"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 21 March 2012"
Today's Blog Title: "A Song of Salvation"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 26:1-21
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 26:3-4 "You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trust in You. Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength."
The "Isaiah Apocalypse" which began in Chapter 24 is continued. Chapter 26 opens with a great song of praise that will be sung in Judah. The picture is that of the redeemed who enter the millennial kingdom. Notice that the "walls and bulwarks" are not physical but spiritual.
The command, "Open ye the gates" may indicate that the city (New Jerusalem) has never before been occupied. In this fixed moral and spiritual state Israel is promised "perfect peace." This emphatic expression indicates a peace that goes beyond human comprehension (Philippians 4:7). To have one's "mind...stayed" means to lean on God in total confidence and security. "Trust" is the ultimate expression of the confidence. You will notice the objects of one's faith is as important as the act of "trust." Here the object of faith is the "LORD JEHOVAH."
The punishment that God will visit on this earth will purge the world of sin. His triumph is the vindication of His people and their release from oppression. Verse 3 is one of the most beautiful of Scripture's "descriptive promises." It's descriptive in that it portrays the experience of the individual who trusts in God. It's a promise in that each of us today can rely on the Lord and know that trust will being peace to us as well.
Next Isaiah in verses 12-21 predicts that God will "ordain peace" for those who trust in Him. "Other lords" are other gods they may have previously worshiped. Now they must recognize that "they are dead." Though the people of Israel have been "removed...unto the ends of the earth," their depression will be reversed and they will be regathered in their land.
This section also contains one of the strongest promises of physical resurrection in the Old Testament. "Thy dead men shall live...my dead body shall ...arise" (verse 19). Those who have previously died are called upon to "awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust." Isaiah further predicts that the "earth shall cast out the dead." What a truth to hold fast to in troubled times.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Today's Bible Verse from 1 Corinthians 1:18-19.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness
Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray for Youcef Nasdarkhani the Iranian pastor who has been sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Pray for God's Peace on the city of Jerusalem and His Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Jesus Reigns, and HE IS and ALWAYS WILL BE IN COMPLETE and TOTAL CONTROL.
Your Sister In Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "A Song of Salvation"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 26:1-21
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 26:3-4 "You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trust in You. Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength."
The "Isaiah Apocalypse" which began in Chapter 24 is continued. Chapter 26 opens with a great song of praise that will be sung in Judah. The picture is that of the redeemed who enter the millennial kingdom. Notice that the "walls and bulwarks" are not physical but spiritual.
The command, "Open ye the gates" may indicate that the city (New Jerusalem) has never before been occupied. In this fixed moral and spiritual state Israel is promised "perfect peace." This emphatic expression indicates a peace that goes beyond human comprehension (Philippians 4:7). To have one's "mind...stayed" means to lean on God in total confidence and security. "Trust" is the ultimate expression of the confidence. You will notice the objects of one's faith is as important as the act of "trust." Here the object of faith is the "LORD JEHOVAH."
The punishment that God will visit on this earth will purge the world of sin. His triumph is the vindication of His people and their release from oppression. Verse 3 is one of the most beautiful of Scripture's "descriptive promises." It's descriptive in that it portrays the experience of the individual who trusts in God. It's a promise in that each of us today can rely on the Lord and know that trust will being peace to us as well.
Next Isaiah in verses 12-21 predicts that God will "ordain peace" for those who trust in Him. "Other lords" are other gods they may have previously worshiped. Now they must recognize that "they are dead." Though the people of Israel have been "removed...unto the ends of the earth," their depression will be reversed and they will be regathered in their land.
This section also contains one of the strongest promises of physical resurrection in the Old Testament. "Thy dead men shall live...my dead body shall ...arise" (verse 19). Those who have previously died are called upon to "awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust." Isaiah further predicts that the "earth shall cast out the dead." What a truth to hold fast to in troubled times.
Click on the link at www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com for Today's Bible Verse from 1 Corinthians 1:18-19.
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness
Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray for Youcef Nasdarkhani the Iranian pastor who has been sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Pray for God's Peace on the city of Jerusalem and His Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
Jesus Reigns, and HE IS and ALWAYS WILL BE IN COMPLETE and TOTAL CONTROL.
Your Sister In Christ,
Cindi
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