Tne End of Death and Tears
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Isaiah
24.
An expository study of Isaiah, chapter 25
Isaiah
praises his God
Isaiah joins the praise of the remnant, the only
positive movement in chapter 24 (v.14). I am certain that I cannot be mistaken
in saying that every true ministry begins with and springs from a relationship
with God. This is true in the Old Testament, as well as in the New. Isaiah
says, “You are my God” (v.1). Personal
knowledge is required, if he is to be a representative on earth of His person,
having experienced firsthand, who He is and what He can do.
His deeds are wonderful and the hand of the Lord is
recognized because of the supernatural character of His works. Because they are
so great, Isaiah exalts and praises Him. Praise can explode on a horizontal
level to declare His wonders to human beings, as well as towards God
vertically.
This first verse also shows that the marvelous works are
according to plans formed in an ageless eternity. For this reason also, Isaiah
must have a personal relationship with Him, in order to hear directly from God,
as to His purposes. Those are the plans that must be carried out in time and
men have no part in the blueprint or in the manner, in which they are done.
Dishonest Truth!
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Important messages
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| "You have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true." |
My friend, Gary Zabel, recently sent me a link, which I am now making available to you. It is John Piper, referring to the story about Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. Gary felt that some of the things that Piper had to say accurately depicted someone who is a mutual acquaintance. He advised me to listen, beginning at minute 33, at least, . After listening, I agreed with his assessment.
Paramount Paradoxes
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songs and poetry
Wesley not only expressed a mystery, but as well a wonderful paradox... a seeming contradiction that is an exceedingly great truth of the Kingdom. Paradoxes are things we revel in, while having a terribly difficult time explaining them. They are blessed mysteries that are simply bigger than we are, but we rejoice in them and in the God, who has given them to us, understanding perfectly their significance and importance in our spiritual development.
Please take to heart these great statements straight from the Valley of Vision. (And while we digest them, may I recommend chapter 22 from Isaiah, where I try to expound on this place, where prophets lived, saw and wrote their revelations from God:
http://calltocommitment.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/the-valley-of-vision.html)
Universal Judgment
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Isaiah
23.
An expository study of Isaiah, chapter 24
Isaiah is the spokesman for the Lord in local judgment
against Jerusalem, first of all, and Judah, the southern kingdom, and then
against the ten isolated tribes to the north, called Israel. He has sent the
word of the Lord to Moab. Ethiopia, Egypt and Tyre. He showed the world powers
of that day, Assyria and Babylon, of their coming humiliation. In effect at the
same time, he was pointing toward the future empires of Greece and Rome.
A Message to all the world
This chapter calls the attention of the entire world
to its coming destruction. This is a prophecy of doom that leaves no one out.
It stretches beyond the nations of the Middle East and touches every continent
on planet Earth. The translation of the Bible into hundreds of major languages
and tribal tongues makes it possible for this message to go forth in our day to
every corner of creation. Universal judgment is in the future; let every human
pay attention!
Seven seals will mark man’s self-destruction,
effecting one quarter of the global population (Rev.6:8). Then seven trumpets
will arouse the creation to the reality of the spiritual world by the worst
outpouring of demonic wrath ever experienced in world history. It will destroy
one-third of the planet (Rev.8:7-12). Finally, the bowls of the wrath of God
will be poured out in their fury, causing the total devastation portrayed in
this chapter (Rev.chap.15-16). “The Lord
will empty the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter
its inhabitants” (v.1).
Judgment upon Phoenicia
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Isaiah
22.
An expository study in Isaiah, chapter 23
History
of Tyre
Last year we studied the prophecies of Zechariah,
which were written about 200 years after those of Isaiah. I wrote that two
hundred years after Zechariah’s prophecy, Alexander the Great “invaded the
coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon, which received much diabolical influence,
according to Ezekiel 28. Tyre considered itself invincible, because it was
situated on an island and, even though Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian, was
able to destroy the city on the mainland, he couldn’t arrive at the island,
even though he tried for 13 years. No other enemy was able to reach it, but
Alexander did, because he had a mandate from God, which was the prophecy that
we are studying. He utilized the ruins that Nebuchadnezzar had left to build a
causeway in the sea, which reached the island (334-332 B.C.).”
Before we look at Isaiah’s prophecy concerning Tyre,
let us fill in some more details on this city’s history, quoting from a number
of different sources: “Tyrian merchants were the
first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and they founded their
colonies on the coasts and neighboring islands of the Aegean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of Africa, at Carthage and other places, in Sicily and
Corisca, in Spain at Tartessus (the biblical Tarshish)”…
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