INTRODUCTION
ISAIAH 1-5
GODS DESIRE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND JUDGEMENTS TO THE WICKET WHO SAYS GOOD IS EVIL AND EVIL IS GOOD.
Chapter 1
GOD BROUGHT UP HIS PEOPLE – JERUSALEM – BUT THEY REBELLED AGAINST HIM
GOD PROMISED TO PURIFY THEM
THOSE WHO REPENT WILL BE REVIVED BY JESUS – RIGHTEOUSNESS
“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;”
Isaiah 1:2
WHAT HAS GOD DONE?
FATHER NOURISH HIS OWN – BUT FOR THE REBELLION HE REMOVES HIS PROVISION – GOD RESIST THE PROUD, BUT EXALT THE HUMBLE IN THE RIGHT TIME.
“Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.””
THERE IS NO RECOGNITION OF GODS CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE – PEOPLE STUBBORN
GOD CALLS HIS PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL – BUT ABANDONED
“Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege.
GOD IN HIS MERCY SPARED THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE
If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.”
“When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
GOD DOES NOT LISTEN TO NATIONS COVERED WITH BLOOD OF INNOCENT BABIES AND VICTIMS
INNOCENT VICTIMS – LOST ONES WHO DID NOT HEAR THE TRUTH IN LOVE, GIVEN ATTENTION, NOT LOVED ONES
WHAT DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO OURSELVES?
GIVE UP EVIL WAYS – LIES, DESIRES OF THE FLESH, PRESUMPTUOUS SIN, PRIDEFUL SELFISH HEART – NO SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
WASH AND BE CLEAN – BY BELIEVING, RECEIVING THE WORD – JESUS SAID THAT HIS DISCIPLES WERE CLEAN BECAUSE HE GAVE AND THEY RECEIVED THE WORD.
“Wash yourselves and be clean! ”
NO MORE SIN FOR THERE IS NOTHING HIDEEN BEFORE HIM
“Get your sins out of my sight. ”
WE HAVE FREE WILL BUT OUR WAYS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BEFORE GOD – ONLY HIS WAYS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR WAYS (THOUGHTS, DEEDS) ARE EVIL SINCE BIRTH
“Give up your evil ways. ”
HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE WHO TEACHES TO DO GOOD
“Learn to do good.”
WHAT DO WE SEEK? WE SEEK JUSTICE OF HIS KINGDOM
Seek justice.
WITH JUSTICE THERE IS PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AS WE HELP THE OPPRESSED, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS
Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. “
GOD CALLS US IN HIS PRESENCE TO RESOLVE THIS – CHANGE RED INTO WHITE – SIN FORGIVEN – GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SETTLE THIS – NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM
Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? JUST OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS AND PROVISION WILL COME – OBEDIENCE COMES THRU LOVE AND NOT BY FEAR
“If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat. ”
OBEDIENCE – RESULTS IN NOURISHMENT – PLENTY TO EAT – PROVISION TO LIVE
WHAT IS RESULT OF NOT OBEDIENCE? DESTRUCTION BY THE ENEMY
“But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
“When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
WHY GOD WILL NOT LISTEN?
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
GOD WILL NOT LISTEN – WORKS OF HANDS-OWN WAYS – INNOCENT BLOOD – PEOPLE WHO HAS NOT HEARD THE GOSPEL – ABORTION – PEOPLE WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES – WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
HOW TO CLEAN OURSEVES? GIVE UP EVIL WAYS
WAYS TO GIVE UP EVIL WAYS:
TEACH ME HOLY SPIRIT TO DO GOOD (LEARN TO DO GOOD)
SEEK JUSTICE-DO WHAT IS RIGHT-BE ACTIVE RUNNING TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT
HELP THE OPPRESSED – GIVE TIME/MONEY – SPEAK TRUTH IN LOVE
DEFEND AND FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE OF ORPHANS –
GOD WILL INTERVENE AND BURN ALL SIN AND MELT IT DOWN – PURIFY LIKE GOLD
I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
WHT WILL HAPPEN THEN? GOOD COUNCIL AND JUDGES – CORRECT JUDGEMENT COMES AFTER PURIFICATION
Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City.”
“Zion will be restored by justice; ”
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO REPENT?
“those who repent will be revived by righteousness. ”
BE REVIVED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS WHO REPENT
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REBELS? DESTRUCTION
But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.”
Isaiah 1:15-20, 25-28 NLT
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CHAPTER 2
FUTURE REIGN OF JESUS IN THE EARTH – ONLY GOD WILL BE EXALTED
PEOPLE ARE CREATED WITH ONE PURPOSE – TO WORSHIP
LORD’s TEACHING WILL GO OUT FROM ZION
NO MORE WARS OR TRAINING- EQUIPMENT OF WAR
“In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all the most important place on earth. ”
7 MOUNTAINS – 1 MOUNTAIN WILL BE ABOVE ALL OTHERS – GODS KINGDOM IN AND THROUGH THE CHURCH
It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
PEOPLE ARE CREATED WITH ONE PURPOSE – WORSHIP – ALL THINGS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP (LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL HEART AND NEIGHBOR AS MYSEF)
THERE IS NO TEACHING WITHOUT WORSHIP
THERE IS NO TEACHING WITHOUT GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD – IT IS NOT A VALLEY – IT IS A MOUNTAIN LIKE MOSES HAD TO CLIMB MOUNT SINAI TO GET THE LAW
WE HAVE ACCESS BY THS BLOOD TO GO INTO HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKS GIVING
People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.”
LORD TEACHES HIS WAYS AS HE TAUGHT MOSES – HE DID NOT ONLY SHOW HIS SIGNS – WE WALK IN HIS PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES THE FATHERS WAYS
For the LORD’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem.
FROM HIS PEOPLE HIS TEACHING
WHO WILL SETTLE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES? THE LORD WILL
The LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes.
NO MORE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION – NO MORE TRAINING FOR WAR ANYMORE
They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.”
NO MORE WARS OR TRAINING OF WAR UNDER HIS KINGDOM
JUDGEMENT DAY
“Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD!
ON THAT DAY – WE WILL WALK IN THE LIGHT FOR HE IS THE LIGHT – OUR TRUST IS IN WALKING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT OF HIS WORD – HIS PROMISES
WHY HAS GOD REJECTED ISRAEL?
“For the LORD has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. ”
ISRAEL HAS MADE ALLIANCES WITH PAGANS
“They have made alliances with pagans. ”
Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots
WHT IS THE LAND FULL OF ? IDOLS
Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ?THEY WILL BE HUMBLED
So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them.
ON THAT DAY: PEOPLE WILL TRY TO HIDE FROM THE LORD
“Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.”
“Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled.”
ONLY THE LORD IN HIS BODY WILL BE EXALTED ON THAT DAY
Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.
THE DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING – ENOUGH OF THIS
For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.
HOLY SPIRIT CREATE IN ME HUMBLED SPIRIT – SET ME APART OF PRIDEFUL HEART – WHO AM I WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE?
DO NOT PUT TRUST ON HUMAN!!!
Don’t put your trust in mere humans.
WHO ARE THEY ? FRAIL AS BREAK – NO GOOD IN THEM WITHOUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST
They are as frail as breath. What good are they?”
Isaiah 2:5, 8-9, 11-12, 22 NLT
WHAT IS MAN WITHOUT GOD – SMOKE THAT VANISHES IN A SECOND
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CHAPTER 3
JUDGEMENT AGAINST JUDAH – STARTS IN THE CHURCH
STARTS ON ALL DEPENDENCY – IT WILL BE ALL REMOVED
THE GODLY WILL SURVIVE AND IT WILL BE ALL WELL
WHAT GOD WILL DO? EVERYTHING HIS PEOPLE DEPEND UPON
“The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on:
WHAT DO PEOPLE DEPEND UPON?
FOOD AND WATER – NOT ONLY FROM BREAD MEN WILL LIVE BUT FROM THE WORD OF GOD
IDOLS – DESIRES FOR IDENTITY OUT OF GOD
JUDGEMENTS – DECISIONS AND VISIONS OF OTHERS – NO SELF CONVICTION – DISCERNMENT
VOICES FROM OTHERS MORE EXPERIENCE – CODEPENDENT
MORE EXPERIENCED ON BATTLES OF LIFE
MORE VOICES OF OTHERS
TRICKS AND REBELLION SPIRIT
MORE DECEITFUL SPIRIT
“every bit of bread and every drop of water,
all their heroes and soldiers,
judges and prophets,
fortune-tellers and elders,
army officers and high officials,
advisers,
skilled sorcerers,
and astrologers.”
WHY WILL GODS PEOPLE STUMBLE AND FALL?
THEY SPEAK AGAINST THE LORD – ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT
THEY REFUSE TO OBEY
THEY PROVOKE GOD
THEY DISPLAY THEIR SIN LIKE SODOM
“For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, ”
WHY?
“because they speak out against the LORD
and refuse to obey him.
They provoke him to his face.
The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it. ”
WHAT IS THE RESULT? DOOMED – DESTRUCTION UPON THEMSELVES
They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.”
JUDGEMENT COMES AGAINST THOSE WHO SPEAK AGAINST THE LORD AND REFUSES TO OBEY HIM – EVERY WORD AND ATTITUDE THAT DOES NOT ALIGN IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD OF GOD – PEOPLE ARE DOOMED – THEY BRING DESTRUCTION UPON THEMSELVES
GOD WILL REMOVE THE BEAUTY OF ZION – WHAT HE HAS GIVEN HER
“So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald.”
GOD WILL REMOVE HER GLORY
On that day of judgment the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful: ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,”
NO ATTRACTION – NO GLORY ON THAT DAY
BUT PROMISES OF ALL WILL BE WELL FOR THE GODLY – HERE ON EARTH OR NOT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GODLY – THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST
“Tell the godly that all will be well for them. ”
WHAT WILL THEY ENJOY? RICH REWARDS THEY EARNED
“They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned! ”
DESTRUCTION TO THE WICKED
But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.”
Isaiah 3:10-11 NLT
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CHAPTER 4
LACK OF MAN DUE TO DEATH IN BATTLES
REMNANTS WILL SURVIVE – GLORIOUS HOLY PEOPLE – WILL BE CLEANSED
“LORD will provide SHADE for Mount Zion and all who assemble there. ”
In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.””
PROMISES OF RESTORATION
GOD’s PEOPLE AND THE GENTILES INCLUDED – BRANCH ADDED
“But in that day, the branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of all who survive in Israel.
WHO WILL BE HOLY PEOPLE? THE REMAINING OF ZION
All who remain in Zion will be a holy people—
WHO ARE THEY? WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY ARE HOLY
“those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem
and are recorded among the living. ”
WHAT WILL GOD DO? THROUGH CHRIST ZION WILL BE CLEANSED
The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
GODS PROTECTION -DAY AND NIGHT AGAINST THE “SUN” OF THE WORLD
Then the LORD will provide SHADE for Mount Zion and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of CLOUD during the day and SMOKE and flaming fire at night, COVERING the glorious land.
It will be a shelter from daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain.”
Isaiah 4:2-6 NLT
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CHAPTER 5
JUDGEMENT IN THAT DAY
GOD EXPECTED SWEET GRAPES, BUT RECEIVED BITTER GRAPES
HUMANITY WILL BE DESTROYED
PEOPLE SAY LIGHT IS DARK AND DARK IS LIGHT – DEATH AND SORROW
GODS ANGER AGAINT HIS PEOPLE – PEOPLE REJECTED THE WORD OF GOD – THE LAW OF THE LORD
“Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard:
WE SING TO THE ONE WE LOVE
My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill. He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
“Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.
WHAT ELSE COULD GOD DO?
What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?”
WHAT WILL GOD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD? DESTRUCTION
Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it. I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
GOD WILL COMMAND NO MORE RAIN ON IT – SEEN 1700-1800 WASTE LAND
I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it. The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
WHO ARE GOD PLEASANT GARDEN? PEOPLE OF PRAISE
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
BUT
He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.
FOR THOSE WHO SEEK SELF INTEREST
“What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “
WHAT DOES GOD SWEAR SOLEMN OATH?
LIVES WILL BE EMPTY
Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.
Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine.
Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”
SORROWS FOR THE DRUNK ONES IN THEIR REBELLION
What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk
They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties— lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—
PEOPLE BLIND IN THEIR SINS DO NO THINK OR NOTICE GOD DOING – THEY DO NOT KNOW GOD
but they never think about the LORD or notice what he is doing.
RESULT – EXILE
So my people will go into exile far away because they do not know me. Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.
DEATH IS OPEN
“The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.”
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HUMINITY?
Humanity will be destroyed,
and people brought down;
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
BUT WHO WILL BE EXALTED? GOD WILL AND HIS PEOPLE WILL FIND PROVISION AMONG THE RUINS
BY WHAT WILL HE BE EXALTED? BY HIS JUSTICE
“But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice.
HOW WILL HIS HOLINESS BE DISPLAYED? BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
“The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness. ”
HIS PEOPLE THE LAMBS (NOT WILD GOATS) WILL FIND PROVISION
“In that day lambs will find good pastures,
and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.”
PEOPLE DRAG THEIR SINS BEHIND THEM HIDING LIKE ROPES MADE OF LIES – RESULT IN SORROW AND PAIN
“What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
SORROW TO PEOPLE HOLDING TO THEIR PAST AND SINS
They even mock God and say, “Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.”
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY?
THERE,IS SORROW AND PAIN FOR THOSE WHO SAY\SPEAK GOOD IS EVIL AND THAT EVIL IS GOOD
“What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil,
PEOPLE SAY LIGHT IS DARK AND DARK IS LIGHT
“that dark is light and light is dark, ”
PEOPLE SAY BITTER IS SWEET AND SWEET IS BITTER
“that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. ”
THERE IS SORROW – FEEL OR DISPLAY OF DEEP DISTRESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WISE ON THEIR OWN EYES – THINK THEY ARE CLEVER
“What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.”
SORROW FOR THOSE WHO LEAN ON THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND DO NOT TRUST THE LORD
“What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
SORROW TO THE CORRUPTED
They take bribes to let the wicked go free, and they punish the innocent.”
LIKE NATURE IS DESTROYED EVEN ROOTS – NO FUTURE
“Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. ”
WHY? WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SUCH SORROW?
PEOPLE BY FREE WILL MADE DECISION TO REJECT THE WORD OF GOD – THE LAW OF THE LORD
“For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. ”
THIS IS THE RESON OF GOD ANGER
That is why the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COPSES OF THE PEOPLE – LITTER LIKE GARBAGE ON THE STREETS
The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the LORD’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!
WHAT WILL GOD DO? HE WILL SEND A SIGNAL – GOD WILL SEND A SIGN – NATIONS WILL COME RACING TOWARDS JERUSALEM
“He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.”
THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GET TIRED
They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken. Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind. They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions.
Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.”
They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea.
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SEE LOOKING ACROSS THE LAND? ONLY DISTRESS AND DARKNESS – EVEN SUN WILL BE DARKND
If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.”
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CHAPTER 6
ISAIAH EXPERIENCE WITH GOD AT OLDER AGE
ONLY AFTER DEATH – I CAN SEE THE LORD
ONLY AFTER CLEANSING – I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE
BEFORE A CHANGE, PROMOTION, NEW SEASON – GOD SENDS A MAN INTO OUR LIVES
WHY ONLY AFTER THE KING’s DEATH?
DEALTH ON DEPENDENCY OR CO-DEPENDENCY OF OTHERS
WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE AFTER THE DEATH OF THE KING?
WHICH OF THE 5 SENSES IS PRIMARILY IMPORTANT?
THE EYES – WHY?
PAUL PRAYER IS FOR THE EYES OF OUR UNDERSTANDING TO BE OPEN
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHO? GOD HIMSELF
JOB SAYS – “Job 42:5
“My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.”
ONE THING IS TO HEAR, BUT ONLY BY SEEING WE CAN KNOW AND BE CHANGED BY WHO WE SEE
PAUL WRITES
“Eph 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints”
PAULS WRITES
“Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 NLT
THE LIGHT OF JESUS SHINES OUR HEARTS
SO WITH OPEN HEART IN LIGHT WE CAN SEE KNOW THE GLORY IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST
“Pascal said, “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things”
(Pensées). There is a spiritual seeing through and beyond natural seeing. There is a spiritual hearing through and beyond natural hearing. There is spiritual discerning through and beyond natural reasoning.”https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-god-opens-the-eyes-of-the-heart
WHAT
ISAIAH SAW THE KING OF KINGS SEATED ON HIGH – POSITION ON GOVERN
THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE GLORY FILLED THE TEMPLE – POWER GLORY
WHAT DOES THE VISION SHOW ?
EXPANSION OF GODS GLORY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ME AS I SEE BEHOLD HIM ALONE –
I AM THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
HE IS ENTHRONED IN ME – SEATED IN MY HEART
“It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
BRING DEATH LORD TO
the lust of the flesh [craving for self preservation – sensual gratification]
the ambitions of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind]
the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]–these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].” 1 John 2:16 AMP
FIRST HE SAW THEN HE HEAD ANGELS – CELESTIAL BEING CALLING EACH OTHER?
WHY AND WHAT WERE THEY CALLING AT? WHY AT EACH OTHER? DID THEY HAVE REASON TO CALL?
THEY WOULD SEE AND CALL OUT TO EACH OTHER HIS GLORY ON EACH AS THE FATHER GOD MANIFESTED HIS HOLINESS IN ALL HIS CREATION
HOLY,HOLY,HOLY – THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT – 3 IN 1 WHOLE COMPLETE – ONE WITH HIS WORD HIS SON
THEY SAID THE WHOLE EARTH (NOT HEAVEN) IS FILLED WITH HIS GLORY – AS HEAVEN CAME DOWN AND EARTH ARE ONE – THERE IS NO TIME LINE – FOR THEY LIVE IN THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
“They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
ANGELS CALL THE EARTH AND NOT THE HEAVEN AS THEY HAVE BECOME ONE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY
BEYOND ALL THIS GLORY – ISAIAH RECOGNIZES HIS SINFUL HEART – HOW COULD HE HAVE SEEN THE LORD AND STILL LIVE? HE DECLARED HE WAS DOOMED ON HIS OWN EYE, BUT NOT BEFORE THE MERCIFUL EYES OF GOD
Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
GODS IN MERCY AND LOVE COMES COMES AND TOUCHES US TO REMOVE THE GUILTY STAINS
He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”
ONLY AFTER CLEANSING – I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE
“Then I heard the Lord asking, “
WHAT DID ISAIAH HEAR? A QUESTION TOWARDS A NEEDY PEOPLE
WHAT IS THE LORD ASKING? WHAT DOES HE WANT TO DO?
HE IS ASKING FOR A MESSENGER – THERE IS A NEED FOR A MAN AS A MESSENGER – TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE – BRING CHANGE
BEFORE A CHANGE, PROMOTION, NEW SEASON – GOD SENDS A MAN INTO OUR LIVES
GOD LOVED AND SENT HIS SON
Whom should I send as a messenger to this people?
WHO WILL GO FOR US? GOD INCLUDES HIMSELF
Who will go for us?”
WHO WILL GO TO THIS YOUNG GENERATION?
I WILL – SEND ME
ISAIAH RESPONDS –
I said, “Here I am. Send me.” And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘
WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY?
‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’
Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied, “
THIS WENT UNTIL PALESTINE BECAME A WASTE LAND
Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;
LAND OF ISRAEL BECAME A WASTE LAND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned.
THERE WAS A STUMP LEFT AFTER ALL THE BURNING – ZIONIST RETURNED
But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.””
HISTORY FACTS
“In the twelve and a half centuries between the Arab conquest in the seventh century and the beginnings of the Jewish return in the 1880’s, Palestine was laid waste. Its ancient canal and irrigation systems were destroyed and the wondrous fertility of which the Bible spoke vanished into desert and desolation… Under the Ottoman empire of the Turks, the policy of disfoliation continued; the hillsides were denuded of trees and the valleys robbed of their topsoil”
“After a visit in 1817-1818, travelers reported that there was not “a single boat of any description on the lake [Tiberias].”In a German encyclopedia published in 1827, Palestine was depicted as “desolate and roamed through by Arab bands of robbers.”
“The British Consul in Palestine reported in 1857 that
The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population.”
“In the 1860s, it was reported that “depopulation is even now advancing.”19 At the same time, H. B. Tristram noted in his journal that
The north and south [of the Sharon plain] land is going out of cultivation and whole villages are rapidly disappearing from the face of the earth. Since the year 1838, no less than 20 villages there have been thus erased from the map [by the Bedouin] and the stationary population extirpated.”
