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 15, 2009 10:28 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday September 16 > Day 259 > > Daniel 7-9 (The Message) > > Daniel 7 > A Vision of Four Animals > 1 In the first year of the reign of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had > a dream. What he saw as > he slept in his bed terrified him-a real nightmare. Then he wrote out his > dream: > 2-3 "In my dream that night I saw the four winds of heaven whipping up a > great storm on the sea. > Four huge animals, each different from the others, ascended out of the > sea. > > 4 "The first animal looked like a lion, but it had the wings of an eagle. > While I watched, its > wings were pulled off. It was then pulled erect so that it was standing on > two feet like a man. Then > a human heart was placed in it. > > 5 "Then I saw a second animal that looked like a bear. It lurched from > side to side, holding three > ribs in its jaws. It was told, 'Attack! Devour! Fill your belly!' > > 6 "Next I saw another animal. This one looked like a panther. It had four > birdlike wings on its > back. This animal had four heads and was made to rule. > > 7 "After that, a fourth animal appeared in my dream. This one was a grisly > horror-hideous. It had > huge iron teeth. It crunched and swallowed its victims. Anything left > over, it trampled into the > ground. It was different from the other animals-this one was a real > monster. It had ten horns. > > 8 "As I was staring at the horns and trying to figure out what they meant, > another horn sprouted > up, a little horn. Three of the original horns were pulled out to make > room for it. There were human > eyes in this little horn, and a big mouth speaking arrogantly. > > 9-10 "As I was watching all this, > > "Thrones were set in place > and The Old One sat down. > His robes were white as snow, > his hair was white like wool. > His throne was flaming with fire, > its wheels blazing. > A river of fire > poured out of the throne. > Thousands upon thousands served him, > tens of thousands attended him. > The courtroom was called to order, > and the books were opened. > > 11-13 "I kept watching. The little horn was speaking arrogantly. Then, as > I watched, the monster > was killed and its body cremated in a roaring fire. The other animals > lived on for a limited time, > but they didn't really do anything, had no power to rule. My dream > continued. > > 13-14"I saw a human form, a son of man, > arriving in a whirl of clouds. > He came to The Old One > and was presented to him. > He was given power to rule-all the glory of royalty. > Everyone-race, color, and creed-had to serve him. > His rule would be forever, never ending. > His kingly rule would never be replaced. > > 15-16 "But as for me, Daniel, I was disturbed. All these dream-visions had > me agitated. So I went > up to one of those standing by and asked him the meaning of all this. And > he told me, interpreting > the dream for me: > > 17-18 "'These four huge animals,' he said, 'mean that four kingdoms will > appear on earth. But > eventually the holy people of the High God will be given the kingdom and > have it ever after-yes, > forever and ever.' > > 19-22 "But I wanted to know more. I was curious about the fourth animal, > the one so different from > the others, the hideous monster with the iron teeth and the bronze claws, > gulping down what it > ripped to pieces and trampling the leftovers into the dirt. And I wanted > to know about the ten horns > on its head and the other horn that sprouted up while three of the > original horns were removed. This > new horn had eyes and a big mouth and spoke arrogantly, dominating the > other horns. I watched as > this horn was making war on God's holy people and getting the best of > them. But then The Old One > intervened and decided things in favor of the people of the High God. In > the end, God's holy people > took over the kingdom. > > 23-25 "The bystander continued, telling me this: 'The fourth animal is a > fourth kingdom that will > appear on earth. It will be different from the first three kingdoms, a > monster kingdom that will > chew up everyone in sight and spit them out. The ten horns are ten kings, > one after another, that > will come from this kingdom. But then another king will arrive. He will be > different from the > earlier kings. He will begin by toppling three kings. Then he will > blaspheme the High God, persecute > the followers of the High God, and try to get rid of sacred worship and > moral practice. God's holy > people will be persecuted by him for a time, two times, half a time. > > 26-27 "'But when the court comes to order, the horn will be stripped of > its power and totally > destroyed. Then the royal rule and the authority and the glory of all the > kingdoms under heaven will > be handed over to the people of the High God. Their royal rule will last > forever. All other rulers > will serve and obey them.' > > 28 "And there it ended. I, Daniel, was in shock. I was like a man who had > seen a ghost. But I kept > it all to myself." > > Daniel 8 > A Vision of a Ram and a Billy Goat > 1 "In King Belshazzar's third year as king, another vision came to me, > Daniel. This was now the > second vision. 