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Isaiah 1:22 - 2:22
Last study we began this great Book of Isaiah. The name Isaiah in Hebrew means ‘The
Salvation of Jehovah’, revealing to us The Promise God would give us, that His
Son Jesus Christ would come in the flesh for the forgiveness of sins, suffering
crucifixion by the hands of murderers. I left off at the 21st verse of Chapter
1 in Isaiah, and God has just asked us ‘How is it that the faithful city (Jerusalem)
has become a harlot’, referring to its takeover by murderers, or the sons of
Cain, the Kenites. We continue with verse 22 of Isaiah 1 and we ask a Word of Wisdom from
our heavenly Father in Christ's Name, Amen:
Isa
1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
The
word ‘dross’ is the leftover impurities after melting silver down. Again,
this message is God speaking to His people, and especially to the leaders of the people,
spiritual and political. Their pure metal should be like silver when they are obedient to
God, but now is dross, scrap, and worthless. The ‘wine’ is a symbol for
the Blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross for forgiveness of sins. You’ll find
wine being used many times to refer to Christ and His people in The Word. Wine is used
because through fermentation, all impurities come to the top, and are lifted off, leaving
a pure pristine fluid, which makes this a good analogy to our Savior. In this verse God is
saying that even their wine has become impure, mixed with water, in others words, their
view and teachings of The Word have even become watered down, because what is God’s
message in this Chapter? Rebellion, against Him, against following Him and His Word.
Let me ask you friend; how many places can you go and hear
the True Wine of God’s Word, full strength, and not watered down by a bunch of spoon
feeders? Don’t get me wrong, I love my brethren in the Churches, but it’s a
little late in the day, spiritually speaking, and many of God’s people are not being
prepared to withstand the ‘fiery darts of Satan’ (See Eph.6; Ezek.13).
As Paul would say in I Thess. 5:19, ‘Prove all things’. The Word is our
Proof. That’s how we know if we’re being taught a bunch of lies, or God’s
Truth. If you haven’t studied His Word enough to ‘prove’ what you’re
being taught, then you can easily be deceived. It’s as simple as that!
Isa
1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one
loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the
cause of the widow come unto them.
The
rulers have been taken in by ‘thieves’, or the Kenites, accepting
‘rewards’ (bribes) and ‘gifts’, while justice for the people who put
those leaders in office are neglected, and not even considered. Hey, this sounds true even
today, doesn’t it? I know we have some representatives in our Government that are
trying to do right, but frankly, they’re a minority, and are up against a wall
(don’t confuse this with political minority and majority in parties, that has nothing
to do with this message). Look around at the policies the free nations are making. Do they
fit in with God’s Word? Do these policies reveal Him to the peoples by fair judgments
and decrees for all? Fair judgments and decrees also include 'fair discipline'; each
should receive award or discipline according to their acts. How often do you see
hard-line criminals spend time in prison, and then are released for good behavior, only to commit
crime again? Do they receive righteous judgments from those in power to give
it? How many convicts are kept on death row for years, tormenting the inmate, and
preventing God's justice to be done? But now our justice system cries over crowdedness, and
that we need to build more prisons. Why? Because justice is not done against evil,
and the righteous go unrewarded. For those who think I'm being a right-wing extremist
here, you better re-read this 23rd verse again. This is exactly what our Father is
saying, that's the message of this verse. God is saying that those 'in power' who
have the ability to judge righteously and consider the plot of the poor, i.e., widow
and fatherless, are instead taking bribes to allow evil to continue, and not only
that, they act and judge in order to 'attract' more 'rewards' for themselves.
That is the sense of the phrase 'companions of thieves' in this verse.
Let me ask you friend, does this verse fit society today, or only Isaiah's time?
Isa 1:24
Therefore saith THE Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel,
"Ah, I will ease Me of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies:
Remember back in verse 19 of this Chapter that God said He would give us ‘the good of
the land’ if we are obedient to Him. That was a blessing. So don’t get upset
over this verse if you are in Christ Jesus. It’s not meant for those who follow God
and His Word. This 'easing' of God's 'adversaries' will happen when Christ returns to this
earth, setting up His Kingdom on this earth, ruling with His 'elect', using a 'rod of
iron', as written in Psalms 2:9; Rev.2:27; 12:5; 19:15. Those that knowingly commit evil
are not going to get away with it. All is remembered, there is no escape for them.
