The Redeemer Who
Comes from Zion
Book of Isaiah
Chapter 59
Today in this lesson
before we get to the importance of our Redeemer, we will see how God
describes our world.
The world believes
that humanity is basically good and occasionally do bad things but
this is far from the truth.
The truth is
humanity is basically evil and on occasion some do good things!
If we go back to the
Book of Genesis chapter 3 we will see not the origin of sin because
the origin of sin was in Heaven. What we will see is a description of
the entrance of sin into humanity.
Genesis chapter 3
gives us an historical event that took place!
Most all the world
believe in an Adam and Eve, and they should, and the sin of
disobedience against a Holy God was passed down through these two
historical figures!
If Adam was not a
real person who brought sin into humanity then there would be no need
for Jesus to redeem humanity.
Therefore, this is
the reason such a great attack on the Creation facts of the Book of
Genesis!
So how are these
things seen in the eyes of God?
First God will make
some things very clear. There is no one that He cannot save and there
is no prayer that He cannot hear if it comes from the heart of
someone seeking Him!
Verse 1:
*****Isa 59:1
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
God is also very
clear about His salvation. If you are not saved from eternal
separation then it is not because He has lost His ability to save. In
other words, the fault is your own and not His!
Instead of running
to God, the truth is this world flees from Him!
Repeatedly, we have
seen where we can only be saved by "faith" in the work of
the Lord Jesus Christ to purchase us from the slave market of sin!
The hand of God
cannot be shortened because it is connected to the arm of God, which
arm is the Lord Jesus Christ!
It is by sin and the
rejection of the truth of God that humanity cannot be saved but God
will still deal with everyone!
It is very important
that we understand what sin is and then understand that we are
sinners. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are
sinners, it is in our heritage passed down from generation to
generation!
When we understand
that we are sinners, it is only then we will realize we need a
Redeemer, we need a Savior!
God did not just
create us all and then move on somewhere else doing God things, God
truly cares for each and every one of us!
Those who believe
that God has just gotten too old to care for us or to care about us,
do not understand that God cannot age and His Word will never change!
God would not have
made Himself known to us if He did not want to share our lives with
us but sin places a wall between us and our God!
*****Isa 59:2 But
your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
It is sin that
stands as a barrier between us and our Creator. The greater the sin
the greater the barrier. Where sin sets in, guilt begins!
Sin caused a wall of
separation between Him and Adam and sin still does the same today to
all humanity!
Mic 3:4 Then shall
they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide
his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill
in their doings.
Those who are wicked
in this world do not even realize the dilemma they are in!
They have a problem
that is disastrous and they believe they are safe in a dying world
but that is far from being true!
When God's "Grace"
cannot reach us because of that wall between us, then we are faced
with eternal separation and an eternal death of misery beyond our
imagination!
There are many times
when we have a need to reach for the help of Heaven but it will not
come if we have sin in our lives that has not been forgiven, simply
because we have not asked for forgiveness.
Psa 66:18 If I
regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
God looks into the
heart to see the truth of each of us!
What is sin? Sin is
any transgression of the law of God.
There are 613 laws
in the Old Testament that the Jews had to follow and it was
impossible for them to do this.
Most of this world
think only of the Ten Commandments but even these cannot be kept by
anyone!
The Lord Jesus
simplified these laws so we all could understand what God was saying.
Mar 12:29 And Jesus
answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord:
Mar 12:30 And thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the
first commandment.
Mar 12:31 And the
second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
If we truly obeyed
these two laws we would have no problem with sin but even these laws
become impossible to do in this evil world!
God says there is
just no natural affection for one another in our world!
The Jews had been
separating themselves from the Lord for many years and we can see
that has not changed for the biggest part of our world today.
When we say these
things to the world we are accused of so many things, including being
evil ourselves but we should remember it is not we that say these
things, it is a Holy God and we are just passing along His message!
Then God gives a
picture of what He is talking about.
*****Isa 59:3 For
your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
We use our hands in
almost everything we do but when God says they are covered with
blood, God is talking about the murder of the innocent.
