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: Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday September 13 > Day 256 > > Ezekiel 45-48 (The Message) > > Ezekiel 45 > Sacred Space for God > 1-4 "When you divide up the inheritance of the land, you must set aside > part of the land as sacred > space for God: approximately seven miles long by six miles wide, all of it > holy ground. Within this > rectangle, reserve a seven-hundred-fifty-foot square for the Sanctuary > with a seventy-five-foot > buffer zone surrounding it. Mark off within the sacred reserve a section > seven miles long by three > miles wide. The Sanctuary with its Holy of Holies will be placed there. > This is where the priests > will live, those who lead worship in the Sanctuary and serve God there. > Their houses will be there > along with The Holy Place. > 5 "To the north of the sacred reserve, an area roughly seven miles long > and two and a quarter miles > wide will be set aside as land for the villages of the Levites who > administer the affairs of worship > in the Sanctuary. > > 6 "To the south of the sacred reserve, measure off a section seven miles > long and about a mile and > a half wide for the city itself, an area held in common by the whole > family of Israel. > > 7-8 "The prince gets the land abutting the seven-mile east and west > borders of the central sacred > square, extending eastward toward the Jordan and westward toward the > Mediterranean. This is the > prince's possession in Israel. My princes will no longer bully my people, > running roughshod over > them. They'll respect the land as it has been allotted to the tribes. > > 9-12 "This is the Message of God, the Master: 'I've put up with you long > enough, princes of Israel! > Quit bullying and taking advantage of my people. Do what's just and right > for a change. Use honest > scales-honest weights and honest measures. Every pound must have sixteen > ounces. Every gallon must > measure four quarts. The ounce is the basic measure for both. And your > coins must be honest-no > wooden nickels! > > Everyone in the Land Must Contribute > 13-15 "'These are the prescribed offerings you are to supply: one-sixtieth > part of your wheat, > one-sixtieth part of your barley, one-hundredth part of your oil, one > sheep out of every two hundred > from the lush pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain > offerings, burnt offerings, and > peace offerings for making the atonement sacrifices for the people. Decree > of God, the Master. > 16-17 "'Everyone in the land must contribute to these special offerings > that the prince in Israel > will administer. It's the prince's job to provide the burnt offerings, > grain offerings, and drink > offerings at the Holy Festivals, the New Moons, and the Sabbaths-all the > commanded feasts among the > people of Israel. Sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and > peace offerings for making > atonement for the people of Israel are his responsibility. > > 18-20 "'This is the Message from God, the Master: On the first day of the > first month, take an > unblemished bull calf and purify the Sanctuary. The priest is to take > blood from the sin offerings > and rub it on the doorposts of the Temple, on the four corners of the > ledge of the altar, and on the > gate entrance to the inside courtyard. Repeat this ritual on the seventh > day of the month for anyone > who sins without knowing it. In this way you make atonement for the > Temple. > > 21 "'On the fourteenth day of the first month, you will observe the > Passover, a feast of seven > days. During the feast you will eat bread made without yeast. > > 22-23 "'On Passover, the prince supplies a bull as a sin offering for > himself and all the people of > the country. Each day for each of the seven days of the feast, he will > supply seven bulls and seven > rams unblemished as a burnt offering to God, and also each day a male > goat. > > 24 "'He will supply about five and a half gallons of grain offering and a > gallon of oil for each > bull and each ram. > > 25 "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and on each of the seven > days of the feast, he is > to supply the same materials for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain > offerings, and oil.'" > > Ezekiel 46 > 1-3 "'Message from God, the Master: The gate of the inside courtyard on > the east is to be shut on > the six working days, but open on the Sabbath. It is also to be open on > the New Moon. The prince > will enter through the entrance area of the gate complex and stand at the > gateposts as the priests > present his burnt offerings and peace offerings while he worships there on > the porch. He will then > leave, but the gate won't be shut until evening. On Sabbaths and New > Moons, the people are to > worship before God at the outside entrance to that gate complex. > 4-5 "'The prince supplies for God the burnt offering for the Sabbath- six > unblemished lambs and an > unblemished ram. The grain offering to go with the ram is about five and a > half gallons plus a > gallon of oil, and a handful of grain for each lamb. > > 6-7 "'At the New Moon he is to supply a bull calf, six lambs, and a ram, > all without blemish. He > will also supply five and a half gallons of grain offering and a gallon of > oil for both ram and > bull, and a handful of grain offering for each lamb. > > 8 "'When the prince enters, he will go through the entrance vestibule of > the gate complex and leave > the same way. > > 9-10 "'But when the people of the land come to worship God at the > commanded feasts, those who enter > through the north gate will exit from the south gate, and those who enter > though the south gate will > exit from the north gate. You don't exit the gate through which you enter, > but through the opposite > gate. The prince is to be there, mingling with them, going in and out with > them. > > 11 "'At the festivals and the commanded feasts, the appropriate grain > offering is five and a half > gallons, with a gallon of oil for the bull and ram and a handful of grain > for each lamb. > > 12 "'When the prince brings a freewill offering to God, whether a burnt > offering or a peace > offering, the east gate is to be opened for him. He offers his burnt or > peace offering the same as > he does on the Sabbath. Then he leaves, and after he is out, the gate is > shut. > > 13-15 "'Every morning you are to bring a yearling lamb unblemished for a > burnt offering to God. > Also, every morning bring a grain offering of about a gallon of grain with > a quart or so of oil to > moisten it. Presenting this grain offering to God is standard procedure. > The lamb, the grain > offering, and the oil for the burnt offering are a regular daily ritual. > > 16-18 "'A Message from God, the Master: If the prince deeds a gift from > his inheritance to one of > his sons, it stays in the family. But if he deeds a gift from his > inheritance to a servant, the > servant keeps it only until the year of liberation (the Jubilee year). > After that, it comes back to > the prince. His inheritance is only for his sons. It stays in the family. > The prince must not take > the inheritance from any of the people, dispossessing them of their land. > He can give his sons only > what he himself owns. None of my people are to be run off their land.'" > > 19-20 Then the man brought me through the north gate into the holy > chambers assigned to the priests > and showed me a back room to the west. He said, "This is the kitchen where > the priests will cook the > guilt offering and sin offering and bake the grain offering so that they > won't have to do it in the > outside courtyard and endanger the unprepared people out there with The > Holy." > > 21-23 He proceeded to take me to the outside courtyard and around to each > of its four corners. In > each corner I observed another court. In each of the four corners of the > outside courtyard were > smaller courts sixty by forty-five feet, each the same size. On the inside > walls of the courts was a > stone shelf, and beneath the shelves, hearths for cooking. > > 24 He said, "These are the kitchens where those who serve in the Temple > will cook the sacrifices of > the people." > > Ezekiel 47 > Trees on Both Sides of the River > 1-2 Now he brought me back to the entrance to the Temple. I saw water > pouring out from under the > Temple porch to the east (the Temple faced east). The water poured from > the south side of the > Temple, south of the altar. He then took me out through the north gate and > led me around the outside > to the gate complex on the east. The water was gushing from under the > south front of the Temple. > 3-5 He walked to the east with a measuring tape and measured off fifteen > hundred feet, leading me > through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another fifteen hundred > feet, leading me through > water that was knee-deep. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet, > leading me through water > waist-deep. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet. By now it was a > river over my head, water > to swim in, water no one could possibly walk through. > > 6-7 He said, "Son of man, have you had a good look?" > > Then he took me back to the riverbank. While sitting on the bank, I > noticed a lot of trees on > both sides of the river. > > 8-10 He told me, "This water flows east, descends to the Arabah and then > into the sea, the sea of > stagnant waters. When it empties into those waters, the sea will become > fresh. Wherever the river > flows, life will flourish-great schools of fish-because the river is > turning the salt sea into fresh > water. Where the river flows, life abounds. Fishermen will stand shoulder > to shoulder along the > shore from En-gedi all the way north to En-eglaim, casting their nets. The > sea will teem with fish > of all kinds, like the fish of the Great Mediterranean. > > 11 "The swamps and marshes won't become fresh. They'll stay salty. > > 12 "But the river itself, on both banks, will grow fruit trees of all > kinds. Their leaves won't > wither, the fruit won't fail. Every month they'll bear fresh fruit because > the river from the > Sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for > healing." > > Divide Up This Land > 13-14 A Message from God, the Master: "These are the boundaries by which > you are to divide up the > inheritance of the land for the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph > getting two parcels. It is to > be divided up equally. I swore in a solemn oath to give it to your > ancestors, swore that this land > would be your inheritance. > 15-17 "These are the boundaries of the land: > > "The northern boundary runs from the Great Mediterranean Sea along the > Hethlon road to where you > turn off to the entrance of Hamath, Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim, which > lies between the territory > of Damascus and the territory of Hamath, and on to Hazor-hatticon on the > border of Hauran. The > boundary runs from the Sea to Hazor-enon, with the territories of Damascus > and Hamath to the north. > That is the northern boundary. > > 18 "The eastern boundary runs between Damascus and Hauran, down along the > Jordan between Gilead and > the land of Israel to the Eastern Sea as far as Tamar. This is the eastern > boundary. > > 19 "The southern