Devotional

Isaiah 12, Come drink from the fountain of life!

Isa 12:1, AND IN THAT DAY YOU WILL SAY: “O LORD, I will praise You; THOUGH YOU WERE ANGRY WITH ME, YOUR ANGER IS TURNED AWAY, AND YOU COMFORT ME. 

The day is coming when ISRAEL SHALL MOURN at the coming of the KING their MESSIAH; for they will look at HIM whom they rejected and pierced on the cross! WE CRUCIFIED OUR OWN MESSIAH? WE REJECTED HIM AND TORTURED OUR OWN KING? FORGIVE US LORD!

Zec 12:10, “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; THEN THEY WILL LOOK ON ME WHOM THEY PIERCED. YES, THEY WILL MOURN FOR HIM AS ONE MOURNS FOR HIS ONLY SON, AND GRIEVE FOR HIM AS ONE GRIEVES FOR A FIRSTBORN. 

Isa 12:2, Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ ” 

Our good deed our good thoughts or our money doesn’t save us; only in GOD do we find salvation! Only in HIM do we find life!

Isa 12:3, THEREFORE WITH JOY YOU WILL DRAW WATER FROM THE WELLS OF SALVATION. 

With this water HE will fill us with the HOLY SPIRIT, and we shall rejoice in the KING!

Joh 4:14, BUT WHOEVER DRINKS OF THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM WILL NEVER THIRST. BUT THE WATER THAT I SHALL GIVE HIM WILL BECOME IN HIM A FOUNTAIN OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO EVERLASTING LIFE.” 

Isa 12:4-5, AND IN THAT DAY YOU WILL SAY: “PRAISE THE LORD, CALL UPON HIS NAME; DECLARE HIS DEEDS AMONG THE PEOPLES, MAKE MENTION THAT HIS NAME IS EXALTED.  SING TO THE LORD, FOR HE HAS DONE EXCELLENT THINGS; THIS IS KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH.

The worship of HIM the KING shall fill the earth for HE reigns in Jerusalem, and all the world shall see HIM!

Isa 12:6, Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, FOR GREAT IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL IN YOUR MIDST!” 

HE WILL REIGN AS KING OF ALL THE EARTH IN OUR VERY PRESENCE. NO MORE ATHIEST, NO MORE CRIME FOR HE SHALL RULE WITH A ROD OF IRON! THE KING IS COMING! BE READY!

Isaiah 11, The coming KING! Get ready, look up!

Isa 11:1, THERE SHALL COME FORTH A ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE, AND A BRANCH SHALL GROW OUT OF HIS ROOTS. 

Isaiah seeing the shocking judgement of GOD upon HIS people; like trees in a forest that were cut down, so were HIS people!

Isa 10:18-19, And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And THEY WILL BE AS WHEN A SICK MAN WASTES AWAY. THEN THE REST OF THE TREES OF HIS FOREST WILL BE SO FEW IN NUMBER That a child may write them.

But, out of one of those stumps, Jesse the father of David, shall rise up a strong BRANCH by the name of JESUS, the SON of the living GOD!

Jer 23:5, “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “THAT I WILL RAISE TO DAVID A BRANCH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; A KING SHALL REIGN AND PROSPER, And execute judgment and RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH.

Isa 11:3-4a, His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And HE SHALL NOT JUDGE BY THE SIGHT OF HIS EYES, NOR DECIDE BY THE HEARING OF HIS EARS; BUT WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS He shall judge the poor, …

JESUS will reign as KING of all the earth (Zec 14:9), and HE shall judge in righteousness! HE will not need witnesses for HE knows all things!

Isa 11:4b, He shall strike the earth WITH THE ROD OF HIS MOUTH, AND WITH THE BREATH OF HIS LIPS HE SHALL SLAY THE WICKED.

HE spoke the universe into existence, by the breath of HIS lips HE created the world! HE shall strike the nations with the words of HIS lips!

Psa 33:9, FOR HE SPOKE, AND IT WAS DONE; HE COMMANDED, AND IT STOOD FAST. 

Rev 19:15, Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of ALMIGHTY GOD.