Isa
1:25 And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and
take away all thy tin:
God
will take away this ‘tin’ and our ‘dross’, leaving only
the silver. ‘Tin’ is shinny like silver, but the two can't hardly be
compared. This ‘tin’ is Satan and his offspring, the Kenites. It is used
as another metaphor for how Satan and his children like to appear as God’s people,
but their ‘metal’ just won’t quite make it through God’s purifying
fire, for God is a ‘consuming fire’ as written in Heb.12:29 and Deut.4:24. Those
ignorant who follow Satan unknowingly, and are ashamed when The True Christ returns,
because they love The Lord, but had worshipped the little angel Satan who will play the
role of 'a pseudo messiah' in our near future, will have a chance for their 'tin'
to be purged away during God's Millennium. That will be a time of learning for them, with
no obstructions, no distractions of the flesh, no hindrances by Satan, for he will be
locked in his prison during that time (see Rev.20:2). Then, after the thousand year
reign of Christ Jesus and His elect upon this earth, Satan will be loosed again to go out
and deceive (tempt) those people who wrongly worshipped the 'false messiah' before
Jesus' return (see Rev.20:3,7). Everyone, and I mean everyone, will hear God's Truth
eventually; undistorted, untainted, the full 'vintage of Wine'. However, even upon
hearing, and truly understanding His Word, many will still choose Satan during that
thousand year millennium.
Isa
1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at
the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful
city.
'The
city of righteousness, the faithful city' has an interesting word order in the
Hebrew. 'The', before 'city', in Hebrew is 'tsedeq', which is
also the same word as 'righteousness' in this verse, which means 'natural, moral or
legal' (Strong's no. 6664). What's the subject been so far in these last few
verses? Righteousness, fair judgment, proper and moral litigation, or law. In other
words, the reason why the justice system is ineffective in many cases, is because of the
lack of 'moral litigation'. You can't have fair and just law unless a 'moral
sense' goes along with it. And where does that 'moral sense' spring from? Our Father
Jehovah of course, from His Law, not man's. Man can not know true 'righteous' moral
judgment on his own within himself. He will always fail without doing it God's Way.
This restoration of 'judges as at the first' has
not happened yet. This is yet future. God will restore Jerusalem under the reign of His
Son Jesus Christ. (See also Ezek. 44:23, of the Zadok priests in that city during the
Millennium.) This verse has the connection between true morals (from God), and
righteousness all in it.
Isa
1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with
righteousness.
Connect
this verse with the previous one. ‘Converts’ are Christ’s people,
the elect. The elect are represented ‘with righteousness’ here because
not all that love Jesus will worship Him, but will stumble at The Word, and worship the
false messiah, i.e., Satan, because they allowed themselves to be misled by false teachers
and false doctrines that are not part of God’s Word, instead of coming to our Father
and understanding His Word for themselves. Also, this 'Zion' does not represent
the Jewish people only, and I'm talking of the true believers of Judah. If you'll remember
in Ezekiel 37, God stated that He will put the 'two sticks' back together when His Kingdom
is set up on this earth in the future. One 'stick' represents the Ten Lost tribes
of Israel, named there as 'Joseph', 'Ephraim', 'house of Israel', and the other 'stick'
represents the tribe of Judah (Ezek.37:15>). Believers on Christ Jesus from all peoples
and nations will be included also (Rev.7). That is the real 'Zion' referred to in
this verse. Therefore, I hope you realize that we are getting ready to see an attempt to
establish a 'false Zion' in our near future upon this earth. It must and will be
established in order to prepare for a 'false messiah' to sit in God's Temple, on mount