boundary runs west from Tamar to the waters of > Meribah-kadesh, along the Brook of > Egypt, and out to the Great Mediterranean Sea. This is the southern > boundary. > > 20 "The western boundary is formed by the Great Mediterranean Sea north to > where the road turns > east toward the entrance to Hamath. This is the western boundary. > > 21-23 "Divide up this land among the twelve tribes of Israel. Divide it up > as your inheritance, and > include in it the resident aliens who have made themselves at home among > you and now have children. > Treat them as if they were born there, just like yourselves. They also get > an inheritance among the > tribes of Israel. In whatever tribe the resident alien lives, there he > gets his inheritance. Decree > of God, the Master." > > Ezekiel 48 > The Sanctuary of God at the Center > 1 "These are the tribes: "Dan: one portion, along the northern boundary, > following the Hethlon road > that turns off to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazor-enon so that the > territory of Damascus lies > to the north alongside Hamath, the northern border stretching from east to > west. 2 "Asher: one > portion, bordering Dan from east to west. > 3 "Naphtali: one portion, bordering Asher from east to west. > > 4 "Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west. > > 5 "Ephraim: one portion, bordering Manasseh from east to west. > > 6 "Reuben: one portion, bordering Ephraim from east to west. > > 7 "Judah: one portion, bordering Reuben from east to west. > > 8-9 "Bordering Judah from east to west is the consecrated area that you > will set aside as holy: a > square approximately seven by seven miles, with the Sanctuary set at the > center. The consecrated > area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than > three miles wide. > > 10-12 "This is how it will be parceled out. The priest will get the area > measuring seven miles on > the north and south boundaries, with a width of a little more than three > miles at the east and west > boundaries. The Sanctuary of God will be at the center. This is for the > consecrated priests, the > Zadokites who stayed true in their service to me and didn't get off track > as the Levites did when > Israel wandered off the main road. This is their special gift, a gift from > the land itself, most > holy ground, bordering the section of the Levites. > > 13-14 "The Levites get a section equal in size to that of the priests, > roughly seven by three > miles. They are not permitted to sell or trade any of it. It's the choice > part of the land, to say > nothing of being holy to God. > > 15-19 "What's left of the 'sacred square'-each side measures out at seven > miles by a mile and a > half-is for ordinary use: the city and its buildings with open country > around it, but the city at > the center. The north, south, east, and west sides of the city are each > about a mile and a half in > length. A strip of pasture, one hundred twenty-five yards wide, will > border the city on all sides. > The remainder of this portion, three miles of countryside to the east and > to the west of the sacred > precinct, is for farming. It will supply food for the city. Workers from > all the tribes of Israel > will serve as field hands to farm the land. > > 20 "This dedicated area, set apart for holy purposes, will be a square, > seven miles by seven miles, > a 'holy square,' which includes the part set aside for the city. > > 21-22 "The rest of this land, the country stretching east to the Jordan > and west to the > Mediterranean from the seven-mile sides of the 'holy square,' belongs to > the prince. His land is > sandwiched between the tribal portions north and south, and goes out both > east and west from the > 'sacred square' with its Temple at the center. The land set aside for the > Levites on one side and > the city on the other is in the middle of the territory assigned to the > prince. The 'sacred square' > is flanked east and west by the prince's land and bordered on the north > and south by the territories > of Judah and Benjamin, respectively. > > 23 "And then the rest of the tribes: > > "Benjamin: one portion, stretching from the eastern to the western > boundary. > > 24 "Simeon: one portion, bordering Benjamin from east to west. > > 25 "Issachar: one portion, bordering Simeon from east to west. > > 26 "Zebulun: one portion, bordering Issachar from east to west. > > 27 "Gad: one portion, bordering Zebulun from east to west. > > 28 "The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters > of Meribah-kadesh, along > the Brook of Egypt and then out to the Great Mediterranean Sea. > > 29 "This is the land that you are to divide up among the tribes of Israel > as their inheritance. > These are their portions." Decree of God, the Master. > > 30-31 "These are the gates of the city. On the north side, which is 2,250 > yards long (the gates of > the city are named after the tribes of Israel), three gates: the gate of > Reuben, the gate of Judah, > the gate of Levi. > > 32 "On the east side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of > Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, > the gate of Dan. > > 33 "On the south side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of > Simeon, the gate of > Issachar, the gate of Zebulun. > > 34 "On the west side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Gad, > the gate of Asher, the > gate of Naphtali. > > 35 "The four sides of the city measure to a total of nearly six miles. > > "From now on the name of the city will be Yahweh-Shammah: > > "God-Is-There." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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