Isaiah 29:1-24
Woe to David city. The Lord will encamp against it all around, encircle it with towers and set up siege work against it.
Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless, be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer. The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep; He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads(the seers).
These people come near to me with their mouth ad honor me with their lips.But their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.
People of Judah turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay.
House of Jacob no longer will be ashamed, their faces grow pale. When they see among them their children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob. Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding; those who complain will accept instruction. The Lord, who redeemed Abraham says.
Why?
How sadness is the Lord seal his word to us and covered the heads of the prophets! For the Lord is against those people.
Be aware that the Lord is the creator, who has the authority to do what he like, He is the potter I am the clay.
God is the redeemer of Abraham and is the God of all people.
'Ariel' (the word has several meaning, the most likely here being 'altar of God') stands for Mt Zion/Jerusalem. The city will besieged and then be reprieved.
God's word to his people has a close book, because they pay him only lip-service.
But the day is coming when those who are deaf and blind to his message will hear and see, when God's people will once again fear and obey him.
Humble, needy: People loyal to God, not simply the victims of social injustice.
How?
Don't be a lip-service man!
Praise the Lord, He save us, let us found the tire probelm before we leave here- Huntsville, Alamaba.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Listen and hear God's voice. Faith can wait patiently
Isaiah 28:1-29
Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley- to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
"Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule, a little here a little there- so that they will go and fall backward, he injured and snared and captured. The Lord Almighty says.
The Lord will lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.
Those who have entered into a covenant with death, made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place, their refuge will be swept away, their agreement with the grave will not stand.
The Lord will rise up to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task. Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier.
Listen and hear God's voice; pay attention and hear what God says. To a farmer, his God instructs him and teaches him the right way to plant wheat and barley in its field.
All comes from the Lord Almighty wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.
Why?
Attention is turned once again to the sins of Isaiah's own day. They belong to the time before the fall of Samaria.
The pleasure loving, luxury-loving city is ripe for the plucking- and Assyria's hand
is 'remnant' will remain.
Religious leaders and rulers alike have not led but misled the people.
They have made a treaty with Egypt, which the prophet mocking refers to as a treaty with death and think themselves safe. They will discover how wrong they are. Real security rests with God.
The farmer knows what to do because God teaches him. God's people would do well to leader that lesson.
Stone/cornerstone: Here the meaning of the stone has to do with trusting God. Faith can wait patiently.
How?
Faith can wait patiently. Stop mocking, Listen and hear God's voice. Every thing happened on God's plan, but is not on our plan.
Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley- to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
"Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule, a little here a little there- so that they will go and fall backward, he injured and snared and captured. The Lord Almighty says.
The Lord will lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.
Those who have entered into a covenant with death, made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place, their refuge will be swept away, their agreement with the grave will not stand.
The Lord will rise up to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task. Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier.
Listen and hear God's voice; pay attention and hear what God says. To a farmer, his God instructs him and teaches him the right way to plant wheat and barley in its field.
All comes from the Lord Almighty wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.
Why?
Attention is turned once again to the sins of Isaiah's own day. They belong to the time before the fall of Samaria.
The pleasure loving, luxury-loving city is ripe for the plucking- and Assyria's hand
is 'remnant' will remain.
Religious leaders and rulers alike have not led but misled the people.
They have made a treaty with Egypt, which the prophet mocking refers to as a treaty with death and think themselves safe. They will discover how wrong they are. Real security rests with God.
The farmer knows what to do because God teaches him. God's people would do well to leader that lesson.
Stone/cornerstone: Here the meaning of the stone has to do with trusting God. Faith can wait patiently.
How?
Faith can wait patiently. Stop mocking, Listen and hear God's voice. Every thing happened on God's plan, but is not on our plan.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
Isaiah 27:1-13
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
The song of vineyard contracts with chapter 5. The day will come when God's purpose for his punishment is intended as a corrective. The exile will end.
In the final harvest all God's people will be brought home.
Why?
In chapter 5 the Lord forsake the vineyard, here the Lord will rebuild the vineyard.
People who do not understanding the Lord's messages, like dry twigs and will be throw into fire.
Understanding their Maker is the Lord, Almighty. God is the beginning and is the end. He is my all in all.
In days to come: Jacob will take root, Israel will but and blossom and have many fruit. It is the life growing steps.
How?
May my life be firmed by the Holy Spirit and bud, blossom and have good Holy Spirit fruit.
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
The song of vineyard contracts with chapter 5. The day will come when God's purpose for his punishment is intended as a corrective. The exile will end.
In the final harvest all God's people will be brought home.
Why?
In chapter 5 the Lord forsake the vineyard, here the Lord will rebuild the vineyard.
People who do not understanding the Lord's messages, like dry twigs and will be throw into fire.
Understanding their Maker is the Lord, Almighty. God is the beginning and is the end. He is my all in all.
In days to come: Jacob will take root, Israel will but and blossom and have many fruit. It is the life growing steps.
How?
