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: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:14 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday September 12 > Day 255 > > Ezekiel 41-44 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 41 > 1-2 He brought me into the Temple itself and measured the doorposts on > each side. Each was ten and > a half feet thick. The entrance was seventeen and a half feet wide. The > walls on each side were > eight and three-quarters feet thick. > He also measured the Temple Sanctuary: seventy feet by thirty-five > feet. > > 3-4 He went further in and measured the doorposts at the entrance: Each > was three and a half feet > thick. The entrance itself was ten and a half feet wide, and the entrance > walls were twelve and a > quarter feet thick. He measured the inside Sanctuary, thirty-five feet > square, set at the end of the > main Sanctuary. He told me, "This is The Holy of Holies." > > 5-7 He measured the wall of the Temple. It was ten and a half feet thick. > The side rooms around the > Temple were seven feet wide. There were three floors of these side rooms, > thirty rooms on each of > the three floors. There were supporting beams around the Temple wall to > hold up the side rooms, but > they were freestanding, not attached to the wall itself. The side rooms > around the Temple became > wider from first floor to second floor to third floor. A staircase went > from the bottom floor, > through the middle, and then to the top floor. > > 8-11 I observed that the Temple had a ten-and-a-half-foot-thick raised > base around it, which > provided a foundation for the side rooms. The outside walls of the side > rooms were eight and > three-quarters feet thick. The open area between the side rooms of the > Temple and the priests' rooms > was a thirty-five-foot-wide strip all around the Temple. There were two > entrances to the side rooms > from the open area, one placed on the north side, the other on the south. > There were eight and > three-quarters feet of open space all around. > > 12 The house that faced the Temple courtyard to the west was one hundred > twenty-two and a half feet > wide, with eight-and-three-quarters-foot-thick walls. The length of the > wall and building was one > hundred fifty-seven and a half feet. > > 13-14 He measured the Temple: one hundred seventy-five feet long. The > Temple courtyard and the > house, including its walls, measured a hundred seventy-five feet. The > breadth of the front of the > Temple and the open area to the east was a hundred seventy-five feet. > > 15-18 He measured the length of the house facing the courtyard at the back > of the Temple, including > the shelters on each side: one hundred seventy-five feet. The main > Sanctuary, the inner Sanctuary, > and the vestibule facing the courtyard were paneled with wood, and had > window frames and door frames > in all three sections. From floor to windows the walls were paneled. Above > the outside entrance to > the inner Sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the > inner Sanctuary and the > main Sanctuary, angel-cherubim and palm trees were carved in alternating > sequence. > > 18-20 Each angel-cherub had two faces: a human face toward the palm tree > on the right and the face > of a lion toward the palm tree on the left. They were carved around the > entire Temple. The > cherubim-palm tree motif was carved from floor to door height on the wall > of the main Sanctuary. > > 21-22 The main Sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe. In front of the Holy > Place was something that > looked like an altar of wood, five and a quarter feet high and three and a > half feet square. Its > corners, base, and sides were of wood. The man said to me, "This is the > table that stands before > God." > > 23-26 Both the main Sanctuary and the Holy Place had double doors. Each > door had two leaves: two > hinged leaves for each door, one set swinging inward and the other set > outward. The doors of the > main Sanctuary were carved with angel-cherubim and palm trees. There was a > canopy of wood in front > of the vestibule outside. There were narrow windows alternating with > carved palm trees on both sides > of the porch. > > Ezekiel 42 > 1-9 The man led me north into the outside courtyard and brought me to the > rooms that are in front > of the open space and the house facing north. The length of the house on > the north was one hundred > seventy-five feet, and its width eighty-seven and a half feet. Across the > thirty-five feet that > separated the inside courtyard from the paved walkway at the edge of the > outside courtyard, the > rooms rose level by level for three stories. In front of the rooms on the > inside was a hallway > seventeen and a half feet wide and one hundred seventy-five feet long. Its > entrances were from the > north. The upper rooms themselves were narrower, their galleries being > wider than on the first and > second floors of the building. The rooms on the third floor had no pillars > like the pillars in the > outside courtyard and were smaller than the rooms on the first and second > floors. There was an > outside wall parallel to the rooms and the outside courtyard. It fronted > the rooms for eighty-seven > and a half feet. The row of rooms facing the outside courtyard was > eighty-seven and a half feet > long. The row on the side nearest the Sanctuary was one hundred > seventy-five feet long. The > first-floor rooms had their entrance from the east, coming in from the > outside courtyard. > 10-12 On the south side along the length of the courtyard's outside wall > and fronting on the Temple > courtyard were rooms with a walkway