“The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.” Isaiah 24:5-6 ESV Reflection: who should we be grateful […]
“In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth; and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”” Isaiah 22:12-13 ESV Reflection: why do children disobey their parents? Perhaps the most
“O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.” Isaiah 21:10 ESV Reflection: why does the Lord seem to allow certain difficult things to happen in our lives? With the advancement in technology and production, it is easy to lose the
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.””Isaiah 21:9 ESV Reflection: why is God so against “carved images” of gods? Walking into many oriental stores, restaurants, even homes, you often see a small figurine of a cat with one waving arm placed close to the
“For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees. When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.” Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my
“In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”” Isaiah 19:24-25 ESV Reflection: who are “God’s people”? Read the focus
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“In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel. He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the Asherim or the altars of incense.”Isaiah 17:7-8 ESV Reflection:
“When the oppressor is no more, and destruction has ceased, and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land, then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.”” Isaiah 16:4b-5
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” Revelation 22:17 ESV Reflection: is the church truly wanting the Lord Jesus Christ to come? I got behind a very
“for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:8-10 ESV Reflection: what is pleasing to the
