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Intro:
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TS: The prominent thought in this passage is immanent disaster.
The Walls of Samaria were the “crown” of a beautiful hill over looking a lush valley leading toward the Mediterranean.
Ephraim, the Northern kingdom of Israel had fallen to the Assyrians, leaving a lesson for Jerusalem.
This makes up the first of 3 messages of woe.
RS:
1. Israel’s Rejection
A. The Northern 10 Tribes
1 The Sin
The northern Kingdom has become a nation of arrogant drunkards
Their excesses had prevailed before their fall to the Assyrians.
They were partying and playing in violation of God’s word and ignoring the warnings which God had sent through prophets.
Their sinful pleasure and entertainment won out over living God’s way and repentance.
2 The suffering
God Brought the Assyrians against His people, resulting in their deportation.
Isaiah used such forceful language to wake them to the dangers.
The Assyrian conquest would be swift and total.
Figs ripened earlier in the summer before the regular harvest season.
They were eaten as they ripened.
B. The Southern 2 Tribes
1 The Perversions
a Drunkenness
The priests and prophets are unable to carry out their responsibilities.
Even the religious leaders had abandoned righteous living and were so drunk, they couldn’t carry out their ministries.
They taught what people WANTED rather than what they NEEDED and thus led to further unrighteousness.
Paul warned us of this in our day:
People want to be encouraged and comforted rather than have their sin confronted.
Unfaithful teachers (Preachers) will give the audience what it wants rather than what it needs.
b Disdain
The religious leaders ridicule Isaiah’s warning
They didn’t like being treated like toddlers because they didn’t want to know the elementary truths of right and wrong.
They ridicule Isaiah’s teaching v. 10 in Hebrew is several words of only 1 syllable.
c Disbelief
1 In God’s Power
In times of danger, they turn to Egypt for help.
Judah should have learned from Israel, yet they had not.
Their faith in Egypt and thinking they were immune to invasion was a false hope.
2 In God’s Promise
They were like blind and drunk men.
Unable to comprehend Isaiah’s message about trusting God rather than Egypt..
d Deceit
They attempt to hide both their sin and themselves from God
They tried a “secret alliance” with Egypt, but you can’t hide from God!
2 The Punishment
God’s terrible wrath upon His people will be twofold
a for Judah, the horrors of the Babylonian Captivity
The people refuse to listen to God, so He will send the enemy like a flood to destroy them.
b For all Israel, a spiritual sleep, causing the people in the blindness to later reject their own Messiah
The events of the future have been made like a sealed book.
3 The parable
Isaiah compares God’s workings among nations to those of a farmer working his soil.
God worked His purpose
sometimes judgment, sometimes relief
ALL to call them to repentance.
2. Israel’s Restoration
A. The Redeemer
Jesus Christ Himself is Israel’s chief cornerstone
He is the only sure foundation upon which we an build a life.
Cornerstone:
A cornerstone is a useful part of a building, especially in ancient times, because it serves as a principal stone placed at a corner of an edifice to guide the workers in their course to complete the masonry.
It serves as a foundation for other masonry layouts and that is why this building block is the most important part of ancient construction methods.
It makes all construction areas align and measure correctly.
B. The Redemption
1 He will provide justice and strength for His people.
He will be the pride and joy of the remnant.
He alone is able to bring lasting Justice.
2 He will provide victory and protection for His people.
Israel’s enemies will disappear, and the people will no longer be afraid.
In the final judgment, all enemies will be destroyed.
Those who fought His people will be the judged rather then being the ones to bring judgment
Yes, Israel and Judah would fall, but they would rise again!
3 He will provide healing and joy for His people
The roles of the mighty and weak will be reversed.
Conclusion:
We often want justice now, but It will only come in God’s time.
This message of woe and then encouragement to Israel applies to us as well
Sin will be judged.
We should listen to God’s word and preachers and teachers who teach the truth and repent.
The righteous will be restored.
God wins in the end!
Be encouraged.
Keep the faith!
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