Isa 11:5 NLT, He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment. 

Rev 19:16, And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 

THE LORD IS COMING BE PREPARED!

Rev 22:20, He who testifies to these things says, “SURELY I AM COMING QUICKLY.” Amen. Even so, come, LORD JESUS! 

Isaiah 10, GOD can use anyone!

Isa 10:3, WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT, AND IN THE DESOLATION WHICH WILL COME FROM AFAR? TO WHOM WILL YOU FLEE FOR HELP? AND WHERE WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR GLORY? 

GOD CAN USE ANYONE even a wicked nation, Assyria, to bring judgement on HIS own people. WHAT WILL YOU DO? WHO WILL HELP YOU? This are HIS people, but Israel refuses to listen; Judgement is coming, Hab 1:5-11

Hab 1:5-6, “Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you. FOR INDEED I AM RAISING UP THE CHALDEANS, A BITTER AND HASTY NATION ….

Isa 10:4, WITHOUT ME THEY SHALL BOW DOWN AMONG THE PRISONERS, And they shall fall among the slain….

They forsook the LORD who protected them, Now they will be brought low!

Lev 26:17, I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. 

Isa 10:5-6, “WOE TO ASSYRIA, THE ROD OF MY ANGER AND THE STAFF IN WHOSE HAND IS MY INDIGNATION.

Again, GOD can use anyone to do HIS will! But, Assyria came up in pride conquering nations and making their princes into kings

Isa 10:8, For he says, ‘ARE NOT MY PRINCES ALTOGETHER KINGS? 

2Ki 19:10-12, … ‘DO NOT LET YOUR GOD IN WHOM YOU TRUST DECEIVE YOU, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” LOOK! YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA HAVE DONE TO ALL LANDS BY UTTERLY DESTROYING THEM; and shall you be delivered? HAVE THE GODS OF THE NATIONS DELIVERED THOSE WHOM MY FATHERS HAVE DESTROYED…

Pro 16:18, Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 

Isa 10:15, SHALL THE AX BOAST ITSELF AGAINST HIM WHO CHOPS WITH IT? Or shall THE SAW EXALT ITSELF AGAINST HIM WHO SAWS WITH IT? AS IF A ROD COULD WIELD ITSELF AGAINST THOSE WHO LIFT IT UP, OR AS IF A STAFF COULD LIFT UP, AS IF IT WERE NOT WOOD! 

if GOD uses you, do not boast or brag, but remember, GOD used a donkey to speak to balaam and HE can use you as well!

1Co 1:27, But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 

Isaiah 9, The coming KING!

Isa 9:2, THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. 

Because of the wrath of GOD in the land of Israel there was great darkness, but now Isaiah sees a future event; THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH THE LORD JESUS! But, this applies to the us as well! For we were once in darkness, but now we see!

Joh 8:12, Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.”

Isa 9:4, FOR YOU HAVE BROKEN THE YOKE OF HIS BURDEN AND THE STAFF OF HIS SHOULDER, THE ROD OF HIS OPPRESSOR, AS IN THE DAY OF MIDIAN.

This is the work of the MESSIAH; for HE has broken the chains that bound us to sin, and the rod of him who oppressed us, satan!

Col 2:13-14, And you, BEING DEAD IN YOUR TRESPASSES AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF YOUR FLESH, He has made alive together with Him, HAVING FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESPASSES, …, HAVING NAILED IT TO THE CROSS.

Isa 9:6, FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN; AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER. AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. 

This is the fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14 prophecy, “The virgin shall conceive”. For HE is the light of the world, and through HIM we have life!

Joh 3:16-17, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.

Isa 9:7, OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID AND OVER HIS KINGDOM, TO ORDER IT AND ESTABLISH IT WITH JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE FROM THAT TIME FORWARD, EVEN FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL PERFORM THIS. 

Isaiah sees further in the future to the second coming of CHRIST JESUS! For HE first came as a lamb among wolves to pay the price of our captivity, but HE is coming again to rule as the KING of all the earth!

Zec 14:9, AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. In that day it shall be “The LORD is one,” And His name one. 

