ISAIAH CHAPTER 27, VERSES 1-5
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 27, VS 1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 27, VS 1
This describes the Great and Total punishment of satan at the end. In that Great Day of the Lord, he will be put in chains for a thousand years, released for a short time, then locked up forever, and we will be with the Lord forever as He reigns on the New Earth. (Rev. 21:1-7)
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 27, VS 2-3
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 27, VS 2-3
v. 2– (See Chapter 5 of Isaiah) This is again reference to His Vineyard, His Church. v. 3– A beautiful promise from our God to water us with Living water and care for us. We are now His vineyard, His garden–(See Ps. 92:12 & 13)–As once we were ugly weeds, growing where we wished, and withering, now we are roses–growing in the Lord’s fertile soil of Salvation, fertilized with His Grace, watered with Living Water, pruned with His Love, and bending with the Wind of the Holy Spirit. Our blossoms show the beauty of His Glory and Love to the World. Some people are used greatly by the Lord for His work, but He loves all of us the same. Those of us who are in the center of the garden, not used as greatly, are still loved just as greatly by Him. When God tends His garden, He doesn’t walk along the edge, where others walk, but He goes through the center, walking by each and every plant, to give it the individual tender loving care each of us needs, no matter where we are in the garden; and each of us contributes equally to the Power of His Body for the fulfillment of His plan!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 27, VS 4-5
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 27, VS 4-5
v. 4– He is speaking of that eternal patience He has with us. Fury is not in Him. He is hurt by our disobedience, but His love never waivers. Briars and thorns are those parts of us that are of us, or of Satan’s influence, but not of Him. He will burn those things,-purge them from us, as we give them to Him. Thus we become more and more like Him as He molds us. The Psalms take on a more loving meaning when we think of “the enemy” in the verses as our former selves, being crucified with Christ, and our new selves being resurrected with Him; or consider the enemy Satan.
- 5– He shows us here His desire not to reject anyone who comes to Him. Whatsoever we ask of Him, He will give us when our hearts are clinging to Him and His will
for us. Then, our prayers are not selfish desires, but prophesies that He gives us, as His desires become our desires.
