““How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of […]
“Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.” Isaiah 13:9 ESV Reflection: Why has God not destroyed all evil, sin and sinners from the earth yet? We are presented with a prophecy in chapter 13, that seems
““Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”” Isaiah 12:2 ESV Reflection: what is the difference between “saved” and “salvation”? Let’s start today with a lesson directly from Jesus. “And a ruler asked him,
“In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.” Isaiah 11:10 ESV Reflection: why did Christ have to come from a “root stump” of Jesse? One of the very difficult aspects of reading and understanding prophecy,
“A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.” Isaiah 10:21 ESV Reflection: who is the remnant of Israel that will return? We can read an account of the return to Judah and Jerusalem from the exile in Babylon in the book of Ezra. This started with God, stirring the heart of
“O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?” Psalm 15:1 ESV Reflection: how can we know someone is walking with the Lord? We all know that it is so much easier to say something, than to actually do it, right? Let’s say a friend of yours just bought
“But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him, and stirs up his enemies. The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.” Isaiah 9:11-12 ESV Reflection: how can a loving
“But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.” Isaiah 8:13 ESV Reflection: why, or why not, do you fear the Lord? There seems to be a strange dichotomy in the Bible, between love and fear of God. Jesus reminds us “You
“The Lord spoke to me again: “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 ESV Reflection: how is it possible for a virgin to give birth? I was listening to an interview the other day, with a man who grew up as what