We could say that we
are not murderers and all murderers certainly should be punished and
they are certainly sinners but then do you support abortion which is
the murder of innocent children.
If we stand against
the truth of God, we are murderers just as if we committed the crime
ourselves!
When we read the
Scriptures, we can see that only a very few of God's prophets lived
to die of old age, they were murdered for preaching the Word of God
which is all true.
Do you support the
truth of the Scriptures?
Only the Apostle
John died of old age of the 12 Apostles of the Lord, the rest were
murdered for preaching the Words of Jesus, which we now call the
"Gospel of Jesus Christ".
Do you support the
truth of the "Gospels"?
Do you realize that
if God has laid it on your heart to witness to a certain person and
we refuse and that person ends up in Hell, we have just become a
murderer!
There is the sin of
commission and there is the sin of omission.
Commission is
knowingly committing sin and being disobedient to God.
Omission is failure
to do what is required of us being disobedient to God.
It is a terrible
thing that our hands are so bloody that even our fingers are defiled!
Defiled means, made
dirty, polluted, soiled, corrupted, sinful!
To tell just one lie
is impossible because that one lie will have to be defended by
another and then many others.
To lie is an
intentional violation of the truth and therefore an intentional
violation of the Law of God and shows that you do not love the Lord
with all your heart. To lie is to deceive and the great deceiver is
Satan himself.
Perverseness is
acting in opposition to what is proper and the Word of God has given
us all the proper ways to act!
And God continues.
*****Isa 59:4 None
calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in
vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth
iniquity.
Justice is doing
what the Word of God commands and those that reject the Word of God
do not want to see true justice for God's people. In fact, they are
only interested in fulfilling their own desires for personal justice
as they see it themselves!
These are the same
people that call all good things bad, and all bad things good!
Justice is an
attribute of God:
Psa 89:14 Justice
and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall
go before thy face.
When we refuse to
allow justice to move forward we are violating the intention of the
Lord!
Divine justice is
that side of Divine righteousness which exhibits fairness!
Job 36:17 But thou
hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take
hold on thee.
To serve the Lord,
who will never do wrong, is to follow in His example!
Gen 18:25 That be
far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the
wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far
from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Those that try to
satisfy their own justice are only searching for vain glory of
themselves. We can put many politicians in this category today. They
forget they were chosen to serve the people and serve their own vain
glory!
They speak lies,
they conceive mischief, and they bring forth iniquity (sin) and they
are proud of themselves for what they have accomplished which is
vanity (nothingness)!
We have a government
full of freeloaders, who do nothing but hinder the truth and expect
to be paid for it and even more expect to live off that nothingness
the rest of their lives. Wake up America!
What else does God
say?
*****Isa 59:5 They
hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of
their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a
viper.
Isa 59:6 Their webs
shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with
their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of
violence is in their hands.
Many believe that
the "cockatrice" to be the horned viper which is very
poisonous but only about a foot long. To me this is a picture of the
devil!
The Word of God says
that those who get to see the antichrist will be amazed at his
nothingness!
Jesus said all those
who twist the Word of God into something that is no longer true are
all the true vipers!
Mat 23:33 Ye
serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of
hell?
Mat 23:34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to
city:
Mat 23:35 That upon
you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the
blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Mat 23:36 Verily I
say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
Those whose actions
are to plot evil and mischief and cause methods to trap the innocent
are the most terrible of all. They are poisonous and they spread
their poison as far as they can get away with and even when it seems
they are crushed that viper is still dangerous!
We all know that you
cannot make garments from the spider’s web. The spiders web is
intended to be a trap for some innocent passerby!
These false
doctrines put forth by these deceivers serve no purpose except
deception! Also, their attempt to disguise their sin is easily seen
through if we will just look at their actions.
Mat_7:18 A good
tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit.
Mat_7:19 Every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
Their works are all
of sin and the power to violence is in their hands unless they are
stopped!
*****Isa 59:7 Their
feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in
their paths.
It's sad but there
some people who dream about being evil and when they wake up they go
about performing what they dreamed about, in fact they rush to
perform it. They are so full of mischief they cannot help themselves!