2-4 "In the vision, I saw myself in Susa, the capital city > of the province Elam, > standing at the Ulai Canal. Looking around, I was surprised to see a ram > also standing at the gate. > The ram had two huge horns, one bigger than the other, but the bigger horn > was the last to appear. I > watched as the ram charged: first west, then north, then south. No beast > could stand up to him. He > did just as he pleased, strutting as if he were king of the beasts. 5-7 > "While I was watching this, > wondering what it all meant, I saw a billy goat with an immense horn in > the middle of its forehead > come up out of the west and fly across the whole country, not once > touching the ground. The billy > goat approached the double-horned ram that I had earlier seen standing at > the gate and, enraged, > charged it viciously. I watched as, mad with rage, it charged the ram and > hit it so hard that it > broke off its two horns. The ram didn't stand a chance against it. The > billy goat knocked the ram to > the ground and stomped all over it. Nothing could have saved the ram from > the goat. > 8-12 "Then the billy goat swelled to an enormous size. At the height of > its power its immense horn > broke off and four other big horns sprouted in its place, pointing to the > four points of the > compass. And then from one of these big horns another horn sprouted. It > started small, but then grew > to an enormous size, facing south and east-toward lovely Palestine. The > horn grew tall, reaching to > the stars, the heavenly army, and threw some of the stars to the earth and > stomped on them. It even > dared to challenge the power of God, Prince of the Celestial Army! And > then it threw out daily > worship and desecrated the Sanctuary. As judgment against their sin, the > holy people of God got the > same treatment as the daily worship. The horn cast God's Truth aside. > High-handed, it took over > everything and everyone. > > 13 "Then I overheard two holy angels talking. One asked, 'How long is what > we see here going to > last-the abolishing of daily worship, this devastating judgment against > sin, the kicking around of > God's holy people and the Sanctuary?' > > 14 "The other answered, 'Over the course of 2,300 sacrifices, evening and > morning. Then the > Sanctuary will be set right again.' > > 15 "While I, Daniel, was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, > suddenly there was a humanlike > figure standing before me. > > 16-17 "Then I heard a man's voice from over by the Ulai Canal calling out, > 'Gabriel, tell this man > what is going on. Explain the vision to him.' He came up to me, but when > he got close I became > terrified and fell facedown on the ground. > > 17-18 "He said, 'Understand that this vision has to do with the time of > the end.' As soon as he > spoke, I fainted, my face in the dirt. But he picked me up and put me on > my feet. > > 19 "And then he continued, 'I want to tell you what is going to happen as > the judgment days of > wrath wind down, for there is going to be an end to all this. > > 20-22 "'The double-horned ram you saw stands for the two kings of the > Medes and Persians. The billy > goat stands for the kingdom of the Greeks. The huge horn on its forehead > is the first Greek king. > The four horns that sprouted after it was broken off are the four kings > that come after him, but > without his power. > > 23-26"'As their kingdoms cool down > and rebellions heat up, > A king will show up, > hard-faced, a master trickster. > His power will swell enormously. > He'll talk big, high-handedly, > Doing whatever he pleases, > knocking off heroes and holy ones left and right. > He'll plot and scheme to make crime flourish- > and oh, how it will flourish! > He'll think he's invincible > and get rid of anyone who gets in his way. > But when he takes on the Prince of all princes, > he'll be smashed to bits- > but not by human hands. > This vision of the 2,300 sacrifices, evening and morning, > is accurate but confidential. > Keep it to yourself. > It refers to the far future.' > > 27 "I, Daniel, walked around in a daze, unwell for days. Then I got a grip > on myself and went back > to work taking care of the king's affairs. But I continued to be upset by > the vision. I couldn't > make sense of it." > > Daniel 9 > God's Covenant Commitment > 1-4 "Darius, son of Ahasuerus, born a Mede, became king over the land of > Babylon. In the first year > of his reign, I, Daniel, was meditating on the Scriptures that gave, > according to the Word of God to > the prophet Jeremiah, the number of years that Jerusalem had to lie in > ruins, namely, seventy. I > turned to the Master God, asking for an answer-praying earnestly, fasting > from meals, wearing rough > penitential burlap, and