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: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:28 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday October 6 > Day 279 > > Zechariah 7-10 (The Message) > > Zechariah 7 > "You're Interested in Religion, I'm Interested in People" > 1 On the fourth day of the ninth month, in the fourth year of the reign of > King Darius, God's > Message again came to Zechariah. > 2-3The town of Bethel had sent a delegation headed by Sarezer and > Regem-Melech to pray for God's > blessing and to confer with the priests of the Temple of > God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and also with the > prophets. They posed this question: "Should we plan for a day of mourning > and abstinence next > August, the seventieth anniversary of Jerusalem's fall, as we have been > doing all these years?" > 4-6God-of-the-Angel-Armies gave me this Message for them, for all the > people and for the priests: > "When you held days of fasting every fifth and seventh month all these > seventy years, were you doing > it for me? And when you held feasts, was that for me? Hardly. You're > interested in religion, I'm > interested in people. > > 7-10"There's nothing new to say on the subject. Don't you still have the > message of the earlier > prophets from the time when Jerusalem was still a thriving, bustling city > and the outlying > countryside, the Negev and Shephelah, was populated? [This is the message > that God gave Zechariah.] > Well, the message hasn't changed. God-of-the-Angel-Armies said then and > says now: > > "'Treat one another justly. > Love your neighbors. > Be compassionate with each other. > Don't take advantage of widows, orphans, visitors, and the poor. > Don't plot and scheme against one another-that's evil.' > > 11-13"But did your ancestors listen? No, they set their jaws in defiance. > They shut their ears. > They steeled themselves against God's revelation and the Spirit-filled > sermons preached by the > earlier prophets by order of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. And God became > angry, really angry, because he > told them everything plainly and they wouldn't listen to a word he said. > > 13-14"So [this is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies said] if they won't listen > to me, I won't listen to > them. I scattered them to the four winds. They ended up strangers wherever > they were. Their > 'promised land' became a vacant lot-weeds and tin cans and thistles. Not a > sign of life. They turned > a dreamland into a wasteland." > > Zechariah 8 > Rebuilding the Temple > 1-2 And then these Messages from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: "I am zealous for Zion-I care! > I'm angry about Zion-I'm involved!" > > God's Message: > > 3"I've come back to Zion, > I've moved back to Jerusalem. > Jerusalem's new names will be Truth City, > and Mountain of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, > and Mount Holiness." > > 4-5A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "Old men and old women will come back to Jerusalem, sit on benches on > the streets and spin tales, > move around safely with their canes-a good city to grow old in. And boys > and girls will fill the > public parks, laughing and playing-a good city to grow up in." > > 6A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "Do the problems of returning and rebuilding by just a few survivors > seem too much? But is > anything too much for me? Not if I have my say." > > 7-8A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "I'll collect my people from countries to the east and countries to the > west. I'll bring them > back and move them into Jerusalem. They'll be my people and I'll be their > God. I'll stick with them > and do right by them." > > 9-10A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "Get a grip on things. Hold tight, you who are listening to what I say > through the preaching of > the prophets. The Temple of God-of-the-Angel-Armies has been > reestablished. The Temple is being > rebuilt. We've come through a hard time: You worked for a pittance and > were lucky to get that; the > streets were dangerous; you could never let down your guard; I had turned > the world into an armed > camp. > > 11-12"But things have changed. I'm taking the side of my core of surviving > people: > > Sowing and harvesting will resume, > Vines will grow grapes, > Gardens will flourish, > Dew and rain will make everything green. > > 12-13"My core survivors will get everything they need-and more. You've > gotten a reputation as a > bad-news people, you people of Judah and Israel, but I'm coming to save > you. From now on, you're the > good-news people. Don't be afraid. Keep a firm grip on what I'm doing." > > Keep Your Lives Simple and Honest > 14-17A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > "In the same way that I decided to punish you when your ancestors made > me angry, and didn't pull > my punches, at this time I've decided to bless Jerusalem and the country > of Judah. Don't be afraid. > And now here's what I want you to do: Tell the truth, the whole truth, > when you speak. Do the right > thing by one another, both personally and in your courts. Don't cook up > plans to take unfair > advantage of others. Don't do or say what isn't so. I hate all that stuff. > Keep your lives simple > and honest." Decree of God. > > 18-19Again I received a Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "The days of mourning set for the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth > months will be turned into > days of feasting for Judah-celebration and holiday. Embrace truth! Love > peace!" > > 