'Zion', in the third Temple, now at this time being prepared to be re-built (see
2 Thess.2, Matthew 24; Mark 13, Luke 21, Ezekiel 28, Isaiah 14).
Isa
1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall
be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
God
is a ‘consuming fire’ (see last verse of Heb. 12). The ‘transgressors’
are ‘rebels’. ‘Forsake’ means apostate, that is, to have once
known and worshipped the Lord, but turn away and worship something else. This is talking
about the great Apostasy that we are now in today, for many having once searched for The
Lord have turned away following their own designs, and the ways of men. Those that are
truly trying to find the Lord by studying His Word instead of listening to false
traditions, will not be harmed by God’s ‘consuming fire.’ Even
though we are all sinners, in the sense that none are perfect except Christ Jesus, this is
what repentance and the Blood of Christ is for. These ‘sinners’ in this
verse refer to those noted in verse 4 of this Chapter 1 of Isaiah, evildoers, corrupters,
those that hate God. The ‘consuming fire’ will purify our ‘silver’
and get rid of our ‘dross’. For the evil ones, their ‘tin’
will melt.
Isa
1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall
be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
These
‘oaks’ are the idols the ‘corrupters’ chose. ‘Oaks’
represent ‘grove worship’, the carving of graven images in wood, similar to
totem poles, for the purpose of worship, the setting up of stone idols in
Molech worship,
etc. (Amos 5; Acts 7). This represents all false worship, anything that gets in the way of
following the True Christ. ‘Gardens’ allude to the ‘tree in
the midst of the garden’, in Eden, the ‘tree of knowledge of good and
evil’, which is a metaphor for Satan, the cherub which God originally created
'good' (Ezekiel 28), but became 'evil'. God uses many analogies to make sure we get the
deeper meaning, so try to picture these things together: the ‘false tree’, oak
grove, false gardens or orchards, idol worship.
Isa
1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no
water.
These
false idols of wood, stone, etc., don’t speak, they don’t have life, offer no
protection, give no blessings, and have no 'water' of that True Fountain of Life that is
Jesus Christ (see Rev.21 & 22). So why would man follow them instead of the Lord of
Hosts Who is the only Living God? Be careful, because these idols can even be your car or
your house, or a loved one that you might put first, instead of God. There’s nothing
wrong with having those things, as a matter of fact God makes His people wealthy, as long
as they do it for Him, and they don’t allow ‘things’ to take over their
lives. The more wealth you own in this world, only the more to take care of in this life,
and someone else will always be trying to take it away. I can hear all those
clichés....'the one with the most toys..', but I don't buy it. We own nothing in
this world. We are only given the right to possess. Have you ever wondered about how
the first land property title came in being? Who did that first person buy it from?
Now I'm not saying go out and sell or give away everything you own, just realize how you
can become attached to 'things' in this world that have little importance in the world to
come in Christ Jesus. God knows the things we need, and He provides for those who love
Him.
Isa
1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they
shall both burn together, and none shall quench them."
‘Tow’
in this verse is a ‘wick’ as used in a lamp. ‘The maker’
represents God. God is a ‘consuming fire’ remember? This
‘wick’ of those who ‘forsake’ The Lord won’t make it under
His ‘fire’. Those who are in Christ, and are not deceived by the false
one, are the righteous ‘wick’, and will burn with the ‘oil’
of God’s Lamp, the ‘oil’ of His Truth. If you remember the parable
of the ten virgins with their lamps, five virgins, the foolish ones didn’t have any
spare ‘oil’ (God’s Truth, See Matt.25). Their ‘wick’ was
dry when Christ came, spiritually speaking. They were told to go to the market to buy oil
by those five wise virgins, and then the Bridegroom came, and the door to the wedding
feast was shut. This tells us that there is a definite time limit on how long we have to
get the ‘oil’ (God’s Truth), so time is running out for those who
let some man do the understanding of God’s Word for them, while they go about their
daily affairs thinking they’re saved. That’s the way it is and this is not my
opinion, it is God’s Word, like it or not (see Luke 13:23-30;
Matt.7:21-27). As long as you’re trying , that’s the key.
Isaiah Chap. 2:
Isa
2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
This
first verse of chapter 2 is a repeat of Chapter 1:1, though condensed. This shows that
Chapter 1 was an introduction or outline for the whole book of Isaiah. Note this first
verse of Chapter 2 as in Isaiah 1:1, states ‘Judah’ and ‘Jerusalem’.