in front of them. These were just like > the rooms on the > north-same exits and dimensions-with the main entrance from the east > leading to the hallway and the > doors to the rooms the same as those on the north side. The design on the > south was a mirror image > of that on the north. > > 13-14 Then he said to me, "The north and south rooms adjacent to the open > area are holy rooms where > the priests who come before God eat the holy offerings. There they place > the holy offerings-grain > offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. These are set-apart rooms, > holy space. After the > priests have entered the Sanctuary, they must not return to the outside > courtyard and mingle among > the people until they change the sacred garments in which they minister > and put on their regular > clothes." > > 15-16 After he had finished measuring what was inside the Temple area, he > took me out the east gate > and measured it from the outside. Using his measuring stick, he measured > the east side: eight > hundred seventy-five feet. > > 17 He measured the north side: eight hundred seventy-five feet. > > 18 He measured the south side: eight hundred seventy-five feet. > > 19 Last of all he went to the west side and measured it: eight hundred > seventy-five feet. > > 20 He measured the wall on all four sides. Each wall was eight hundred > seventy-five feet. The walls > separated the holy from the ordinary. > > Ezekiel 43 > The Meaning of the Temple > 1-3 The man brought me to the east gate. Oh! The bright Glory of the God > of Israel rivered out of > the east sounding like the roar of floodwaters, and the earth itself > glowed with the bright Glory. > It looked just like what I had seen when he came to destroy the city, > exactly like what I had seen > earlier at the Kebar River. And again I fell, face to the ground. > 4-5 The bright Glory of God poured into the Temple through the east gate. > The Spirit put me on my > feet and led me to the inside courtyard and-oh! the bright Glory of God > filled the Temple! > > 6-9 I heard someone speaking to me from inside the Temple while the man > stood beside me. He said, > "Son of man, this is the place for my throne, the place I'll plant my > feet. This is the place where > I'll live with the Israelites forever. Neither the people of Israel nor > their kings will ever again > drag my holy name through the mud with their whoring and the no-god idols > their kings set up at all > the wayside shrines. When they set up their worship shrines right > alongside mine with only a thin > wall between them, they dragged my holy name through the mud with their > obscene and vile worship. Is > it any wonder that I destroyed them in anger? So let them get rid of their > whoring ways and the > stinking no-god idols introduced by their kings and I'll move in and live > with them forever. > > 10-11 "Son of man, tell the people of Israel all about the Temple so > they'll be dismayed by their > wayward lives. Get them to go over the layout. That will bring them up > short. Show them the whole > plan of the Temple, its ins and outs, the proportions, the regulations, > and the laws. Draw a picture > so they can see the design and meaning and live by its design and intent. > > 12 "This is the law of the Temple: As it radiates from the top of the > mountain, everything around > it becomes holy ground. Yes, this is law, the meaning, of the Temple. > > 13-14 "These are the dimensions of the altar, using the long > (twenty-one-inch) ruler. The gutter at > its base is twenty-one inches deep and twenty-one inches wide, with a > four-inch lip around its edge. > > 14-15 "The height of the altar is three and a half feet from the base to > the first ledge and twenty > inches wide. From the first ledge to the second ledge it is seven feet > high and twenty-one inches > wide. The altar hearth is another seven feet high. Four horns stick upward > from the hearth > twenty-one inches high. > > 16-17 "The top of the altar, the hearth, is square, twenty-one by > twenty-one feet. The upper ledge > is also square, twenty-four and a half feet on each side, with a > ten-and-a-half-inch lip and a > twenty-one-inch-wide gutter all the way around. > > "The steps of the altar ascend from the east." > > 18 Then the man said to me, "Son of man, God, the Master, says: 'These are > the ordinances for > conduct at the altar when it is built, for sacrificing burnt offerings and > sprinkling blood on it. > > 19-21 "'For a sin offering, give a bull to the priests, the Levitical > priests who are from the > family of Zadok who come into my presence to serve me. Take some of its > blood and smear it on the > four horns of the altar that project from the four corners of the top > ledge and all around the lip. > That's to purify the altar and make it fit for the sacrifice. Then take > the bull for the sin > offerings and burn it in the place set aside for this in the courtyard > outside the Sanctuary. > > 22-24 "'On the second day, offer a male goat without blemish for a sin > offering. Purify the altar > the same as you purified it for the bull. Then, when you have purified it, > offer a bull without > blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock. Present them before God. > Sprinkle salt on them and > offer them as a burnt offering to God. > > 25-26 "'For seven days, prepare a goat for a sin offering daily, and also > a bull and a ram from the > flock, animals without blemish. For seven days the priests are to get the > altar ready for its work, > purifying it. This is how you dedicate it. > > 27 "'After these seven days of dedication, from the eighth day on, the > priests will present your > burnt offerings and your peace offerings. And I'll accept you with > pleasure, with delight! Decree of > God, the Master.'" > > Ezekiel 44 > Sanctuary Rules > 1 Then the man brought me back to the outside gate complex of the > Sanctuary that faces east. But it > was shut. > 2-3 God spoke to me: "This gate is shut and it's to stay shut. No one is > to go through it because > God, the God of Israel, has gone through it. It stays shut. Only the > prince, because he's the > prince, may sit there to eat in the presence of God. He is to enter the > gate complex through the > porch and leave by the same way." 4 The man led me through the north gate > to the front of the > Temple. I looked, and-oh!