“To find “. . . the sort of solitude to make one dreary,” one must, Twain wrote dramatically,
Come to Galilee for that… these unpeopled deserts, these rusty mounds of barrenness, that never, never do shake the glare from their harsh outlines, and fade and faint into vague perspective; that melancholy ruin of Capernaum: this stupid village of Tiberias, slumbering under its six funereal palms…. We reached Tabor safely …. We never saw a human being on the whole route. 24
Nazareth is forlorn …. Jericho the accursed lies a moldering ruin today, even as Joshua’s miracle left it more than three thousand years ago: Bethlehem and Bethany, in their poverty and their humiliation, have nothing about them now to remind one that they once knew the high honor of the Savior’s presence; the hallowed spot where the shepherds watched their flocks by night, and where the angels sang, “Peace on earth, good will to men,” is untenanted by any living creature… Bethsaida and Chorzin have vanished from the earth, and the “desert places” round about them, where thousands of men once listened to the Savior’s voice and ate the miraculous bread, sleep in the hush of a solitude that is inhabited only by birds of prey and skulking foxes.” http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~peters/depopulated.html
The Hovevei Zion, or the Lovers of Zion, were responsible for the creation of 20 new Jewish settlements in Palestine between 1870 and 1897.[1]
The success of Zionism has meant that the percentage of the world’s Jewish population who live in Israel has steadily grown over the years and today 40% of the world’s Jews live in Israel. There is no other example in human history of a nation being reestablished after such a long period of existence as a diaspora.[citation needed]
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CHAPTER 7
3 GENERATIONS
SON OF THE PROPHET – YOUNGER GENERATION LEARNING NEW WAYS
SON OF CORRUPTED KING TRYING OVERTHROWN JUDAH KING
SON OF GOD – EMMANUEL – KING FOREVER
JESUS – EMMANUEL
WHAT DID GOD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHY TAKE HIS SON? TAKE THE YOUNG PROPHETIC GENERATION TO LEARN TO WALK IN GODS WAY – BE A MODAL
“Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
TO SAY WHAT? NOT TO WORRY – NO NEED TO FEAR HIS ENEMIES
Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah. Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying, ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves.
WHAT DOES THE ENEMY WANTS TO DO?
CAPTURE INTO SLAVERY THE YOUNG PROPHETIC GENERATION
REPLACE THE PROPHETIC GENERATION WITH NON LEGITIMATE GENERATION
Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’
WHAT DOES THE NAME MEAN? “good is God,” -REVERSE SPIRIT TO STOP THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM
CONTRARY SPIRIT TO SPEAK AGAINST GODS WORD – PREVENT PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING FROM REIGNING IN GODS CHILDREN HEART
WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THIS? WHY NOT TO WORRY?
NO INVASION – NO SPACE OF TERRITORY TAKEN BY THE ENEMY – GODS POWER AND LOVE IS GREATER
ENEMY HAS NO POWER AND HIS TERRITORY IS SMALL AS THE CAPITAL AND NO STRONGER THAN A MAN
But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “This invasion will never happen; it will never take place; for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus, and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin.
ISRAEL – NOT JUDAH WILL BE CRUSHED
IT ALSO DOES NOT HAVE POWER
As for Israel, within sixty-five years it will be crushed and completely destroyed. Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah.
THE ONLY WAY TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE ENEMY IS THAT FAITH NEEDS TO BE FIRM
“GOD TOLD THE KING Ahaz
Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.”
WHAT GOD REQUIRES TO MAKE US FIRM?
FIRM FAITH
HOW CAN GOD STAND US FIRM? BY FIRM FAITH AND NOT ONLY FAITH
IS THERE WEAK FAITH? FAITH THAT IS NOT FIRM – RESOLUTE
WHAT IS FIRM FAITH? STRONG BELIEF AND TRUST – NOT COMPROMISING
“continued steadily; remaining the same: a firm friendship. unchanging; resolute; constant: firm faith. showing determination, strength, etc.: a firm command. legally or formally concluded; definite; final: a firm contract, a firmorder.”
“Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13 NLT
Jesus described very difficult times that would come, and said that many would turn away from the faith, and the love of many would grow cold. Then he said, “but he who stands firm to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13 NIV).
Other Scriptures repeat this admonition to stand firm. Paul told the Corinthians to “…stand firm in the faith…” (1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV). “…it is by faith you stand firm” (2 Corinthians 1:24 NIV). (Also see Galatians 5:1; Philippians 1:27, 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; James 5:8.) Peter told believers to resist the devil, “…standing firm in the faith…” (1 Peter 5:9 NIV). Paul also told believers to “…stand firm…” against the devil’s schemes (Ephesians 6:13 NIV). (See Ephesians 6:11-18.) Jude told us to “contend earnestly for the faith” (Jude 3). The Old Testament says the same. “When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever” (Proverbs 10:25 NIV)
. “…If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all” (Isaiah 7:9 NIV).
HOW TO HAVE A FIRM FAITH? HOW TO STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH?
CAUSED BY IGNORANCE – REJECTION TO THE TRUTH
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. “MAT 22:
“They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!” 2 Timothy 3:5
WHERE DOES FAITH COME FOM?
“So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.”
Romans 10:17 NLT
“Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ.
“I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.” Galatians 3:2, 5 NLT
“The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.”
Galatians 3:7 NLT
STEPS TO FIRM FAITH
1 – BE BORN AGAIN AND RECEIVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – BY POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT BELIEVING AND RECEIVING JESUS
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” JOHN 3:3
2- EAT OF THE BREAD – SPEAKS OF KNOWING AND MEDITATING ON THE WORD DRINK OF THE WINE – SPEAKS OF BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WALK IN THE ANOINTING GOD GAVE US
Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. “MAT 22: KNOWING THE WORD IS NOT ENOUGH – WE SHOULD KNOW AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD – HIS LOVE
“So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. john 6:53”
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, EPH 5:18
HOW CAN I BE FILLED?
“singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, ”
SINGING IN UNITY – POWER OF AGREEMENT AND ANOINTING OF THE BODY
SINGING WITH UNDERSTANDING (PSALMS AND HYMNS) AS WELL AS IN THE SPIRIT (NEW SONG FROM OUR SPIRIT INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US)
“and making music to the Lord in your hearts. ”
WORSHIP IS FROM THE HEART NOT TO PEOPLE BUT TO THE LORD – FROM COMING INSIDE OUT – NOT PERFORMANCE – GREAT QUALITY ALONE TO SHOW OFF
And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 5:19-20 NLT
3 – LISTEN AND OBEY TO THE WORD – HAVE FAITH WITH DEEDS
FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, BELIEVING AND RECEIVING GODS WORD – OBEY BY CONFESSING THE WORD
22You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
JOS 8:1
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful.”
“For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith” 1 JOHN 5:4
GOD CHALLENGES THE KING TO DREAM BIG
IS THERE SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE TO HIM?
“Ask the LORD your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead. ”
OK YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE BUT THE LORD DOES
LORD PROVES HIMSELF A SIGN – HIS SON
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign.
WHAT IS TO OBSERVE?
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON
BORN FROM VIRGIN MARY
Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).
TIME COMES TO CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT AND REJECT WHAT IS WRONG
JESUS WILL GROW FAST IN WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING –
HE ALSO WILL HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG
HE WILL START LIFE RUNNING
By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey.
THEN GOD WILL BRING JUDGEMENT AGAINST YOU FOR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SON
“Then the LORD will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
ASSYRIA CAME AND DESTROYED ALL
In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.
THE LAND WAS A WASTE LAND
The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife.”
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CHAPTER 8
GODS IS WITH US – CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE – REFRESHING – PEACEFUL – ABUNDANT GRACE
“THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME A STRONG WARNING NOT TO THINK LIKE EVERYONE DOES”.
IT DOES NOT SAY BELIEVE OR ACT, BUT THINK – CONSIDER – INTERPRET EXPERIENCES AND ACT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
HOW NOT TO THINK LIKE THIS WORLD?
DECIDE AND MAKE THE LORD HOLY IN MY LIFE – THOUGHTS AND DEEDS HOLY – HIS WORD REIGN IN ME HOLY – NO COMPROMISE
BE CAUTIOUS – ZEALOUS OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD
AND HOPE WILL NOT DISAPPEAR
LOST GENERATION WEARY DESPERATE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
“My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. ”
JUDGEMENT ON DEPENDING OR JOKING ON THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS
They are rejoicing over what will happen to King Rezin and King Pekah. Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
GOD IS WITH US
Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us! ”
DO NOT THINK AS THE WORLD THINK – WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST
WHAT DID GOD GIVE TO ISAIAH ? WHAT DOES GOD GIVES IN A STRON WAY?
GOD GIVES US STRONG – FIRM -RESOLUTE WARNING – FORCEFUL ADVICE
DO NOT THINK – (DIRECT YOUR MIND, IMAGINATION, OPINION, BELIEF) LIKE EVERYONE ELSE -IT IS BEFORE WALK OR BELIEVE
DO NOT WALK LIKE OTHERS WALK
“The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. “Walk like the others walk”
SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? HOW DO I THINK LIKE JESUS?
“He said, Make the LORD of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. “He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble. ”
MAKE GOD HOLY IN MY LIFE – HOW ?
FEAR HIM (FEAR OF THE LORD)
WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD?
HUMBLE POSTURE OF WORSHIP – GROW IN LOVE AND NOT FEAR GODS JUDGEMENTS
Hebrew noun yirah “usually refers to the fear of God and is viewed as a positive quality. This fear acknowledges God’s good intentions (Ex. 20:20). … This fear is produced by God’s Word (Ps. 119:38; Prov. 2:5) and makes a person receptive to wisdom and knowledge (Prov. 1:7; 9:10)”
HOW DO WE LEARN THE FEAR OF THE LORD?
GO AFTER JESUS – FOLLOW HIM
RECOGNIZE WE ARE GODS CHILDREN
LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAVE TEACHABLE HEART
KEEP TONGLE FROM EVIL
KEEP LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT
DEPART FROM EVIL – DO GOOD
SEEK PEACE WITH ALL MAN – PURSUIT IT
Psalm 34 King David also tells us about learning the fear of the Lord: “Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD?
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it” (verses 11, 13-14).
We must never lose our respect and appreciation for God, but we should grow beyond being motivated solely by fear and rather be motivated by God’s love—having a deep love and respect for God and His words.
BENEFITS
“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; for surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off” (Proverbs 23:17-18).
“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death” (Proverbs 14:27).
The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil” (Proverbs 19:23).
THE LORD IS THE ONE NOT MEN WE SHOULD RESPECT, LOVE AND WORSHIP
WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT IS THE OUTCOME? SAFETY AGAINS EVIL
“He will keep you safe. ”
THE LORD KEEP US SAFE UNDER SHADOW OF HIS WINGS
JESUS EMANUEL – HAS BECOME THE CORNER STONE
“But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.”
JESUS IS THE CORNER STONE
WHAT TO DO ? KEEP THE TEACHING OF THE WORD – SHARE THE WORD\ MAKE DISCIPLES – WAIT ON THE WORD
“Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me. I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. ”
MY HOPE IS IN HIM
“I will put my hope in him. I and the children the LORD has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion. ”
CONFUSED PEOPLE SAY
“Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.”
“But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? “NO THE ANSWER IS TO:
“Look to God’s instructions and teachings!”
WALK IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A LIE (NO AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD) ARE IN THE DARK –
TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT – TRUTH IS TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD
CONFUSION – BLIND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN LIES AND DARKNESS
“People who contradict his word are completely in the dark. They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. ”
RESTLESS SOULS LIVING A LIE LIFE – RUNNING ALL OVER BLIND AND CONFUSED – WHEREVER THEY GO THERE WILL BE TROUBLE AND ANGUISH AND DARK DESPAIR
“And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. ”
LOST SOULS REVOLT AGAINST AUTHORITY
“They will look up to heaven and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. ”
WHAT IS THEIR END? TERRIBLE END
“They will be thrown out into the darkness.”
FATHER – MERCY – HERE I AM SEND ME TO THIS GENERATION – I AM AVAILABLE – PUT YOR LOVE FOR THEM IN ME- LET ME LOVE THEM WITH YOUR LOVE – MOLD, FILL AND USE ME FOR YOUR GLORY
Isaiah 8:6-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-22 NLT
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CHAPTER 9
JESUS IS BORNED AND HE SHALL BE CALLED
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
GLORY PROMISES OF JESUS AS THE LIGHT
JESUS SET US FREE FROM ANY BONDAGE
GOD IS COMMITTED WITH PASSION FOR HIS SON AND HIS PEOPLE – REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER
“Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
JESUS PROMISE
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SEE? GREAT LIGHT
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE NATION OF ISRAEL – HOLY NATION?
GROW WITH BELIEVERS – GROW IN ITS INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD
WHAT WILL PEOPLE REACTION BE? REJOICE GREATLY
“The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. ”
WHAT DID JESUS DO AT THE CROSS?
JESUS BROKE THE YOKE OF SLVERY FROM SIN AND DEATH
ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE – JESUS (CRIST – ANOINTED)
II Corinthians 1:21-22 “Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
I John 2:27 “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.”
REMOVED THE HEAVY BURDEN OF SIN – PAID THE RANSOM
BROKE THE ENEMIES OPPRESSION
“For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.”
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Wonderful Counselor – divine lawyer – intercessor – speaks the truth
Mighty God – All powerful – God of the impossible
Everlasting Father – loves deeply – embraces – give gifts – model eternal
Prince of Peace – ends wars – remove all stress/strives of life
“His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. ”
“The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!”
GOD IS COMMITTED WITH PASSION FOR HIS SON AND HIS PEOPLE – REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER
MEN STILL WILL REJECT THE LIGHT AND TRY ON THEIR OWN REBUILD THEIR LIVES WITH SAND
“They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”
“For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
EVIL LEADERSHIP GUIDING PEOPLE INTO DESTRUCTION
The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail. For the leaders of the people have misled them. They have led them down the path of destruction.
WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF EVIL DOERS? THEY SPREAD LIES AND WICKEDNESS LIKE FIRE
This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.”
Isaiah 9:1-4, 6-7, 10, 13, 15-16, 18 NLT
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CHAPTER 10
INJUSTICE SORROW
GOD IS THE FIRE WHO DEVOURS BURNING THE ENEMY
“the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.”
END TIME DAYS – FREEDOM
“What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.
What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe?
KINGS DO NOT UNDERSTAND – THEY ARE TOOLS IN GODS HANDS
But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation.
GOD USES THE ENEMY AND THEN PUNISH HIM FOR HIS PRIDE AND ARROGANCE
After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
WHO IS MAN COMPARED TO HIS CREATOR
But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it? Is the saw greater than the person who saws? Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it? Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ENEMY?
GOD WILL SEND PLAQUE AND FIRE TO DESTROY IT
Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
GOD IS THE FIRE WHO DEVOURS BURNING THE ENEMY
WHO IS THE LORD?
HE IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL – FIRE WHO DEVOUR
WHAT WILL GOD DO?
BURN THE ENEMY IN ONE NIGHT
The LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night. The LORD will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
ISRAEL DEPENDENCY WILL BE IN GOD ALONE – FAITHFULLY TRUST THE LORD – NOT ON THE ALLIES WHO ARE LIKE WOLFS WHO SEEK TO DESTROY THEM
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them! In that day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY?
DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE ENEMY – GOD WILL JUDGE THE ENEMY
“So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.
In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.” The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.”
END TIME DAYS – FREEDOM
In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders.
But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.”
Isaiah 10:1, 3, 7, 12, 15-20, 27, 33 NLT
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CHAPTER 11
ISRAEL – SPIRITUAL PEOPLE OF GOD EMERGES
7 SPIRITS OF GOD – PERFECTION IN JESUS
The earth will shake at the force of his word
GOD WILL CHANGE THE LAND SCAPE – MAKE PATHS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM
“Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
SPIRIT OF GOD RESTING ON JESUS AND ON HIS BODY – HIS PEOPLE
WHAT REST AND DWELLS IN US?
And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— JESUS IN US BY HIS SPIRIT
HOLY SPIRIT IN US
THE SPIRIT of wisdom
– LIGHT REVELATION OF THE TRUTH – SCRIPTURES BEING OPENED
JESUS IS WISDOM I COR 1:30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption
THE SPIRIT OF understanding,
– DISCERNMENT – MIND OF CHRIST – UNSEARCHABLE UNDERSTANDING – HE KNOWS US PERFECTLY
-Understanding in Hebrew has the idea of a sharp sense of smell. Trapp says it describes Jesus’ “Sharpness of judgment in smelling out a hypocrite . . . His sharp nose easily discerneth and is offended with the stinking breath of the hypocrite’s rotten lungs, though his words be never so scented and perfumed with shows of holiness.”
THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL
PROVEN BY THE FIRE TO GIVE COUNSEL – LEARN TO BE OBEDIENT
He has both the wisdom and the understanding to be a perfect counselor!
THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT
– WALKING IN THE RESURRECTION POWER LIFE – JESUS HAS THE POWER TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO – NO LACK – NOTHING MISSING OR BLOCKING
THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE
JESUS KNOWS ALL – He knows our hearts, He knows all the facts. Many times we have made decisions that seemed strange or wrong to others because they didn’t have the knowledge that we have
THE SPIRIT OF the fear of the LORD.
– KNOWS GOD AND HIS WAYS – WORSHIP DEVOTION – FEAR OF THE LORD
JESUS KNOWS HIS PLACE And OUR PLACE IN HIM . He willingly kept Himself in a place of submission, respect, and honor to God the Father.
WE WILL DELIGHT IN OBEYING THE LORD
JOY COMES FROM OBEDIENCE – JESUS IS THE EXAMPLE
“He will delight in obeying the LORD. ”
GOD DOES NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCE – HE KNOWS THE HEART
“He will not judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay. ”
GOD GIVES JUSTICE TO THE POOR
“He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited. ”
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE EARTH?
IT WILL BE SHAKEN AT THE FORCE OF GODS WORD – WICKED DESTROYED WITH ONE BREATH
“The earth will shake at the force of his word, and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked. ”
ARMOR OF GOD – RGH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH
“He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment.”
NOTHING CAN HURT WHAT GOD DOES IN HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN
Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.
MILLENARIAN ERA
JESUS IS THE HEIR OF DAVIDS THRONE AND WE ARE WITH HIM
“In that day the heir to David’s throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world”
NATIONS WILL COME TO HIM
The nations will rally to him, and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.
He will raise a flag among the nations and assemble the exiles of Israel. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth. Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end. They will not be rivals anymore.
GOD WILL CHANGE THE LAND SCAPE – MAKE PATHS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM
The LORD will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River, sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams so it can easily be crossed on foot. He will make a highway for the remnant of his people, the remnant coming from Assyria, just as he did for Israel long ago when they returned from Egypt.”
Isaiah 11:1-5, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16 NLT
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CHAPTER 12
JESUS PAID THE PRICE – GOD SEES JESUS BLOOD COVERS US – NO MORE ANGER
WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO AFTER PRAISING HIM?
TELL – PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE!
LET PEOPLE KNOW OF HOW MIGHTY GOD IS TO SAVE!
AND SING MORE FOR HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS
LET HIS PRAISES BE KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH
FRUIT OF PRAISE FOR SALVATION IN HIS NAME
“In that day you will sing: “I will praise you, O LORD! You were angry with me, but not any more.
MY SONG
Now you comfort me. See, God has come to save me.
WHAT WILL I DO SINCE GOD SAVED ME?
I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID”
I will trust in him and not be afraid. The LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
JESUS MAKE ME DRINK DEEPLY OF YOU – THE FOUNTAIN OF SALVATION !
DRAW WATER – LEARN TO YIELD AND RECEIVE AND DRINK DEEPLY
PRAISE AND WORSHIP HIM – YIELD AND RECEIVE HIM – DRINK OF HIM
With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!
PREACH THE GOOD NEWS – GOD HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS!!!
DAY OF REJOICING – BE THANKFUL
In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the LORD! Praise his name!
WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO AFTER PRAISING HIM?
TELL – PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE!
LET PEOPLE KNOW OF HOW MIGHTY GOD IS TO SAVE!
AND SING MORE FOR HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS
LET HIS PRAISES BE KNOWN IN ALL jTHE EARTH
FOR EMMANUEL IS WITH US
” Tell the nations what he has done.
Let them know how mighty he is!
Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things.
Make known his praise around the world.
Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! ”
WHY?
FOR HE IS GREAT AND HE LIVE AMONG US
For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.””
