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 17, 2009 6:57 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Thursday September 17 > Day 260 > > Daniel 10-12 (The Message) > > Daniel 10 > A Vision of a Big War > 1 In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, a message was > made plain to Daniel, whose > Babylonian name was Belteshazzar. The message was true. It dealt with a > big war. He understood the > message, the understanding coming by revelation: > 2-3 "During those days, I, Daniel, went into mourning over Jerusalem for > three weeks. I ate only > plain and simple food, no seasoning or meat or wine. I neither bathed nor > shaved until the three > weeks were up. > > 4-6 "On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was standing on the > bank of the great river, the > Tigris. I looked up and to my surprise saw a man dressed in linen with a > belt of pure gold around > his waist. His body was hard and glistening, as if sculpted from a > precious stone, his face radiant, > his eyes bright and penetrating like torches, his arms and feet glistening > like polished bronze, and > his voice, deep and resonant, sounded like a huge choir of voices. > > 7-8 "I, Daniel, was the only one to see this. The men who were with me, > although they didn't see > it, were overcome with fear and ran off and hid, fearing the worst. Left > alone after the appearance, > abandoned by my friends, I went weak in the knees, the blood drained from > my face. > > 9-10 "I heard his voice. At the sound of it I fainted, fell flat on the > ground, face in the dirt. A > hand touched me and pulled me to my hands and knees. > > 11 "'Daniel,' he said, 'man of quality, listen carefully to my message. > And get up on your feet. > Stand at attention. I've been sent to bring you news.' > > "When he had said this, I stood up, but I was still shaking. > > 12-14 "'Relax, Daniel,' he continued, 'don't be afraid. From the moment > you decided to humble > yourself to receive understanding, your prayer was heard, and I set out to > come to you. But I was > waylaid by the angel-prince of the kingdom of Persia and was delayed for a > good three weeks. But > then Michael, one of the chief angel-princes, intervened to help me. I > left him there with the > prince of the kingdom of Persia. And now I'm here to help you understand > what will eventually happen > to your people. The vision has to do with what's ahead.' > > 15-17 "While he was saying all this, I looked at the ground and said > nothing. Then I was surprised > by something like a human hand that touched my lips. I opened my mouth and > started talking to the > messenger: 'When I saw you, master, I was terror-stricken. My knees turned > to water. I couldn't > move. How can I, a lowly servant, speak to you, my master? I'm paralyzed. > I can hardly breathe!' > > 18-19 "Then this humanlike figure touched me again and gave me strength. > He said, 'Don't be afraid, > friend. Peace. Everything is going to be all right. Take courage. Be > strong.' > > "Even as he spoke, courage surged up within me. I said, 'Go ahead, let > my master speak. You've > given me courage.' > > 20-21 "He said, 'Do you know why I've come here to you? I now have to go > back to fight against the > angel-prince of Persia, and when I get him out of the way, the > angel-prince of Greece will arrive. > But first let me tell you what's written in The True Book. No one helps me > in my fight against these > beings except Michael, your angel-prince.'" > > Daniel 11 > 1 "'And I, in my turn, have been helping him out as best I can ever since > the first year in the > reign of Darius the Mede.' > The Kings of the South and the North > 2 "'But now let me tell you the truth of how things stand: Three more > kings of Persia will show up, > and then a fourth will become richer than all of them. When he senses that > he is powerful enough as > a result of his wealth, he will go to war against the entire kingdom of > Greece. > 3-4 "'Then a powerful king will show up and take over a huge territory and > run things just as he > pleases. But at the height of his power, with everything seemingly under > control, his kingdom will > split into four parts, like the four points of the compass. But his heirs > won't get in on it. There > will be no continuity with his kingship. Others will tear it to pieces and > grab whatever they can > get for themselves. > > 5-6 "'Next the king of the south will grow strong, but one of his princes > will grow stronger than > he and rule an even larger territory. After a few years, the two of them > will make a pact, and the > daughter of the king of the south will marry the king of the north to > cement the peace agreement. > But her influence will weaken and her child will not survive. She and her > servants, her child, and > her