Thursday – November 30, 2023, Kislev 17, 5784
Greetings dear friends and saints of God and welcome back to this engaging study of the Bible Book of Isaiah. If you are not a saint become one right now, believe in your heart that the Father raised Jesus from the dead and confess with your mouth that He is Lord (one of highest authority in ALL arenas of your life). Please take a moment and share this teaching as widely as possible by every means available to you. Thank you for sharing. The featured picture of the moon was provided by our good friend and man of God, Joe Getchell Jr. Thank you so much Joe.
Now, let’s turn our attention, continuing to read out loud, to our primary Bible text in the wonderful Book of Isaiah. Today the text is presented in the English Standard Version. This version of the Bible is a word for word translation, published in 2001, at an 8th grade reading level. For your information Rose Publishing produces many wonderful tools and among them is a pamphlet titled “Bible Translations Comparison”.
Isaiah 47:11-15 (ESV)
11 But evil shall come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which you will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon you suddenly, of which you know nothing.
12 Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let them stand forth and save you, those who divide the heavens, who gaze at the stars, who at the new moons make known what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!
15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored, who have done business with you from your youth; they wander about, each in his own direction; there is no one to save you.
In disobedience, pride, unbelief, disasters without human remedy may fall upon us. Let this not be anyone reading this teaching. Troubles of all types and severity come to all of us. The question is this. Have we opened the door for the thief and given him entry? Are we deceived at the approach of the threat into thinking we are defeated and thereby let the trouble into our life. We choose dear ones. Stealing, killing, and destroying in our lives whether it be great or small is never God’s idea. Our thought life and words form our lives be it good or bad or somewhere in the middle by human standards which is still far from Gods best. As we finish out this chapter, we see God mocking the people who have made themselves their god or have looked to various idols. These are not odd or rare things only going on in this ancient people, this is common in and out of the Church. Remember our trust and hope is in God (Christ the solid rock) and Him alone. Consider the words of King Solomon.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 (ESV)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?
The word “vanity” means emptiness and to be devoid of Truth. That is not what I want my life to look like nor how I want to think, speak, and do. I want my life to be 100% based on the Truth and a reflection in every way of Truth.
Lord willing, I will pick up right here next week. Remember we love you and there is nothing you can do about it.
Authored By: Dr. David R. Wood, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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