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: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:20 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday October 7 > Day 280 > > Zechariah 11-14 (The Message) > > Zechariah 11 > 1-4 Open your borders to the immigrants, proud Lebanon! > Your sentinel trees will burn. > Weep, great pine trees! Mourn, you sister cedars! > Your towering trees are cordwood. > Weep Bashan oak trees! > Your thick forest is now a field of stumps. > Do you hear the wailing of shepherds? > They've lost everything they once owned. > Do you hear the outrage of the lions? > The mighty jungle of the Jordan is wasted. > Make room for the returning exiles! > Breaking the Beautiful Covenant > 4-5God commanded me, "Shepherd the sheep that are soon to be slaughtered. > The people who buy them > will butcher them for quick and easy money. What's worse, they'll get away > with it. The people who > sell them will say, 'Lucky me! God's on my side; I've got it made!' They > have shepherds who couldn't > care less about them." > 6God's Decree: "I'm washing my hands of the people of this land. From now > on they're all on their > own. It's dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, and the devil take the > hindmost. Don't look for help > from me." > > 7-8So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded > the sheep marked for > slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the > other Harmony. Then I went > to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt > shepherds. I got tired of > putting up with them-and they couldn't stand me. > > 9And then I got tired of the sheep and said, "I've had it with you-no more > shepherding from me. If > you die, you die; if you're attacked, you're attacked. Whoever survives > can eat what's left." > > 10-11Then I took the staff named Lovely and broke it across my knee, > breaking the beautiful > covenant I had made with all the peoples. In one stroke, both staff and > covenant were broken. The > money-hungry owners saw me do it and knew God was behind it. > > 12Then I addressed them: "Pay me what you think I'm worth." They paid me > an insulting sum, counting > out thirty silver coins. > > 13God told me, "Throw it in the poor box." This stingy wage was all they > thought of me and my work! > So I took the thirty silver coins and threw them into the poor box in > God's Temple. > > 14Then I broke the other staff, Harmony, across my knee, breaking the > concord between Judah and > Israel. > > 15-16God then said, "Dress up like a stupid shepherd. I'm going to install > just such a shepherd in > this land-a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, > abandons the injured, and > disdains decent citizens. He'll only be in it for what he can get out of > it, using and abusing any > and all. > > 17"Doom to you, useless shepherd, > walking off and leaving the sheep! > A curse on your arm! > A curse on your right eye! > Your arm will hang limp and useless. > Your right eye will go stone blind." > > Zechariah 12 > Home Again in Jerusalem > 1-2 War Bulletin: > God's Message concerning Israel, God's Decree-the very God who threw the > skies into space, set > earth on a firm foundation, and breathed his own life into men and women: > "Watch for this: I'm about > to turn Jerusalem into a cup of strong drink that will have the people who > have set siege to Judah > and Jerusalem staggering in a drunken stupor. 3"On the Big Day, I'll turn > Jerusalem into a huge > stone blocking the way for everyone. All who try to lift it will rupture > themselves. All the pagan > nations will come together and try to get rid of it. > > 4-5"On the Big Day"-this is God speaking-"I'll throw all the war horses > into a crazed panic, and > their riders along with them. But I'll keep my eye on Judah, watching out > for her at the same time > that I make the enemy horses go blind. The families of Judah will then > realize, 'Why, our leaders > are strong and able through God-of-the-Angel-Armies, their personal God.' > > 6"On the Big Day, I'll turn the families of Judah into something like a > burning match in a > tinder-dry forest, like a fiercely flaming torch in a barn full of hay. > They'll burn up everything > and everyone in sight-people to the right, people to the left-while > Jerusalem fills up with people > moving in and making themselves at home-home again in Jerusalem. > > 7-8"I, God, will begin by restoring the common households of Judah so that > the glory of David's > family and the leaders in Jerusalem won't overshadow the ordinary people > in Judah. On the Big Day, > I'll look after everyone who lives in Jerusalem so that the lowliest, > weakest person will be as > glorious as David and the family of David itself will be godlike, like the > Angel of God leading the > people. > > 9"On the Big Day, I'll make a clean sweep of all the godless nations that > fought against Jerusalem. > > 10-14"Next I'll deal with the family of David and those who live in > Jerusalem. I'll pour a spirit > of grace and prayer over them. They'll then be able to recognize me as the > One they so grievously > wounded-that piercing spear-thrust! And they'll weep-oh, how they'll weep! > Deep mourning as of a > parent grieving the loss of the firstborn child. The lamentation in > Jerusalem that day will be > massive, as famous as the lamentation over Hadad-Rimmon on the fields of > Megiddo: > > Everyone will weep and grieve, > the land and everyone in it: > The family of David off by itself > and their women off by themselves; > The family of Nathan off by itself > and their women off by themselves; > The family of Levi off by itself > and their women off by themselves; > The family of Shimei off by itself > and their women