He fulfilled HIS first coming, and will fulfill HIS second coming! For HE is not a man that HE should lie, BE READY, THE KING IS COMING!

Isaiah 8, At HIS wrath the world trembles!

Isa 8:5-7, The LORD also spoke to me again, saying: “INASMUCH AS THESE PEOPLE REFUSED THE WATERS OF SHILOAH THAT FLOW SOFTLY, AND REJOICE IN REZIN AND IN REMALIAH’S SON; Now therefore, behold, the LORD brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty—THE KING OF ASSYRIA AND ALL HIS GLORY; HE WILL GO UP OVER ALL HIS CHANNELS AND GO OVER ALL HIS BANKS. 

GOD’s provision is described as a soft flowing river, yet Israel rejected it! Now in judgement GOD brings Assyria described as a strong and mighty river which overflows their land!

Isa 8:8, He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, HE WILL REACH UP TO THE NECK; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.

Assyria consumed the 10 tribes of Israel and almost consumed Judah; that raging river, Assyria, flowed up to their necks!  THIS IS THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD OVER HIS PEOPLE, YET JUDAH WAS SPARED BUT AT A GREAT COST!

2Ki 18:13-14, And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, SENNACHERIB KING OF ASSYRIA CAME UP AGAINST ALL THE FORTIFIED CITIES OF JUDAH AND TOOK THEM. Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me; WHATEVER YOU IMPOSE ON ME I WILL PAY… SO HEZEKIAH GAVE HIM ALL THE SILVER THAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

They stripped the house of the LORD of all it’s gold and silver to pay for their freedom!

Isa 8:19, And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” SHOULD NOT A PEOPLE SEEK THEIR GOD? SHOULD THEY SEEK THE DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING? 

Israel had fallen so much that instead of seeking their GOD, they sought mediums and wizards? The same is true today, rather than seeking the Living GOD, they seek after the dead; FOR THE DEAD HAVE NO GOD!

Luk 9:60, JESUS said to him, “LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD, BUT YOU GO AND PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD.” 

There are many spiritually dead people walking this earth today, but as Christians we much preach the WORD to this dead world! FOR ONLY HIS WORD CAN BRING LIFE TO THE DEAD! SEEK HIM AND LIVE!

Jer 10:10, BUT THE LORD IS THE TRUE GOD; HE IS THE LIVING GOD AND THE EVERLASTING KING. AT HIS WRATH THE EARTH WILL TREMBLE, AND THE NATIONS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENDURE HIS INDIGNATION. 

Isaiah 7, HE is Faithful to HIS promises!

Isa 7:1, Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, THAT REZIN KING OF SYRIA AND PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH, KING OF ISRAEL, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Israel with other nations attacked Judah in Jerusalem unsuccessfully! The LORD protected king Ahaz, even though he was an evil man who sacrificed his son (2Ki 16:1-4), but by him would come a good king Hezekiah!

Isa 7:3-6, Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz….  and say to him: ‘TAKE HEED, AND BE QUIET; DO NOT FEAR OR BE FAINTHEARTED … HAVE PLOTTED EVIL AGAINST YOU, SAYING, LET US GO UP AGAINST JUDAH AND TROUBLE IT…

It was a chaotic time, brother fighting brother (Israel & Judah), but the LORD made it clear!

Isa 7:7, thus says the Lord GOD: “IT SHALL NOT STAND, NOR SHALL IT COME TO PASS. 

Do not fear, their plans will not come to pass!

Isa 7:10-12, Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, “ASK A SIGN FOR YOURSELF FROM THE LORD YOUR GOD; ASK IT EITHER IN THE DEPTH OR IN THE HEIGHT ABOVE.” But Ahaz said, “I WILL NOT ASK, NOR WILL I TEST THE LORD!”

JESUS once said, “A wicked and adulterous generations seeks after a sign..(Matt 16:4)”, but it was the LORD that said to ask for a sing! The LORD also said to test HIM regarding our finances (Mal 3:10)! But how many of us do?

Mal 3:10, Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And TRY ME NOW IN THIS,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. 