-the bright Glory of God filling the Temple of > God! I fell on my face in > worship. > > 5 God said to me, "Son of man, get a grip on yourself. Use your eyes, use > your ears, pay careful > attention to everything I tell you about the ordinances of this Temple of > God, the way all the laws > work, instructions regarding it and all the entrances and exits of the > Sanctuary. > > 6-9 "Tell this bunch of rebels, this family Israel, 'Message of God, the > Master: No more of these > vile obscenities, Israel, dragging irreverent and unrepentant outsiders, > uncircumcised in heart and > flesh, into my Sanctuary, feeding them the sacrificial offerings as if it > were the food for a > neighborhood picnic. With all your vile obscenities, you've broken trust > with me, the solemn > covenant I made with you. You haven't taken care of my holy things. You've > hired out the work to > foreigners who care nothing for this place, my Sanctuary. No irreverent > and unrepentant aliens, > uncircumcised in heart or flesh, not even the ones who live among > Israelites, are to enter my > Sanctuary.' > > 10-14 "The Levites who walked off and left me, along with everyone else- > all Israel-who took up > with all the no-god idols, will pay for everything they did wrong. From > now on they'll do only the > menial work in the Sanctuary: guard the gates and help out with the Temple > chores-and also kill the > sacrificial animals for the people and serve them. Because they acted as > priests to the no-god idols > and made my people Israel stumble and fall, I've taken an oath to punish > them. Decree of God, the > Master. Yes, they'll pay for what they've done. They're fired from the > priesthood. No longer will > they come into my presence and take care of my holy things. No more access > to The Holy Place! > They'll have to live with what they've done, carry the shame of their vile > and obscene lives. From > now on, their job is to sweep up and run errands. That's it. > > 15-16 "But the Levitical priests who descend from Zadok, who faithfully > took care of my Sanctuary > when everyone else went off and left me, are going to come into my > presence and serve me. They are > going to carry out the priestly work of offering the solemn sacrifices of > worship. Decree of God, > the Master. They're the only ones permitted to enter my Sanctuary. They're > the only ones to approach > my table and serve me, accompanying me in my work. > > 17-19 "When they enter the gate complex of the inside courtyard, they are > to dress in linen. No > woolens are to be worn while serving at the gate complex of the inside > courtyard or inside the > Temple itself. They're to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen > underclothes-nothing that > makes them sweat. When they go out into the outside courtyard where the > people gather, they must > first change out of the clothes they have been serving in, leaving them in > the sacred rooms where > they change to their everyday clothes, so that they don't trivialize their > holy work by the way they > dress. > > 20 "They are to neither shave their heads nor let their hair become > unkempt, but must keep their > hair trimmed and neat. > > 21 "No priest is to drink on the job-no wine while in the inside > courtyard. > > 22 "Priests are not to marry widows or divorcees, but only Israelite > virgins or widows of priests. > > 23 "Their job is to teach my people the difference between the holy and > the common, to show them > how to discern between unclean and clean. > > 24 "When there's a difference of opinion, the priests will arbitrate. > They'll decide on the basis > of my judgments, laws, and statutes. They are in charge of making sure the > appointed feasts are > honored and my Sabbaths kept holy in the ways I've commanded. > > 25-27 "A priest must not contaminate himself by going near a corpse. But > when the dead person is > his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, he can > approach the dead. But > after he has been purified, he must wait another seven days. Then, when he > returns to the inside > courtyard of the Sanctuary to do his priestly work in the Sanctuary, he > must first offer a sin > offering for himself. Decree of God, the Master. > > 28-30 "As to priests owning land, I am their inheritance. Don't give any > land in Israel to them. I > am their 'land,' their inheritance. They'll take their meals from the > grain offerings, the sin > offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel offered to God in > worship is theirs. The > best of everything grown, plus all special gifts, comes to the priests. > All that is given in worship > to God goes to them. Serve them first. Serve from your best and your home > will be blessed. > > 31 "Priests are not to eat any meat from bird or animal unfit for ordinary > human consumption, such > as carcasses found dead on the road or in the field." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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