This is also true today, for the majority of the Ten northern tribes are not in modern day
Israel. It is not recorded that the ten tribes returned to Judea, except for a small
number. The subject of the Ten Lost Tribes is a remarkable
Biblical and archeological study, and there are many references in God’s Word that
Judah, which includes Benjamin and Levite, were separated from Ephraim which represent the
ten tribes of the ‘House of Israel’. God has not lost them. (See Ezek. 37:15-28,
Ezra and Nehemiah). So if you have 'eyes to see', God is telling you who resides in
Jerusalem in this verse, as regarding His people. It’s the same today, it hasn’t
changed all that much. This verse is further proof that The Word is not authored by man,
but by God, for how could Isaiah know that Judah would be the representative of God’s
people in Jerusalem today, minus the majority of the other ten tribes that were in the
northern kingdom of Israel, and taken away by Assyria long ago? (read I & II Kings).
Isa
2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of
the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted
above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
See
Rev. 21 for another description like this one of God establishing His Kingdom on earth.
This is yet another marker of prophecy that has not happened yet. For
those who believe that the Old Testament is past history, this is yet future. The words 'last
days' mean just that. This establishing of 'the mountain of the LORD's house'
is in the same sense as Zech.8:3 and Jer.3 (note in Jeremiah 3 the joining of the 'house
of Israel' back with the 'house of Judah' in Zion; this hasn't happened yet; see Ezekiel
37 also).
Isa
2:3 And many people shall go and say, "Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways,
and we will walk in His paths:" for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem.
This
is referring to the Millennium reign of Christ on earth (Rev.20). Jesus with His elect
will be teaching the ‘Word of the Lord’ as stated in this verse. ‘Jacob’
is figured for those elect of the ‘House of Israel’ and the ‘House of
Judah’ put back together into one nation, Israel. The New Jerusalem will be enlarged
to include the Gentile races in Christ also (Rev. 7;11; Isaiah 54; 11:10; 60). Teaching
The Word is what the Millennium is for; to get those who ignorantly worshipped the false messiah
straightened up, and give even those who willfully are deceived that follow Satan, their chance to come to
our Heavenly Father without undue influence by Satan. And remember, if you’re not worshipping
God, you’re worshipping Satan by default! (See Rev.3:16; Matt.12:30; Luke 16:13).
Isa
2:4 And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Still
in the Millennium here with Christ as KING of Kings and LORD of Lords. ‘Swords’
are put for all types of armament, and ‘plowshares’ as implements of
peace. The last part of this verse is very important. When Christ returns to start His
reign, there will be no more war among the nations. Armageddon will be fought by God, as
Hamon-gog will also. (See Joel 3:9-17; Ezek.38:18; Ezek.39; Rev.17:14; Rev.19).
The Kenites love to worry people with the false teaching
that Armageddon will be World War III, an all out nuclear war! The Kenites in our own
government are even responsible for creating the so-called Cold War. If you look at the
state of the nations of Europe before W.W.II and then after, many of those free nations of
pre-W.W.II Europe became communist, by the consent of our past leaders! (Remember the
Conference between FDR, Stalin, and Churchill dividing up Europe?). Nuclear threat is a
way of keeping the masses under control and their attention off the covert actions of the
‘beast’ system.
It seems that their new brainchild, the environmental crisis
isn’t working like the Cold War did, so now we’re seeing a resurgence of Cold
War nuclear tension. The only difference is the name. Today it’s ‘nuclear
terrorism’ instead of the old Cold War cliché, with some added VX gas type scare
tactics. I’m not saying that they won’t use this technology; only enough to make
us believe the threat is real. Don’t worry, have faith in God. To be strong in the
Holy Spirit is to not fear Death. These ‘beasts’ want a ‘one world
government’. Who will be nuclear enemies under a ‘one world government? They
don’t want to utterly destroy the face of the earth, for they want to rule over it!
