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Saturday, February 27, 2021
God's Purpose in Judgment (Praise to the Lord)
SURFING
WITH JESUS
Pastor
Gene A. Dasher, Sr.
Site: Http://surfingwithjesus.blogspot.com #116601302021
God’s Purpose in Judgment (Praise to the Lord)
Read with me Isaiah 25: 1-12
25 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will
praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth.
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a
ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of
the terrible nations shall fear thee.
4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the
needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when
the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in
a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the
terrible ones shall be brought low.
6 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a
feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees
well refined.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the
covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all
faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth:
for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, 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.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand
of the Lord rest, and Moab shall
be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his hands
in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim:
and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
12 And the fortress of the high fort of
thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the
dust.
25:1 Isaiah gave honor and praise to God because he realized
that God completes his plans as promised. God also fulfills his promises to you.
Think of the prayers he has answered, and praise him for his goodness and
faithfulness.
25:4 The poor suffered because the rich oppressed them. But
God is concerned for the poor and is a refuge for them. When we are
disadvantaged or oppressed, we can turn to God for comfort and help. Jesus
states in Luke 6:20 that the Kingdom of God belongs to the poor.
25:6 Here is a marvelous prophecy of “all people” Gentiles
and Jews together at God’s Messianic banquet celebrating the overthrow of evil
and the joy of eternity with God. It shows that God intended his saving message
to go out to the whole world, not just to the Jews. During the feast, God will
end death forever. The people who will participate in this great feast will be
those who have been living by faith. That is why they say, “This is our God; we
have waited for him, and he will save us
25:8 When the Lord speaks, he does what he says. It is
comforting to know that God’s plans and activities are closely tied to his
word. When we pray according to God’s will(as expressed in the Bible) and claim
his promises (as recorded in the Bible), he hears us and answers our
request.
25:10 Moab was a symbol of all who oppose God and are
rebellious to the end. (LAB KJV Tyndale pages 1182-83)
Join me in praising our God, Lord I exalt thee.
REMEMBER “If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9. Join Surfing with Jesus mailing list: genedash@yahoo.com. Send prayer request to: genedash@yahoo.com
God's Purpose in Judgment (ThePeople Sing to God)
SURFING WITH JESUS
Pastor
Gene A. Dasher, Sr.
Site: Http://surfingwithjesus.blogspot.com #116702062021
God’s Purpose in Judgment (The People Sing to God)
As we continue our journey read with me Isaiah 26:1-21
26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of
Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and
bulwarks.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth
the truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord
for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty
city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it
even to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and
the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to
thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my
spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked,
yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal
unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when thy hand
is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their
envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, thou wilt
ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 O Lord
our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only
will we make mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live;
they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and
destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation:
thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
16 Lord, in trouble
have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon
them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that
draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;
so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have
been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any
deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together
with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little
moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose
her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
People will praise God on the day of the Lord when Christ
establishes his Kingdom. Chapter 26 is a psalm of trust, praise, and
meditation. Once more God revealed the future to Isaiah.
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