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 29, 2009 10:59 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday September 30 > Day 273 > > Nahum 1-3 (The Message) > > Nahum 1 > God Is Serious Business > 1 A report on the problem of Nineveh, the way God gave Nahum of Elkosh to > see it: > 2-6God is serious business. > He won't be trifled with. > He avenges his foes. > He stands up against his enemies, fierce and raging. > But God doesn't lose his temper. > He's powerful, but it's a patient power. > Still, no one gets by with anything. > Sooner or later, everyone pays. > Tornadoes and hurricanes > are the wake of his passage, > Storm clouds are the dust > he shakes off his feet. > He yells at the sea: It dries up. > All the rivers run dry. > The Bashan and Carmel mountains shrivel, > the Lebanon orchards shrivel. > Mountains quake in their roots, > hills dissolve into mud flats. > Earth shakes in fear of God. > The whole world's in a panic. > Who can face such towering anger? > Who can stand up to this fierce rage? > His anger spills out like a river of lava, > his fury shatters boulders. > > 7-10God is good, > a hiding place in tough times. > He recognizes and welcomes > anyone looking for help, > No matter how desperate the trouble. > But cozy islands of escape > He wipes right off the map. > No one gets away from God. > Why waste time conniving against God? > He's putting an end to all such scheming. > For troublemakers, no second chances. > Like a pile of dry brush, > Soaked in oil, > they'll go up in flames. > > A Think Tank for Lies > 11Nineveh's an anthill > of evil plots against God, > A think tank for lies > that seduce and betray. > 12-13And God has something to say about all this: > "Even though you're on top of the world, > With all the applause and all the votes, > you'll be mowed down flat. > > "I've afflicted you, Judah, true, > but I won't afflict you again. > From now on I'm taking the yoke from your neck > and splitting it up for kindling. > I'm cutting you free > from the ropes of your bondage." > > 14God's orders on Nineveh: > > "You're the end of the line. > It's all over with Nineveh. > I'm gutting your temple. > Your gods and goddesses go in the trash. > I'm digging your grave. It's an unmarked grave. > You're nothing-no, you're less than nothing!" > > 15Look! Striding across the mountains- > a messenger bringing the latest good news: peace! > A holiday, Judah! Celebrate! > Worship and recommit to God! > No more worries about this enemy. > This one is history. Close the books. > > Nahum 2 > Israel's Been to Hell and Back > 1 The juggernaut's coming! Post guards, lay in supplies. > Get yourselves together, > get ready for the big battle. > 2God has restored the Pride of Jacob, > the Pride of Israel. > Israel's lived through hard times. > He's been to hell and back. > > 3-12Weapons flash in the sun, > the soldiers splendid in battle dress, > Chariots burnished and glistening, > ready to charge, > A spiked forest of brandished spears, > lethal on the horizon. > The chariots pour into the streets. > They fill the public squares, > Flaming like torches in the sun, > like lightning darting and flashing. > The Assyrian king rallies his men, > but they stagger and stumble. > They run to the ramparts > to stem the tide, but it's too late. > Soldiers pour through the gates. > The palace is demolished. > Soon it's all over: > Nineveh stripped, Nineveh doomed, > Maids and slaves moaning like doves, > beating their breasts. > Nineveh is a tub > from which they've pulled the plug. > Cries go up, "Do something! Do something!" > but it's too late. Nineveh's soon empty-nothing. > Other cries come: "Plunder the silver! > Plunder the gold! > A bonanza of plunder! > Take everything you want!" > Doom! Damnation! Desolation! > Hearts sink, > knees fold, > stomachs retch, > faces blanch. > So, what happened to the famous > and fierce Assyrian lion > And all those cute Assyrian cubs? > To the lion and lioness > Cozy with their cubs, > fierce and fearless? > To the lion who always returned from the hunt > with fresh kills for lioness and cubs, > The lion lair heaped with bloody meat, > blood and bones for the royal lion feast? > > 13"Assyria, I'm your enemy," > says God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > "I'll torch your chariots. They'll go up in smoke. > 'Lion Country' will be strewn with carcasses. > The war business is over-you're out of work: > You'll have no more wars to report, > No more victories to announce. > You're out of war work forever." > > Nahum 3 > Let the Nations Get Their Fill of the Ugly Truth > 1-4 Doom to Murder City- full of lies, bursting with loot, addicted to > violence! > Horns blaring, wheels clattering, > horses rearing, chariots lurching, > Horsemen galloping, > brandishing swords and spears, > Dead bodies rotting in the street, > corpses stacked like cordwood, > Bodies in every gutter and alley, > clogging every intersection! > And whores! Whores without end! > Whore City, > Fatally seductive, you're the Witch of Seduction, > luring nations to their ruin with your evil spells. > 5-7"I'm your enemy, Whore Nineveh- > I, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! > I'll strip you of your seductive silk robes > and expose you on the world stage. > I'll let the nations get their fill of the ugly truth > of who you really are and have been all along. > I'll pelt you with dog dung > and place you on a pedestal: 'Slut on Exhibit.' > Everyone who sees you will gag and say, > 'Nineveh's a pigsty: > What on earth did we ever see in her? > Who would give her a second look? Ugh!'" > > Past the Point of No Return > 8-13Do you think you're superior to Egyptian Thebes, > proudly invincible on the River Nile, > Protected by the great River, > walled in by the River, secure? > Ethiopia stood guard to the south, > Egypt to the north. > Put and Libya, strong friends, > were ready to step in and help. > But you know what happened to her: > The whole city was marched off to a refugee camp, > Her babies smashed to death > in public view on the streets, > Her prize leaders auctioned off, > her celebrities put in chain gangs. > Expect the same treatment, Nineveh. > You'll soon be staggering like a bunch of drunks, > Wondering what hit you, > looking for a place to sleep it off. > All your forts are like peach trees, > the lush peaches ripe, ready for the picking. > One shake of the tree and they fall > straight into hungry mouths. > Face it: Your warriors are wimps. > You're sitting ducks. > Your borders are gaping doors, inviting > your enemies in. And who's to stop them? > 14-15Store up water for the siege. > Shore up your defenses. > Get down to basics: Work the clay > and make bricks. > Sorry. Too late. > Enemy fire will burn you up. > Swords will cut you to pieces. > You'll be chewed up as if by locusts. > > 15-17Yes, as if by locusts-a fitting fate, > for you yourselves are a locust plague. > You've multiplied shops and shopkeepers- > more buyers and sellers than stars in the sky! > A plague of locusts, cleaning out the neighborhood > and then flying off. > Your bureaucrats are locusts, > your brokers and bankers are locusts. > Early on, they're all at your service, > full of smiles and promises, > But later when you return with questions or complaints, > you'll find they've flown off and are nowhere to be found. > > 18-19King of Assyria! Your shepherd-leaders, > in charge of caring for your people, > Are busy doing everything else but. > They're not doing their job, > And your people are scattered and lost. > There's no one to look after them. > You're past the point of no return. > Your wound is fatal. > When the story of your fate gets out, > the whole world will applaud and cry "Encore!" > Your cruel evil has seeped > into every nook and cranny of the world. > Everyone has felt it and suffered. > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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