(See Rev.13:4). It’s almost as if the Kenite is trying to stir up God’s people
to a premature battle that is not to be, according to God’s Word. Satan and his army
will start to come upon God’s people, and that’s when God is really gonna’
get jealous over His people and step in to stop it. Satan and his army won’t have a
chance. Even the battle when Satan is released from the pit at the end of the thousand
year Millennium, will be fought by God (Rev.20). Quit letting those Kenites stir up your
anxieties, for they love to present all sorts of falsehoods and they have been given the
power by God to deceive you, if you allow it. That’s why anyone ignorant of what The
Word really states, is an easy victim of Satan. Put on the full ‘armour’
for battle against Satan, the ‘armour’ of God’s Truth. In Truth is
peace of mind, and freedom from worry. (See Ephesians 6:12-19; John 8:32).
Isa
2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
God’s
people are children of the light, not darkness. (1 Thess.5). God is that light where there
are only clear paths easily seen by those who love Him.
Isa 2:6
Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob, because they be
replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they
please themselves in the children of strangers.
The
phrase ‘replenished from the east’ means they have taken on the
divination of the east. Eastern mysticism is an ancient practice involving the worship of
many strange gods. The house of Jacob refers to all of God’s natural seed, not just
the Jews. These have become ‘soothsayers’ and have joined with
foreigners, i.e., strangers to Christ. Don’t think this can happen in the Church
today? What about Easter, which is not Biblical? The word in the original manuscripts is
‘pascha’, meaning Passover, so it was added by the King James
translators, probably a Kenite in the midst. Ever wondered where Easter eggs fit into
God’s Word?
What about the modern use of psychology? From William James,
the so-called father of modern psychology, to Carl Jung, that field is riddled with
eastern influences, and most westerners are taught that it is acceptable. I’ve heard
sermons using psychology to explain God’s Word at times. For those that think I might
be reaching a bit, answer this. Where does the realm of hypnotism take place in science?
Ever heard of Anton Mesmer, or of being mesmerized? Mesmer, who was a charlatan occult
mystic associated with the initiate fraternities, is one of the fathers of today’s
field of psychological hypnotism. Carl Jung was also associated with eastern mysticism.
Much of modern psychology is science based upon behavioral observation, but where does
clinical hypnotism fit in? Be careful friend, many things are done today in the name of
science that have their origin in eastern divination, and many teachers were taught by the
college system to rely upon them, as science. If this sounds too confusing, just remember,
listen to the teacher that teaches God’s Word, not man’s system; verify for
yourself and you’ll eventually know when something being taught is foreign to
God’s Word. There's a lot of traps out there ready to spring, so be careful. Check it
out first in God's Word. Test the 'fruit', don't taste.
Isa
2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any
end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any
end of their chariots:
This
applies to wealth. We could say that ‘chariots’ refer to automobiles
today, for a chariot is something one rides in. God is saying that since they have all
these treasures and wealth, they think they really don’t need Him. They have
forgotten Him, and each worships their own works. "Well, I made this and I made that,
aren't I great?" "I did, I do, I am." Careful of too many "I"s in
your speech, for the sacred name is 'The I Am That I Am', and God is the only rightful
owner of that Title.
Isa
2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own
hands, that which their own fingers have made:
The
word ‘idols’ as used in this verse means ‘nothings,
vanity' (Strong's no.457). The point God is making with these two verses should be
clear now. What better way to deceive God’s people than to teach that all they have
to do to be saved is to come every Sunday to Church for a couple of hours, and the rest of
the week, they're free to tend to their ‘silver’ and ‘gold’, and
things made with man’s hands. They have gone the way of mammon. The world teaches
everyone the benefit of being financially independent, but they don’t teach you that
if you do it God’s Way, He will take care of you. He knows what we need. Some need
more than others. It’s according to what your service to the Father is.
Isa
2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself:
therefore forgive them not.
The
‘mean man’ translates to hypocrite from the Hebrew. The
hypocrite stoops to low designs or works, and the ‘great man’ sets
himself up in baseness, or chooses wealth as the greatest aim, instead of his own
salvation through Jesus Christ. Sounds like the world today doesn’t it? There’s
nothing wrong with wealth, if it is from God’s blessings.