Isaiah 12:1-6 NLT
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CHAPTER 13
WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE? HE HAS SEPARATED AND DEDICATED THESE SOLDIERS FOR A SPECIAL TASK – THEY MARCH FOR WAR AND TAKE TERRITORY AND EXPRESS GODS JUSTICE AND ANGER –
GODS ARMY REJOICES WHEN HE IS EXALTED
DAY OF THE LORD ON THE EARTH – PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY WILL BE CRUSHED
“I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. ”
TIME TO CALL FOR WAR AGAINST BABYLON – SPIRIT OF CONFUSION
““Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon.
LET THE ARMIES OF GOD KNOW AND BE ENCOURAGED
Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE? HE HAS SEPARATED AND DEDICATED THESE SOLDIERS FOR A SPECIAL TASK – THEY MARCH FOR WAR AND TAKE TERRITORY AND EXPRESS GODS JUSTICE AND ANGER – THEY WILL REJOICE WHEN GOD IS EXALTED
I, the LORD, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
DAY OF THE LORD ON THE EARTH – PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY WILL BE CRUSHED
“For see, the day of the LORD is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. ”
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE LAND? WITH THE SINNERS?
“The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it. ”
The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light. “
THE WORLD WILL BE PUNISHED
DARK SKIES
DARK SUN
DARK MOON
“I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. ”
I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty. I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.
HEAVEN WILL BE SHAKEN TO GIVE PLACE TO HIS KINGDOM
NOT ONLY THE EARTH WILL BE DISPLACED , BUT THE HEAVENS (ALL THE HEAVENS) WILL BE SHAKEN
“For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
NATURAL REGION DESOLATED
Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.”
Isaiah 13:2-3, 9-13, 20 NLT
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CHAPTER 14
ISRAEL RETURN – HE WILL CHOOSE AGAIN HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE (GENTILES INCLUDED)
The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the LORD’s land will serve them.
JESUS HAS CRUSHED WICKED POWER AND EVIL RULE ON THE EARTH
“For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule. ”
“But the LORD will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again.
ISRAEL RETURNING BACK TO THEIR LAND
He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land.
NATIONS WILL HELP
And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel. The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the LORD’s land will serve them.
ISRAEL WILL RULE OVER ITS ENEMIES
Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
“In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains, you will taunt the king of Babylon. (SATAN)”
JESUS VICTORY ON THE CROSS SATAN IS DESTROYED WITH ITS INSOLENCE
“You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended. ”
JESUS HAS CRUSHED WICKED POWER AND EVIL RULE ON THE EARTH
“For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule. ”
PEOPLE WILL BE PUNISHED
You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
Even the trees of the forest— the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon— sing out this joyous song: ‘Since you have been cut down, no one will come now to cut us down!’ “
“In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival.
ALL WILL SEE SATANS DESTRUCTION
The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you. (SATAN -ANTI-CHRIST)
SATAN FALL – IT WAS THE SON OF THE MORNING – NOW DESTROYER OF THE NATIONS
SATAN TROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH COMES TO DESTROY DE NATIONS – GODS CREATION
“How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
WORDS OF PRIDE SPOKEN A LIE TO ITSELF – BE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT – LEAD TO DESTRUCTION
MADE A DECISION INSIDE AND SPOKE ALTHOUGH IT NEVER REACHED ITS GOAL
For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.
WANTED TO BE ABOVE GODS CREATION AND ANGELS
WHETE DID HE WANT TO REIGN? IN THE NORTH – MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS
ULTIMATELY DESIRE TO pBE LIKE GOD
I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’
HUMANITY AND ANGELICAL HOSTS WILL SEE AND BE SHOCKED
Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble? Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’
GOD DEALT WITH BABYLON – DESOLATED LAND
This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “
GOD HIMSELF WILL DESTROY THE SPIRIT OF CONFUSION
I, myself, have risen against Babylon! I will destroy its children and its children’s children,” says the LORD. “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
GODS MOUNTAINS – GOVERNMENTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS
I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains.
FREE IN CHRIST
My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads.
GOD HAS WONDERFUL PLAN FOR THE WHOLE EARTH
I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken—
“who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?”
FATHER GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN – POOF OF SPIRIT WILL BE FEED
“I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. ”
THE END OF THE EVIL ONE
But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine and destroy the few who remain.”
What should we tell the Philistine messengers?
TELL THE ENEMY THAT GOD HAs BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS WORD IS A REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSD, NEEDY AND HUNGRY
Tell them, “The LORD has built Jerusalem; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.””
Isaiah 14:1-6, 8-9, 12-14, 16-17, 22-23, 25-27, 32 NLT
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CHAPTER 15
MOAB – LO DAUGHTER – GOD WEEPS FOR ALL PEOPLE
GOD KNOW ALL AND WEEPS FOR THE LOST ONES
“My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
JUSTICE
The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with people
! Lions will hunt down the survivors— both those who try to escape and those who remain behind.”
Isaiah 15:5, 9 NLT
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CHAPTER 16
MOAB SPIRIT OF KILLING GENERATIONS DESTROYED
NO MORE JOY AND SONGS – WINE OF THIS WORLD DESTROYED
JESUS RULING ON EARTHl
“Let our refugees stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.” When oppression and destruction have ended and enemy raiders have disappeared, then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king.
JESUS RULING ON EARTH
WHAT WILL JESUS DO?
RULE WITH MERCY AND TRUTH
ALWAYS
He will rule with mercy and truth. He will always do what is just and be eager to do what is right.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PROUD?
We have heard about proud Moab— about its pride and arrogance and rage. But all that boasting has disappeared.
The farms of Heshbon are abandoned; the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
WHAT HAS HAPPEN WITH GODS GRAPEVINE?
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab— that beautiful grapevine. Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer and trailed eastward into the wilderness. Its shoots reached so far west that they crossed over the Dead Sea.
THE END OF FLESHY WORLD
Gone now is the gladness, gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses. I have ended all their harvest joys.
PEOPLE OF PRIDE – GODS OF THIS WORLD WILL NOT SAVE THEM
The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines, but it will do them no good.
NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP EVIL TEACHINGS AND BABY SACRIFICES
They will cry to the gods in their temples, but no one will be able to save them.
NOTHING WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE THEM
“Moloch (Masoretic מֹלֶךְ mōlek, Greek Μολόχ) is the Biblical name relating to a Canaanite godassociated with child sacrifice. The name of this deity is also sometimes spelled Molech,Milcom, or Malcam.”
MOAB GONE – JESUS RESURRECTION AFTER 3 DAYS DEAD ENDED THE GLORY OF MAN
But now the LORD says, “Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.””
Isaiah 16:4-6, 8, 10, 12, 14 NLT
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CHAPTER 17
ISRAEL ON NORTH – DESTROYED
“The fortified towns of Israel will also be destroyed, and the royal power of Damascus will end. All that remains of Syria will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away.
Only a few of its people will be left, like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
ZIONIST – NO MORE IDOLS
WILL THE LAST PEOPLE DO? TURN AND LOOK TO THEIR CREATOR AND SEE THE HOLY ONE OF ISREAL
Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
NO MORE IDOL WORSHIP
They will no longer look to their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or worship at the pagan shrines they have built.
WHY DESTRUCTION
Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you.
NEVER FORGET THE ROCK THAT CAN SAVE AND HIDE YOU
“You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you.”
Song 2:14
IT WILL NOT EAT THE FRUIT – ENJOY
So you may plant the finest grapevines and import the most expensive seedlings. They may sprout on the day you set them out; yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them, but you will never pick any grapes from them. Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain.
LAST DAYS – GOD WILL STOP THEM – THEY WILL RUN AWAY
Listen! The armies of many nations roar like the roaring of the sea. Hear the thunder of the mighty forces as they rush forward like thundering waves.
WHAT WILL THE NATION ARMIES DO AGAINST ISREAL? RUSH FORWARD THUNDERING LIKE BREAKERS ON A BEACH
WHAT WILL GOD DO?
HE WILL SILENCE THEM AND THEY WILL RUN AWAY
But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
QUICK DESTRUCTION
In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.”
Isaiah 17:3-4, 6-8, 10-14 NLT
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CHAPTER 18
ALARM TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH
“All you people of the world, everyone who lives on the earth— when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look! When I blow the ram’s horn, listen! For the LORD has told me this: “I will watch quietly from my dwelling place— as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day, or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”
Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears. He will snip off and discard your spreading branches. Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain vultures and wild animals. The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter.
END TIMES
At that time the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem, where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies dwells.”
Isaiah 18:3-7 NLT
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CHAPTER 19
EGYPT -FALLEN WORLD
“This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit.
In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt.
MESSIAH JESUS
When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them. The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.
STRIKE AND HEALING
The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them. In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth. For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!””
Isaiah 19:1, 3, 11, 14, 19-25 NLT
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CHAPTER 20
OBEDIENCE TO GOD ABOVE HUMAN REPROACH
“Then the LORD said, “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign—a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia.”
Isaiah 20:3 NLT
3 YEARS – DAYS – TROUBLE TIMES IN END TIMES
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CHAPTER 21
MESSAGE ABOUT BABYLON
WATCH AND PRAY – TO SEE AND SPEAK WHAT AND WHEN HE SEES
WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR?
BE FULLY ALERT – NO DISTRACTION OF THIS WORLD
“Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees. He should look for chariots drawn by pairs of horses, and for riders on donkeys and camels. Let the watchman be fully alert.”
DAY AND NIGHT
Then the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post. Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!”
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?
Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!”
O my people, threshed and winnowed, I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said, everything the God of Israel has told me.
MESSAGE ABOUT EDOM – TODAY ASSYRIA
This message came to me concerning Edom: Someone from Edom keeps calling to me, “Watchman, how much longer until morning? When will the night be over?” The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but night will soon return. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
O people of Tema, bring water to these thirsty people, food to these weary refugees. They have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and the terrors of battle.
The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!””
Isaiah 21:6-12, 14-17 NLT
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CHAPTER 22
JUDGEMENT OVER JERUSALEM
“That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.” Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides.
Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But you never ask for help from the One who did all this. You never considered the One who planned this long ago.
LORD CALLS FOR REPENTANCE
At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
PRIDE DESTRUCTION
But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep. You feast on meat and drink wine.
You say, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!” The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you. I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.
THE KEY OF DAVID – HIGHEST POSITION – OPENS AND CLOSES
WE HAVE THE KEY IN CHRIST – ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSING ARE GIVEN ALREADY
I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.
He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall. They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family. ” But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!””
Isaiah 22:4-5, 11-14, 20-25 NLT
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CHAPTER 23
ECONOMY OF THIS WORLD
“But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.” When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow.
PRIDE IS DESTROYED
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.
The LORD held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed. He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”
Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.
PROVISION FOR GODS PEOPLE AT THE END
But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD’s priests.”
Isaiah 23:4-5, 9, 11-12, 17-18 NLT
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CHAPTER 24
DESTRUCTION OF THIS WORLD
“Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared. The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken!
The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive.
REMNANT GODS PEOPLE
Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE EARTH
But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One!
But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere.
The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken. The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.
JUDGEMENT ON DEMONS AND HUMANS
In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth. They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will be shut up in prison and will finally be punished.
REVELATION 6:12. – Act 2:20
Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of his people.”
Isaiah 24:1-3, 5-6, 13-16, 19-23 NLT
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CHAPTER 25
END TIMES
“O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.
REFUGE FOR THE POOR OF SPIRIT – THOSE WHO HUMBLE
Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you. But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O LORD, a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall,
FUTURE JERUSALEM
In Jerusalem, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat. There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
LAST ENEMY WILL BE SWALLOWED
He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people.
The LORD has spoken! In that day the people will proclaim, “This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the LORD, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!” For the LORD’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem.
JUDGEMENT ON THE PROULD
But Moab will be crushed. It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot. God will push down Moab’s people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works. The high walls of Moab will be demolished. They will be brought down to the ground, down into the dust.”
Isaiah 25:1, 3-4, 6-12 NLT
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CHAPTER 26
GREAT DAY OF THE LORD
THERE IS PLACE OF SALVATION TO ENTER – THE FAITHFUL WILL ENTER
“In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song: Our city is strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation. Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter.
THERE IS CONSTANT PEACE FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM
NOT ONLY TRUST BUT WHOSE THOUGHTS (NOT WORDS OR DEEDS YET) ARE FIXED (DOVE EYES – UNWAVERINGLY TOWARDS – GAZED – NO DOUBT – NO FEAR)
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
TRUST ALWAYS = OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD
Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
NO PLACE FOR PRIDE – ARROGANT
He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust. The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot, and the needy walk all over it.
GOD SMOOTH OUT THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS
But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
WHAT IS OUR HEARTS DESIRE? GLORIFY YOU JESUS
TRUST ALWAYS = OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD
LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify
your name. In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you.
For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right. Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good.
WICKED DOES NOT NOTICE GODS MAJESTY
Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty. O LORD, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.
ALL WE DO COMES FROM HIM
LORD, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you.
ONLY YOU WE WORSHIP
O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.
SPIRIT OF MAN NEVER RETURNS – NO REINCARNATION
Those we served before are dead and gone. Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten.
GOD IS THE ONE WHO MAKES GREAT – NOT OUR SELFISHNESS
HE IS THE ONE WHO EXTENDS OUR BORDERS-CAPACITY, WISDOM ,ABILITIES AND IN RETURN WE GIVE HIM GLORY – ACTION/REACTION
O LORD, you have made our nation great; yes, you have made us great. You have extended our borders, and we give you the glory!
IN YOUR PRESENCE, THERE IS PAIN IN GIVING BIRTH TO THE DREAMS HE HAS GIVEN US
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth, so were we in your presence, LORD.
RESURRECTION LIFE
But those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead!
HIDE IN HIM IN JUDGEMENT TIMES UNDER THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS OF LOVE
Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the LORD’s anger has passed. Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed. They will be brought out for all to see.”
Isaiah 26:1-15, 17, 19-21 NLT
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CHAPTER 27
FUTURE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY
“In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
GOD CARES FOR HIS PEOPLE
“In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard. I, the LORD, will watch over it, watering it carefully.
WHO OR WHAT CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD? NOTHING CAN
HIS LOVE AND CARE FOR US IS DAY AND NIGHT WATCHING OVER US
“Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it. ”
“My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up— unless they turn to me for help. ”
PEACE COMES THROUGH BELIEVING IN THE PRINCE OF PEACE JESUS
HEART ISSUE – DECISION MAKING
“Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.”
GODS PEOPLE WILL GO DEEP SEEKING HIS FACE, TRUST IN HIS LOVE, BE FULL AND OBEY HIS WORD, JUMP IN WHOLE HEARTED IN THE LIVING WATER. REST FRUITFULNESS OF THE SPIRIT WILL BE THE RESULT IN ALL THE WORLD – WHOLE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD JESUS
“The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!”
PURGE PROCESS
The LORD did this to purge Israel’s wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.
DESOLATED LAND DURING CENTUARIES
The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches. The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
STUPIDITY BY TURNING AWAY FROM GOD
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God.
JUDGEMENT FOR SUCH FOOLISHNESS
Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
ISRAEL BEEN GATHER FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS NOW
Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them—from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west. In that day the great trumpet will sound.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING TO JERUSALEM – GODS KINGDOM ?
WORSHIP
Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain.”
Isaiah 27:1-6, 9-13 NLT
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CHAPTER 28
JUDGEMENT OVER ISRAEL
“What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel. It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the pride of a people brought down by wine.
PRIDE RESULTS INTO DRUNKENNESS – PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD
The proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel — will be trampled beneath its enemies’ feet.
JESUS REIGN
Then at last the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will himself be Israel’s glorious crown. He will be the pride and joy of the remnant of his people. He will give a longing for justice to their judges. He will give great courage to their warriors who stand at the gates.
GODS CHILDREN – WARRIORS WHO STAND AT THE GATE – DISCERNING – JUDGING
Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions.
GODS ADMONITION
He tells us everything over and over— one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!”
HIS KINGDOM IS A PLACE OF REST FOR ALL WEARY ONES
God has told his people, “Here is a place of rest; let the weary rest here. This is a place of quiet rest.” But they would not listen.
You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.” Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
JESUS IS THE CORNER STONE – THE FOUNDATION
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone.
JESUS IS THE SAFE PLACE TO BUILD A FAMILY
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
Whoever believes need never be shaken.
THERE IS NO SHAKING IN BELIEVING ON HIM
I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy sweeps through, you will be trampled into the ground.
70 AD – ROMAN CRUSHED ISRAEL – TITUS KILLED 1.1 million JEWS ACCORDING TO (Josephus had acted as a mediator for the Romans )
For the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater.
Does he not finally plant his seeds— black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat— each in its proper way, and each in its proper place?
GOD IS THE ONE WHO GIVES UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AND WHEN TO PLANT
The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding.
Grain for bread is easily crushed, so he doesn’t keep on pounding it. He threshes it under the wheels of a cart, but he doesn’t pulverize it.
TRUE WISDOM COMES FROM GOD – HE IS A GREAT TEACHER
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.”
Isaiah 28:1, 3, 5-7, 10, 12, 15-16, 18, 22, 25-26, 28-29 NLT
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CHAPTER 29
DISASTER UPON JERUSALEM
““What sorrow awaits Ariel, the City of David. Year after year you celebrate your feasts. Yet I will bring disaster upon you, and there will be much weeping and sorrow. For Jerusalem will become what her name Ariel means— an altar covered with blood.
GOD WILL BE THE ENEMY – END TIMES
I will be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers and destroy it.
GODS END TIMES SALVATION – NATIONS WILL VANISHED QUICK LIKE A BOMB IN ACTION – HE WILL ACT THROUGH THUNDER, EARTHQUAKE,GREAT NOISE, WHIRLWIND STORM AND CONSUMING FIRE
“But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant, I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish like a vision in the night.
STUPIDLY – UNBELIEF – BLINDNESS
Are you amazed and incredulous? Don’t you believe it? Then go ahead and be blind. You are stupid, but not from wine! You stagger, but not from liquor!
GOD HAS CLOSED THE EYES TO NOT TO SEE
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries.
JESUS – REGARDING THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM –
And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine.
TO BE TRULY HIS – HEART NEEDS TO BE HIS AS WELL – ONLY LIPS DOES NOT MAKE IT
They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
MAN-MADE RULES TO WORSHIP – NOT ACCEPTED BY GOD
And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.
Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”
GOD KNOWS ALL
What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in the dark! “The LORD can’t see us,” they say. “He doesn’t know what’s going on!”
HE IS THE POTTER – WE ARE THE CLAY
How foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Should the created thing say of the one who made it, “He didn’t make me”? Does a jar ever say, “The potter who made me is stupid”?
GODS GLORY COMING FORTH
Soon—and it will not be very long— the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness.
FRESH JOY – FRESH OIL COMES TO THE HUMBLE
The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed. Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.
PEOPLE OF GOD – SHINNING LIGHT THE SUN
That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed or turn pale with fear. For when they see their many children and all the blessings I have given them, they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob. They will stand in awe of the God of Israel. Then the wayward will gain understanding, and complainers will accept instruction.”
Isaiah 29:1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 13-24 NLT
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CHAPTER 30
SORROW COMES FROM NOT AGREEING WITH GOD
““What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,” says the LORD. “You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt for help.
WHO DO I TRUST? DEPENDENCY ON THIS WORLD BRINGS HUMILIATION AND DISGRACE
You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection. You have tried to hide in his shade. But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced. all who trust in him will be ashamed. He will not help you. Instead, he will disgrace you.”
THERE IS NO PROTECTION INTHIS WORLD FULL OF LIES AND WORTHLESS PROMISES
This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return. Egypt’s promises are worthless! Therefore, I call her Rahab— the Harmless Dragon.
GOD TOLD ISAIAH TO WRITE IN A BOOK UNTIL THE END TIMES
TO PEOPLE WHO REJECT RIGHTEOUSNESS – SEEK lLIES – SELFISHNESS – PLEASE THE FLESH
Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the LORD’s instructions. They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’”
BECAUSE OF DESPISING – CALAMITY WILL COME SUDDENLY
This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
SALVATION ONLY COMES FROM RETURNING TO GOD – REST (TRUST) IN HIM
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved.
WHERE DOES STRENGTH COME FROM? QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS LOVE
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it. You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!
MERCY AND PATIENCE OF GOD TO SHOW LOVE AND COMPASSION
So the LORD must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.
PEOPLE OF GOD WHO ASK FOR HELP FROM HIM
O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.
GOD CHASTISING HIS CHILDREN – FOR HE IS FATHER WHO TEACHES US – HIS PROMISE THAT WE WILL SEE HIM AND HEAR HIS VOICE
Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you.
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER OF SEEING AND HEARING HIM
You will see your teacher with your own eyes. Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left.
