ISAIAH CHAPTER 7, VS 14-25
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 7, VS 14-16
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 7, VS 14-16
14-16– Jesus Himself is the greatest sign of God’s love. His incarnation is the fabulous sign of God’s love, and we have Him right inside our hearts if we are true Christians.
God knew us before we were born also. Our lives were planned in every detail before we were conceived, just as Jesus’ was! That’s a lot of Love from God!! (Ps.139)
God is saying that before Jesus was of the age of reason, in His childhood, the enemies of David’s kingdom will lose their kingdoms. In Our lives, also, before we even came to know Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, God was preparing our lives and our circumstances for that moment.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 7, VS 17
17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 7, VS 17
v. 17– We are in days “that have not come”. Since Christ, the world changed drastically. No longer are all men spiritually dead—All who truly trust in Christ are alive, and yet we are in some of the most evil days, as men’s minds perceive the worst blasphemies and evils against the Lord.
Scripture: CHAPTER 7, VS 18-20
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 7, VS 18-20
v. 18-19– The Lord calls each of us individually. Though we’re small as flies and bees, yet He cares for and calls each of us to His love and purpose, and provides a place for us in His will. Egypt and Assyria are always types of the unbelieving world, from which we were called.
v. 20– (Heb. 4:12) “The Word of God is “sharper than a 2-edged sword.” God knows our hearts. He can separate our Spirit from our mind and emotions (soul) and mold our soul into what He wants us to be. He shaves off our cover-ups, worries, inferiority, doubt, depression, fear, etc., and uncovers our true spiritual value in Christ Jesus. (Jeremiah 48:37)He uses the things of this world (king of Assyria) to accomplish His will within us, to perfect our relationship with Him.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 7, VS 21-25
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 7, VS 21-25
v. 21-22– We are to nourish the Fruits of the Spirit–keep our natural part subservient to our spirit and we will be in abundance of the great things of God. He will give us all that is in His will that we should have.
v. 23– But if we choose the natural to dominate us and live by the things of this world, choosing to create our own pathway instead of wanting the will of God, our mind and emotions will grow up in briars and weeds. We will be confused.
v. 24– When these weeds grow in us, they turn to strife, and if not corrected, to hatred, violence, etc.
v. 25– But when we let Jesus run His hoe (mattock) through our lives, He will plant a beautiful crop and we need not fear the weeds of sin, because we have the Best Gardner!!
END OF CHAPTER 7