Most everything they
accomplish causes harm to innocent people some things even causing
the death of some totally innocent person. These people even claim to
take delight and pleasure in the things that they do.
A good example of
these things will happen on the upcoming day of celebrating our
National Freedom Day. Many will begin their day with the intent of
overdoing alcohol and in the end, many innocents will be injured or
die and there are many other examples of these who run to do evil.
Their thoughts are
thoughts of sin and it shows in their conduct and their actions with
no regard for others! They have made them own selves’ gods!
They show no concern
for wasting their own lives and destroying the lives of others and
when one day ends another will begin with the same actions and the
same results.
Pro 15:26 The
thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words
of the pure are pleasant words.
Rom 3:16
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Therefore, they
never know peace!
*****Isa 59:8 The
way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings:
they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not
know peace.
They will never know
peace because they have no desire for peace and in fact peace can
only come to those who do things the right way. The right way is
according to the Word of God!
Isa 32:17 And the
work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever.
The way to eternal
life is straight and all those who choose their own path are
traveling a "crooked path"!
Mat_7:14 Because
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
They cannot see the
light of Jesus, for the darkness of this world!
Rom 12:2 And be not
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
In fact, they really
do not know how to escape from this dark world! (Therefore, this is
our job to show them, that there is a way)
*****Isa 59:9
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us:
we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk
in darkness.
The truth is, God
will never deliver any of these without a complete change of their
mind and their actions and they know it.
God has already
passed "judgment" on all those who reject the Lord Jesus
Christ!
Rom 6:23 For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
If they have a
sinless thought God will think nothing of it!
God will not revenge
their wrong because they are already sentenced to death an, eternal
separation from our Holy God!
God will not even
punish their enemies who are just as guilty in sin!
God will never take
vengeance for what one sinner does to another sinner! (Wake up
sinner)
God will not take
vengeance for what one evil nation does to another evil nation but
God will provide for those who love Him in any case, understanding
that God may just select to take many home to be with Him.
Some would call them
martyrs but God just calls it "Come On Home" my child.
Psa_116:15 Precious
in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Those that reject
the Lord may look for a brighter day but they will only remain in
darkness!
A sinner can truly
come to only one conclusion, "all the world is just as sinful as
they are".
Just ask one and you
will see!
Either they will
recognize that what they do is not really sin at all but simply the
freedom to be their own god or they will say that they are no
different from the rest of the world. They most all have a desire to
take what they wish especially from those who are innocent and those
that try to do good!
God says: 2Ti_3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
being deceived.
They grope around as
blind people in a blind world.
What does God say
for the believer to do?
Mat_15:14 Let them
alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
*****Isa 59:10 We
grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes:
we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as
dead men.
Notice these who
love sin are aware that they are in darkness and in a pathetic sort
of way, they are looking for their own lighted pathway that simply
does not exist!
They have some vague
sense of what "Brightness" is, comparing it to the noon day
Sun but they are just as "dark" as if they were at
midnight!
From verse one, we
know they know that God has the ability to save them but they are
like Judas and they cannot find it in their heart to repent!
These people want to
be saved, but they just love their sin too much to give it up! "And
So, Goes Our World Of Today"
Pro 4:18 But the
path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more
unto the perfect day.
Pro 4:19 The way of
the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
When we seek for the
Lord in places that do not know the Lord enough to obey the Word of
God, then He will not and cannot be found!
*****Isa 59:11 We
roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment,
but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Since only trained
bears actually roar, bears do have different modes of making noises
and they usually get alone to do these noises.
Likewise, the dove
when it has lost its mate, will get alone and mourn by itself.
This is the state of
many who would love to be saved when they are alone but as the dove
they refuse to give up their mate (sin) and like the bear they do not
care for those who would take away their freedom to sin!
They look for
salvation to come to them without having to give up their sinful
behavior but this will never happen and as time passes eventually
they will become very angry at those who claim freedom from the wages
of sin!
Many people think to
repent is to say, "I'm sorry" and even though this is a
small part of it, true repentance is walking away from that old life
with no regrets!
Psa 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
We already know that
God keeps a written record of our sin and upon repentance that record
is blotted out but for those who do not that record just accumulates.