VICTORY OVER ANY IMAGE OF HOPE, TRUST EXCEPT HIM
Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!”
BLESSING COMES OVER US AFTER WE GET RIDE OF FLESHY AND WORLDY THINGS AND DESIRES
Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.
LIFE FLOWING FROM EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL – GOVERNMENT – DOMAIN
In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill.
GOD JUDGEMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Look! The LORD is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire. His hot breath pours out like a flood up to the neck of his enemies. He will sift out the proud nations for destruction. He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
GODS PEOPLE WILL SING WITH JOY – HE WILL DISPLAY HIS MIGHTY ARM
But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD — to the Rock of Israel. And the LORD will make his majestic voice heard. He will display the strength of his mighty arm. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
REBELLIOUS PEOPLE WILL BE SHATTERED
At the LORD’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter. And as the LORD strikes them with his rod of punishment,
BUT
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps. Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.”
Isaiah 30:1-3, 5-16, 18-23, 25, 27-32 NLT
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CHAPTER 31
WORLD JUDGEMENT
“What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
In his wisdom, the LORD will send great disaster; he will not change his mind. He will rise against the wicked and against their helpers. For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God!
ANGELS ARE MIGHTY IN POWER CREATED BY GOD
Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the LORD raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together.
GODS FIERST LOVE AND ZEAL FOR JERUSALEM – PROTECTION
But this is what the LORD has told me: “When a strong young lion stands growling over a sheep it has killed, it is not frightened by the shouts and noise of a whole crowd of shepherds. In the same way, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will come down and fight on Mount Zion. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem and protect it like a bird protecting its nest. He will defend and save the city; he will pass over it and rescue it.”
ALL CHAINS OF SELF DEPENDENCY AND WORDLY WILL VANISH
I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made. “
WOLRD DESTRUCTION BY GODS POWER
The Assyrians will be destroyed, but not by the swords of men. The sword of God will strike them, and they will panic and flee. The strong young Assyrians will be taken away as captives. Even the strongest will quake with terror, and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,” says the LORD, whose fire burns in Zion, whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.” WE ARE THE BURNING ONES IN ZION
Isaiah 31:1-5, 7-9 NLT
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CHAPTER 32
ISRAEL DELIVERANCE
JESUS HAS COME AND HE IS COMING
HIS PRINCES WILL RULE UNDER HIM
“Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
EACH ONE FROM THEIR INNER BEING RIVERS OF LIFE WILL FLOW
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE
Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it. Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected. For fools speak foolishness and make evil plans. They practice ungodliness and spread false teachings about the LORD. They deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty. The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just.
THOSE THAT GIVE WILL STAND FIRM
But generosity (NOBLE, COURAGEOUS,NOT MEAN) people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity. (IDENTITY)
In a short time—just a little more than a year— you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. For your fruit crops will fail, and the harvest will never take place.
Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms and your fruitful grapevines. For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone. The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers until at last the Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
KINGDOM OF GOD REIGN
Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field. And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest. Even if the forest should be destroyed and the city torn down, the LORD will greatly bless his people.
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.”
Isaiah 32:1-8, 10, 12-20 NLT
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CHAPTER 33
ASSYRIANS DESTRUCTION
“What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who have destroyed others but have never been destroyed yourselves. You betray others, but you have never been betrayed. When you are done destroying, you will be destroyed. When you are done betraying, you will be betrayed.
PRAYER OF THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD – STRENGTH AND SALVATION COMES
But LORD, be merciful to us, for we have waited for you. Be our strong arm each day and our salvation in times of trouble.
NO RESISTANCE
The enemy runs at the sound of your voice. When you stand up, the nations flee! Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines, so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped!
GODS PLEASURE TO MAKE HIS HOME OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS PEOPLE
Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven, he will make Jerusalem his home of justice and righteousness.
THERE ARE STORES IN HEAVEN OF WISDOM, SALVATION AND KNOWLEDGE
In that day he will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
FASCINATED BY HIS BEAUTY – FEAR OF THE LORD IS OUR TREASURE
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
Your roads are deserted; no one travels them anymore. The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses. They have no respect for anyone.
TIME WILL COME – KINGDOM OF GOD
But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might.
Your people will be burned up completely, like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire. Listen to what I have done, you nations far away! And you that are near, acknowledge my might!” The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong— these are the ones who will dwell on high.
RESULT – ABUNDANCE – PROTECTION
The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance. Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
END TIMES
You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language.
GOD KINGDOM ON EARTH – HOLY FESTIVALS
Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals. You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure. It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
The LORD will be our Mighty One. He will be like a wide river of protection that no enemy can cross, that no enemy ship can sail upon.
HE IS EVERYTHING FOR US
For the LORD is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.
RICHES OF THUS WORLD IN GODS PEOPLE HANDS
“The enemies’ sails hang loose on broken masts with useless tackle. Their treasure will be divided by the people of God. Even the lame will take
The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the LORD will forgive their sins.”
Isaiah 33:1-6, 8, 10, 12-17, 19-22, 24 NLT
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CHAPTER 34
END TIMES JUDGEMENT TO ALL NATIONS
“Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words.
DESTRUCTION
For the LORD is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them, dooming them to slaughter.
BOMB
Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood.
NOT ONLY THE EARTH, THE HEAVENS 2 and 3 WILL BE JUDGED
The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
AFTER HEAVENS 2-3 ARE DEALT WITH , EDOM IS NEXT
And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, it will fall upon Edom, the nation I have marked for destruction.
The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood and covered with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom. Even men as strong as wild oxen will die— the young men alongside the veterans. The land will be soaked with blood and the soil enriched with fat. For it is the day of the LORD’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel. The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire. This judgment on Edom will never end; the smoke of its burning will rise forever. The land will lie deserted from generation to generation. No one will live there anymore. It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God will measure that land carefully; he will measure it for chaos and destruction. It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone. Thorns will overrun its palaces; nettles and thistles will grow in its forts. The ruins will become a haunt for jackals and a home for owls.
Search the book of the LORD, and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the LORD has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true. He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess it forever, from generation to generation.”
Isaiah 34:1-13, 16-17 NLT
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CHAPTER 35
RESTORATION – GODS KINGDOM ON EARTH
GOSPEL BEING SPREAD
“Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the LORD will display his glory, the splendor of our God.
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.”
JESUS HAS COME – HE IS COMING AMONG HIS BODY
LORD OPEN THE EYES OF MY UNDERSTANDING, UNPLUG MY EARS OF MY HEART TO HEAR YOUR VOICE
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
JESUS – THE LIVING WATER
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland. The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.
JESUS IS THE WAY – ROAD OF SALVATION
And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness.
EVIL MINDED PEOPLE AND FOOLS WILL NOT EXPERIENCE SUCH GLORY
ONLY THOSE WHO WALK ON GODS WAYS
LORD MAKE ME WALK IN YOUR WAYS – LISTEN AND OBEY
Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there. Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it.
SALVATION
Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.”
Isaiah 35:1-10 NLT
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CHAPTER 36
HISTORY OF JERUSALEM – ISAIAH – THE PROPHETIC VOICE WAS ALIVE
ASSYRIA THREATENS TO ATRACK JERUSALEM
IT DOES NOT KNOW THE GOD OF ISRAEL
“What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the LORD can rescue Jerusalem from me?””
Isaiah 36:20 NLT
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CHAPTER 37
GODS REPLY TO KING FROM ASSYRIA
HUMBLE POSTURE BEFORE GOD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
FIRST – RUN TO GOD ASKING FOR MERCY ALTHOUGH DO NOT RECOGNIZE IN HIS WAYS BUT DID NOT MAKE THE PROPER PRAYER
“When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the LORD.
HEZEKIAH DID NOT KNOW GOD – HE TRIED TO USE ISAIAH AS INTERMEDIATOR FOR HELP
“They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.”
GOD OF ISAIAH ONLY ?
But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
GOD WILL DO BY HIS MERCY FOR HIS NAME SAKE BRING JUSTICE
Listen! I myself will move against him, and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.’”
After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD’s Temple and spread it out before the LORD.
SECOND RUN TO GOD WITHOUT ISAIAH – HE RECOGNIZED GOD AND PRAYED THE TRUTH – SET FREE – SOMEONE TAUGHT HIM THE TRUE WORDS
“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.
And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God. ”
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you prayed about King Sennacherib of Assyria, the LORD has spoken this word against him: “
RIGHT PRAYER IS CHANNEL OF GOD TO ACT SINCE HE GAVE DOMINION OF THE EARTH TO MAN.
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST – DESPISE THE WORKS OF THE ENEMY
The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee. “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests. I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’
THE ENEMY DID NOT HEAR – THE FUTURE IS ALREADY DEFINED BY THE DECISION LONG TIME AGO ( BEFORE CREATION)
“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago.
WHAT IS DECIDED?
LORD GOD USES WHO HE WANTS AND WHEN HE WANTS
Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen.
HUMAN NATURE IS WEAK AS GRASS – SCORCHED BEFORE IT CAN GROW
I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.
And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
WHAT DOES GOD DO WITH PRIDE AND ARROGANCE?
I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
PROVE OF TRUTH – PROCESS – 1 EAT WHAT IS AVAILABLE – 2 EAT WHAT GROWS FROM WHAT IS AVAILABLE – 3 EAT WHAT YOU PLANT AND HARVEST (PROMISES WILL BE FULFILLED ON THE 3 DAY – WE WITH JESUS WERE RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true: “This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.
THE REMNANT – PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENT ONES
And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and grow up and flourish. For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion.
GOD IS PASSIONATE COMMITTED TO HIS WORD – HIS WILL WILL BE DONE
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! “
ENEMY WILL NOT REACH JERUSALEM – FOR IT IS FOREVER
And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: “‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls.
PROTECTION OF GODS PEOPLE – GODS HONOR AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID
‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’”
ONE ANGEL ALONE DESTROYED 185,000 MAN
That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.”
Isaiah 37:1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 19, 21-27, 29-33, 35-37 NLT
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CHAPTER 38
KING HEZEKIAH EXPERIENCE AND POEM
“About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’”
THE KING RAN TO GOD INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM HIM IN FACE OF DEATH
HE HUMBLED HIMSELF – GOD HEARS THE BROKEN HEART
When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
ANCESTOR DAVID – SOME ONE CLOSER TO WHOM HE COULD RELATE TOO
NOT ONLY MORE LIFE BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AS WELL –
GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS AND SEE THE TEARS – OTHER gods DO NOT HEAR OR SEE
“Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city.
MIRACLE JUST AS JOSUAH – GOD CHANGES TIME 2 TIMES – WHY
HE IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING EVEN TIME
I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
KING POEM
REFLECTING HIS LIFE – TIME WAS SHORTEN
I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?” I said, “Never again will I see the LORD GOD while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world. My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over. I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over. Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
DO WHAT IF GOD WHO ALLOWED THE SICKNESS LIKE IN JOB LIFE?
WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO TEACH?
SPEAKING THIRD PERSON – NOT FACE TO FACE
But what could I say? For he himself sent this sickness.
THE KING CHOOSES TO HUMBLE HIMSELF INSTEAD OF BEING BITTER
Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt.
MAN (HIS CHILDREN) LIVE BY THE DISCIPLINE OF GOD – AND LIGE IN THE SPIRIT IS FOUND – IN ADDITION HEALTH AND LIFE IS RESTORED
SPEAKING IN FIRST PERSON – FACE TO FACE – DEAL WITH GOD PERSONALLY
“Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live! ”
“O Lord, by these things (DISCIPLINE BY HIS LOVE IN LIFE) men live; And in all these things (THROUGH ALL PROCESSES OF LOVE FOR SANCTIFICATION ) is the life of my spirit;
AS A RESULT I AM RESTORED AND LIVE IN AND FOR HIM
So You will restore me and make me live.”
Isaiah 38:16 NKJV
DISCIPLINE OF LOVE IS GOOD – RESCUES FROM DEATH AND FORGIVENESS OF SIN
Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins.
THERE IS NOTHING FROM THE DEAD
For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
ONLY THE BORN AGAIN CAN PRAISE HIM
ONLY THE BORN AGAIN CAN EXPERIENCE HOPE AND HIS FAITHFULNESS AND PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION GODS UNFAILING LOVE
Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
STOP A MOMENT – THINK – HEALING IS NOW – GREAT REASON TO PRAISE HIM ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE IN HIS TEMPLE – HIS FAITHFULNESS
Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the LORD.”
Isaiah 38:1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-20 NLT
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CHAPTER 39
PRIDE – BRINGS DESTRUCTION AFFECTING OTHERS
AS BLESSING BLESSES ONE PERSON AS WELL THE PEOPLE AROUND, DESTRUCTION DOES THE SAME
“‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.”
Isaiah 39:6 NLT
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CHAPTER 40
GOD HAS A PEOPLE THAT NEEDS TO BE COMFORT – DAYS OF DISCIPLINE \ SUFFERING HAS ENDED AND THAT HER SINS ARE FORGIVEN THROUGH THE SON JESUS
““Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are pardoned. Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over for all her sins.”
SPIRIT OF ELISHA – JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT CRYING OUT PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD
SANCTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE GLORY TO BE REVEALED
CLEAR THE WAY – FORGIVE THE PAST MOVE FORWARD
MAKE STRAIGHT HIGHWAY – WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS\SPEAK TRUTH
FILL THE VALLEYS – EXALT THE HUMBLE SPIRIT
LEVEL THE MOUNTAINS – PUT DOWN THE PROUD SPIRIT
STRAIGHTEN THE CURVES – MOVE WITH THE CHANGES – YIELD
SMOOTH OUT ROUGH PLACES – BRING PEACE – WALK IN WISDOM
Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God!
Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together.
WHAT IS TO BE ANNOUNCED LOUD – SHOUT WHAT ? HUMAN RACE IS NOTHING WITHOUT GOD – IT IS A SMOKE THAT DISSIPATES IN THE WIND
BUT GODS WORD IS FOREVER AND HIS IS ONE WITH HIS WORD
The LORD has spoken!” A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?” “Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD. And so it is with people. The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.”
GODS PEOPLE ARE MESSENGERS OF GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL
DO NOT BE AFRAID BUT ANNOUNCE – JESUS IS COMING
WE ARE CALL TO REACH MOUNTAINTOPS (7 MOUNTAINS) TO SHOUT – ANNOUNCE THE GOOD NEWS – JESUS IS COMING AGAIN
O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops!
Shout it louder, O Jerusalem. Shout, and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming!”
HOW IS HE COMING ? POWER AND REWARD (WE ARE HIS REWARD)
Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm.
WHAT IS TO SEE? HIS REWARD WE AS HE COMES TO SHINE
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.
HE IS THE ONE WHO FEEDS HIS PEOPLE – CARRIES AND HOLDS CLOSE HIS CHILDREN TO HIS HEART – MOTHER SHEEP IS THE CHURCH WITH THE NEW BORN AGAIN BABIES IN CHRIST
THE FATHER : FEEDS US , CARRIES US ON HIS ARMS AND HE HOLDS US CLOSE TO HIS HEART – WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT OR NEED?
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
WHO IS LIKE GOD?
Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him? Has the LORD ever needed anyone’s advice? Does he need instruction about what is good? Did someone teach him what is right or show him the path of justice?
NO ONE IS LIKE GOD
No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand. All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.
WHAT ARE THE NATIONS WITHOUT HIM? NOTHING
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth.
WHOM CAN YOU COMPARE GOD? IMAGES MADE BY NOTHING IS NOTHING
To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him? Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains? Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down!
ARE YOU IGNORANT ?
Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant?
LOOK WHERE GOD IS
God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing. They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff. “
GOD ASKS
To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One.
JUST LOOK THE HEAVENS. ARE YOU BLIND?
Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.
THERE IS NOTHING MISSING UNDER HIS CONTROL
Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.
HOW CAN BELIEVERS SAY THAT GOD DOES NOT SEE ALL?
O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood?
WHO IS GOD?
CREATOR OF ALL, NEVER GETS WEAK, HAS SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING, WHO GIVES POWER AND STRENGTH TO THE WEAK
HAVE YOU NOT UNDERSTOOD WHO GOD IS ?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE YOUNG SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG? THEY FALL
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO TRUST? – THEY FIND STRENGTH SOMEHOW
WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY SOAR HIGH – THEY RUN AND THEY WALK AND NOT FAINT
SOAR – DREAM AND ACHIEVE BIG THINGS FOR THEY HAVE BIG GOD
RUN – THE PATH IS CLEAR IN JESUS AND THEY HAVE STRENGTH
WALK – THEY HAVE PEACE, FAITH AND MOVE FORWARD YIELD ACCORDING HIS DIRECTION
Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who WAIT – trust (FIRM BELIEF IN THE REALIBILITY) in the LORD will find new strength.
WAIT – primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
PSALM 27
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
STRENGTH IS FOUND WHEN IT IS PURSUED – WAITING – TRUSTING – BE WITH JESUS
They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:1-31 NLT
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CHAPTER 41
GOD ALMIGHTY
BRING YOUR THOUGHTS AND ARGUMENTS
““Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea. Bring your strongest arguments. Come now and speak. The court is ready for your case. “
JESUS AND HIS BODY CALLED
Who has stirred up this king from the east, rightly calling him to God’s service?
JESUS SON OF MAN SON OF GOD
Who gives this man victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot? With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.
YOUTH – THOSE OF INFLUENCE
With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind. He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground. Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last. I alone am he.”
FOOLS ACTION – WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. “Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.” Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over. “
GODS CHILDREN ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD SYSTEM – FOOLISH
But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend, I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, ‘You are my servant.’
WE ARE CHOSEN FROM GOD – AS SUCH
WE WILL NOT BE ABANDONED
WE ARE NOT AFRAID
WE ARE NOT DISCOURAGED
WE ARE STRENGTHEN
WE ARE HELPED BY GOD
WE ARE HOLD UP BY HIS VICTORIOUS HANDS
For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. “
WE CAN SEE ENEMY ANGRY DESTROYED
See, all your angry enemies lie there, confused and humiliated.
ANY OPPOSITION AGAINST THE ELECTED OF GOD COME TO NOTHING
Anyone who opposes you will die and come to nothing.
You will look in vain for those who tried to conquer you. Those who attack you will come to nothing.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR FEAR FOR HE IS WITH US
For I hold you by your right hand— I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.
WHO ARE WE? WE IN OURSELVES ARE LOWLY WORM
Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,
BUT WE HAVE A REDEEMER SO WE ARE NOT AFRAID
don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you. I am the LORD, your Redeemer.
I am the Holy One of Israel.’
WE ARE HIS INSTRUMENT FOR JUSTICE
You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth. You will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains. You will toss them into the air, and the wind will blow them all away; a whirlwind will scatter them.
IN VICTORY WE REJOICE
Then you will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. “
BLESSED ARE THOSE POOR OF SPIRIT – HUMBLE
BLESSED ARE THOSE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
GOD WILL ANSWER THERE THIRST
When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them. I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus. I will give them fountains of water in the valleys. I will fill the desert with pools of water. Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.
MIRACLES IN THE NATURAL AND IN THE SPIRIT
I will plant trees in the barren desert— cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine. I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means— that it is the LORD who has done this, the Holy One of Israel who created it. “
PEOPLE GOING AFTER THEIR OWN IDOLS – IDEOLOGIES – THOUGHTS TURNED IN MATERIAL
Present the case for your idols,” says the LORD. “Let them show what they can do,” says the King of Israel. “Let them try to tell us what happened long ago so that we may consider the evidence. Or let them tell us what the future holds, so we can know what’s going to happen. Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead. Then we will know you are gods. In fact, do anything—good or bad! Do something that will amaze and frighten us. But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all. Those who choose you pollute themselves. “
GODS PEOPLE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP
But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north. From the east he will call on my name. I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay. “Who told you from the beginning that this would happen? Who predicted this, making you admit that he was right? No one said a word! I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look! Help is on the way!’ I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.
MESSENGER COMES AS A SIGN OF CHANGE
Not one of your idols told you this. Not one gave any answer when I asked. See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.”
Isaiah 41:1-4, 7-29 NLT
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CHAPTER 42
JESUS IS THE SERVANT – WE ARE THE SERVANTS IN HIM FOR HIS SPIRIT DWELLS IN US
WE ARE CHOSEN IN HIM
““Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.
JUSTICE WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH
He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction. ”
GOD CREATOR OF ALL THINGS – HE GIVES LIFE TO ALL
God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.
WE ARE ALL CALLED – TO DO WHAT?
AS HIS AMBASSADORS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS RIGHTEOUNESS
And it is he who says, “I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
HOW? HE IS WITH US NOT AGAINST US – HE GUARDS OUR HEARTS TO SPEAK TRUTH IN LOVE
I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them.
