February 22, 2022
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Reading along with us in Isaiah? Here’s today’s reading:
Isaiah 27 (NIV)
Deliverance of Israel
1 In that day,
the Lord will punish with his sword—
his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan the gliding serpent,
Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster of the sea.
2 In that day—
“Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
3 I, the Lord, watch over it;
I water it continually.
I guard it day and night
Or else let them come to me for refuge;
let them make peace with me,
yes, let them make peace with me.”
God is our refuge. Faithful obedience yields blessing while disobedience yields destruction. This world is so temporary that it makes no sense to live for things of this world but rather for Christ where our eternity is found.
Isaiah 27
Honestly. I was hoping someone else had commented on chapter 27. I have no idea. What this prophecy is talking about!!
check back in a couple of days Mark and I will get to it!!
Haha! Mark, that is why I do the study a few days late, so I can read everyone’s comments!
Isaiah 27
Isaiah 27
The chapter begins with God expressing His power over creation to destroy even the mighty sea creature Leviathan. Others suggest that Leviathan represents Israel’s enemies that God will destroy. Certainly the rest of the chapter talks about Israel and His dealing with them. At other times God refers to Israel as a vineyard that He watches over and cares for. He would fend off any enemies of His garden and let them take refuge in Him. There is a day when HIs garden will bloom, but at this point God must discipline them. He will not deal with them as several as the nations who have opposed them, but nonetheless He must correct them for their disobedience. Now there is a way for them to make things right, to remove idols from among them. God’s discipline will lead to a desolate city where animals graze. But in the end< God will return His people, His garden, to the land and they will worship their God there. Let us be people who do not lack understanding but understand the value and validity of worshipping the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.