AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Monday – August 23, 2021, Elul 15, 5781
THOU HAST FORSAKEN THY PEOPLE
Greeting precious saints and welcome back to this powerful and empowering exploration of the Bible Book of Isaiah. Please take a moment to share this teaching as widely as possible to expand our reach of the good news. The very best news you or anyone else has ever received, the Word of God, the only body of Truth available. The featured picture today is provided by our good friend and man of God, Joe Getchell Jr. God is so good to give us His Word so that we are not in the dark or guessing at what the will of God might be. If we are in the dark, it is not a reflection on God, but upon us. That is not to say there are not mysteries but God is not withholding we must just push in for the answers and they will come. Some mysteries may not be uncovered in this lifetime but they will come as our foundations of understanding expand now and in that to come. There is an idea that suddenly upon going to Heaven we will know all things. That is a false idea. We will go on learning, most likely for eternity. Now, let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible text and continue reading aloud, yes, out loud.
Isaiah 2:6-8 (KJV)
6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
I understand that the King James version can be somewhat difficult to follow both in the Old Covenant, and the new addition to that Covenant. One might say an addendum or codicil. The major addition is the precious and eternal Blood of Jesus that took the sin question, the curse, and the devil out of the way. To help bring some clarity to our text let’s take a look at the sixth verse in the New Living Translation.
Isaiah 2:6 (NLT)
6 For the LORD has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans.
Wow! Can we see how or if this might apply to today in America and even around the world? Have we like these ancient peoples filled our land with the practices of devils and even our own traditions? Of course, we have! We have gotten so used to living with one foot in the world and another in the Kingdom we think it is normal, and all Kingdom. It is not! It is a stink in the nostril of our God. In the beginning Adam (mankind) had seven commandments for spiritual perfection (seven is the number of spiritual perfection). Let me remind us all of the seventh, the one we know they transgressed.
Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV)
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Are we also transgressing this commandment in the seventeenth (seventeen is the number of victory) verse? Keeping these seven, keeping this one in particular brings victory, transgressing bring defeat. Are we mixing and matching the way of the world (Satan’s ways) with the Kingdom of God? Then we wonder why we have death on every side in our lives. We have a victory here and there but we suffer many spiritual and physical defeats and wonder why. In order to string one victory upon another we must understand our enemies and ourselves. We must know who are our enemies. Many exclude unsaved family, big mistake. That is not to say we don’t love them or treat them with every kindness but we understand they are in a different Kingdom, a different family. We have the promise of our children (Isaiah 49:25) and our household (Acts 16:31), confess that and thank the Lord for those precious promises and doubt not.
Jesus, God our Father, the Holy Spirit have provided such that we should go from victory to victory and suffer zero defeats, period. However, all too often we choose our own understanding, our own way, our tradition, the doctrines of demons taught in our houses of meeting and wonder why we suffer defeats (the curse). Are we in alliances with pagans, unequally yoked whether it be in marriage, business, family, or other activities? We cannot make unholy alliances and expect to be in the winner’s circle with Jesus.
Lord willing, I will pick up right here tomorrow.
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Until our next publication, as your Bible Teacher and a Prophetic Voice in your life I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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