WHAT ARE HIS WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH US?
BE LIGHT TO ALL
OPEN EYES OF THE BLIND TO SEE THE TRUTH OF GODS LOVE
FREE CAPTIVES FROM PRISON OF SIN
RELEASE THOSE WHO SIT – STUCK IN DEEP DARKNESS
And you will be a light to guide the nations. You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons. “
HE POURS HIS GLORY IN HIS SERVANT AND HIS PEOPLE – NOTHING ELSE
I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.
Everything I prophesied has come true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.”
IT IS TIME TO SING A NEW SONG! EVERYONE
Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. Join in the chorus, you desert towns; let the villages of Kedar rejoice! Let the people of Sela sing for joy; shout praises from the mountaintops!
ALL THE WORLD GLORIFY THE LORD – ONLY HE IS WORTH IS
Let the whole world glorify the LORD; let it sing his praise.
FOR HE IS OUR HERO
The LORD will march forth like a mighty hero; he will come out like a warrior, full of fury. He will shout his battle cry and crush all his enemies.
WHAT WILL HE SAY? I HAVE BEEN LONG SILENT – BUT NO MORE
He will say, “I have long been silent; yes, I have restrained myself.
TODAY I WILL CRY
But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry and groan and pant.
WHAT THE LORD WILL DO?
HUMBLE THE PROULD
I will level the mountains and hills and blight all their greenery.
RESOURCES WILL DRY
I will turn the rivers into dry land and will dry up all the pools.
TO HIS PEOPLE – HE WILL LEAD TO A NEW PATH – UNFAMILIAR WAY
I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
THE LORD WILL REMOVE ALL DARKNESS – SMOOTH LIFE JOURNEY
I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them.
FOR HIS LOVE TOWARDS HIS PEOPLE HE WILL DO ALL THESE THINGS HE WILL NOT FORSAKE US
Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them.
FOR THE FOOLS WHO TRUST IN THE IDOLS OF THIS WORLD – SHAME
But those who trust in idols, who say, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned away in shame. “
GODS PEOPLE BLIND
Listen, you who are deaf! Look and see, you blind! Who is as blind as my own people, my servant? Who is as deaf as my messenger? Who is as blind as my chosen people, the servant of the LORD?
REFUSE TO DO RIGHT ALTHOUGH YOU SEE AND RECOGNIZE WHAT IS RIGHT
You see and recognize what is right but refuse to act on it. You hear with your ears, but you don’t really listen.”
GOD IS JUST – HE HONORS HIS LAWS – HIS WORD
Because he is righteous, the LORD has exalted his glorious law.
SUFFERING AMONG THE PEOPLE OF GOD
But his own people have been robbed and plundered, enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped. They are fair game for anyone and have no one to protect them, no one to take them back home. Who will hear these lessons from the past and see the ruin that awaits you in the future? Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt?
THE LORD ALLOWED DUE TO SIN – THEY DID NOT LEARN THEIR LESSON
TIMES OF HITLER DESTROYED IN FLAMES
It was the LORD, against whom we sinned, for the people would not walk in his path, nor would they obey his law. Therefore, he poured out his fury on them and destroyed them in battle. They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to understand. They were consumed by fire, but they did not learn their lesson.”
Isaiah 42:1-25 NLT
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CHAPTER 43
GOD SAVIOUR OF JACOB
LISTEN FOR WE WERE CREATED AND FORMEC BY GOD
“But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “
THERE IS NO REASON FOR FEAR FOR HE HAS REDEEMED US
HE CALLS US BY MY NAME FOR I AM HIS
Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
GOD’S PROMISES NEVER FAILS
WE GO TO DEEP NO SHALOW WATERS, BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
I BELIEVE AND RECEIVE HIS PROMISES – THIS MEANS I TRUST IN HIS LOVE AND POWER TO SUSTAIN ME IN TIMES OF TRIALS
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
WHY ? BECAUSE HE IS THE LORD MY GOD HOLY ONE . HE IS ONE WITH HIS WORD – HE IS MY SAVIOR
For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
JESUS IS THE RANSOM FOR MY FREEDOM FROM EGYPT THIS FALLEN WORLD
I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me.
OTHER LAID THEIR LIVES SO THAT I COULD HEAR THE GOSPEL
WHY? WHO AM I TO BE EVEN CONSIDERED OR SEEN IN THE UNIVERSE?
GOD SAYS I AM HONORED AND I AM LOVE SO THAT I CAN ALSO HONOR AND LOVE MY NEIGHBOR
You are honored, and I love you. “
WORD FOR ISRAEL ALSO NATURAL
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west. I will say to the north and south, ‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.
I CLAIM YOU ARE MY GOD – I WAS CREATED FOR HIS GLORY
Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’”
BRING ALL PEOPLE BEFORE THE LORD – PEOPLE LOST AND BLIND. WHO TRUST IN THEIR IDEOLOGIES ? – WHO CAN VERIFY IF THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH?
Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. Gather the nations together! Assemble the peoples of the world! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Which can predict what will happen tomorrow? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth?
BUT WE HIS CHILDREN ARE HIS WITNESS THAT TESTIFIES THAT HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH
But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD. “You are my servant.
WHY WAS I CHOSEN? TO KNOW JESUS, BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND UNDERSTAND THAT ONLY GOD IS MY GOD AND MY FATHER. THERE IS NO OTHER GOD!!! NO OTHER HOPE !!! NO OTHER TRUTH, WAY AND LIFE -THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER GOD
You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God— there never has been, and there never will be. I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no other Savior. First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this.
YES JESUS WAS SENT AND PAID THE PRICE
You are witnesses that I am the only God,” says the LORD.
THERE IS NO END TO GOD POWER AND LOVE – NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM HIS LOVE
“From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”
GODS DELIVERANCE
This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
GOD ASSURES US THAT HE IS LORD THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King.
WHAT HAS HE DONE? OPENED THE SEA
I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. “
BUT FORGET SUCH WONDERS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING COMPARED WITH WHAT I WILL DO – THERE IS MUCH MORE COMING THRU JESUS
But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
For I am about to do something new. SOMETHING NEW IN JESUS
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? DO YOU SEE JESUS ? IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM
I will make a pathway through the wilderness. JESUS HAS MADE A WAY
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER – WE ARE THE RIVERS IN HIM
The wild animals in the fields will thank me, the jackals and owls, too, for giving them water in the desert. Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so my chosen people can be refreshed. JESUS IS THE WATER THAT REFRESHES OUR SOUL
WHY? GODS PEOPLE ARE HIS FAMILY AND WE WILL HONOR (INTEGRITY AND AUTHORITY) IN THE WORLD
I have made Israel for myself, and they will someday honor me before the whole world.
BUT BEFORE GLORIOUS DAYS – ISRAEL HAS NOT HONORED GOD
“But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel! You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and frankincense. You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices.
WHAT ELSE HAS ISRAEL DONE?
Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults. “
WHAT WILL GOD DO WITH ISRAEL? JESUS SACRIFICE DEALING WITH SIN FOREVER
I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.
GOD CALLS FOR A REVISION – THERE IS NO WAY TO PROVE OUR OWN SINS – WE DO NOT DESERVE
Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case to prove your innocence. From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me; all your leaders broke my laws.
WHAT GOD HAS DONE WITH THE OLD PRIESTS? OLD ORDER? HE REMOVED THEM – JESUS IS THE NEW COVENANT – NEW ORDER – HIGH PRIEST
That is why I have disgraced your priests; I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame for Israel.”
Isaiah 43:1-28 NLT
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CHAPTER 44
TIME TO LISTEN – BELIEVE IN GODS PROMISES
““But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one. The LORD who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one.
JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER – HE QUENCHES OUR THIRST
For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields.
HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME – BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – IT WILL MAKE US THRIVE
And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children. They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.
IDENTITY RESTORED – WHO DO WE BELONG TO?
Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the LORD.’ Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the LORD’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.”
WORDS OF TRUTH – WHO IS LIKE HIM? HE IS MY KING AND MY REDEEMER
This is what the LORD says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: “
FIRST AND LAST – THERE IS NO OTHER TRUE GOD
I am the First and the Last; there is no other God. Who is like me?
WHOEVER PROCLAIMS TO BE GOD LET HIM COME FORWARD
GODS PEOPLE IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANCIENT TIMES AND ITS FUTURE IS SET – WE KNOW THE END ALREADY – AND WE LIVE BY IT
Let him step forward and prove to you his power. Let him do as I have done since ancient times when I established a people and explained its future.
DO NOT BE AFRAID – FOR GOD HAS PROCLAIMED HIS PURPOSE FOR ME –HE IS ASKING “DIDNT I” YES YOU HAVE
Do not tremble; do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago?
WE ARE HIS WITNESS – LIVE BY IT
You are my witnesses—is there any other God? No! There is no other Rock—not one!”
THE FOOLS AND THEIR STUPID ACTIONS
How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame. T
JUST A FOOL WOULD MAKE HIS OWN GOD – CANNOT SPEAK,CANNOT HEAR,CANNOT DO ANYTHING – PEOPLE BECOME WHAT THEY BEHOLD
Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit? All who worship idols will be disgraced along with all these craftsmen—mere humans— who claim they can make a god.
LOST PEOPLE CAN UNITE BUT WILL STAND IN FEAR., AND SHAME
They may all stand together, but they will stand in terror and shame.
CRAZY ACTIVITY – FROM GODS CREATION FOOL SAYS GOOD AND MAKE IT AS AN IDOL
Then he uses part of the wood to make a fire. With it he warms himself and bakes his bread. Then—yes, it’s true—he takes the rest of it and makes himself a god to worship! He makes an idol and bows down in front of it! He burns part of the tree to roast his meat and to keep himself warm. He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.” Then he takes what’s left and makes his god: a carved idol! He falls down in front of it, worshiping and praying to it. “Rescue me!” he says. “You are my god!”
FOOL BECOMES WHAT HE BEHOLDS – BLIND AND MIND SHUT
Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
WHERE IS THE REFLECTION?
The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?” The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?” “
AS FOR PEOPLE OF GOD – PAY ATTENTION – DO NOT BE A FOOL – GOD MADE YOU TO HIMSELF TO BE HOLY (I HAVE SWEPT AWAY YOURS SINS LIKE A CLOUD)
OUR SIN ARE REMOVED FOREVER BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the LORD, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
JESUS CALLS US TO HIMSELF -FOR HE PAID THE PRICE AT THE CROSS AND RESURRECTION TO SET US FREE!!!!!
Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”
HEAVENS AND EARTH – SING WITH JOY!!!!
Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing. Shout for joy, O depths of the earth! Break into song, O mountains and forests and every tree!
WHAT BREAK IN JOY? WHAT HAPPENED???
OUR GOD AND FATHER HAS REDEEMED US AND HE IS GLORIFIED AMONG HIS PEOPLE
REDEMPTION – RESCUE FROM THE WRATH OF GOD AND JUSTIFIED BY THE BLOOD OF THE SON TO BECOME RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel.
WHO IS MY REDEEMER ? THE ONLY TRUE GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS
This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer and Creator: “I am the LORD, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth? I expose the false prophets as liars and make fools of fortune-tellers. I cause the wise to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools. But I carry out the predictions of my prophets! By them I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live here again,’ and to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be rebuilt; I will restore all your ruins!’ When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’ they will be dry.
REFERRING TO PEOPLE IN HISTORY THAT DID NOT KNOW GOD BUT WAS USED BY HIM LIKE DONALD TRUMP
When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,’ he will certainly do as I say. He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem’; he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.’””
Isaiah 44:1-11, 15-28 NLT
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CHAPTER 45
CYRUS – TRUMP OF TODAY
GOD CHOSE SOMEONE WHO DID NOT KNOW HIM AND ANOINTED HIM
SO WAS IN THE PAST SO IT IS FOR TODAY – DONALD TRUMP
“This is what the LORD says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER CYRUS RULE?
OTHER AUTHORITIES WILL FEAR AND THERE WILL BE NO RESISTANCE
Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never to shut again.
IT IS THE LORD WHO GOES BEFORE CYRUS
This is what the LORD says: “I will go before you, Cyrus,
GOD WILL LEVEL THE MOUNTAINS – HUMBLE AUTHORITY
and level the mountains.
REMOVE GATES – PLACE OF DECISION – CUT BARS OF IRON- REMOVE EVIL AND HASH POSITIONS
AND DO WHAT?
I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.
GIVE GODS PEOPLE TREASURES HIDDEN IN THE DARKNESS – SECRET RICHES – NEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE – TECHNOLOGY
And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness— secret riches.
WHY? TO KNOW THAT GOD IS LORD OF ALL – HE WILL DISPLAY HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY THROUGH HIS CHILDREN TO ALL NATIONS
I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name. “
“And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? ”
IT IS FOR GODS PEOPLE SAKE
It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.
WHAT GOD HAS DONE?
LET ALL NATIONS KNOW THAT THERE IS NO OTHER GOD
I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don’t even know me, so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God.
WHO IS GOD? CREATOR OF LIGHT AND MAKER OF DARKNESS WITH THE PURPOSE OF SHINING LIGHT
I am the LORD, and there is no other. I create the light and make the darkness.
HE IS IN CONTROL OF THE GOD AND BAD TIMES – HE DOES IT ALL
I send good times and bad times. I, the LORD, am the one who does these things.
WE DECLARE IN UNITY WITH HEAVENS VOICE
“Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.
SORROW AWAITS FOR THOSE WHO ARGUE WITH THEIR CREATOR
I, the LORD, created them. “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’ How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father, ‘Why was I born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘Why did you make me this way?’”
WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION HIS JUDGEMENTS
This is what the LORD says— the Holy One of Israel and your Creator: “Do you question what I do for my children? Do you give me orders about the work of my hands?
WHO MADE THE EARTH AND THE PEOPLE IN IT
I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. With my hands I stretched out the heavens.
ALL THINGS ARE UNDER HIS COMMAND
All the stars are at my command.
WHO WILL GOD RAISE? A MAN WHO DOES NOT KNOW HIM TO FULFILL HIS RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES
I will raise up Cyrus to fulfill my righteous purpose, and I will guide his actions. He will restore my city and free my captive people—
DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL NOT RECEIVE PRESIDENT SALARY
without seeking a reward!
I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
This is what the LORD says: “You will rule the Egyptians, the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans. They will come to you with all their merchandise, and it will all be yours. They will follow you as prisoners in chains.
They will fall to their knees in front of you and say, ‘God is with you, and he is the only God. There is no other.’”
GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.
SHAME FOR THOSE WHO MAKE IDOLS
All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
JESUS IS OUR ETERNAL SALVATION
But the LORD will save the people of Israel with eternal salvation. Throughout everlasting ages, they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.
GOD SET ALL THINGS IN PLACE
For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. “
“I am the LORD,” he says, “and there is no other.
GOD MAKES HIS BOLD PROMISES
I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.
HE CAN BE FOUND – SEEK WITH ALL OUR HEARTS
I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found.
FULL OF TRUTH – SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH AND RIGHT
I, the LORD, speak only what is true and declare only what is right. “
GATHER ALL FOOL PEOPLE
Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save! Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the LORD?
THERE IS NO OTHER GOD – THERE IS NO OTHER SALVATION
For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me.
Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word:
END TIMES – ALL WILL KNEE BEFORE HIM AND ALL WILL DECLARE – YOU ARE THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS
Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me. ”
WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STRENGTH?
The people will declare, “The LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”
ALL ANGRY PEOPLE AGAINST HIM WILL COME AND BE ASHAMED
And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed.
IN JESUS WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD
In the LORD all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.”
Isaiah 45:1-25 NLT
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CHAPTER 46
WORLD FALSE GODS – CANNOT DO ANYTHING
“Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together.
LISTEN CHILD OF GOD
“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel.
WHAT HAS GOD DONE SINCE YOU ARE BORN?
GOD HAS CARED AND CARRIED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born.
HE IS OUR GOD FOR ALL OUR LIFETIME
I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age.
WHO MADE US AND CARES FOR US AND SAVES US – LORD GOD
I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. “
WHO IS EQUAL TO GOD?
To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
FOOLS ACTIONS
They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble. “Do not forget this! Keep it in mind!
REMEMBER WHAT ? REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE
Remember this, you guilty ones. Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens.
GODS WORD AND PLAN ARE FOREVER
Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.
“Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right.
GOD IS READY TO SAVE AND SHOW HIS GLORY TO ISRAEL
For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.”
Isaiah 46:2-5, 7-10, 12-13 NLT
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CHAPTER 47
BABYLON FALL – REV 17 – SPIRIT OF CONFUSION
In Babylonian the name Bab–ilu (Babel, or Babylon) meant “gate of the gods,” but the Hebrews derogatorily associated it with balal, a word in their language meaning “to confuse” (Gen. 11:9). The rulers of Babylon doubtless called their city the “gate” of the gods in the sense that they chose to think of it as the place where the gods consorted with men, to order the affairs of earth (Judges 9:35; Ruth 4:1; 1 Kings 22:10; Jer. 22:3). The name reflected the claim of the Babylonian kings (Gen. 11:4).
TIME OF CONFUSION – RELIGION (CATHOLIC CHURCH) AND HUMAN REIGN HAS ENDED
TIME OF CONFUSION ENDING
““Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended.
FRUITS OF HUMAN NATURE WILL BE EXPOSE
O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate. Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view. You will be naked and burdened with shame.
I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
“Pope Benedict is also actively pursuing ecumenical efforts to re-unite with the Eastern Orthodox churches, which separated from Rome nearly a thousand years ago. Indeed, the “mother” church is actively seeking the return of her “separated” daughters—just as Bible prophecies indicate! Watch for these expansive ecumenical efforts of the Roman church to increase—and to culminate with the “daughter of Babylon” promoting and supporting a political figure who will emerge from the ashes of the old Holy Roman Empire—as these ancient prophecies come alive in the news!”
http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2010/september-october/the-daughter-of-babylon
GOD IS OUR REDEEMER – BY HIS BLOOD
WHO IS HE?
LORD OF HEAVENS ARMY – NO ONE MORE POWERFUL
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
Our Redeemer, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is the Holy One of Israel. “
O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. For I was angry with my chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
WORLD CHURCH DID NOT DO A THING IN THE HOLOCAUST
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly. You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!’
WHAT DID THE RELIGIOUS WORLD DID NOT DO?
“You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences. “
LISTEN NOW
Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other. I will never be a widow or lose my children.’
DISASTER WILL COME IN A MOMENT
Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic. “
RELIGIOUS WORLD INVOLVED IN WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC
You felt secure in your wickedness. ‘No one sees me,’ you said. But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’ So disaster will overtake you, and you won’t be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won’t be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared. “Now use your magical charms! Use the spells you have worked at all these years! Maybe they will do you some good.
Maybe they can make someone afraid of you. All the advice you receive has made you tired. Where are all your astrologers, those stargazers who make predictions each month? Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND ASSOCIATIONS – CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES
But they are like straw burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all; their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
PEOPLE WILL TURN AND GO THEIR OWN WAY
And all your friends, those with whom you’ve done business since childhood, will go their own ways, turning a deaf ear to your cries.”
Isaiah 47:1-15 NLT
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CHAPTER 48
ISRAEL STUBBORNNESS
BELIEVERS ARE BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF PRAISE(JUDAH)
““Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah.
LISTEN ALL
WHAT PROMISES ISRAEL DID NOT KEEP?
THE OATHS – COVENANT – DEPENDENCY ON THE LORD
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don’t keep your promises, even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
GOD SPOKE IN THE PAST AND ACTION COME FAST
Long ago I told you what was going to happen. Then suddenly I took action, and all my predictions came true.
HARD HEARTED PEOPLE
For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze.
You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled, but you refuse to admit it.
NEW THINGS ARE TO HAPPEN
Now I will tell you new things, secrets you have not yet heard. They are brand new, not things from the past. So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’ “Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new, things you never heard of before.
PEOPLES HEART REBELS FROM BIRTH
For I know so well what traitors you are. You have been rebels from birth.
GOD WILL NOT WIPE OUT ISRAEL – FOR HIS HONOR AND SAKE
Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out. I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
GOD WILL REFINE ISREAL INSTEAD IN THE FURNACE OF SUFFERING AND RESCUE ISRAEL – GOD’S PEOPLE
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
IT IS WITH IDOLS THAT GOD DOES NOT SHARE HIS GLORY
and I will not share my glory with idols! “
LISTEN AGAIN CHOSEN ONE
Listen to me, O family of Jacob, Israel my chosen one!
ONLY GOD IS GOD – THE FIRST AND THE LAST
I alone am God, the First and the Last. It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.”