kneeling in the ashes. I poured out my heart, > baring my soul to God, my God: > 4-8 "'O Master, great and august God. You never waver in your covenant > commitment, never give up on > those who love you and do what you say. Yet we have sinned in every way > imaginable. We've done evil > things, rebelled, dodged and taken detours around your clearly marked > paths. We've turned a deaf ear > to your servants the prophets, who preached your Word to our kings and > leaders, our parents, and all > the people in the land. You have done everything right, Master, but all we > have to show for our > lives is guilt and shame, the whole lot of us-people of Judah, citizens of > Jerusalem, Israel at home > and Israel in exile in all the places we've been banished to because of > our betrayal of you. Oh yes, > God, we've been exposed in our shame, all of us-our kings, leaders, > parents-before the whole world. > And deservedly so, because of our sin. > > 9-12 "'Compassion is our only hope, the compassion of you, the Master, our > God, since in our > rebellion we've forfeited our rights. We paid no attention to you when you > told us how to live, the > clear teaching that came through your servants the prophets. All of us in > Israel ignored what you > said. We defied your instructions and did what we pleased. And now we're > paying for it: The solemn > curse written out plainly in the revelation to God's servant Moses is now > doing its work among us, > the wages of our sin against you. You did to us and our rulers what you > said you would do: You > brought this catastrophic disaster on us, the worst disaster on record-and > in Jerusalem! > > 13-14 "'Just as written in God's revelation to Moses, the catastrophe was > total. Nothing was held > back. We kept at our sinning, never giving you a second thought, oblivious > to your clear warning, > and so you had no choice but to let the disaster loose on us in full > force. You, our God, had a > perfect right to do this since we persistently and defiantly ignored you. > > 15-17 "'Master, you are our God, for you delivered your people from the > land of Egypt in a show of > power-people are still talking about it! We confess that we have sinned, > that we have lived bad > lives. Following the lines of what you have always done in setting things > right, setting people > right, please stop being so angry with Jerusalem, your very own city, your > holy mountain. We know > it's our fault that this has happened, all because of our sins and our > parents' sins, and now we're > an embarrassment to everyone around us. We're a blot on the neighborhood. > So listen, God, to this > determined prayer of your servant. Have mercy on your ruined Sanctuary. > Act out of who you are, not > out of what we are. > > 18 "'Turn your ears our way, God, and listen. Open your eyes and take a > long look at our ruined > city, this city named after you. We know that we don't deserve a hearing > from you. Our appeal is to > your compassion. This prayer is our last and only hope: > > 19 "'Master, listen to us! > Master, forgive us! > Master, look at us and do something! > Master, don't put us off! > Your city and your people are named after you: > You have a stake in us!' > > Seventy Sevens > 20-21 "While I was pouring out my heart, baring my sins and the sins of my > people Israel, praying > my life out before my God, interceding for the holy mountain of my > God-while I was absorbed in this > praying, the humanlike Gabriel, the one I had seen in an earlier vision, > approached me, flying in > like a bird about the time of evening worship. > 22-23 "He stood before me and said, 'Daniel, I have come to make things > plain to you. You had no > sooner started your prayer when the answer was given. And now I'm here to > deliver the answer to you. > You are much loved! So listen carefully to the answer, the plain meaning > of what is revealed: > > 24 "'Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to > throttle rebellion, stop sin, > wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, > and anoint The Holy of > Holies. > > 25-26 "'Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out > to rebuild Jerusalem > until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The > rebuilding will take > sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those > will be rough times. After > the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed-the end of him. > The city and Sanctuary will > be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will > come in a rush, like a > flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day. > > 27 "'Then for one seven, he will forge many and strong alliances, but > halfway through the seven he > will banish worship and prayers. At the place of worship, a desecrating > obscenity will be set up and > remain until finally the desecrator himself is decisively destroyed.'" > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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