Isa 7:14, THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU A SIGN: BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON, AND SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL. 

Since Ahaz refused to ask for a sign GOD HIMSELF gave a sign of the coming of HIS own SON JESUS; IMMANUEL, GOD WITH US!

Mat 1:23, “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,” which is translated, “God with us.” 

Remember, GOD is not a man that HE should lie, and HE is completely faithful to HIS promises!

2Ti 2:13, IF WE ARE FAITHLESS, HE REMAINS FAITHFUL; HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF. 

Deu 7:9, “THEREFORE KNOW THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS; 

Isaiah 6, Unworthy to see the HOLY, HOLY, HOLY KING!

Isa 6:1, In the year that King Uzziah died, I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP, AND THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE FILLED THE TEMPLE.

King Uzziah was a great king of Israel, who did what was right in the sight of the LORD! He reigned 52 years, but had a tragic end! Isaiah was sad to see a great leader die, but then he saw that “GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE”!

Psa 47:6-8, SING PRAISES TO GOD, SING PRAISES! SING PRAISES TO OUR KING, SING PRAISES! FOR GOD IS THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH; Sing praises with understanding. GOD REIGNS OVER THE NATIONS; GOD SITS ON HIS HOLY THRONE.

Isa 6:2, Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: WITH TWO HE COVERED HIS FACE, WITH TWO HE COVERED HIS FEET, AND WITH TWO HE FLEW.

These seraphim were blameless, sinless, YET in humility would cover themselves before the HOLY, HOLY, HOLY GOD!

Isa 6:3, And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!”

Job said that we only see the edges of HIS Glory here on earth (Job 26:14), but of what we do see were in awe of HIS glory!

Psa 19:1-2, …THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; AND THE FIRMAMENT SHOWS HIS HANDIWORK. DAY UNTO DAY UTTERS SPEECH, AND NIGHT UNTO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE. 

Isa 6:5, So I said: “WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE! BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS.” 

If the sinless Seraphim hid their faces before the LORD then sinful Isaiah thought that he would die before the HOLY ONE!

Rom 5:8, But GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. 

We’re not worthy to stand before a HOLY, HOLY, HOLY GOD, but because of the work of HIS SON JESUS we now have access to the FATHER!

Heb 4:16, LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. 

Isaiah 5, What more could HE have done for us?

Isa 5:1-2, Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding HIS vineyard: MY WELL-BELOVED HAS A VINEYARD On a very fruitful hill. He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; SO HE EXPECTED IT TO BRING FORTH GOOD GRAPES, BUT IT BROUGHT FORTH WILD GRAPES.

The LORD has a vineyard, verse 7 “ISRAEL”, who had so much advantages than any other! The LORD took care of it and protected it, BUT IT PRODUCED POISONOUS GRAPES?

Isa 5:3-4, “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, JUDGE, PLEASE, BETWEEN ME AND MY VINEYARD. WHAT MORE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO MY VINEYARD THAT I HAVE NOT DONE IN IT? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes?

What more could GOD had done for Israel, and even us gentiles? So many people blame GOD, yet do not consider what HE has done for us! HE allowed HIMSELF to be crucified on that cross in order pay our debt “sin”; Yet so many ignore HIM and even hate HIM?

Dan 9:26, “…MESSIAH SHALL BE CUT OFF, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF;

Isa 5:5, And now, PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I WILL DO TO MY VINEYARD: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. 

GOD is love and HE loves HIS people, but HE is also JUST! HE sent Assyria to judge Israel!

Isa 10:6, I will send him against an ungodly nation, And AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF MY WRATH I WILL GIVE HIM CHARGE, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 

Israel rejected GOD, wild grapes, and then rejected their own MESSIAH JESUS. GOD’s wrath upon HIS own people is hot, YET HE SHALL PRESERVE HIS REMNANT! Rom 9:27.

Isa 5:13, THEREFORE MY PEOPLE HAVE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE…

Even though we may not see GOD’s physical presence; KNOW THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE! YOU ARE NOT FOOLING HIM FOR HE SEES ALL YOU DO AND KNOWS YOUR THOUGHTS!