Have any of your idols ever told you this?
CYRUS DID NOT KNOW GOD FIRST, BUT IT WAS USED TO DESTROY THE RELIGION SPIRIT OF THE WORLD
Come, all of you, and listen: The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally. He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon and to destroy the Babylonian armies. “I have said it: I am calling Cyrus! I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed.
THE INVITATION IS GIVEN – COME CLOSER AND LISTEN
INTIMACY THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Come closer, and listen to this.
From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.” And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit have sent me with this message. This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “
WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO US WHEN WE COME CLOSE TO HIM AND LISTEN?
HE TEACHES WHAT IS GOOD
HE LEAD US TO THE PATH WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIM
I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.
WHAT IS THE RESULT OF LISTENING AND OBEYING?
PEACE FLOWING LIKE A GENTLE RIVER
RIGHTEOUSNESS ROLLING OVER LIKE WAVES
MANY DESCENDANTS
NO DESTRUCTION
Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea. Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore— too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name.”
BE FREE TODAY FROM ANY CAPTIVITY – LEAVE RELIGION – LEAVE THE WORLD VIEW SYSTEM AND LEAVE ANY ASSOCIATION WITH IT
Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians.
THIS IS THE SAME MESSAGE IN REVELATION – LEAVE THE LOVE OF THIS WORLD AND FLESH PRIDE, ARROGANCE AND EVIL TRICKS OF THE ENEMY – LOVE PEOPLE BUT NOT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH AND DEVIL
HOW CAN I LEAVE? WHY SING?
SING OUT – DECLARE AND SHOUT THE TRUTH THAT THE LORD HAS REDEEMED HIS PEOPLE
BE ALIGNED WITH HIS WORD AND TRUTH
DECLARED SINGING POWER OF WORDS OF LIFE
POWER OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP THROUGH SINGING
THAT WE ARE REDEEMED – FREE AND WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the earth! The LORD has redeemed his servants, the people of Israel.
THERE IS PROVISION IN THE DESERT OF THIS WORLD FOR GODS PEOPLE ARE REDEEMED
JESUS THE ROCK WHO CAME AND LEAD US THROUGH THE DESERT
FROM HIS SIDE AT THE CROSS GUSHED WATER FOR US TO DRINK
FROM HIS SIDE ALSO GUSHED HIS BLOOD THAT WASHES US FROM EVERY SIN
NO ONE NEEDS TO GO THIRSTY AWAY AS JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER – SPRING OF LIVING WATER
They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert. He divided the rock, and water gushed out for them to drink. “
NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED
But there is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.”
Isaiah 48:1-4, 6-22 NLT
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CHAPTER 49
GOD SERVANT -LANCE
“Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away!
GOD CALLED ME BEFORE I WAS BORN
The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name.
WHAT HAS THE LORD MADE ME INTO?
HIS VOICE – WORD OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE TO PENETRATE LIKE SWORD – STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
WHERE HAS HE MADE ME INTO HIS FRIEND AND SERVANT?
IN THE SECRET PLACE UNDER HIS HANDS – MARKED – WORK AT THE CROSS – KNOWING HIS SUFFERING
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
AS A RESULT I AM AN ARROW IN HIS HANDS-WEAPON
I GO FAR LIKE AN ARROW – MY INFLUENCE
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.
He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.”
WE ARE BORN TO LOVE AND BRING HIM GLORY
WORDS OF MAN
SPEAKING FROM HIS OWN PERSPECTIVE
YET I LEAVE ALL THINGS IN HIS HAND – HE IS MY REWARD AND I TRUST IN YOU
I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the LORD’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.”
WORDS OF GOD
And now the LORD speaks— the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE?
HE HAS HONORED ME
HE HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH
The LORD has honored me, and my God has given me strength.
WHAT DOES HE SAY?
He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
I MAKE YOU A LIGHT – SHINES IN THE DARKNESS TO THE GENTILES
BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH -SET CAPTIVES FREE
The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations, to the one who is the servant of rulers: “
WHAT WILL THE AUTHORITIES DO WITH THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD?
PAY ATTENTION WHEN YOU PASS
HUMBLE BECAUSE OF GODS PRESENCE
Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will also bow low because of the LORD, the faithful one, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
WHAT THE LORD SAYS MORE?
This is what the LORD says: “
At just the right time, I will respond to you.
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel and assign it to its own people again.
I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE?
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare.
They will neither hunger nor thirst.
The searing sun will not reach them anymore.
For the LORD in his mercy will lead them;
he will lead them beside cool waters.
And I will make my mountains into level paths for them.
The highways will be raised above the valleys.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE NATURAL ISRAEL?
See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. ”
WHAT SHOULD THE REACTION BE?
Sing for joy, O heavens!
Rejoice, O earth!
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering.
BUT ISRAEL RESPONSE IS WRONG
Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “
GOD SAYS:
Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!
HOW THE LORD WILL NOT FORGET HIS CHOSEN ONES?
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.
Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.
Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you.
As surely as I live,” says the LORD, “they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display. “
Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved you will be far away.
The generations born in exile will return and say, ‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’ Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone. Where did all these people come from? Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?’”
WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY?
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “
See, I will give a signal to the godless nations.
They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms;
they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.
WHAT AUTHORITIES WILL DO?
Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs.
They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.”
WHO CAN REMOVE US FROM HIS LOVE?
Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior?
Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go?
But the LORD says, “The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved.
HOW WILL THE CAPTIVES BE RELEASED?
For I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ENEMY?
I will feed your enemies with their own flesh.
They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.
ALL NATIONS WILL KNOW
All the world will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel. ””
Isaiah 49:1-26 NLT
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CHAPTER 50
WHAT DID THE ISRAEL DO?
DUE TO SIN IT WAS SOLD
“This is what the LORD says: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins.
And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
WHERE WAS ISRAEL WHEN THE LORD VISIT HER? BLIND AND DEARH IN SIN
JESUS TO THE EARTH
Why was no one there when I came? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason!
GOD IS ALMIGHTY
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish. I dress the skies in darkness, covering them with clothes of mourning.”
THE FATHER GAVE JESUS WORD OF WISDOM? WHY ? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE WEARY -> BLIND – LACK OF REST – RELUCTANT TO SEE OR TO EXPERIENCE FOR MORE
The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary.
WHAT DOES THE LORD DO EVERY MORNING?
HE WAKENS ME AND OPENS MY UNDERSTANDING TO HIS WILL
LORD EVERY MORNING
WAKEN MY HEART AND
OPEN THE EYES OF MY UNDERSTANDING TO YOUR WILL
Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.
JESUS OBEDIENCE EVEN TO THE CROSS
The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away.
WHAT WAS JESUS REACTION? FIRM RESOLVE
I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.
BECAUSE THE LORD HELPS ME – THERE IS NO DISGRACE
Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced.
JESUS RESOLUTION – FIRM FACE FOR LOVE – DETERMINED YO OBEY HIS WILL
Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will.
CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE LORD WHO IS NEAR
And I know that I will not be put to shame. He who gives me justice is near.
WHERE ARE THE ACCUSERS OF JESUS BLOOD?
Who will dare to bring charges against me now? Where are my accusers? Let them appear!
THE LORD IS ON OUR SIDE
See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side! Who will declare me guilty?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ENEMY? DESTROYED
All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys his servant?
TRUST IN THE LORD (NOT ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING) AND RELY IN YOU IN THE REVELATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOU
If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the LORD and rely on your God.
THE DANGER OF WALKING IN YOUR OWN LIGHT – OWN UNDERSTANDING – MIND – THOUGHTS – WARM YOURSELF BY YOUR OWN FIRES
RESULT – TORMENT
But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.”
Isaiah 50:1-11 NLT
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CHAPTER 51
CALL TO TRUST IN THE LORD – DO NOT FEAR MERE HUMANS
““Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance— all who seek the LORD!
CONSIDER THE PIT FROM WHICH THE LORD RESCUED ME
Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined.
FRIEND OF GOD – WHO BELIEVED IN GODS PROMISES – ABRAHAM
Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation. Abraham was only one man when I called him.
GODS BLESSINGS IS MULTIPLICATION – ABUNDANCE
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”
GODS LOVE – RESTORATION
The LORD will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD.
RESTORED HEART IS A JOYFUL AND THANKSGIVING HEART
Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. “
GODS JUSTICE – STRONG ARM IS LIGHT TO THE NATIONS
Listen to me, my people. Hear me, Israel, for my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to the nations. My mercy and justice are coming soon. My salvation is on the way. My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.
PEOPLE WILL BE HOPING FOR GODS POWER ARM IN ACTION
All distant lands will look to me and wait in hope for my powerful arm.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE SKIES AND THE EARTH
Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE ? DIE LIKE FLIES
The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end! “
WE ARE THE ONES WHO CHERISH GODS WORD
Listen to me, you who know right from wrong, you who cherish my law in your hearts.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR FEAR OF MAN
Do not be afraid of people’s scorn, nor fear their insults. For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing. The worm will eat at them as it eats wool.
WHY ? BECAUSE GODS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOREVER
But my righteousness will last forever. My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”
SPEAKING OF THE LORD – SPEAKING OF HIS BODY
Wake up, wake up, O LORD! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.
GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER
Are you not the same today, the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths so that your people could cross over?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ISRAEL NATURAL – SPIRITUAL
ENTER YOUR GATES WITH SINGING CROWNED WITH JOY NO ENDING
Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy.
NO MORE SORROW – PAIN
Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. “
HOW? WHO COMFORTS US?
I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.
NO MORE FEAR OF MERE MAN
So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear?
PEOPLE FORGET GOD – CREATOR OF ALL
Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth.
DO NOT REMAIN IN THE PIT OF FEAR OF THE ENEMIES ANGER – WHY?
BECAUSE IS GONE
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CAPTIVES?
Soon all you captives will be released! Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate!
HOW?
For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WITH OUR MOUTHS?
HE PUTS HIS WORD IN OUR MOUTHS
And I have put my words in your mouth
WHAT DOES HE DO WITH OURS LIVES? WHERE ARE WE SAFE?
HE HIDES OUR LIVES IN HIS SAFEY HANDS
and hidden you safely in my hand.
WHO SAYS THAT I BELONG TO GOD? HE DOES
I stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are my people!’”
TIME TO REPENT ISRAEL
Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! You have drunk the cup of the LORD’s fury. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops. Not one of your children is left alive to take your hand and guide you. These two calamities have fallen on you: desolation and destruction, famine and war. 2nd WORLD WAR
NO NATION CAME OR SYMPATHIZED WITH ISRAEL DURING HISTORY AND WARS HITLER ATTACK
And who is left to sympathize with you? Who is left to comfort you? For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The LORD has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them.
WHAT DOES GOD DEFENDER SAYS?
But now listen to this, you afflicted ones who sit in a drunken stupor, though not from drinking wine. This is what the Sovereign LORD, your God and Defender, says: “
GOD WILL REMOVE HIS FURY AGAINST ISRAEL AND HAND TO THE TORMENTORS
See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury. Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust and walk on your backs.’””
Isaiah 51:1-23 NLT
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CHAPTER 52
TIME TO ZION TO WAKE UP – CLOTHE WITH GODS STRENGTH
“Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength.
TIME TO PUT CLOTHES OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem,
NO MORE UNCLEAN AND GODLESS PEOPLE SETTING ORDERS IN THE GATES
for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
PEOPLE OF GOD RISE – WE ARE SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES
Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem. Sit in a place of honor.
Remove the chains of slavery from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For this is what the LORD says: “When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without having to pay for you.”
What is this?” asks the LORD. “Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.
TIME WILL COME GOD WILL REVEAL HIS POWER TO THE NATIONS
POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS
But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power.
GODS PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE ITIS THE LORD WHO SPEAKS TO THEM
Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.”
WONDERFUL IS THE WALK OF WHO ANNOUNCES THE GOOD NEWS
WHAT IS THE NEWS AS WELL? GOD REIGNS
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!
WHAT DOES THE WATCHMEN DO? SHOUT AND SING FOR THEY SEE THE LORD
The watchmen shout and sing with joy, for before their very eyes they see the LORD returning to Jerusalem.
TIME TO BREAK IN JOY – MY REDEEMER LIVES
Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song, for the LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.
JESUS RESURRECTION POWER
The LORD has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations.
All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? LEAVE CAPTIVITY OF THE UNCLEAN
Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the LORD.
WHAT ARE THE SACRED OBJECTS IN OUR LIVES?
HIS WORD, PRAYER LIFE, PRAISE AND WORSHIP, INTERCESSION, GOOD NEWS
WE WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR OUR LIVES FOR GOD WILL GO AHEAD AND PROTECT US FROM BEHIND – ENEMY ATTACKS WHEN WE DO NOT SEE COMING
You will not leave in a hurry, running for your lives. For the LORD will go ahead of you; yes, the God of Israel will protect you from behind.
JESUS WILL PROSPER – HIGHLY EXALTED
See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.
JESUS SUFFERING MARKED IN HIS FACE AND BODY
But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.
JESUS REIGN IN THE EARTH
And he will startle many nations. Kings will stand speechless in his presence. For they will see what they had not been told; they will understand what they had not heard about.”
Isaiah 52:1-3, 5-15 NLT
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CHAPTER 53
JESUS SUFFERING FOR OUR SINS
“Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HOW DID HE GROW? LORDS PRESENCE IN DRY LAND
My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground.
WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT HIM? HIS APPEARANCE WAS NOTHING BEAUTIFUL
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIM? WHO WAS HE?
DESPISED AND REJECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE – MAN OF SORROW
He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
WHY? HUMAN NATURE – WE TURN OUR BACKS ON HIM – LOOKED THE OTHER WAY – WE DID NOT CARE ABOUT HIM
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
WHAT DID HE DO ANYWAY? HE CARRIED OUR WEAKNESSES
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
WHAT DID WE THINK? THOUGHT WRONG
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE – DEATH OF CROSS
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHY?
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
WHAT DID WE DO? LEFT GODS PATH – FOLLOWED OUR OWN WAYS
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
GOD IN HIS MERCY AND LOVE HE STILL LAID ON HIM OUR SINS
Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all.
JESUS SUFFERING
He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream.
WHY?
But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave.
IT WAS GODS GOOD PLAN – FOR HE WILL HAVE MANY DESCENDANTS
But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants.
JESUS AND HIS DESCENDANTS – THE BORN AGAIN WILL REIGN AND LIVE FOREVER
He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
JESUS WILL BE SATISFIED AS HE SEES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied.
MANY WILL BE COUNTED RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE JESUS WILL BEAR ALL THEIR SINS
And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
GOD WILL GIVE JESUS HONORS OF A VICTORIOUS SOLDIER
WHY?
BECAUSE HE EXPOSED – GAVE HIMSELF TO DIE FOR ALL
I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.”
Isaiah 53:1-12 NLT
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CHAPTER 54
FUTURE OF GODS PEOPLE
THERE IS NO DESCENDANTS WITHOUT JESUS
“Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor.
THROUGH JESUS NOW THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN
For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the LORD. “
IT IS TIME TO ENLARGE – TO BUILD IN ADDITION
Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense!
WHY? BECAUSE MANY WILL COME TO CHRIST IN THE END TIMES
For you will soon be bursting at the seams.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH GODS CHILDREN ?
THEY WILL OCCUPY OTHER NATIONS – FIX RUINED GOVERNMENTS – CITIES
Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. “
THERE IS NO MORE SHAME OR FEAR
Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood.
WHY? THE ONE WHO CREATED ME WILL BE MY HUSBAND
For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
WHO IS HE.? MY REDEEMER, HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, THE GOD OF ALL THE EARTH
He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.
For the LORD has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. “
WHAT HAPPENED?
For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.
In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.
BUT HE LOVES ME WITH ETERNAL LOVE AND HAS COMPASSION OF ME
But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer. “
IN JESUS THERE IS NO MORE PUNISHMENT
Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.
WORLD WILL CHANGE, BUT GODS LOVE IS FAITHFUL ALWAYS AND HIS COVENANT IS FOREVER
For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. “
GOD WILL BUILD HIS PEOPLE
O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones.
THE LORD WILL TEACH – GREAT PEACE WILL COME
I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace.
JESUS GOVERNMENT IS SECURE, JUST AND FAIR
You will be secure under a government that is just and fair.
WHAY WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ENEMIES?
Your enemies will stay far away.
PEOPLE OF GOD WILL LIVE IN PEACE AND VICTORY
You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.
If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. “
I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy.
NO WEAPON AGAINST US WILL PROSPER
But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you.
ALL COMES FROM THE LORD FOR HE HAS SPOKEN
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Isaiah 54:1-17 NLT
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CHAPTER 55
GODS INVITATION TO SALVATION
WHO IS THIRSTY? WHO NEEDS A RELATIONSHIP AND TOUCH OF GOD?
IS IT FREE? DRINK WHAT? JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER. WHO DRINKS (BELIEVES AND RECEIVES HIS WORD WILL NOT THIRST AGAIN)
““Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money!
WHAT ARE THE CHOICES? WINE -> PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!
Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
WHY SPEND RESOURCES-TIME ON THOUGHTS – WORDS – BELIEFS THAT DO NOT GIVE ME STRENGTH TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
WHY LISTEN TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOOD OR WILL NOT RENEW MY MIND?
HOW DO I EAT – FILL MY MIND AND HEART WITH WHAT IT IS GOOD AND BRINGS BENEFITS?
LISTEN TO JESUS – LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OBEY
HELP ME JESUS TO LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE – MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE
GOD GIVES US A NEW HEART AND SENDS US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL AND TO OPERATE IN US. THIS WAY WE OBEY GODS WORD AS WE BELIEVE AND YIELD TO THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
WHAT IS THE OUTCOME – THE RESULT OF LISTENING AND OBEYING?
NOT ONLY EAT, ENJOY, FIND ANSWER WITH FINEST WORDS
You will enjoy the finest food.
HOW DO I LISTEN? HOW CAN I EAT THE LIVING WORDS OF JESUS?
LISTEN:
“describes the process of remaining vigilant in the acquisition of information in order to discover hidden, secret or extra information”
“What was keeping Israel from hearing what God had to say? Arrogance! The imperative translated here as “Do not be arrogant” meant, more literally, “Do not be high and exalted.”
Jeremiah 13:15
As things kept getting worse with the children of Israel, as they persisted in worshiping idols and ignoring justice, God kept on warning them of the consequences of their behavior. If they did not repent, soon Jerusalem would be sacked by foreign enemies, and the people would be killed or scattered. In desperation, Jeremiah cried out, “Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken” (13:15).
ARROGANT HEART WORSHIPS AND BEHOLDS IDOLS OF PRIDE AND STUBBORNNESS
WORSHIP JESUS WHO IS HUMBLE AND MEEK OPPOSITE OF ARROGANT AND PRIDE
In Hebrew, the words translated here as “listen” (shama‘) and “pay attention” (’azan) have similar meanings. The second verb is closely related to the Hebrew word for “ear” (’ozen), and means something like “open your ears” or “use your ears.” As God was speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, the people needed to use their ears and pay attention.
“If we are going to hear God’s word today, if we are going to pay attention to what he’s saying to us, then we can’t think we know it all, or that we know better than God. The more I think, “I’ve got all the answers,” the less I am able to listen to the real answers that come from God alone. A prideful confidence in one’s own understanding is something found among many Christians, especially those of us who are leaders, who spend much of our lives in study, and who are used to being the speaker and not the listener. We will only be able to hear from the Lord, and thus speak God’s truth with accuracy and power, when we come before him with open ears and humble hearts. “
COME TO JESUS WITH ATTITUDE AND HEART WILLING TO LISTEN AND OBEY. IF I LISTEN (NOT ONLY HEAR) I WILL FIND LIFE!!!!
JESUS MY HEART IS WIDELY OPEN TO LISTEN TO YOU!!!
WE DO NOT ONLY FIND LIFE BUT WE ALSO GET IN COVENANT WITH GOD FOREVER – FRIENDS FOREVER – BOND THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN
“Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will
THREE PROMISES FROM GOD:
1 – find life.
2 – I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
(Under covenant we have access to all the power, provision, protection, and mercy that that covenant carries.)
THERE IS MORE!!!!!
3 – I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
GOD SENDING JESUS TO DISPLAY HIS POWER AMONG THE PEOPLE
See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations.
GODS CHILDREN WILL COMMAND NATIONS AS WELL – JESUS IS THE LEADER
HOW? GOD HAS MADE US GLORIOUS FOR HIS GLORY
WE ARE PEOPLE OF GLORY FOR GOD HAS MADE US GLORIOUS
You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”
HOW CAN THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED ? LORD HELP ME
SEEK HIS PRESENCE
CALL HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR
LET THE WICKED WAY
BANISH THE VERY THOUGHT OF DOING WRONG
TURN ALWAYS TO GOD – RUN TO HIM FOR HE FORGIVES GENEROUSLY
Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. “
WHY RUN TO GOD?