husband will be betrayed. > > 6-9 "'Sometime later a member of the royal family will show up and take > over. He will take command > of his army and invade the defenses of the king of the north and win a > resounding victory. He will > load up their tin gods and all the gold and silver trinkets that go with > them and cart them off to > Egypt. Eventually, the king of the north will recover and invade the > country of the king of the > south, but unsuccessfully. He will have to retreat. > > 10 "'But then his sons will raise a huge army and rush down like a flood, > a torrential attack, on > the defenses of the south. > > 11-13 "'Furious, the king of the south will come out and engage the king > of the north and his huge > army in battle and rout them. As the corpses are cleared from the field, > the king, inflamed with > bloodlust, will go on a bloodletting rampage, massacring tens of > thousands. But his victory won't > last long, for the king of the north will put together another army bigger > than the last one, and > after a few years he'll come back to do battle again with his immense army > and endless supplies. > > 14 "'In those times, many others will get into the act and go off to fight > against the king of the > south. Hotheads from your own people, drunk on dreams, will join them. But > they'll sputter out. > > 15-17 "'When the king of the north arrives, he'll build siege works and > capture the outpost > fortress city. The armies of the south will fall to pieces before him. Not > even their famous > commando shock troops will slow down the attacker. He'll march in big as > you please, as if he owned > the place. He'll take over that beautiful country, Palestine, and make > himself at home in it. Then > he'll proceed to get everything, lock, stock, and barrel, in his control. > He'll cook up a peace > treaty and even give his daughter in marriage to the king of the south in > a plot to destroy him > totally. But the plot will fizzle. It won't succeed. > > 18-19 "'Later, he'll turn his attention to the coastal regions and capture > a bunch of prisoners, > but a general will step in and put a stop to his bullying ways. The bully > will be bullied! He'll go > back home and tend to his own military affairs. But by then he'll be > washed up and soon will be > heard of no more. > > 20 "'He will be replaced shortly by a real loser, his rule, reputation, > and authority already in > shreds. And he won't last long. He'll slip out of history quietly, without > even a fight. > > 21-24 "'His place will be taken by a reject, a man spurned and passed over > for advancement. He'll > surprise everyone, seemingly coming out of nowhere, and will seize the > kingdom. He'll come in like a > steamroller, flattening the opposition. Even the Prince of the Covenant > will be crushed. After > negotiating a cease-fire, he'll betray its terms. With a few henchmen, > he'll take total control. > Arbitrarily and impulsively, he'll invade the richest provinces. He'll > surpass all his ancestors, > near and distant, in his rape of the country, grabbing and looting, living > with his cronies in > corrupt and lavish luxury. > > 24-26 "'He will make plans against the fortress cities, but they'll turn > out to be shortsighted. > He'll get a great army together, all charged up to fight the king of the > south. The king of the > south in response will get his army-an even greater army-in place, ready > to fight. But he won't be > able to sustain that intensity for long because of the treacherous > intrigue in his own ranks, his > court having been honeycombed with vicious plots. His army will be > smashed, the battlefield filled > with corpses. > > 27 "'The two kings, each with evil designs on the other, will sit at the > conference table and trade > lies. Nothing will come of the treaty, which is nothing but a tissue of > lies anyway. But that's not > the end of it. There's more to this story. > > 28 "'The king of the north will go home loaded down with plunder, but his > mind will be set on > destroying the holy covenant as he passes through the country on his way > home. > > 29-32 "'One year later he will mount a fresh invasion of the south. But > the second invasion won't > compare to the first. When the Roman ships arrive, he will turn tail and > go back home. But as he > passes through the country, he will be filled with anger at the holy > covenant. He will take up with > all those who betray the holy covenant, favoring them. The bodyguards > surrounding him will march in > and desecrate the Sanctuary and citadel. They'll throw out the daily > worship and set up in its place > the obscene sacrilege. The king of the north will play up to those who > betray the holy covenant, > corrupting them even further with his seductive talk, but those who stay > courageously loyal to