Hos 4:6, MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I also will reject you from being priest for ME; BECAUSE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I ALSO WILL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN. 

WHAT MORE COULD HE HAVE DONE FOR US?

Isaiah 4, is your name in the book of the LAMB?

Isa 4:1, And in that day SEVEN WOMEN SHALL TAKE HOLD OF ONE MAN, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; ONLY LET US BE CALLED BY YOUR NAME, TO TAKE AWAY OUR REPROACH.” 

Because of sin, the LORD’s wrath came upon HIS own people, and many men fell by the sword (Isa 3:25); FOR JUDGEMENT FIRST STARTS AT HOME THEN TO EVERYONE ELSE!

1Pe 4:17, FOR THE TIME HAS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; AND IF IT BEGINS WITH US FIRST, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 

Isa 4:2, IN THAT DAY THE BRANCH OF THE LORD SHALL BE BEAUTIFUL AND GLORIOUS; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing FOR THOSE OF ISRAEL WHO HAVE ESCAPED.

Now Isaiah gets a vision of the future, and he see’s the BRANCH of the LORD! As a tree has many branches there shall be one BRANCH of the seed of Jesse, father of king David by the name of JESUS, THE SON GOD! JER 23:5, 33:15, ZEC 3:8

Isa 11:1, There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, AND A BRANCH SHALL GROW OUT OF HIS ROOTS. 

For those that have escaped? In WWII, Hitler killed one-third of the LORD’s people, the Jewish nation! Yet, in the near future HIS word says two-thirds shall die in the coming judgement of Israel! But a remnant shall live!

Zec 13:8, And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, “THAT TWO-THIRDS IN IT SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE, BUT ONE-THIRD SHALL BE LEFT IN IT: 

Isa 4:3, And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy—EVERYONE WHO IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING IN JERUSALEM. 

Did you know there are books that record everything you do in life? It is the book of life, and it contains all the names of everyone who was born on this earth! Yet, if you follow your own way then your name will be blotted out!

Rev 20:15, And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. 

There is another book, way more important! It is the LAMB’s book of life!

Rev 21:27, But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE. 

When one comes to faith in JESUS it seals your name in the book of life, and it’s copied into the book of the LAMB! DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN IN HIS BOOK?

Isaiah 3, The wrath of our Loving GOD!

Isa 3:1-3, For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, TAKES AWAY FROM JERUSALEM AND FROM JUDAH The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water; The mighty man and the man of war, The judge and the prophet, And the diviner and the elder; The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the skillful artisan, And the expert enchanter.

Because of sin and corruption in Israel, the LORD not only took away their provisions, but their leaders, prophets, judges, honorable men, counselor etc.. 

2Ki 24:14, Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. NONE REMAINED EXCEPT THE POOREST PEOPLE OF THE LAND. 

Isa 3:4, 6, “I WILL GIVE CHILDREN TO BE THEIR PRINCES, AND BABES SHALL RULE OVER THEM…. When a man takes hold of his brother In the house of his father, saying, “YOU HAVE CLOTHING; YOU BE OUR RULER, And let these ruins be under your power,” 

Instead of wise competent leaders, they are replaced by children without understanding. They think only of themselves rather than others! Like our leaders today!

Ecc 10:16, WOE TO YOU, O LAND, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning! 

YES, the LORD is loving, but HE is also just and HE will reward you according to what you have sown! Whether good or bad!

Isa 3:10-11, “SAY TO THE RIGHTEOUS THAT IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEM, FOR THEY SHALL EAT THE FRUIT OF THEIR DOINGS. WOE TO THE WICKED! IT SHALL BE ILL WITH HIM, FOR THE REWARD OF HIS HANDS SHALL BE GIVEN HIM.

Judgement is coming, and we will receive what we deserve; for HE keeps accurate records of all we say, do and think!

2Co 5:10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 

Isa 3:25-26, Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war. Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground.

Judgement came for Israel by the hands of Assyria, and it’s also coming here to our country. For the cry slaughtered children, and the corruption of this country has reached HIS ears! Remember HE is loving, but also Just!