ISAIAH, CHAPTER 31
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 1-3
1.”Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 1-3
v. 1– Woe to those who rely on the things of this world. Not only is this commanded in the commandments, to not worship the things of this world, but it is commanded many places besides here in the Word. Why would we want flawed help, and flawed wisdom when we can get the Real Truth and ultimate wisdom from God?
v. 2– God alone is wise, and will rise against evil. He must do
this to cleanse His universe of the influences of Satan. The house of the evildoers is Satan’s hidden influence in the evils of this world.
V.3– We shouldn’t rely on other men. They are as weak as we are, and we will both fail and fall.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 4
4.” For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 4
- Satan was as the young lion preying on the people of the Old Testament times, as now. They had not yet been saved. The earth was in the hands of Satan from Adam’s fall, and the people as a whole didn’t have the power of God as we do, if we are saved. So Satan didn’t listen, and the people fell prey to worshiping false gods, etc. But God Himself came as a man, and fought the lion for His people. That is salvation.
1 Peter 5:8 refers to satan as a roaring lion:
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: “
Also:” Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.”
And many other scriptures who refer to satan and his followers as roaring lions, or young lions, as opposed to the Lion of Judah, which is Jesus Christ, and He will greatly and eternally punish both satan and his followers.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 5
5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also He will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 5
5– Until He comes again, one way the Lord defends His people through His people. As we rise above the things of this world, and fly with God, we will defend the Body of Christ in His power, in the Spirit, to snatch the people out of the lies of Satan (deliver), and lead them into (passing over) a knowledge of their place in The Body, to slip through (meaning of preserve) Satan’s fingers, until we come together in unity and fulfill God’s plan for His true church!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 6
“Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 6
6– But first His people must totally turn to Him with continued repentance.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 7
7 “For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 7
7– We must see the things of this world, and of our former
selves (such as fear, anxiety, vanity, jealousy, etc.) as enemies and turn only to God.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 8
8 “Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 8
8– Then we can really go in God’s name! Then Satan (the Assyrian) will fall by the sword of the Word of God in our mouths.
We aren’t “mighty or mean men”–We are the people of God, and that is what he will flee from—the power of God in us!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 31, VS 9
8.”And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.”
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 31, VS 9
9– “Satan will flee from us because of Jesus’ name!! Once we, as God’s people get a hold of that in our spirits then we will be victorious
in Jesus’ name and power!! The Lord’s fire is in His people—As we cling to Our Lord Jesus Christ, He will work through us.”
END OF CHAPTER 31