BECAUSE HIS THOUGHT AND WAYS ARE HIGHER AND BETTER THAN OURS
My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. “
The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE WATER FOR OUR SOIL HEART – PRODUCES SEED FOR THE BELIEVER TO BE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY ONES
It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
KEEP THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HEART AND I WILL LIVE IN JOY AND PEACE
You will live in joy and peace.
HOW WILL THE MOUNTAINS WILL SING? PEOPLE ARE THE TREES AND MOUNTAINS ARE THE SPHERES IN SOCIETY
The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
SUCH SIGNS OF LOVE AND POWER
These events will bring great honor to the LORD’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.””
Isaiah 55:1-13 NLT
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CHAPTER 56
LISTEN AND OBEY – BE WHAT THE LORD SAYS FOR ME TO BE
BE JUST AND DO WHAT IT IS RIGHT FOR HE IS COMING TO RESCUE ME
HE WILL DISPLAY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AMONG HIS CHILDREN
“This is what the LORD says: “Be just and fair to all. Do what is right and good, for I am coming soon to rescue you and to display my righteousness among you.
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HONOR AND OBEY – LEARN TO TRUST AND REST IN THE LORD
Blessed are all those who are careful to do this. Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest and keep themselves from doing wrong. “
ALL NATIONS ARE ACCEPTED NOT ONLY ISRAEL
THOSE WHO ARE SEPARATE TO THE LORD – COMIT THEIR LIVES TO HIM
Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD say, ‘The LORD will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say, ‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’
WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY?
FOR THOSE WHO MAKE A DECISION AND CHOOSE TO BE
SEPARATED TO ME
KEEP MY REST – TRUST IN ME
PLEASES ME – LISTEN AND OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS
COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO ME
REWARD INSIDE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, I WILL GIVE YOU
MEMORIAL
A EVERLASTING NAME FOR GREATER THAN TO SONS AND DAUGHTERS
For this is what the LORD says: I will bless those eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy and who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me. I will give them—within the walls of my house— a memorial and a name far greater than sons and daughters could give. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear! “
ALL NATIONS ARE BLESSED – PEOPLE WHO:
COMMIT TO ME
SERVE AND LOVE MY NAME
WORSHIP ME
REST AND TRUST IN ME
HOLD FAST MY COVENANT
I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD, who serve him and love his name, who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest, and who hold fast to my covenant.
REWARD:
SUCH FRIENDS I WILL BRING TO MY MOUNTAIN OF JERUSALEM – HOUSE OF PRAYER TO ALL NATIONS
I WILL FILL THEM WITH JOY IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER
I WILL ACCEPT THEIR OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICE
I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.
SALVATION GOES BEYOND ISRAEL – GENTILES ARS SAVED AS WELL AS ME
For the Sovereign LORD, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.”
GODS JUDGEMENT ON
BLIND AND IGNORANT
DO NOT WARN OTHERS OF DANGER
ARE LIARS – SLEEPING AND DREAMING
GREEDY
FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATH AND SELFISH DESIRES
Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people! For the leaders of my people— the LORD’s watchmen, his shepherds— are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming. Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain. “Come,” they say, “let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!””
Isaiah 56:1-12 NLT
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CHAPTER 57
GOODLY PEOPLE OFTEN DIE EARLY – WHY? God is protecting them from the evil to come.
“Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die.
PUNISHMENT TO THE IDOLATROUS
. “But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars! You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings.
IDOLS ARE THE INHERIT-EDGE OF THE WICKET
They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy? You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me. You have put pagan symbols on your doorposts and behind your doors. You have left me and climbed into bed with these detestable gods. You have committed yourselves to them. You love to look at their naked bodies.
SINNERS GONE TO THE DEVIL – TO THE WORLD OF THE DEAD
You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead. You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength, and you did not grow weary.
MOTIVATED BY FEAR
“Are you afraid of these idols? Do they terrify you? Is that why you have lied to me and forgotten me and my words?
WHY HAVE PEOPLE FORGOTTEN GODS WORD? FEAR IS GONE BECAUSE OF LONG SILENCE?
Is it because of my long silence that you no longer fear me?
WHAT IS GOD GOING TO DO?
Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you.
Let’s see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help. Why, a puff of wind can knock them down! If you just breathe on them, they fall over!
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD?
I WILL INHERIT THE LAND
I WILL POSSESS GODS HOLY MOUNTAIN
But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.””
GOD SAYS FOR THOSE WHO REPENT
“God says, “Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.”
REMOVE ANYTHING THAT BLOCKS HIS CHILDREN FROM COMING TO HIM TO WORSHIP
The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this:
WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? WITH THE CONTRITE AND HUMBLE SPIRITS
“I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
WHAT DOES GOD DO? HE RESTORES . WHO?
CRUSHED SPIRIT OF THE HUMBLE NOT OF THE PROUD
REVIVE THE COURAGE OF THE REPENTANT HEART
WHAT IS CONTRITE AND HUMBLE SPIRIT?
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
GOD WILL NOT BE ANGRY FOREVER WITH ALL THE SOULS HE CREATED.
IF NOT, WE WOULD PASS AWAY
For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made.
I was angry, so I punished these greedy people.
EVEN WITHDRAWING HIS PRESENCE, HUMAN HEART KEEPS STUBBORN WAY
I withdrew from them, but they kept going on their own stubborn way.
GOD KNOWS THE HUMAN HEART AND WHAT IT CAN DO.
BUT BY HIS MERCY AND LOVE HE WILL:
HEAL OUR HEARTS
LEAD US
COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN
BRING WORDS OF PRAISE IN OUR LIPS
GIVE ABUNDANT PEACE NEAR OR FAR
FATHER – THANK YOU FOR HEALING, LEADERSHIP, COMFORT BY WORDS OF PRAISE IN OUR LIPS AND ABUNDANT PEACE
“I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn, bringing words of praise to their lips.
May they have abundant peace, both near and far,” says the LORD, who heals them.”
Isaiah 57:14-19 NLT
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CHAPTER 58
TRUE WORSHIP
HOW SHOULD SIN BE TREATED?
WITHOUT FEAR OR INTIMIDATION – BUT LOUD
SHOULT ALOUD – BRING TO THE LIGHT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND SEE
DO NOT FEAR – NOT TIMID
“Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins!
WORSHIP OF APPEARANCE – BUT NOT OF CLEAN HEART
Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me. ‘
FATHER – FORGIVE ME ANY PRETENTIOUS SPIRIT (SHOW OFF)
ANY PRIDE – ANY ARROGANCE – ANY SELF AMBITION (INTEREST)
We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ “
GOD GIVES THE REASON WHY BY HIS MERCY AND LOVE – WE DO NOT DESERVE
I will tell you why!” I respond. “
WRONG FAST:
It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes.
THERE IS NO HEART REPENTANCE
REASON:
PLEASE MYSELF – SELF INTEREST
YOU KEEP PEOPLE AROUND YOU OPPRESSED
YOU CONTINUE FIGHTING WITH EACH WITH NEGATIVE WORDS
NOT TRUE REPENTANCE – JUST FALSE MOTIONS AND APPEARANCE
Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the LORD? “
No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
GODS FASTING
WHAT IS THE TRUE FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD?
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help. “
FREE THE CAPTIVES WHO ARE BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD
HELP THE BURDEN OF EACH OTHER
LET THE OPPRESS GO FREE
REMOVE THE CHAINS OF SIN AND GUILT THAT BINDS PEOPLE
SHARE MY FOOD TO THE HUNGRY – BE THE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY
GIVE SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS – COVER WITH PRAYER
CLOTHE THE NEEDY
HELP THE RELATIVE
WHAT IS THE REWARD – FRUITS?
Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
MY SALVATION WILL SHINE – LIGHT TO SEE
MY WOUNDS AND HURT WILL HEAL FAST
MY GODLINESS WILL LEAD ME
THE GLORY – GOODNESS OF GOD WILL PROTECT ME EVEN WHEN I DO NOT SEE THE ENEMY
Then when you call, the LORD will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.
HE WILL ANSWER!!! HOW ? QUICKLY
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSABILITY?
GODS LIFESTYLE
“Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. ”
ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE – I NEED FRESH OIL EVERYDAY
“Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors! ”
DO NOT BE JUDGMENTAL OF OTHERS – DO NOT OPEN THE MOUTH TO
SPEAK FOOLISH OR ASSUMPTIONS\RUMORS
“Feed the hungry”
SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE – GIVE TIME AND WORDS OF WISDOM
“and help those in trouble. ”
BE ACTIVE AND VIGILANT GIVING AND HELPING OTHERS
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY LIFE – LIGHT IN ME?
“Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. ”
The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength.
GOOD WILL GUIDE- GIVE WATER AND RESTORE STRENGTH
WHAT IS MY LIFE ?
You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
WELL-WATERED GARDEN – I AM HIS GARDEN
WHAT WILL I DO?
Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
RESTORE LIVES AND SOCIETY – REBUILDER OF FAMILIES
Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes
WHAT SHOULD I BE VIGILANT ABOUT?
“Keep the Sabath day holy”
“Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, ”
“but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the LORD’s holy day. ”
“Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, ”
“and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WIFE
WALK IN HOLYNESS
DON’T PURSUE MY OWN INTERESTS
ENJOY MY WALK WITH GOD BY SPEAKING WITH DELIGHT OF HIS GOODNESS
WALK IN HONOR IN ALL I DO. – AMBASSADOR OF THE KING
DO NOT FOLLOW MY OWN DESIRES
DO NOT TALK FOOLISHNESS OR IDLY
RESULTS :
“Then the LORD will be your delight. ”
“I will give you great honor and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. ”
“I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Isaiah 58:1-14 NLT
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CHAPTER 59
RESULT OF SIN
GODS POWER AND LOVE IS READY
“Listen! The LORD’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
WHAT IS HINDERING ME FROM HIM ? SIN
It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.
THANKS FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT WASHES AWAY ALL MY SINS
Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.
WHAT HAS HUMAN NATURE DONE IN SIN?
Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption.
HANDS – ACTIVITIES DAILY THROWING ACCUSATIONS OR NOT OPENING HAND
FINGERS – POINTING JUDGEMENTS – MANIPULATION FOR EVIL
LIPS – FULL OF DECEIT AND LIES
MOUTH – LARGE QUANTITY OF CORRUPTION COMING FROM THE HEART
No one cares about being fair and honest.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE – COMMON SENSE
ACTING IN SIN
The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin. They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; whoever cracks them will hatch a viper. Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark. Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder.
WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS OF SINNER? TO SIN – DO HARM
They think only about sinning.
WHAT IS THE RESULT?
“Misery and destruction always follow them. ”
PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND PEACE DUE TO SIN
They don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and good. They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.
WHAT IS RIGHT LIVING? LIVING IN SIN DOES NOT ALLOW TO KNOW
So there is no justice among us, and we know nothing about right living.
PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PRESENCE – LIGHT OF GOD
We look for light but find only darkness. We look for bright skies but walk in gloom. We grope like the blind along a wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark.
Among the living, we are like the dead. We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
WHY THERE IS NO RESCUE? OUR SINS ARE PILLED BEFORE GOD
For our sins are piled up before God and testify against us. Yes, we know what sinners we are. We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD.
We have turned our backs on our God.
PEOPLE TURN THEIR BACK TO GOD
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies. Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.
TRUTH OF THE WORD IS GONE
Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO? HE LOOKED AND WAS DISPLEASED
The LORD looked and was displeased to find there was no justice. He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed.
BUT GOD SO LOVED US THAT HE HIMSELF CAME AND PAID THE PRICE TO HAVE THE SIN REMOVED AND HE RESCUED US BY THE BLOOD OF THE SON
So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him.
JESUS ACTIONS IN DEEP LOVE AND RESOLVE
He put on righteousness as his body armor
and placed the helmet of salvation on his head.
He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance
and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.
WHAT HAPPENED?
He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds.
His fury will fall on his foes.
He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.
IN GODS SALVATION – NATIONS WILL COME TO HIM AND GLORIFY HIM
In the west, people will respect the name of the LORD; in the east, they will glorify him.
JESUS RETURN
For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the LORD.
WE ARE DRIVEN BY THE WORD OF THE LORD – HIS BREATH
“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the LORD. “
THERE IS NEW COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD – HIS SPIRIT AND WORD WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US
And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “
My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Isaiah 59:1-21 NLT
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CHAPTER 60
FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
IT IS TIME TO ARISE AND SHINE – THE LORD IS WITH YOU – SHINES OVER YOU
““Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you.
“Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you. ”
“All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance. “
NATIONS WILL COME TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD – RADIANCE IN WISDOM AND POWER
THE RETURN OF THE NATURAL PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO ISRAEL
“Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. ”
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN
Your eyes will shine,
and your heart will thrill with joy,
WHY?
for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands. Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the LORD. The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious. “
AIRPLANES FLYING TO ISRAEL BRING THE NATURAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH DID NOT KNOW WHAT AIRPLANES ARE
And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests? They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish.
WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING? PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE GOLD AND SILVER
They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold.
PEOPLE OF GOD WILL HONOR THE LORD – HE HAS FILLED US WITH SPLENDOUR
They will honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendour. “
WHAT WILL THE NATIONS DO TO ISRAEL – NATURAL- SPIRITUAL?
REBUILD AND SERVE
Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you.
GOD IS MERCIFUL – THROUGH HIS GRACE
For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace.
GATE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT – PLACE OF PRAYER, WORSHIP AND PRAISE (ANCIENT DOORS) WHERE WISE DECISION ARE FOUND – PLACE WHERE ENTERS WEALTH
Your gates will stay open day and night to receive the wealth of many lands.
The kings of the world will be led as captives in a victory procession.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO NATIONS THAT WILL NOT SERVE JESUS AND HIS KINGDOM? DESTRUCTION
“For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed. “
WHY? THE GLORY WILL BELONG TO JESUS AND HIS PEOPLE
WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE WILL BE GLORIOUS
The glory of Lebanon will be yours— the forests of cypress, fir, and pine— to beautify my sanctuary. My Temple will be glorious!
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE TORMENTORS OF GOD’S PEOPLE ?
THEY WILL COME AND BOW – KISS OUR FEET
The descendants of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the LORD, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel. “
GODS PEOPLE ONCE DESPISED AND HATED – WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
HE WILL MAKE US BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, a joy to all generations.
NATIONS WILL SATISFY ALL OF OUR NEEDS
Powerful kings and mighty nations will satisfy your every need, as though you were a child nursing at the breast of a queen.
I WILL RECOGNIZE THE LORD IS MY SAVIOR AND MY REDEEMER – MIGHTY GOD ODF HIS PEOPLE
You will know at last that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.
THERE WILL BE AN EXCHANGE – UPGRADE IN ALL AREAS
I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron.
JESUS IS OUR LEADER AND JUST
I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler.
WHAT IS THE RESULT? NO MORE VIOLENCE
Violence will disappear from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end.
SALVATION AND PRAISE WILL BE SURROUNDING THE COMMUNITIES
Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there. “
IN ETERNITY – JESUS WILL BE OUR SUN AND LIGHT
No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down. For the LORD will be your everlasting light.
NO MORE MOURNING – ALL PEOPLE WILL BE RIGHTEOUS
Your days of mourning will come to an end. All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.
ALL WILL HAPPEN AT THE RIGHT TIME – SAYS THE LORD
The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.””
Isaiah 60:1-22 NLT
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CHAPTER 61
JESUS READ OF HIMSELF
WE AS THE BODY OF CHRIST READ AND BELIEVE OVER US
HOLY SPIRIT IS UPON AND IN US
“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me,
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO US ? HE ANOINTED US FRESH OIL (PSALM 92-10)
“for the LORD has anointed me ”
TO DO WHAT?
SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE OF THE GOSPEL TO THE NEEDY
SENT (AUTHORITY FRM ABOVE) TO COMFORT THE BROKENHEARTED – HOLY SPIRIT IS THE COMFORTER
PROCLAIM THAT CAPTIVES IN SIN WILL BE RELEASED BY THE BELIEVING AND CONFESSING – IT IS BY THE BLOOD
FREE THE PRISONERS BY PROCLAMATION OF THE TRUTH
SENT TO TELL THOSE THAT MOUN THAF GODS FAVOR HAS ARRIVED
WITH IT JUSTICE OF GOD HAS COME AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES
“to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.
He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the LORD’s favor has come,
and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. ”
WHAT DOES GOD GIVE TO HIS PEOPLE?
HE GIVES ME CROWN OF BEAUTY FOR ASHES
JOYFUL BLESSINGS FOR MOURNING
FESTIVE PRAISE OF DESPAIR
“To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. ”
GOD IS THE INE WHO PLANTED US STRONG FOR HIS GLORY
“In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. ”
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD GOING TO DO?
REBUILD ANCIENT RUINS – RESTORE TRUE VALUES
REPARE CITIES – RESTORE FAMILIES
REVIVE PLACES – BRING REVIVAL
“They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations. ”
WHAT WILL THE UNBELIEVER DO?
BE SERVANTS
BRING PROVISION
ASSIST ON THE BUSINESS
Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD CALLED?
PRIEST OF THE LORD – MINISTERS OF GOD
carry His presence and release His Word and Glory!
“You will be called priests of the LORD, ministers of our God. ”
JOB DESCRIPTION
At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and to bless in His name unto this day. (Deuteronomy 10:8 AMP))
WHERE WILL THE PROVISION COME FROM?
“You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches. ”
WHAT ARE THE BLESSINGS AS A RESULT OF BEING IN CHRIST?
DOUBLE HONOR
DOUBLE PROSPERITY
EVERLASTING JOY
“Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. “
WHAT DOES GOD LOVE? LOVES JUSTICES
WHAT DOES GOD HATE? HATE WRONGDOING
“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. ”
GODS REWARDS TO HIS PEOPLE
EVERLASTING COVENANT
I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.
RESULTS – RECOGNITION
Their descendants will be recognized and honored among the nations.
ALL WILL SEE THEY ARE PEOPLE OF GOD
Everyone will realize that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”
WHY AM OVERWHELMED WITH JOY IN THE LORD?
I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God!
WHAT DID HE DO FOR ME?
DRESSED ME CLOTHING OF
——-(COME INTO PROPOR ALIGNMENT; MAKE ATTRACTIVE;SMOOTH SURFACE OF A STONE
DRAPED WITH ME ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
———(COVER SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE SURGICAL OPERATION, MADE TO BE CRUSHED, THICK,BEATEN , TO PROTECT
“FOR he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. ”
COL 3:15
WHO IS THE CHURCH?
SHE IS DRESSED BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS – SHE IS WEARING JEWELS GIVEN BY THE BRIDEGROOM
“I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels. ”
GOD JUSTICE WILL COME TO ALL NATIONS
The Sovereign LORD will show his justice to the nations of the world.
WHAT WILL THE RESPONSE BE?
“Everyone will praise him! ”
“His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.”
Isaiah 61:1-11 NLT
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CHAPTER 62
ISAIAH PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM
WHAT IS HE PRAYING ABOUT?
GOD PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSNESS SHINE
SALVATION BLAZES LIKE A TOUCH BURNING
“Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
GOD WILL NOT STOP UNTIL ZION BECOMES TO ITS IDENTITY AND GIVES THE LAW OF GOD
WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN WITH JERUSALEM?
“The nations will see your righteousness.
ALL World leaders will be blinded by your glory.
And you will be given a new name by the LORD’s own mouth.
The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see— a splendid crown in the hand of God.
Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City” or “The Desolate Land.”
Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight” and “The Bride of God,” for the LORD delights in you and will claim you as his bride. (MERRIED)
Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. ”
WHAT IS GODS REACTION? WHAT IS GODS FEELING FOR JERUSALEM (SPIRITUAL/NATURAL)?
“Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride. ”
WHAT HAS GOD ESTABLISHED?
WATCHMEN ON THE WALL
TO DO WHAT?
PRAY DAY AND NIGHT – 24/7 NO REST TO GOD – HOUSE OF PRAYER
UNTIL WHEN
UNTIL GOD COMPLETES HIS WORK
MAKES JERUSALEM THE PRIDE OF THE EARTH
“Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the LORD. Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.” (24/7 prayer and worship)
WHAT GOD HAS SWORNED? WHAT WILL DO.?
GIVE US TO THE ENEMY
NOT LET THE ENEMY STEAL OUR BREAD (WORD) AND WINE (JOY OUR SALVATION)
The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength: “
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies. ”
“Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine.