their > God will take a strong stand. > > 33-35 "'Those who keep their heads on straight will teach the crowds right > from wrong by their > example. They'll be put to severe testing for a season: some killed, some > burned, some exiled, some > robbed. When the testing is intense, they'll get some help, but not much. > Many of the helpers will > be halfhearted at best. The testing will refine, cleanse, and purify those > who keep their heads on > straight and stay true, for there is still more to come. > > 36-39 "'Meanwhile, the king of the north will do whatever he pleases. > He'll puff himself up and > posture himself as greater than any god. He will even dare to brag and > boast in defiance of the God > of gods. And he'll get by with it for a while-until this time of wrathful > judgment is completed, for > what is decreed must be done. He will have no respect for the gods of his > ancestors, not even that > popular favorite among women, Adonis. Contemptuous of every god and > goddess, the king of the north > will puff himself up greater than all of them. He'll even stoop to > despising the God of the holy > ones, and in the place where God is worshiped he will put on exhibit, with > a lavish show of silver > and gold and jewels, a new god that no one has ever heard of. Marching > under the banner of a strange > god, he will attack the key fortresses. He will promote everyone who falls > into line behind this > god, putting them in positions of power and paying them off with grants of > land. > > 40-45 "'In the final wrap-up of this story, the king of the south will > confront him. But the king > of the north will come at him like a tornado. Unleashing chariots and > horses and an armada of ships, > he'll blow away anything in his path. As he enters the beautiful land, > people will fall before him > like dominoes. Only Edom, Moab, and a few Ammonites will escape. As he > reaches out, grabbing country > after country, not even Egypt will be exempt. He will confiscate the > treasuries of Egyptian gold and > silver and other valuables. The Libyans and Ethiopians will fall in with > him. Then disturbing > reports will come in from the north and east that will throw him into a > panic. Towering in rage, > he'll rush to stamp out the threat. But he'll no sooner have pitched camp > between the Mediterranean > Sea and the Holy Mountain-all those royal tents!-than he'll meet his end. > And not a soul around who > can help!'" > > Daniel 12 > The Worst Trouble the World Has Ever Seen > 1-2"'That's when Michael, the great angel-prince, champion of your people, > will step in. It will be > a time of trouble, the worst trouble the world has ever seen. But your > people will be saved from the > trouble, every last one found written in the Book. Many who have been long > dead and buried will wake > up, some to eternal life, others to eternal shame. > 3 "'Men and women who have lived wisely and well will shine brilliantly, > like the cloudless, > star-strewn night skies. And those who put others on the right path to > life will glow like stars > forever. > > 4 "'This is a confidential report, Daniel, for your eyes and ears only. > Keep it secret. Put the > book under lock and key until the end. In the interim there is going to be > a lot of frantic running > around, trying to figure out what's going on.' > > 5-6 "As I, Daniel, took all this in, two figures appeared, one standing on > this bank of the river > and one on the other bank. One of them asked a third man who was dressed > in linen and who straddled > the river, 'How long is this astonishing story to go on?' > > 7 "The man dressed in linen, who straddled the river, raised both hands to > the skies. I heard him > solemnly swear by the Eternal One that it would be a time, two times, and > half a time, that when the > oppressor of the holy people was brought down the story would be complete. > > 8 "I heard all this plainly enough, but I didn't understand it. So I > asked, 'Master, can you > explain this to me?' > > 9-10 "'Go on about your business, Daniel,' he said. 'The message is > confidential and under lock and > key until the end, until things are about to be wrapped up. The populace > will be washed clean and > made like new. But the wicked will just keep on being wicked, without a > clue about what is > happening. Those who live wisely and well will understand what's going > on.' > > 11 "From the time that the daily worship is banished from the Temple and > the obscene desecration is > set up in its place, there will be 1,290 days. > > 12 "Blessed are those who patiently make it through the 1,335 days. > > 13 "And you? Go about your business without fretting or worrying. Relax. > When it's all over, you > will be on your feet to receive your reward." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