Psa_51:1 Have mercy
upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the
multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
God is always ready
to show His mercy and God has already taken the first step by the
substitution of the Lord Jesus Christ in payment for our sins but we
must take the next step and that next step is a leap of faith.
*****Isa 59:12 For
our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify
against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our
iniquities, we know them;
Isa 59:13 In
transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our
God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the
heart words of falsehood.
Before God will hear
us, we must confess our sins!
Our sins testify
against us!
Our sins rise up
against us as our witness to this world!
When we openly
confess our sins to the Lord, it makes us aware of just how sinful we
are!
When we repeat a
sin, and then confess it, we will then feel the shame of repeating
any sin.
Our sin will
constantly haunt us all our days! It would be a whole lot better if
we do not wait to be so old to confess our sin to the Lord.
The Lord will
forgive and forget but we on the other hand will still find it hard
to forgive ourselves, once we know the Lord!
It takes a close
personal relationship with the Lord to clear a guilty conscience!
Sin is a rebellion
against the Word of God and His Son!
Israel had professed
to be the followers of God but the sin of rebellion was their
greatest sin.
Rebellion is denying
the Word of God as the truth!
We cannot claim to
know the Lord and reject what He says!
Jesus said: Luk_6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
The more we deny the
Lord in our hearts but still confess Him with our mouth, the dirtier
we become!
Mat 12:34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Mat 12:35 A good
man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Mat 12:36 But I say
unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment.
Mat 12:37 For by
thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.
God will never
deliver such a people!
*****Isa 59:14 And
judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for
truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isa 59:15 Yea,
truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey:
and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no
judgment.
How can there be a
better statement of America today than "truth has fallen in the
street".
We live in a land of
perverted justice, where the guilty have more rights than the
innocent and because riches can be made from this, it is allowed!
Shame on us as a
nation to allow these things.
Shame on juries that
allow this to keep happening in the name of justice!
Justice can only
happen when the truth succeeds!
Justice stands so
far off today it cannot hear those who make an appeal for justice!
False witnesses
prevail over the truth and true witnesses are not allowed to testify
or even be called!
Equity, which is
true justice, is not even allowed into the court room because it
would go against the ideals of an evil society.
Justice must remain
outside the courtroom!
What a shame. Oh,
did I write these things, no Isaiah was told by the Holy Spirit to
tell us all about this world we live in today!
Psa 82:2 How long
will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psa 82:3 Defend the
poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psa 82:4 Deliver
the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psa 82:5 They know
not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the
foundations of the earth are out of course.
Truth cannot fail,
it can only be ignored!
When we are "Born
Again" into the family of God and repent from our evil ways, we
then make ourselves the prey of this evil society!
Truth that should be
the social fabric of every society and ground work of morality is
tossed aside. This is the worst thing that can happen to any people
and to any nation!
Here we are today in
a society that has become blind, abiding in darkness. The church has
been quiet or in more cases have accepted this as our future just to
keep the doors open.
The Word of God has
become an old relic of little use!
The true church must
raise up its voice and at least go down fighting!
God says we are on
the winning side, so in a Godly and Holy way, why do we not prove
this to be the truth!
Once we allow
falsehood to take the place of the truth, then lying cannot be
discredited and moral goodness and moral law will become
non-existent!
This world we live
in has forgotten that we have a God who has His eyes on everything
that goes on in this world!
The real truth is,
that those that trust the truth of God do not live in a hopeless
world, in fact this world is not even our home!
When God saw these
things in the past He sent us a Savior and this same Savior will
return to gather those He has already Redeemed and take them own Home
in just a short time!
*****Isa 59:16 And
he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his
righteousness, it sustained him.
These Scriptures
tell a story of mankind that should cause us great shame but more
than that great concern.
Why as a human race
do we not defend those who are being mistreated?
Where has the love
for one another gone?
Why is it that
certain groups with very big mouths think that they have rights that
no one else does?
Why do we not defend
good and condemn evil as it should be?
I believe our Holy
God "was and is" certainly disappointed in His creation!
