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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Revelation 21: 1-8….What a day!
Introduction: Yesterday the judgement of evil, individualized for the multiple billions of people who have ever lived since the world began was dealt with in five verses! I guess we are now no longer thinking in millenia, centuries, weeks, days and hours. Today in eight verses we deal with a) the destruction of our knownContinue reading “Revelation 21: 1-8….What a day!”
Isaiah 49: 6-13….Following on….
Introduction: So that we are on the same page as yesterday and following on I have repeated the final verse and comment from yesterday’s devotional. 6 he says:“It is too light a thing that you should be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacoband to bring back the preserved of Israel;I will make youContinue reading “Isaiah 49: 6-13….Following on….”
Isaiah 49: 1-6….Let us read between the lines.
Introduction: In many of our English translations this chapter is entitled “The Servant of the Lord”. This is an insertion of the translators not something which was in the original. The fact that they spell Servant with a capital ‘S’ almost certainly means that they want us to think that it means Jesus. Which wouldContinue reading “Isaiah 49: 1-6….Let us read between the lines.”
Psalm 92: 8-15….A glimpse into the Future.
Introduction: Good poetry, like novels, can describe things happening at the same time in different places and because scripture is apocalyptic as well as historical it can and does describe as yet in the future events as if they have already occurred. This allows us to see how the future is already in God’s eye!Continue reading “Psalm 92: 8-15….A glimpse into the Future.”
Isaiah 44: 1-8….This is such a comfort to read!
1 “But now hear, O Jacob my servant,Israel whom I have chosen!2 Thus says the LORD who made you,who formed you from the womb and will help you:Fear not, O Jacob my servant,Jeshurun whom I have chosen. – ‘Jeshurun‘ isn’t a person’s name! It is a loving title meaning something like ‘My Beloved’ or inContinue reading “Isaiah 44: 1-8….This is such a comfort to read!”
Isaiah 43: 14-21….It needs the eye of Faith to see it!
Introduction: The coloured portions of today’s reading let us know a) who is speaking, b) what the listening attitude of the hearers is to be, and c) God’s aim, His purpose in acting this way! The portion in black is poetical and needs background context and some study to understand. Remember that those of JudeaContinue reading “Isaiah 43: 14-21….It needs the eye of Faith to see it!”
Isaiah 43: 1-7….Does God really promise this much to Israel?
Introduction: God is speaking directly to the people whom He had promised to Abraham, Isaac and to Jacob/Israel. The nation was brought into being, led out of slavery in Egypt in the 13th Century before Christ! 1 But now thus says the LORDhe who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel:“Fear not, forContinue reading “Isaiah 43: 1-7….Does God really promise this much to Israel?”
Psalm 89: 46-52….Has Ethan grasped the concept of a Promised Messiah?
46 How long, O LORD? Will you hide yourself forever?How long will your wrath burn like fire? – Does Ethan need to ask humbly if God will forgive the nation? If they recognize that they have done evil? If they are more than just sorry for the problems they find themselves in but truly repentant?Continue reading “Psalm 89: 46-52….Has Ethan grasped the concept of a Promised Messiah?”
Isaiah 42: 10-17….A New Song commanded!
10 Sing to the LORD a new song,his praise from the end of the earth,you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,the coastlands and their inhabitants.11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,the villages that Kedar inhabits;let the habitants of Sela sing for joy,let them shout from theContinue reading “Isaiah 42: 10-17….A New Song commanded!”