Isaiah - the Vision - Part Three: “Chastisement & Deliverance”
Isaiah 29:1-8
Two Sections:
1. Chastisement - vs. 1-4 (Rebuke)
- Jerusalem prided herself on her pure worship as opposed to idolatrous Samaria, but in fact pure worship does not replace a pure heart, and the very source of her pride was her downfall: Isaiah 1:13-14 ‘Worthless Worship’
- The Lord is going to light another kind of fire in Jerusalem; the fire of judgment, and when he does so the entire city will be like one vast blazing altar hearth: Isaiah 4:4
- If we treat lightly the sacrifice God has made available, then we ourselves become the sacrifice; we will then carry the burden of our sin: Hebrews 10:26-27
- We all sin/point in time: 1John 1:8-10
- The Hebrews writer is talking about life-style sin:1Jn 3:6
- Back to Basics: Walking in the Light (episode 2)
- Whisper was used by mediums and spiritists: Isaiah 8:19
- Judah speaks as from the realm of the dead--so much for their covenant with death: Isaiah 28:15
2. Deliverance - Vs. 5-8 (Always the End Game or Goal)
- Because of our fear of humanity, God becomes less and less significant for us. The fact remains that it is God who is the real threat. His instant judgment reduces the human factor to its appropriate place: Psalm 56:4
- The weighty, powerful enemies are in fact no more substantial than powder or wind-driven chaff.
- There was no actual noise or upheaval when God suddenly defeated the Assyrians: Isaiah 37:36-37
- What a relief it was to wake up and discover it was not so. It must have seemed that way when Sennacherib was suddenly gone from outside the city: Is 37:36-37
- Who hasn’t dreamed of satisfaction only to awaken to wanting?
- But we will not be wanting on that last morning when we awake to the knowledge that once and for all we are truly awake, forevermore with Him: 1 Thes 4:16-17
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