courtyard was > forty-three and three-quarters by eight and three-quarters feet. Each > vestibule faced the outside > courtyard. Palm trees were carved on its doorposts. Eight steps led up to > it. > > 32-34 He then took me to the inside courtyard on the east and measured the > gate complex. It was > identical to the others-alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule all the > same. The gate complex and > vestibule had windows all around. It measured eighty-seven and a half by > forty-three and > three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were > palm trees on the doorposts > on both sides. And it had eight steps. > > 35-37 He brought me to the gate complex to the north and measured it: same > measurements. The > alcoves, connecting walls, and vestibule with its windows: eighty-seven > and a half by forty-three > and three-quarters feet. Its porch faced the outside courtyard. There were > palm trees on its > doorposts on both sides. And it had eight steps. > > 38-43 There was a room with a door at the vestibule of the gate complex > where the burnt offerings > were cleaned. Two tables were placed within the vestibule, one on either > side, on which the animals > for burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were slaughtered. > Two tables were also > placed against both outside walls of the vestibule-four tables inside and > four tables outside, eight > tables in all for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. The four tables > used for the burnt offerings > were thirty-one and a half inches square and twenty-one inches high. The > tools for slaughtering the > sacrificial animals and other sacrifices were kept there. Meat hooks, > three inches long, were > fastened to the walls. The tables were for the sacrificial animals. > > 44-46 Right where the inside gate complex opened onto the inside courtyard > there were two rooms, > one at the north gate facing south and the one at the south gate facing > north. The man told me, "The > room facing south is for the priests who are in charge of the Temple. And > the room facing north is > for the priests who are in charge of the altar. These priests are the sons > of Zadok, the only sons > of Levi permitted to come near to God to serve him." > > 47 He measured the inside courtyard: a hundred seventy-five feet square. > The altar was in front of > the Temple. > > 48-49 He led me to the porch of the Temple and measured the gateposts of > the porch: eight and > three-quarters feet high on both sides. The entrance to the gate complex > was twenty-one feet wide > and its connecting walls were four and a half feet thick. The vestibule > itself was thirty-five feet > wide and twenty-one feet deep. Ten steps led up to the porch. 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