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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, September 15, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :A Curse Devours the Earth Bible Verse:Isaiah 24:1, 5-6 (ESV) "Behold, the Lord will empty the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants. The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left. Isaiah 25:6-9 He Will Swallow Up Death On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”" Message:
Isaiah is a very long and complex book of prophecy, as he deals with the great theological issues of both the Old Testament and coming of Christ in broad strokes, but also specifically prophesies about the immediate situation of the Hebrew nation: the idolatry and subsequent punishment that God would bring upon the Jews of his period.
He lived at the time when the destruction of Israel had already begun, from the late 8th century B.C. to the early 7th century. Israel had been divided into two kingdoms since the death of Solomon (map), and when Isaiah was a young man, he witnessed the conquest of the weaker northern part, the Kingdom of Israel. Israel denied the rightful, divinely-ordained kingship of the house of David, and both the wickedness of her kings and her more vulnerable geo-political position made Israel first to fall.
The more powerful Kingdom of Judah, the land of David and Jerusalem in the south, was still intact, but not for long; as Isaiah correctly predicted, it would be smashed, the temple destroyed, and its people transported to Babylon in chains.
But the passages today reflect the more general theological prophecy of Isaiah, in a capsule. God's justice on the earth would be terrible, for the Jews, the chosen people who held God's wrath at bay, were failing in their mission. They had not lived up to the first covenant; and as with Noah, the anticipated outcome was utter devastation.
And yet, there would be salvation. For, as we will see in the next few days, Isaiah had been shown that a Messiah would come from the house of the true King of Israel, the house of David; He will be the savior we have awaited and we will rejoice in his salvation.
The complexity of Isaiah can be see if we look at the two passages, which seem utterly contradictory, not as possible alternatives, but as envisioning the New Testament all the way to the last page of Revelation. For God will eventually destroy the earth; but at the same time, those who have embraced the salvation offered by this Messiah to come will be given a new home, a new earth, and an eternal life of joy.
Meditation : Prayer : Oh God Almighty, send me Your light and truth, to keep this day and all the days of my life. And may Your mighty hand protect me, and all my brothers and sisters who have joined me in prayer this day, blessing our homes and our lives.....Amen |
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