20-21A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "People and their leaders will come from all over to see what's going > on. The leaders will confer > with one another: 'Shouldn't we try to get in on this? Get in on God's > blessings? Pray to > God-of-the-Angel-Armies? What's keeping us? Let's go!' > > 22"Lots of people, powerful nations-they'll come to Jerusalem looking for > what they can get from > God-of-the-Angel-Armies, looking to get a blessing from God." > > 23A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: > > "At that time, ten men speaking a variety of languages will grab the > sleeve of one Jew, hold > tight, and say, 'Let us go with you. We've heard that God is with you.'" > > Zechariah 9 > The Whole World Has Its Eyes on God > 1-6 War Bulletin: > God's Message challenges the country of Hadrach. > It will settle on Damascus. > The whole world has its eyes on God. > Israel isn't the only one. > That includes Hamath at the border, > and Tyre and Sidon, clever as they think they are. > Tyre has put together quite a kingdom for herself; > she has stacked up silver like cordwood, > piled gold high as haystacks. > But God will certainly bankrupt her; > he will dump all that wealth into the ocean > and burn up what's left in a big fire. > Ashkelon will see it and panic, > Gaza will wring its hands, > Ekron will face a dead end. > Gaza's king will die. > Ashkelon will be emptied out, > And a villain will take over in Ashdod. > 6-8"I'll take proud Philistia down a peg: > I'll make him spit out his bloody booty > and abandon his vile ways." > What's left will be all God's-a core of survivors, > a family brought together in Judah- > But enemies like Ekron will go the way of the Jebusites, > into the dustbin of history. > "I will set up camp in my home country > and defend it against invaders. > Nobody is going to hurt my people ever again. > I'm keeping my eye on them. > > A Humble King Riding a Donkey > 9-10"Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! > Raise the roof, Daughter Jerusalem! > Your king is coming! > a good king who makes all things right, > a humble king riding a donkey, > a mere colt of a donkey. > I've had it with war-no more chariots in Ephraim, > no more war horses in Jerusalem, > no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. > He will offer peace to the nations, > a peaceful rule worldwide, > from the four winds to the seven seas. > 11-13"And you, because of my blood covenant with you, > I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. > Come home, hope-filled prisoners! > This very day I'm declaring a double bonus- > everything you lost returned twice-over! > Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, > setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. > I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, > to counter your sons, O Greece. > From now on > people are my swords." > > 14-17Then God will come into view, > his arrows flashing like lightning! > Master God will blast his trumpet > and set out in a whirlwind. > God-of-the-Angel-Armies will protect them- > all-out war, > The war to end all wars, > no holds barred. > Their God will save the day. He'll rescue them. > They'll become like sheep, gentle and soft, > Or like gemstones in a crown, > catching all the colors of the sun. > Then how they'll shine! shimmer! glow! > the young men robust, the young women lovely! > > Zechariah 10 > God's Work of Rebuilding > 1 Pray to God for rain-it's time for the spring rain- to God, the > rainmaker, > Spring thunderstorm maker, > maker of grain and barley. > 2-3"Store-bought gods babble gibberish. > Religious experts spout rubbish. > They pontificate hot air. > Their prescriptions are nothing but smoke. > And so the people wander like lost sheep, > poor lost sheep without a shepherd. > I'm furious with the so-called shepherds. > They're worse than billy goats, and I'll treat them like goats." > > 3-5God-of-the-Angel-Armies will step in > and take care of his flock, the people of Judah. > He'll revive their spirits, > make them proud to be on God's side. > God will use them in his work of rebuilding, > use them as foundations and pillars, > Use them as tools and instruments, > use them to oversee his work. > They'll be a workforce to be proud of, working as one, > their heads held high, striding through swamps and mud, > Courageous and vigorous because God is with them, > undeterred by the world's thugs. > > 6-12"I'll put muscle in the people of Judah; > I'll save the people of Joseph. > I know their pain and will make them good as new. > They'll get a fresh start, as if nothing had ever happened. > And why? Because I am their very own God, > I'll do what needs to be done for them. > The people of Ephraim will be famous, > their lives brimming with joy. > Their children will get in on it, too- > oh, let them feel blessed by God! > I'll whistle and they'll all come running. > I've set them free-oh, how they'll flourish! > Even though I scattered them to the far corners of earth, > they'll remember me in the faraway places. > They'll keep the story alive in their children, > and they will come back. > I'll bring them back from the Egyptian west > and round them up from the Assyrian east. > I'll bring them back to sweet Gilead, > back to leafy Lebanon. > Every square foot of land > will be marked by homecoming. > They'll sail through troubled seas, brush aside brash ocean waves. > Roaring rivers will turn to a trickle. > Gaudy Assyria will be stripped bare, > bully Egypt exposed as a fraud. > But my people-oh, I'll make them strong, God-strong! > and they'll live my way." God says so! > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