THE SEEDS PLANTED AND RAISED, WE WILL EAT PRAISING GOD
You raised the grain, and you will eat it, praising the LORD.
WE WILL DRINK THE NEW WINE WE HAVE PURSUIT IN HIS PRESENCE
Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.”
WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO?
Go out through the gates!
WE CAN ONLY GO OUT IF WE HAVE GONE IN HIM (OPEN ANCIENT GATES SO THAT THE KING CAN COME IN)
TO DO WHAT? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
PREPARE THE HIGHWAY – REMOVE THE STONES- EVIL HINDRANCES
Prepare the highway for my people to return!
FREE FROM OBSTACLES
Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders;
HIS BANNER OVER US IS HIS LOVE
raise a flag for all the nations to see.
The LORD has sent this message to every land: “
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? JESUS
“Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your Savior is coming.
HE DOES NOT COME EMPTY HANDED – HE BRINGS HIS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
“See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”
WHAT WILL WE BE CALLED?
They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the LORD.” And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place” and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”
Isaiah 62:1-12 NLT
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CHAPTER 63
JESUS JUDGEMENTS OVER NATIONS – ENEMIES
WHY HIS CLOTHES IN RED? BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES
“Who is this who comes from Edom, from the city of Bozrah, with his clothing stained red?
HE MARCHES IN GREAT POWER
Who is this in royal robes, marching in his great strength? “
WHAT IS THE LORD ANNOUNCING? SALVATION TO HIS PEOPLE
“It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation! It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!”
Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes? “
A LOT OF ENEMIES
I have been treading the winepress alone; no one was there to help me.
ONLY THE LORD IS WORTHY FOR HE ALONE BROUGHT JUSTICE
THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH HAS COME IN HIS FURY – HE DID NOT COME AS A LAMB THIS TIME
In my anger I have trampled my enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury I have trampled my foes. Their blood has stained my clothes.
WHY? TIME HAS COME FOR JESUS AVENGE HIS BRIDE
For the time has come for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from their oppressors.
JESUS WAS AMAZED NO ONE CAME TO HELP HIS PEOPLE? NO NATION
I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed.
SO WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE CAME WITH HIS STRONG ARM AND RESCUED HIS BRIDE AND CRUSHED THE NATIONS IN HIS ANGER – IN THE POWER OF HIS WORD
So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm, and my wrath sustained me. I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.”
ISAIAH PRAISE GOD FOR HIS DELIEVERANCE
JESUS RESCUED US FROM SIN AND DEATH – HIS BLOOD AND MARKS SPEAK OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS BRIDE
IT ALL BECAUSE OF HIS UNFAILING LOVE FOR HIS BRIDE – ALL JUSTICE AND MERCY IS BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL CAOS AND DELIVERANCE THE BRIDE TAKES ACTION:
FIRST BRIDE WILL INFORM ALL OF HIS GREAT LOVE – SHE IS IN DEEP LOVE FOR HIM SO SHE GOES OUT ANNOUNCING IT – SHE CANNOT CONTAIN OF HER FEELINGS OF BEING TOUCHED BY HIS LOVE – NEVER THE SAME AGAIN
“I will tell of the LORD’s unfailing love. ”
SECOND BRIDE WILL PRAISE HIM FOR HE HAS DONE – WHAT HAS THE BRIDEGROOM DONE FOR HIS BRIDE? SHE RECOGNIZES HIS MERCY AND LOVE
I will praise the LORD for all he has done.
THIRD BRIDE WILL REJOICE IN HIS GREAT GOODNESS TO ISRAEL
ACCORDING TO WHAT? TO HIS MERCY AND LOVE
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love.
WHAT IS THE BRIDEGROOMS RESPONSE
He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.”
JESUS SUFFERED ON THE CROSS FOR ALL
And he became their Savior. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them.
HOW AS GODS PEOPLE REDEEMED? IN HIS LOVE AND MERCY
WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE YEARS? HE LIFTED UP HIS PEOPLE AND CARRIED THEM – – THERE ARE NO FOOT MARKS ON THE DESERT EXCEPT HIS
In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.
BUT HUMAN HEART IS AGAINST GOD’s SPIRIT
But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit.
IN RETURN GOD BECAME ENEMY
So he became their enemy and fought against them.
WHAT DID THEY DO? REMEMBERED OLD DAYS
Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people? Where is the one whose power was displayed when Moses lifted up his hand— the one who divided the sea before them, making himself famous forever? Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.
SPIRIT OF GOD GAVE PEACE
As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led your people, LORD, and gained a magnificent reputation.”
ISAIAH CRY – SEE US FROM YOUR HOLY HOUSE
LORD, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us.
Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?
ALTHOUGH ALL REBELLION AND AFFLICTION – GOD STILL OUR FATHER THOROUGH HIS SON
“Surely you are still our Father! ”
Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, LORD, you would still be our Father.
WE BELONG TO HIM EVEN IF REJECTED BY OTHERS IN AUTHORITY
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
WHY THE LORD ALLOWED?
LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
WHY STUBBORN HEARTS SO NO LONGER FEAR GOD?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
LORD I DO NOT WANT A STUBBORN HEART – I WANT A BROKEN CONTRITE HUMBLE HEART – NO ARROGANCE , NO PRIDE, NO SELF INTEREST
LORD RETURN TO US – WE ARE YOUR POSSESSION
Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession.
How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.
HUMAN PERCEPTION LIMITED BY TIME
Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.”
Isaiah 63:1-19 NLT
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CHAPTER 64
ISAIAH CRY – LONGING FOR HIS COMING
“Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? ENEMY WOULD LEARN YOUR FAME
Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!
MOSES TIME – MOUNT SINAH
When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked!
OUR WEEDING VERSE FOR 25 YEAR
SINCE CREATION – THERE IS NOTHING – NO SENSE CAPABLE TO FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU
For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you,
WHAT DOES GOD DO SINCE CREATION?HE IS WORKING FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL
who works (PERIOD OF TIME GOD IS ENGAGED)
FOR WHOM? WHY WOULD HE CARE? SO GREAT LOVE
THOSE WHO DO SOMETHING – THEY ARE NOT INACTIVE
SON AND DAUGHTERS WAITING FOR HIM?
for those who wait for him! (ISAIH 39:40
WHAT DOES WAITING ON HIM MEAN?
JESUS HEART BINDED TO THE FATHERS HEART
BIND TOGETHER – ROPE TIED TOGETHER FAST GIVING STRENGTH
WAIT – primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
PSALM 27
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways.
GOD DOES NOR AGREES WITH SIN – HE HATES EVIL
But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? We are all infected and impure with sin.
MAN TRIES TO DISPLAY THEIR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS – BUT IT IS FILTHY RAGS – CLOTHES – ACTIONS ROOTED IN SIN
JESUS CAME AND CLOTHES US WITH PURE CLOTHES OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS – THAT IS WHAT GOD SEES – WE CLOTHED/COVERT WITH JESUS RIGHTEOUSNESS
When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags.
Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
SIN JUST SWEEPS US AWAY LIKE A WIND
Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy.
HEARD OF MEN IS STUBBORN AND HARD AND EVIL
GOD TURNS AWAY FOR NO ONE PLEADS HIM FOR MERCY
Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.
YET GOD IS MERCIFUL – HE IS THE FATHER – HE IS GOD OF JUSTICE AND POWER AND FATHER OF MERCY AND LOVE
WE ARE FORMED BY WHOM? BY HIS HANDS AND HE DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKE
And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.
ISAIAH CRY – SEE – AS WE ARE FORMED BY HIM, HAVE MERCY AND RESCUE US
Don’t be so angry with us, LORD. Please don’t remember our sins forever.
GOD DOES NOT REMEMBER ARE SINS FOREVER – HE DUMPS IT INTO THE DEEPHS OF THE SEA OF NO REMEMBRANCE – IS 43:25 HEB 8:12 – MICAH 7:19
ASKING FOR MERCY – SEE YOUR PEOPLE
Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people.
WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF HIS PEOPLE? LOST IN SIN – ALL THINGS OF BEAUTY ARE DESTROYED
Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
ISAAH ASK IF GOD WILL CONTINUE SILENT REFUSING TO HELP
After all this, LORD, must you still refuse to help us? Will you continue to be silent and punish us?”
Isaiah 64:1-12 NLT
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CHAPTER 65
LAST DAYS – JUDGEMENT
WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO ISRAEL AND NATIONS
LONGING TO RESPOND TO RHE THIRSTY AND NEEDY
OPENED HIS ARMS OF LOVE AND MERCY TO ALL WHO WOULD CALL ON HIS NAME
REBELLIOUS PEOPLE DID NOT CRY OUT FOR HIM
“The LORD says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name. All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people.
WHAT A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE DO?
FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATHS
FOLLOW THEIR OWN SCHEMES – FOLLOW THEIR OWN IDEAS- THOUGHTS
But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes.
WHAT DO THEY DO AS A RESULT?
INSULT GOD WORSHIPPING IDOLS THEY BUILT
WHERE DO THEY DO THAT?
SACRED GARDENS – RELIGIOUS GROUNDS WHERE THEY PLACE THEIR MOST PRECIOUS IDOL – INIQUITY DEEP IN THEIR HEARTS
All day long they insult me to my face by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens.
They burn incense on pagan altars.
DARK AT NIGHT – WORSHIP THE DEAD – AS THEY ARE DEAD AS WELL
At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead.
THEY FEED THEIR MINDS AND HEART WITH GARBAGE
They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.
RELIGION AS HINDUS
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT AMONG BELIEVERS
Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’
TERRIBLE AROMA DO GOD – NOT THE PERFUME OF CHRIST
These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away. “
GOD HAS DECREE – HE WILL ACT
Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them— both for their own sins and for those of their ancestors,” says the LORD. “
WHAT DID ISRAEL DO?
WHAT DOES RELIGIOUS SPIRIT DO?
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills. I will pay them back in full! “
(Great depravity and corruption of manners are generally the consequence of a disregard of God . IDOLATRY IS LINKED WITH IMMORALITY
GOD IS MERCIFUL FOR HE WILL NOT DESTROY ALL
But I will not destroy them all,” says the LORD. “
For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones (and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away— some of those grapes are good!’), so I will not destroy all Israel.
THERE IS STILL A REMNANT – THEY WILL POSSESS GODS LAND
For I still have true servants there. I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel and of Judah to possess my land.
GOD HAS CHOSEN HIS HERITAGE
Those I choose will inherit it, and my servants will live there.
The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks
WHY? SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD FIRST
for my people who have searched for me,
THE VALLEYS WILL BE A BLESSING
and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds. “
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO FORGET GOD?
PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEIR BELIEF TO DEMONIC TEACHINGS – HIDDEN UNDER EVIL CULT
But because the rest of you have forsaken the LORD and have forgotten his Temple, and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny, now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword.
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SWORD AND DESTRUCTION BEFORE THE EXECUTIONER
All of you will bow down before the executioner.
WHY? GOD CALLED AND NO ONE ANSWERED , NO ONE LISTENED WHEN HE SPOKE
For when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not listen.
DELIBERATE SIN – INIQUITY – DONE CONSCIOUSLY AND INTENTIONALLY
You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes— and chose to do what you know I despise.”
PROMISES FOR THE SERVANT – PROVISION, WATER, REJOICE, SING AND HAVE A NEW NAME
THERE IS FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY SERVANT
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve.
THERE IS DRINK FOR THE THIRSTY SERVANT
My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
SERVNT WILL REJOICE
My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed.
SERVNT WILL SING
My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.
Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name.
All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth.
GOD OF TRUTH WILL PUT ASIDE HIS ANGER AND HE WILL FORGET THE EVIL
For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days. “
WHAT IS GOD DOING IN THE END TIMES?
Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.
GOD WILL WASH AWAY THOUGHTS OF THE OLD ONES – NEW EARTH AND HEAVEN
GODS COMMAND TO BE GLAD AND REJOICE
Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look!
WHY?
I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness.
Her people will be a source of joy.
I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people.
NO MORE SOUND OF SADNESS – THOUSAND YEARS REIGN
And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more. “
LONGEVITY – HEALING IN THE LANDQ
No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred!
WHO IS GOING TO DIE YOUNG? THERE BE THOSE WHO ARE CURSED
Only the cursed will die that young!
NO MORE STEAL OR CORRUPTION
In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.
Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards.
GODS PEOPLE WILL LIVE LIKE TREES – SEQUOIAS TREES
For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.
ALL WORK WILL BE PRODUCTIVE – THERE WILL BE CHILDREN
They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.
PEOPLE BLESSED BY GOD
“For they are people blessed by the LORD, and their children, too, will be blessed. ”
GOD ALREADY KNOWS ALL AND WILL ANSWER BEFORE IS REQUESTED
I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
ANIMAL KINGDOM WILL BE DIFFERENT
The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow.
SNAKES WILL CONTINUE THE SAME FOR IT IS CURSED
But the snakes will eat dust.
NO HURT OR DESTRUCTION IN GODS LAND MOUNTAIN
In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain.
GODS DECLARATION THAT STANDS FOREVER
I, the LORD, have spoken!””
Isaiah 65:1-25 NLT
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CHAPTER 66
END TIMES
WHERE IS GODS THRONE ? WHERE IS HIS FOOTSTOOL – PLACE WHERE HE RESTS HIS FEET
“This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.
COULD MAN DO SOMETHING AS CREATE A TEMPLE? FOR GOD?
BUT HE MADE US TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“Could you build me a temple as good as that? Could you build me such a resting place? ”
GOD CREATED IT ALL BY HIS HANDS – ALL IS HIS
“The My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine”
WHO WILL GOD BLESS?
HUMBLE HEART
1. The humble heart understands dependence upon God (The humble rightly understand their insufficiency and powerlessness apart from Christ. )
2. The humble heart trembles before God’s Word. (There is a love, seriouness, and value for what God says that clearly sets apart the humble from the proud.)
3. The humble heart is willing to own up to sin.(Isaiah and Davids attitude involves dealing with any sin in our hearts promptly, readily, and rightly.)
4. The humble heart is willing to acknowledge human weakness so that Christ can show Himself to be strong.(So God ordained suffering for Paul to remind him that he was but a very weak human being who needed God for everything. We need to remember our weakness if we want to let Christ be strong through us. )
5. The humble heart has the fruit of obedience.(Truly humble hearts that truly repent and turn to God will no longer be opposed by God. When we draw near to God, immediately He will draw near to us. He only wants us to be humble enough to call sin “sin” and to deal with it by repenting and seeking the forgiveness that He is fully ready and prepared to offer. The humble heart is an obedient heart.)
6. The humble heart values the welfare of others ahead of its own.(NOT SELFISH SEEKING HIS OWN INTEREST AND NO FEAR OF MAN (Philippians 2:3-4 says, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” The humble of heart are cognizant of the needs of others, and they are willing to sacrifice so that others can be ministered to. )
7. The humble heart accepts the role of servant.(Humility may not be a characteristic that the world exalts in, but they don’t understand God’s ways. 1 Peter 5:6 says, “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.” There are no shortcuts to true exaltation, something only God can bestow. What is sure is that those who are humble in heart will, at the proper time, be exalted. If we want to truly be exalted we need to truly be humble, saying with our Savior the ultimate expression of humility, “Lord, not my will but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42)
CONTRITE HEART – YIELDING HEART
TREMBLES AT HIS WORD – STATE OF EXTREME APPREHENSION
. I, the LORD, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.
THERE IS NO ACCEPTATION OF OFFERINGS FROM THOSE WHO CHOOSE THEIR OWN WAYS – THESE WAYS ARE DELIGHTING IN THEIR DETESTABLE SINS
MAN ARE FREE TO MAKE CHOICES – FREE WILL GIVEN BY GOD – BUT ACCEPTANCE ONLY COMES FROM CHOOSING GODS WAYS AND NOT YOUR OWN
But those who choose their own ways— delighting in their detestable sins— will not have their offerings accepted.
DOING YOUR WAY MEANS OFFERING THE WORST WRONG OFFERING
When such people sacrifice a bull, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice.
When they sacrifice a lamb, it’s as though they had sacrificed a dog! When they bring an offering of grain, they might as well offer the blood of a pig.
When they burn frankincense, it’s as if they had blessed an idol.
WHAT DOES GOD DO IN RETURN? TROUBLE IN WHAT PEOPLE FEAR
I will send them great trouble— all the things they feared.
WHY? THERE IS NO ANSWER WHEN GOD CALLED, THERE IS NO LISTENING WHEN GOD SPOKE
For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen.
SIN OF INIQUITY – PEOPLE SINNED DELIBERATELY, NOT IN IGNORANCE, BUT KNOWING THE WRONG CHOICE AND DOING IT
“They deliberately sinned before my very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise.”
FOR THOSE WHO TREMBLES AT HIS VOICE – HEAR THE MESSAGE
Hear this message from the LORD, all you who tremble at his words: “
Your own people hate you and throw you out for being loyal to my name. ‘
BEING LOYAL TO GODS NAME CAUSES PEOPLE TO HATE AND ACT BY REJECTING – THROWING OUT
PEOPLE MOCK GOD AND THEY WILL BE PUT TO SHAME
“Let the LORD be honored!’ they scoff. ‘Be joyful in him!’ But they will be put to shame.
THE VOICE OF GOD BRINGS COMMOTION AMONG SOCIETY – HODS VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS ENEMIES
What is all the commotion in the city? What is that terrible noise from the Temple?
It is the voice of the LORD taking vengeance against his enemies.
ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION IN ONE DAY – 1948
“Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son. Who has ever seen anything as strange as this? Who ever heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment?
“In May 1948, Israel became an independent state after Israel was recognised by the United Nations as a country in its own right within …”
But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, her children will be born.
GOD IS ASKING A QUESTION – WILL HE NOT ALSO DELIVER IT?
ONE DELIVERANCE WAS IN 1967 – SIX DAY WAR
Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD. No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” says your God. “
REJOICE FOR SHE IS BORN
Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her. Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.”
LAND OF PROSPERITY WIYH WEALTH OF NATIONS FLOWING TO HER
This is what the LORD says: “I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to her.
Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and held on her lap. I will comfort you there in Jerusalem as a mother comforts her child.”
When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass!
Everyone will see the LORD’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies.
HOW IS GOD COMING O VENGEANCE HIS ENEMIES? AS CONSUMING FIRE
See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind.
“He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke. ”
GOD WILL PUNISH THE WORLD NOT BY WATER LIKE IN NOAHS DAYS, BUT WITH FIRE AND BY HIS WORD – SWORD
“The LORD will punish the world by fire and by his sword. He will judge the earth, and many will be killed by him. “
FOLLOWERS OF DEMONIC TEACHINGS CONSECRATING THEMSELVES IN SECRET GARDENS TO IDOLS WILL HAVE TERRIBLE END IN JUDGEMENT.
Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD. “
GOD CAN SEE AND KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF MAN
I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking.
WHAT WILL GOD DO? SHIW HIS GLORY TO ALL NATIONS
So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.
SIGNS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL BE DISPLAYED
I will perform a sign among them.
MESSENGER – MISSIONARIES WILL BE SENT TO THE NATIONS TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS AND SEE HIS GLORY – THE ONES WHO SURVIVED GODS JUDGEMENTS
“And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. ”
FROM THESE LANDS , GODS CHILDREN WILL DECLARE HIS GLORY TO THE NATIONS
“There they will declare my glory to the nations. ”
GOD WILL BRING HIS PEOPLE BACK TO ISRAEL BY THE MESSENGERS
They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation.
THEY WILL BRING AS AN OFFERING TO THE LORD
They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD.
THEY WILL COME IN EVERY TYPE OF VEHICLE TO REACH THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD
“They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the LORD. “
SOME OF THE REMANT WILL BE APPOINTED AS PRIESTS AND LEVITES – WE ARE KINGS AND PRISTS BEFORE OUR GOD THROUGH HIS SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
“And I will appoint some of them to be my priests and Levites. ” I, the LORD, have spoken! “
THERE WILL A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH – AND FOREVER HIS PEOPLE WITH THEIR NAMES THAT WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR
“As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the LORD. “
WHO WILL COME TO WORSHIP GOD WEEK BY WEEK FROM MONTH TO MONTH?
ALL MAN KIND WILL COME
“All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month. ”
BODIES OF THOSE WHO REBELLED AGAINST GOD WILL STILL BE IN DISPLAY
And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me.
WHY? THE WORMS WILL NEVER DIE AND FIRE WILL NEVER GO OUT – IT WILL BE HORRIBLE
“For the worms that devour them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by will view them with utter horror.”
Isaiah 66:1-24 NLT