AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Tuesday – December 20, 2022, Kislev 26, 5783
YOU WHO ARE FAR OFF
Greetings precious brothers and sisters in Christ. If you are not a brother or sister in Christ you can be in just a few moments.
Romans 10:9-10 (KJV)
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you prayed this prayer and were translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of His (the Fathers’) dear Son (saved), send us a note about the good news. You will not regret this decision especially on the day your body dies. Everybody in this life chooses either Heaven or Hell, God does not choose, we choose. If you think you know what opposites are, you are at a new unimaginable level when comparing Heaven and Hell. 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 featured picture this week except for Thursday will be depicting the Prophet Isaiah prophesying. Moving forward, let’s turn our attention to our primary Bible text continuing to read out loud.
Isaiah 33:13-17 (AMP)
13 Hear, you who are far off [says the Lord], what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge My might!
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings?
15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises gain from fraud and from oppression, who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil.
16 [Such a man] will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; water for him will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; [your eyes] will behold a land of wide distances that stretches afar.
As we study our text, we see God warning those who are not close by in physical distance and those who are to come in time to learn from this. Do they, have we? I don’t see evidence that people learn from history and one has to wonder, contemplate why. The answer is simple, we do not honor the Word of God as above all other words. We are deceived (willingly) by the lusts of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. We lean to our own understanding and go our own ways which is the way of destruction 100% of the time. There is nothing but good and safety in following the Lord and nothing but stealing, killing, and destroying in going our own way, the way of Satan.
As we transition into verse fifteen our Good God tells us who can live in the midst, even thrive, in the midst of the carnage coming to the sinners among Gods’ people. Just think back in your own mind of Daniel and the three Hebrew children in Babylon and Joseph in Egypt. These people, the righteous of the Lord, will see the King (the Lord) in that place and see, have a glimpse, of Heaven and all it offers, their ultimate reward and habitation. These righteous will be given a glimpse of the King of Glory.
Zechariah 9:9 (HCSB)
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; He is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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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