Tag: Great Tribulation

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 24, VS 1-15

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 24, VS 1-12

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 24, VS 1-12

1-12– God is describing the Great Tribulation, which won’t last very long, but which is soon to come. But those who stay close to Him and rely on Him for their life, will be saved, and He will instruct His people. Only those who are meant to fall, and who chose against Him–whose names are not written in the Lambs’s Book of Life, will fall at that time. (Daniel 7:25-27)

 

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 24, VS 13-15

13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 24, VS 13-15

v. 13– Then, after the Great Tribulation, He will see which vines produced good fruit. This is the harvest time, when His people will be joyously watching for Him, and those of this world will be fearful.

v. 14-16– Praise the Lord! His people will be joyfully praising Him “in the fires”–the fire of the Holy Spirit ..(See Jeremiah 23:29)

ISAIAH, CHAPTER 1, VS 21-31

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 1, VS 21-23

21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 1, VS 21-23

v. 21-22– The Christian Church began as a small band of true believers who were totally devoted to Christ and totally led by the Holy Spirit, but they got off the track by adding rituals, beliefs and traditions which were not guided by the Spirit–differences developed and hard feelings grew. The fifth commandment considers a murderer anyone who speaks angrily to another, so many of God’s people are murderers. The true wine of Jesus is mixed with the water of division of the Body of Christ due to doctrinal differences. All this was planted by Satan to divide the church and weaken it against him.

v. 23– The church started becoming rich, political, and the hierarchy was becoming powerful and greedy and forgetting the simple faith in Christ and the love of neighbor.

SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 1, VS 24-31

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

APPLICATION: CHAPTER 1, VS 24-31

v. 24-27– But now the Spirit of God is turning that around. He will “restore the judges as at the first”. His Spirit is moving among the “little people” the common man, not the leaders of the churches. He is revealing Himself to the common people and we will be the True Body of Christ, and His chosen people will be redeemed. Only the True Body will recognize Him at His Second Coming, and will not be deceived by the Anti Christ Beast of the Great Tribulation.

v. 28– And the people who take pride and comfort in the things of this world lose the glory, joy and strength of the Lord and are vulnerable to the attacks of Satan.

V. 29– And they will see their emptiness in their hearts.

v. 30– For the things of this world are temporary and fade away,

and so will their happiness in them.

v. 31– It doesn’t matter to God how strong or powerful a person is in this

world. He’s no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). Whoever doesn’t put Him first will lose.

END OF CHAPTER 1