Month: November 2015

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 19, VS 1-14

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 19, VS 1-14

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 1&2

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19, VS 1&2

v. 1– When the Holy Spirit comes into us, it is as the Lord coming in a cloud. “idols” here refers to anything worthless and empty, or vain. When we become filled with the Holy Spirit, we see how vain and worthless and empty our lives were before–and the word for “heart” means the totality of our feelings and emotions, which the Lord molds, if we ask Him to, with

His presence in our lives. Jesus said the kingdom of God is within us!

  1. 2– We find ourselves in a different position with our families, friends and neighbors because of the change in us. Sometimes we are at odds with them, and lose friends because of it.

SCRPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 3

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
APPLICATION:CHAPTER 19 VS 3

  1. 3– Some people who haven’t built their faith on solid rock when this happens, will turn away and turn to the occult and other sources, or merely turn to the things of this world, which, somehow seem easier to understand to them. Also, this is when the corruption of pride and the idols of our own works can enter into our thinking.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19, VS 4-7

 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

APPLICATION:CHAPTER 19, VS 4-7

v. 4– These people the Lord will not force back to Himself. He never forces any of us. They will find themselves under the cruel lordship of satan whether purposely or not.

v. 5– These people will not thrive on the Living Water that Jesus promised, and the Loving Presence of God, because they are not open to receive it.

v. 6-7– As a result their hearts and emotions will be molded by satan instead of God and they will have, instead of the joys and fruits of the Spirit, Satan’s “gifts” of depression, fear, anxiety, hatred, strife, envy, all of which eventually lead to sin.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 19: VS 8-10

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 19: VS 8-10

8-10– All of God’s people are knit together in a beautiful way, far beyond our understanding, and the Body of Christ is reliant on its parts f6r many things, therefore, when one of these people fall, as described in the previous verses, many people in the Body will feel the loss, because we are all dependent on each other and on the Power of God in each other.  (1Cor. 12:12,23,24,27)

SCRIPTURE:CHAPTER 19, VS 11-14

1 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

APPLICATION:CHAPTER 19, VS 11-14

Vs 11-14 The Princes of Zoan represent the leaders of the various Christian denominations. They have been unknowingly corrupted by satan into losing sight of a pure personal relationship with Jesus Christ and substituting or adding rules that they think He would like, instead of encouraging each person to seek a revelation of it from Christ Himself, and thereby developing the “muscles” of the Body of Christ.

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 18

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 18

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 18, VS 1-3

“Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.”

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 18, VS 1-3

v. 1– The Hebrew word translated as “land” comes from the root word which means “firm”. He is referring to those who are set in their ways, and covering their faces with their “wings”–not wanting to really listen to the Lord because He may want them to do what they don’t want to do.

v. 2– “peeled” comes from a word that means obstinate, independent, “Terrible” comes from “fearful”. “Nation” means a foreign or Gentile nation, and “meted” in this case means “fastened together”. He is speaking of the Gentiles who were lost, independent, unattached to God.

  1. 3– But God called the Gentiles to Him through Jesus.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 18, VS 4-7

“4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.”

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 18, VS 4-7

v. 4– This is an extremely beautiful verse! His dwelling place is in us, and His Presence and Love are so refreshing! –As a “cloud of dew in the heat ..•”

v. 5– When we are totally turned to Him and we’re “ripening” in Him, He is molding our thoughts and personalities to be more like Him. He will cut away our imperfections as un-needed branches so we can bear more fruit. (John 15:1 tells us the Father is the husbandman) .

v. 6– The useless things in us are thrown out of our lives. These are the things of satan and of this world and can go back to him—we will be left with the beautiful branches of Jesus Christ in our lives!

v. 7– We are His (see verse 2). The Gentiles whom He has chosen will bear fruit and join chosen people!

END OF CHAPTER 18

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 17, VERSES 6-14

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 17, VERSES 6-14

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 17, VS 6-8

“6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.”

APPLICATION:CHAPTER 17, VS 6-8

v. 6– But there are some who cannot be saved. Some who will never understand the Truths of the Lord.

  1. 7-8– Those who have been chosen, who have had their eyes opened, don’t value the things of this world, but look only to Him and we realize how weak we are of ourselves and the greatness of His Power!!!

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 17, VS 9&10

“9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:”

APPLICATION:CHAPTER 17, VS 9&10

v. 9– We are to be aware of His strength in us and not think we have any. The “forsaken bough” refers to verse 6 of this chapter.

The grapes that are left and not shaken down and gathered up are the “uppermost branch”–Those who think themselves strong and righteous. These the Lord leaves in favor of those who turn to Him for strength (the lower branches) and the others will eventually see their weakness (desolation) as the birds, sun, weather (Satan’s forces) begin to work on them.

v. 10– They will be desolate because they trusted in their own strength and go their own ways for their own pleasures–in directions not toward Him. (See Jeremiah 5:22)

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 17, VS 11-14

11” In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.”

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 17, VS 11-14

v. 11– When people turn from Him and go their own ways, they will seem to do alright for awhile, as the “plant grows”, but when harvest time comes they will harvest the things of satan and not of God. Even many who call themselves Christians will find out that they haven’t put Our Lord first, and have been going their own ways.

v. 12– The world and the people of this world go on their way, ignoring the Lord and His calling. The cares of this world are loud, demanding our time and attention. But, as His True people, we need to keep our minds and hearts clinging to His, no matter how loud the noise against Him.

  1. 13-14—The time will come when He will judge the world and those who caused people to fall for the delusions of it. That is the “portion of them that rob us”

END OF CHAPTER 17

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 17, VS 1-5

CHAPTER 17

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 17, VS 1-5

“ The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.”

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 17, VS 1-5

v. 1-4– This refers to the calling of the Gentiles–the grafting of the “new branches” to the tree. (See Romans 11: 17-24)

v. 5– If you consider gathering ears of corn in your arms, you realize it is difficult to hold them all. It seems inevitably some fall. This is how it is when The Lord gathers His people. Some sift through His arms and fall to satan’s lies. The word for “gathereth” in the first sentence tends to mean more of a gathering as a harvest, from the stalk or vine. The second word for “gathereth” is from a different Hebrew word that denotes gathering from the ground. The Lord will keep trying to bring us back to Him. He will gather us again from the ground as we fall, or try to go our own way.