AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Monday – December 26, 2022, Tevet 2, 5783
COME NEAR
Greetings precious children of God the Father, brothers and sisters with Christ, and Helped of the Holy Spirit. Welcome back to our Bible Study of the wonderful Bible Book of Isaiah. Well Christmas is behind us and the New Year looms just ahead. We hope that all had a wonderful celebration commemorating the birth of the Messiah (Savior), Christ Jesus. The joy of that day is not dependent upon the dinner or the gifts exchanged but upon the greatest gift of all, a Savior. Yesterday, the food, the gifts will soon be forgotten but our decisions concerning the Savior will impact us forever. Please take a moment and share this teaching as widely as possible by every means available to you. Thank you so much for sharing, the Lord bless you and keep you. The featured picture today was taken by our good friend and man of God Joe Getchell Jr in October. Very beautiful picture, thank you Joe. Now let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible text continuing to read out loud.
Isaiah 34:1-6 (KJV)
1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
As we have read and studied down through Isaiah, we see much Scripture that applied to their time but also of events future. So, it is today. As we examine our text it seems to me that three time periods leap to mind, one is the Tribulation period, the second is the Battle of Armageddon when Jesus returns to the earth, and the third is the final battle at the end of the Millennial Reign. Based on verse four we might favor the final battle at the end of the Millennial Reign, the dissolving of this creation and the coming of a new heaven and a new earth. Let’s take a look at each time very briefly. First the Tribulation period.
Revelation 6:15-17 (KJV)
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Revelation 14:9-10 (KJV)
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
In many ways this could fit with our Isaiah text but I don’t think that is what the Lord had in mind speaking through His Prophet.
By the way, does any of this sound like something you want to be around for?
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.
Receive the blessing in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (MSG)
24 GOD bless you and keep you,
25 GOD smile on you and gift you,
26 GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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