God gave the human
race the knowledge and wisdom to overcome the obstacles of evil in
this world and most of this world has just joined in to absorb more
evil and less good!
Since there was no
one who would stand in behalf of the "truth" and in behalf
of "right" over wrong, God took drastic measures to save
those who would have "faith"!
Eze 22:30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand
in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but
I found none.
Have you been a boss
with skilled men under you and requested for something to be done and
that thing that was done did not meet your standards of quality and
you decide you would have to do this thing yourself to get it right?
Then think about
what God is saying here!
That "therefore"
means because this thing called "salvation" could not be
done right by anyone on this earth, God decided He would have to do
this thing Himself!
Why is this thing so
hard to understand?
The only skills
available to overcome sin are the attributes of the Eternal Living
God, Jehovah!
Our God then became
our Savior!
Why is this so hard
to understand?
Not one human could
pay the price for sin, even for their own sin without eternal death,
much less for the sin of this entire world so Jehovah God had to be
the Intercessor.
For this reason, the
"LORD" stepped into this world to save His own creation,
the entire human race!
Why is this so hard
to understand and accept as the truth?
The arm of the LORD
is the Lord Jesus Christ!
Not just some
Messenger, not just some Prophet, but our Savior!
Why are these things
so hard to understand when God says them over and over again!
Psa 98:1 O sing unto
the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right
hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Psa 98:2 The LORD
hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly
shewed in the sight of the heathen.
This world we live
in is always seeking some champion!
Some find him in
sports, some find him in politics, some find in in so-called
religion, some find him in philosophy but God looked at the champions
of the world and not one stood for those who are oppressed and slaves
to sin!
There was no one on
this earth that stood for "righteousness" which just means
doing all things right and the right way is according to the Word of
God!
God came to make
things right!
*****Isa 59:17 For
he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation
upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
What is the nature
of our God? "Righteousness"
If you miss this
then you are wrong, we are in a war for our salvation!
We will lose that
war without the Lord Jesus Christ!
In church, we sing
about our "victory in Jesus" and many have forgotten the
truth of that song!
There is no victory
without Christ Jesus!
If the Lord Jesus
Christ is my "righteousness" then it stands to reason that
without Him I have no righteousness at all!
Rom 3:10 As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:11 There is
none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Rom 3:12 They are
all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there
is none that doeth good, no, not one.
We also see that
"righteousness" also includes "vengeance".
Much of the
religious world have decided what a loving God will do and will not
do, while ignoring what Jehovah has said He will do!
If our Loving God
found that there could be no human Intercessor and He had decided
that He must leave the portals of Heaven and become that Intercessor
for the human race then certainly He would be angry at those who
rejected His actions to save us all and why would we expect Him not
to be?
Php 2:5 Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Php 2:6 Who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Php 2:7 But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
Php 2:8 And being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.
If you had done such
a thing for your own family, you would certainly be angry if your
actions were rejected!
We call all
believers the "church", "Bride of Christ" and
these things are certainly true, so then why would we not expect God
not to be angry enough to be vengeful to all unbelievers?
In fact, this
Scripture says the Lord will wear "zeal" as a cloke.
Our Savior will have
a great zeal for salvation!
Our Savior will also
have a great zeal of anger for all those who reject Him and His
salvation plan!
Zeal is a great
eagerness and a great desire to accomplish these things He came to
do!
The Lord first came
to save!
The Lord will next
come for vengeance!
The breast plate of
righteousness because He will do "all" things right!
The helmet of
salvation because no evil thoughts are His intention!
The garments of
vengeance are to are the tools of His arsenal.
The cloke of zeal is
His love for the believer combined with His displeasure for who
reject Him.
How does God expect
each believer to dress?
Eph 6:11 Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles
of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore
take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand
therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all,
taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17 And take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Most of this world
still does not realize that we are in a war and it is much better to
be on the side of the Lord because this is the winning side!
God says we will
certainly reap what we sow!
*****Isa 59:18
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay
recompence.
It should be obvious
that those who reject the work of the Lord Jesus Christ for our
salvation, will see the "Judgment" of God!
An old saying from
my past was "they don't believe cow horns toot"!
