Isaiah is sharing the wonderous time still to come. A time when the people turn to God wholly and tell their false gods, BE GONE! Then the Lord will pay back the oppressors. I have to confess that I got excited yesterday by the good things I was reading for Israel’s future, so I read […]
God has been giving Judah warning after warning. But they refuse to listen. He calls them a “rebellious people” who will suffer for this sin. Yet, there is still hope! Yesterday, I realized how hard I have judged Israel and Judah throughout my life. I have read the stories of their repeated rebellion against God, […]
It hasn’t happened yet, but Isaiah warns the people NOT to look to Egypt for protection. God said they would be adding sin upon sin when they did. Notice I didn’t say “if” there but “when.” God KNEW they were going to do it, even after His warning. Judah had already reached out to Assyria […]
Isaiah assures Jerusalem that she is going down. There is danger ahead but there will also be joy later on. It will be as if it was a dream on both sides. Jerusalem was the hardest city for Israel to conquer. Those who lived within her walls could see an attack coming from miles off […]
For that foundation God was speaking about, there is a unique starting place. The Cornerstone. This One is PERFECT and will make anything built on it straight and true. We can be SO blind to what is in front of us sometimes! Israel was BLIND to the fact that their alliance was really a death […]
