August 14
Ezekiel 11 & John 21
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Ezekiel 11

Chapter 11

11:1The Spirit then lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the Lord's house, which faces east, and at the gate's entrance were 25 men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur, and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plan evil and give wicked advice in this city. 3They are saying, 'Isn't the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.' 4Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man!"
5Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and He told me, "You are to say: This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind. 6You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.
7"Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: The slain you have put within it are the meat, and the city is the pot, but I will remove you from it. 8You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you." This is the declaration of the Lord God. 9"I will bring you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners; I will execute judgments against you. 10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 11The city will not be a pot for you, and you will not be the meat within it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12so you will know that I am Yahweh, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practiced. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."
13Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out with a loud voice: "Oh, Lord God! Will You bring to an end the remnant of Israel?"
14The word of the Lord came to me again: 15"Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, 'Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
16"Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: Though I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.
17"Therefore say: This is what the Lord God says: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18"When they arrive there, they will remove all its detestable things and practices from it. 19And I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh, 20so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. 21But as for those whose hearts pursue their desire for detestable things and practices, I will bring their actions down on their own heads." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
22Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, lifted their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. 23The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stood on the mountain east of the city. 24The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me, 25I spoke to the exiles about all the things the Lord had shown me.

John 21

Chapter 21

21:1After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed Himself in this way:
2Simon Peter, Thomas (called "Twin"), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of His disciples were together.
3"I'm going fishing," Simon Peter said to them.
"We're coming with you," they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore. However, the disciples did not know it was Jesus.
5"Men," Jesus called to them, "you don't have any fish, do you?"
"No," they answered.
6"Cast the net on the right side of the boat," He told them, "and you'll find some." So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. 7Therefore the disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, "It is the Lord!"
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around him (for he was stripped) and plunged into the sea. 8But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish. 9When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
10"Bring some of the fish you've just caught," Jesus told them. 11So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish-153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
12"Come and have breakfast," Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are You?" because they knew it was the Lord. 13Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.
14This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
15When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?"
"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."
"Feed My lambs," He told him.
16A second time He asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?"
"Yes, Lord," he said to Him, "You know that I love You."
"Shepherd My sheep," He told him.
17He asked him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?"
Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, "Do you love Me?" He said, "Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You."
"Feed My sheep," Jesus said. 18"I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don't want to go." 19He said this to signify by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, He told him, "Follow Me!"
20So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. That disciple was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is the one that's going to betray You?" 21When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord-what about him?"
22"If I want him to remain until I come," Jesus answered, "what is that to you? As for you, follow Me."
23So this report spread to the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?"
24This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

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