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There was also difficulty entering and reading from "Call to Commitment Quarterly" above and to the right. This problem also has been solved and I want to recommend the first articles presented there. Click on the link and many articles will appear, and far down on the bottom of the list is an article, which, if I remember right, dates from 1994. Now the fourth article from the top is called, Forming a Home for the Glory of God. Click on the button. Three of our children present comments and testimonies from their childhood, introducing each part. The article has three subtitles: God's Reality in the Home, The Love of God in the Home, and Priorities in the Home. It also contains a beautiful and inspired poem, written by one of our daughters-in-law, which is called "Good and Faithful Parent". Don't miss this article! It is very important for your home.
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Isaiah
59. An expository study of
Isaiah, chapter 66
(Please read a few paragraphs, just added, from A. W. Tozer)
(Please read a few paragraphs, just added, from A. W. Tozer)
Resisting the Holy Spirit
“Thus says the
Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house
that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?” (v.1). Even
after constructing a temple, which was a wonder of the ancient world, Solomon
humbly recognized that it was not a worthy place, in which the Creator could
dwell. He said, “Will God indeed dwell
on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how
much less this house that I have built” (1 Kg.8:27). 
When the martyr, Stephen, gave
his indisputable argument about the ways that Israel had always resisted the
Holy Spirit, he included their devotion to the temple. “The Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet
says…” and then quoted this first verse of Isaiah’s last chapter. Two
verses later Stephen says, “You
stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the
Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you” (Ac.7:48-51).God had only
ordered the raising of a tabernacle in the wilderness, as He reminded Nathan,
the prophet (2 Sam.7:6-7). Until the literal reign of Christ upon the earth,
every building made by man for Him, is meaningless, as far as spiritual
significance is concerned. About Gentile and Jewish Times
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58. An expository study of
Isaiah, chapter 65
The Times of the Gentiles
Paul quoted Moses, “I will make you jealous of those who are
not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry” (Ro.10:19 from
Dt.32:21). He then turns to Isaiah: “Isaiah
is so bold as to say, ‘I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have
shown myself to those who did not ask for me” (Ro.10:20-21 from Is.65:1-2).
Paul exalted his ministry
among the Gentiles by quoting the Old Testament. The prophets from the early
history of Israel predicted the Times of
the Gentiles, the days of the New Testament, when the gospel would be
preached to all kindred, nation, tongue and tribe around the world. Even in the
Old Testament, God frequently showed His love for the people outside of Israel.
Wrath, Love and Prayer
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57. An expository study of
Isaiah, chapter 63 and 64
Chapter 63
Isaiah envisions a last-day
drama unfolding: “Who is this who comes
from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his
apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? ‘It is I, speaking in
righteousness, mighty to save’” (v.1). It is obviously the Messiah, coming
from defeating His and Israel’s enemies. Edom, the descendants of Esau, Jacob’s
twin brother, are the perennial enemies of Israel. Isaiah’s prophecy took a
similar turn in chapter 34 and both accounts point to the final battle against
the nations of the world, typified by Edom. Bozrah was an important city, for a
time belonging to Moab, but in Isaiah’s time, it was a city of Edom.
In chapter 34:16, we see
instructions to “seek and read from the
book of the Lord”, showing the need to see the interpretation of the symbolic
nature of the prophecy. In this chapter, we see the Messiah is a champion,
returning from war, His garments stained with the blood of His defeated foes.
Their defeat is vengeance taken for the suffering of His people and it becomes
their salvation.
Another question follows: “Why is your apparel red, and your garments
like his who treads in the winepress?” (v.2). Towards the end of the book
of Revelation, John sees Christ on a white horse with His armies following Him.
“In righteousness he judges and makes
war,” John states. This is the
Word of God, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who “is clothed in a robe dipped in blood… He will tread the winepress of
the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty” (Rev.19:11,13,15). We have it
clear, then, when this battle takes place. It marks the end of the beast and
the false prophet, just before the Millennium.
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