May my life be firmed by the Holy Spirit and bud, blossom and have good Holy Spirit fruit.
Take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
Isaiah 27:1-13
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
The song of vineyard contracts with chapter 5. The day will come when God's purpose for his punishment is intended as a corrective. The exile will end.
In the final harvest all God's people will be brought home.
Why?
In chapter 5 the Lord forsake tthe vineyard, here the Lord will rebuild the vineyard.
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
The song of vineyard contracts with chapter 5. The day will come when God's purpose for his punishment is intended as a corrective. The exile will end.
In the final harvest all God's people will be brought home.
Why?
In chapter 5 the Lord forsake tthe vineyard, here the Lord will rebuild the vineyard.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, is the Rock eternal!
Isaiah 26:1-21
Faith
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness, even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil.
O Lord, our god, your establish peace for us, for that we have accomplished you have done for us. Other gods besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
They came to you in their distress, when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. --The righteousness will reveal over the world.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passe by.
See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
Why?
In life there is waiting, suffering and failure. But God holds fast his own, even through dead.
The Dew: expresses God's power to receive the dead, who lie in the earth.
How?
This is our life with waiting, stress and failure. But trust in the Lord, under God's discipline, we turn to the Lord, I can barely whisper a prayer.
Faith
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness, even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil.
O Lord, our god, your establish peace for us, for that we have accomplished you have done for us. Other gods besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
They came to you in their distress, when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. --The righteousness will reveal over the world.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passe by.
See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
Why?
In life there is waiting, suffering and failure. But God holds fast his own, even through dead.
The Dew: expresses God's power to receive the dead, who lie in the earth.
How?
This is our life with waiting, stress and failure. But trust in the Lord, under God's discipline, we turn to the Lord, I can barely whisper a prayer.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
God have done marvelous things, things planned long ago
Isaiah 25:1-12
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.
"Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples.
The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.
God removes the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.
A song of joy in God, who makes the weak and helpless his concern, leads into a description of the joys awaiting God's people on the far side of judgment.
Why?
Moab: The current enemy of God's people stands for all such enemies.
All things planned long ago, God's plan will be done, his mind will be executed.
God is righteousness and his judgement will wipe the tear of all faces, let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
The mountain is the Holy place of the Lord, he will be there when the day is come. All his people will be there to worship the Lord and enjoy his banquet.
Mountain has high and strong symbol.
How?
Surely this is our God, be faithful and still before Him. The Lord will do marvelous thing for me. I will exalt you and praise your name, O Lord!
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.
"Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples.
The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.
God removes the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.
A song of joy in God, who makes the weak and helpless his concern, leads into a description of the joys awaiting God's people on the far side of judgment.
Why?
Moab: The current enemy of God's people stands for all such enemies.
All things planned long ago, God's plan will be done, his mind will be executed.
God is righteousness and his judgement will wipe the tear of all faces, let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
The mountain is the Holy place of the Lord, he will be there when the day is come. All his people will be there to worship the Lord and enjoy his banquet.
Mountain has high and strong symbol.
How?
Surely this is our God, be faithful and still before Him. The Lord will do marvelous thing for me. I will exalt you and praise your name, O Lord!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth!
Isaiah 24:1-23
When the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; there is not occupation, position or prosperity difference, all have the same suffering.
After that, from the ends of the earth we hear singing:"Glory to the Righteous One."
But Isaiah said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! " Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.
The floodgate of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
Why?
From the particular - God's judgment on specific nations - we move to the universal: the time when God will judge the whole world and everyone in it. Life will not go on for ever just as it is. One day God will step in and end the world as we know it. there will be a shaking of the foundations, and the world. Isaiah was in no doubt about this. Neither was Jesus.
But God's purpose is not just to condemn.(24) on judgment is followed by three on rescue and saving, when God removes 'the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.
The nations will sit down at God's great celebration banquet.
That day: same as chapter 19
That day are terror, both Isaiah and Jesus say the same thing will be happened.
How?
No matter what this world will be in Christ we have hope and peace. Pray for the people who have not know the Lord and Jesus Christ.
When the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; there is not occupation, position or prosperity difference, all have the same suffering.
After that, from the ends of the earth we hear singing:"Glory to the Righteous One."
But Isaiah said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! " Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.
The floodgate of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.
In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.
The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.
Why?
From the particular - God's judgment on specific nations - we move to the universal: the time when God will judge the whole world and everyone in it. Life will not go on for ever just as it is. One day God will step in and end the world as we know it. there will be a shaking of the foundations, and the world. Isaiah was in no doubt about this. Neither was Jesus.
But God's purpose is not just to condemn.(24) on judgment is followed by three on rescue and saving, when God removes 'the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.
The nations will sit down at God's great celebration banquet.
That day: same as chapter 19
That day are terror, both Isaiah and Jesus say the same thing will be happened.
How?
No matter what this world will be in Christ we have hope and peace. Pray for the people who have not know the Lord and Jesus Christ.
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