Isa 2:10
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for
the glory of His majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be
bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
This
‘rock’ is lower case. Where was the serpent doomed to? The dust. This rock
is Satan, the false rock. (For the deeper student: Yep, Satan wants to play the part of
the ‘rock’ too, just like he is known as Lucifer, the ‘morning star’,
while Jesus is The True Morning Star (Rev.22); and Satan is the Antichrist, meaning in the
Greek, ‘Anti’ and ‘Christos’- ‘the instead of
Christ’). Contrary to popular opinion, when Jesus returns, He will rule with a
‘rod of iron’, a rod of correction (Rev.2:27). These Kenites will try to hide
from Christ when He comes, for they purposefully try to turn good people's hearts away
from God (See Num.24:21).
Isa
2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one
that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall
be brought low:
As
written in Romans 14:11, every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess the Lord.
This of course includes the atheist, and it all happens when Jesus returns to this earth,
in our near future. (You tell me, does this verse apply to Isaiah's time, or a time yet to
come?)
Isa
2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,
and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And upon
all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
These
four verses refer to the prince of Tyrus or King of Tyrus, who is Satan, and his kingdom
of the earth. Tyrus was that false ‘rock’ of one world commerce. Tyrus was the
island part of the city of Tyre located on the coast of Lebanon. ‘Mountains’
and ‘hills’ refer to those nations that are puffed up with self-pride.
Tyre was also an inheritance to the Israelite tribe Asher. (See Josh.19:24-31). Hiram was
the King of Tyre that provided the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon’s Temple, and he
also sent servants that mixed with Solomon’s servants. (God gave commandments against
this. See Deut.20). This city of Tyre was a ‘strong’-hold of the Kenite.
Remember that God cursed the ground for Cain? (Gen.4). The Kenites (means son of Cain)
became builders of cities, and merchants because they could not farm. (this does not apply
to God’s people, if you’re a merchant, unless you follow the way of Cain,
instead of God.) Verse 15 refers to the ‘tower of Babel’ built by Nimrod, which
applies today also, for there are many kingdoms of this world that set themselves up high,
lofty, thinking they are untouchable.
It is interesting to note that the European Union chose
for one of their original symbols, the 'Tower of Babel' by the artist Hyronomous Bosch,
albeit modified a little. The stars in the symbol above were all inverted (upside down)
five pointed stars (The five pointed star inverted represents the perversion of God's
natural creation, i.e., Satan's kingdom).
Isa
2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men
shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18
And the idols He shall utterly abolish.
19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear
of the LORD, and for the glory of His Majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the
earth.
They
won’t be untouchable for very long. A great ‘shaking’ is coming when Christ
returns to overthrow the false kingdoms of this world. Christ would teach that not one
stone would be left on top of another, on that Day. (Matt.24). This 'shaking' God did also
long ago, of old, to end the first earth age, the time of Satan's rebellion, a time before
Adam and Eve in the flesh living in God's paradise, Eden (see Genesis 1:2, Jer.4, and
Isaiah 45, in the Hebrew).
Isa
2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold,
which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the
LORD, and for the glory of His Majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
This
is New Testament also. You’ll find it in Matt.24; Mark 13; Luke 21; and Rev.6:15.
Don’t worry if you’re in Christ. It won’t affect us. We’ll all be in
the spiritual body. (I Cor. 15 ). Read Hebrews 12 to ease your mind if you’re are one
of God’s children. Rev.9:6 tells us that in that day, some will seek death and not
find it. Why? Because we will all be in our spiritual bodies. The only 'death' left after
Christ returns is the 'second death', the death of the soul cast into the 'lake of fire'
by God.
Isa 2:22
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he
to be accounted of?
Who
put the ‘breath of life’ into Adam? God put this ‘spirit’ or
‘soul’ into man. In other words, God controls our souls, for He is the Father of
them. How can man compare with God in that respect? As written in Matt.10:28, don’t
fear those who can kill the body but not the soul, but the One Who can ‘destroy both
soul and body in hell’.
We’ll begin the 3rd
Chapter of Isaiah next time. I hope you enjoyed this study in our Father's Word.
Peace be with you in Christ
Jesus,
Dave Ramey.
Footnotes:
All references to
"Strong's nos." are from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, PC Study
Bible, Biblesoft, 1993-1996.
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