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So tonight is one week from Christmas Day.
Tonight we will continue in our journey into Isaiah’s prophesies.
Remember Isaiah is quoted more than any other prophet in the NT.
Some refer to it as the 5th gospel as it has so much about Jesus.
Isaiah has 66 chapters, the bible has 66 books.
Isaiah can be divided in two halves 1- 39, the OT has 39 books, and 40 - 66, 27 chapters the NT has 27 books.
We ended last week completing chapter 24 and we mentioned that this section, ch 24 - 27, are referred to as the little apocalypse as Isaiah is focusing now on the that entire world at the very end.
1 O LORD, You are my God.
I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
For You have done wonderful things;
Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Here we are continuing the thought of ch 24 where the tribulation saints are praising and exalting the Lord.
When Jesus is your Lord you cannot help but praise Him.
Just think of it, the Creator of all there is has called you by name and it pleased Him to bring you into His family.
It doesn’t get better than that!
He says, For You have done wonderful things; what things?
look at
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
2 For You have made a city a ruin,
A fortified city a ruin,
A palace of foreigners to be a city no more;
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore the strong people will glorify You;
The city of the terrible nations will fear You.
4 For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
5 You will reduce the noise of aliens,
As heat in a dry place;
As heat in the shadow of a cloud,
The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
God always has a heart for the poor and needy, verse 4. it reminds me of God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Sometimes when we are in trouble we forget that God is there.
Run to Him. .. the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run into Him and are saved.
Interestingly the word for song in verse 5 can also be translated “branch” ( as in KJV) and may be a play on words to contrast the “Branch out of Jesse” (Jesus) with the branch out of Satan, the Antichrist.
Isaiah continues:
6 And in this mountain
The LORD of hosts will make for all people
A feast of choice pieces,
A feast of wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.
In several places, the Bible speaks of what is often called the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
says, Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!
According to , we might say that this great feast takes place on earth, not in heaven.
Did you know that Jesus is really looking forward to this banquet.
He said to His disciples at the Last Supper, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom ().
In this, Jesus spoke of His longing expectation for the day when He would take communion with His people at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Jesus is excited about this event; are you?
7 And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And the veil that is spread over all nations.
The picture is that there is a veil that is spread over all nations that keeps them from seeing God, loving God, and obeying God.
In this glorious day, the LORD will destroy that veil.
8 He will swallow up death forever,
And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the LORD has spoken.
This is the great hope of all believers, that death is done away with!
Death came because of sin but then sin is all gone.
I can hardly wait.
There has been much sadness on this earth, many tears but then God Himself shall wipe away your tears.
How beautiful!
9 And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the LORD;
We have waited for Him;
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Do ever fell like it is a long wait but here the waiting is over.
For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest,
And Moab shall be trampled down under Him,
Moab and Edom are sometimes used idiomatically for false believers.
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
11 And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
And He will bring down their pride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
12 The fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.
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