Note: The first portion written in blue is spoken to God by someone, maybe Isaiah as the prophet or a group of the leaders, but either way hopefully representing all of the people. The red writing was spoken by God to His people stating what He has and will do for those whom He hasContinue reading “Isaiah 51: 7-16….Encouraging and Chastising.”
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Isaiah 51: 1-8….Aah! What promises!
Note: There is a theme running through today’s passage. You will have probably already seen it but …. 1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,you who seek the LORD:look to the rock from which you were hewn,and to the quarry from which you were dug.2 Look to Abraham your fatherand to Sarah who boreContinue reading “Isaiah 51: 1-8….Aah! What promises!”
Isaiah 50: 7-11….Read slowly, think deeply!
The Messiah who is still to come at this time continues to speak about when He will come. He came about 700 years later. His name when born is Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah!7 But the Lord GOD helps me;therefore I have not been disgraced; – Crucified but raised again!therefore I have set my faceContinue reading “Isaiah 50: 7-11….Read slowly, think deeply!”
Isaiah 50: 1-6….Who can sort this out to make sense?
Introduction: Isaiah 49 ended thus….‘Then all flesh shall know that I am the LORD your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Who is the ‘I’? God Almighty speaking as the promised Messiah, the promised Redeemer! Who is the ‘your’? At the beginning of today’s passage we have ‘your mother’. Presumably the ‘your’Continue reading “Isaiah 50: 1-6….Who can sort this out to make sense?”
Isaiah 49: 21-26….It couldn’t possibly be true!
21 Then you will say in your heart:‘Who has borne me these?I was bereaved and barren,exiled and put away,but who has brought up these?Behold, I was left alone;from where have these come?’” – After 70 years with the bulk of Jews settled in foreign lands those remaining in Jerusalem are surprised by joy as theyContinue reading “Isaiah 49: 21-26….It couldn’t possibly be true!”
Isaiah 49: 14-21….Aim straight!
Just over a fortnight ago, when I switched from Isaiah to Revelation, my final comment after v 13 and writing about Jesus, I wrote, ‘And what a blessing His coming has been and what an added blessing His return will be!’ So the first line of today’s portion is very sad. Read on…. 14 ButContinue reading “Isaiah 49: 14-21….Aim straight!”
Psalm 104: 1-4….You must be careful, and you’ll still make mistakes!
Information: This is my seventh day in Psalms. I usually rotate weekly between three Bible books. Psalm 104 has 35 verses and therefore I am going to divert – today I’m using these few verses (I’ll be back within 15 days) to consider how important it is to think through what words are meant toContinue reading “Psalm 104: 1-4….You must be careful, and you’ll still make mistakes!”
Psalm 103: 15-22….Bless the C’s
15 As for man, his days are like grass;he flourishes like a flower of the field;16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,and its place knows it no more. – We all know that this is true, but is it? On the basis that death is the end you may well assumeContinue reading “Psalm 103: 15-22….Bless the C’s”
Psalm 103: 1-14….Say it over again to me!
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless his holy name!2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits,Sorry, I have interrupted David, because of a burning question which I have. How can a mere human ‘bless’ God Almighty, who has ‘everything’ already? On thinking – possibly everything,Continue reading “Psalm 103: 1-14….Say it over again to me!”
Psalm 102: 1-11….Does God play hide and seek with us?
Introduction: A good percentage of Psalms say at the top who the author was, but not this one! At the top is written ‘A prayer of one afflicted!’ In these 11 verses of a 28 verse Psalm the writer gives us two main causes for his crying out to God for action on his behalf.Continue reading “Psalm 102: 1-11….Does God play hide and seek with us?”