When God is ready,
He will execute a "just" retribution to all those who
reject His message!
God is perfect in
"Righteousness" and God is perfect in "Judgment",
because "perfection" is also an attribute of Jehovah God!
Mat 16:27 For the
Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and
then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Who are the
adversaries of God? These are those who claim to know the Lord as
their personal Savior but, serve their own selves and actually hinder
the truth of God.
Who are the enemies
of God of God? These are those who serve in false religions.
Those "islands"
are all those who have made themselves to be God, in many cases we
say Atheist but this goes beyond these to all others.
1Pe_4:17 For the
time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it
first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the
gospel of God?
The truth is we will
certainly reap what we have sown, all people will be repaid exactly
what is due them and we already know that the wages of sin is "death"
eternally separated from the Living God!
There will be great
fear in the "Day of the Lord"!
*****Isa 59:19 So
shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory
from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Our enemy is called
by different names. The serpent, the devil, Satan, the roaring lion,
the deceiver and there are other names.
Some say he has
great power but his power is limited! He is a crafty deceiver who
refuses to make himself known. He has obtained many followers many of
those unknowingly. He is the force behind the principalities and
powers that rule this sinful world for riches and power that they
hold over the head of the poor and they plan to keep it this way in
defiance of the Lord.
Think back to the
tower of Babel and we can see our world has not changed at all since
that time!
Gen 11:3 And they
said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for
morter.
Gen 11:4 And they
said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach
unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
These people will be
much more than confused when the Lord returns!
When this enemy
comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard
against him!
Once we understand
the truth of God and submit to the Lord Jesus Christ and are saved by
the "Grace" of God, we have a new owner and the Holy Spirit
takes up a permanent residence with us.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye
also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is
the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his glory.
It is only by the
power of the Triune God that we can resist the Devil!
2Co 1:21 Now he
which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is
God;
2Co 1:22 Who hath
also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
We not only proudly
wear the seal of our Savior upon or soul but that same sealing does
not allow Satan to ever possess us again!
The seal of the Holy
Spirit says that we belong to Jehovah God! We have a new owner who is
much more powerful than Satan and his followers!
It is the Holy
Spirit who plants the Standard of God upon our soul and that Standard
is the Lord Jesus Christ!
He is much stronger
than our enemies!
He is much wiser
than our enemies!
He is much closer to
us than our enemies can ever get!
The soul cannot live
in the devil but the soul has life by the Holy Spirit!
The soul can live
without the devil but soul cannot live without the Holy Spirit.
When the heavens
depart as a scroll and the Lord appears, all His enemies fill have a
true and sincere fear of the Lord that will overwhelm them all!
Rev 6:14 And the
heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the
kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free
man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said
to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of
him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the
great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Our Lord has made
promises and all of them will be fulfilled!
*****Isa 59:20 And
the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Isa 59:21 As for
me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is
upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not
depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for
ever.
Our Redeemer, the
One who purchased us with His own blood out of the slave market of
sin and set us free from sin's bondage after He has removed us before
His wrath shall come to Zion and bring us with Him.
Rev 19:11 And I saw
heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was
called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make
war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes
were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had
a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he
was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called
The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the
armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed
in fine linen, white and clean.
Isaiah knew all
these things because it was the same Holy Spirit who fills each
believer that gave Him these words!
The truth and the
promise of God is, once we are filled with the Holy Spirit who will
teach us the Word of God, then these things can never depart from us
and since the Holy Spirit cannot die, neither can the soul of each
believer!
Each and every
adopted child of God will enter into the Kingdom of the Messiah and
experience the glory of the Lord in the presence of God!
These Scriptures
shows us the promises our Father made to our Redeemer.
This promise is for
the Redeemed of Jacob!
Gal 3:9 So then
they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
This promise is for
the Church!
Gal 3:26 For ye are
all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27 For as
many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
What did Jesus say
to His Father?
Joh 17:8 For I have
given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and
they have believed that thou didst send me.
When we have
received the Word of God and we have recognized the truth of God and
have believed, then we can understand the promises that God has made
with the knowledge that God has never broken a promise He has ever
made!
Amen!