off by themselves; > And all the rest of the families off by themselves > and their women off by themselves." > > Zechariah 13 > Washing Away Sins > 1 "On the Big Day, a fountain will be opened for the family of David and > all the leaders of > Jerusalem for washing away their sins, for scrubbing their stained and > soiled lives clean. > 2-3"On the Big Day"-this is God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaking-"I will wipe > out the store-bought > gods, erase their names from memory. People will forget they ever heard of > them. And I'll get rid of > the prophets who polluted the air with their diseased words. If anyone > dares persist in spreading > diseased, polluting words, his very own parents will step in and say, > 'That's it! You're finished! > Your lies about God put everyone in danger,' and then they'll stab him to > death in the very act of > prophesying lies about God-his own parents, mind you! > > 4-6"On the Big Day, the lying prophets will be publicly exposed and > humiliated. Then they'll wish > they'd never swindled people with their 'visions.' No more masquerading in > prophet clothes. But > they'll deny they've even heard of such things: 'Me, a prophet? Not me. > I'm a farmer-grew up on the > farm.' And if someone says, 'And so where did you get that black eye?' > they'll say, 'I ran into a > door at a friend's house.' > > 7-9"Sword, get moving against my shepherd, > against my close associate!" > Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > "Kill the shepherd! Scatter the sheep! > The back of my hand against even the lambs! > All across the country"-God's Decree- > "two-thirds will be devastated > and one-third survive. > I'll deliver the surviving third to the refinery fires. > I'll refine them as silver is refined, > test them for purity as gold is tested. > Then they'll pray to me by name > and I'll answer them personally. > I'll say, 'That's my people.' > They'll say, 'God-my God!'" > > Zechariah 14 > The Day Is Coming > 1-2 Note well: God's Judgment Day is on the way: "Plunder will be piled > high and handed out. > I'm bringing all the godless nations > to war against Jerusalem- > Houses plundered, > women raped, > Half the city taken into exile, > the other half left behind." > 3-5But then God will march out against the godless nations and fight- a > great war! That's the Day > he'll take his stand on the Mount of Olives, facing Jerusalem from the > east. The Mount of Olives > will be split right down the middle, from east to west, leaving a wide > valley. Half the mountain > will shift north, the other half south. Then you will run for your lives > down the valley, your > escape route that will take you all the way to Azal. You'll run for your > lives, just as you ran on > the day of the great earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then > my God will arrive and > all the holy angels with him. > > 6-7What a Day that will be! No more cold nights-in fact, no more nights! > The Day is coming-the > timing is God's-when it will be continuous day. Every evening will be a > fresh morning. > > 8What a Day that will be! Fresh flowing rivers out of Jerusalem, half to > the eastern sea, half to > the western sea, flowing year-round, summer and winter! > > 9God will be king over all the earth, one God and only one. What a Day > that will be! > > 10-11The land will stretch out spaciously around Jerusalem-to Geba in the > north and Rimmon in the > south, with Jerusalem towering at the center, and the commanding city > gates-Gate of Benjamin to > First Gate to Corner Gate to Hananel Tower to the Royal Winery-ringing the > city full of people. > Never again will Jerusalem be totally destroyed. From now on it will be a > safe city. > > 12-14But this is what will happen to all who fought against Jerusalem: God > will visit them with a > terrible plague. People's flesh will rot off their bones while they are > walking around; their eyes > will rot in their sockets and their tongues in their mouths; people will > be dying on their feet! > Mass hysteria when that happens-total panic! Fellow soldiers fighting and > killing each other-holy > terror! And then Judah will jump into the fray! > > 14-15Treasures from all the nations will be piled high-gold, silver, the > latest fashions. The > plague will also hit the animals-horses, mules, camels, donkeys. > Everything alive in the military > camps will be hit by the plague. > > 16-19All the survivors from the godless nations that fought against > Jerusalem will travel to > Jerusalem every year to worship the King, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and > celebrate the Feast of > Booths. If any of these survivors fail to make the annual pilgrimage to > Jerusalem to worship the > King, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, there will be no rain. If the Egyptians > don't make the pilgrimage and > worship, there will be no rain for them. Every nation that does not go up > to celebrate the Feast of > Booths will be hit with the plague. Egypt and any other nation that does > not make pilgrimage to > celebrate the Feast of Booths gets punished. > > 20-21On that Day, the Big Day, all the horses' harness bells will be > inscribed "Holy to God." The > cooking pots in the Temple of God will be as sacred as chalices and plates > on the altar. In fact, > all the pots and pans in all the kitchens of Jerusalem and Judah will be > holy to > God-of-the-Angel-Armies. People who come to worship, preparing meals and > sacrifices, will use them. > On that Big Day there will be no buying or selling in the Temple of > God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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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