for these days? There will not be a return to life as we knew it before the lock down. In light of this, we should look to God's Holy Word to see what He expects from His children!
I am sharing what God brought across my path to teach me. A while back, He corrected me to lay down all the social media and let the conspiracy talk go. I am going to share what God said to a pastor that I follow that was seeking Him for answers. Holy Spirit quickened my spirit to walk this way, as well, and to share this word with others. Please ask Holy Spirit to give you God's wisdom to understand these words the Lord gave to the prophet Isaiah!
Isaiah 8:10 "Take counsel
together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand:
for God [is] with us."
"God is with us". The Hebrew is Immanuel. The name of the virgin’s child (7:14),
guaranteed the eventual triumph of the faithful remnant of Israel.
Plans made against God and His people will never work. The Assyrians will be the
sufferers in the end. These people the Assyrians are attacking are God's people.
This could not happen, had God not allowed it. The victory for Assyria is
short-lived.
Isaiah 8:11 "For the LORD
spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in
the way of this people, saying,"
"With a strong hand". God inspired Isaiah with compelling power to speak a
message that by its nature distanced him from the people he ministered to.
This is the LORD speaking to Isaiah. Isaiah was in the hand of the LORD. Isaiah
was not an idolater. He was separated from the sins of this people. He was
speaking all of this representing God. He was speaking as an ambassador for God
with God's message to this people.
God was his protection. It was as if he were hidden in the hand of the LORD.
Isaiah 8:12 "Say ye not, A
confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither
fear ye their fear, nor be afraid."
A Confederacy means conspiracy. Many in Israel considered Isaiah, Jeremiah, and
other profits to be servants of the enemy when they advocated a policy of
non-reliance on foreign powers and complete dependence on the Lord alone (see
Jeremiah 37:13-15).
Isaiah was to say, "Do not make a deal with these Assyrians". Isaiah is calling
for the few who would, to stand up for God and be counted. He reminded them,
their strength is in the LORD, and they should not fear what these worldly
people could do to them.
Isaiah 8:13 "Sanctify the LORD
of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread."
"Sanctify" in the verse above means to separate the LORD and worship only Him.
Fear God only. The fear, or reverence, of God is the beginning of wisdom. They
were not to fear the Assyrians. This is a call to worship and fear only the
LORD.
Isaiah 8:14 "And he shall be
for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both
the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem."
“Sanctuary … Stone of stumbling”: Isaiah found encouragement in the Lord as his
holy place of protection from his accusers. The New Testament applies this verse
to corporate Israel in her ongoing rejection of Jesus as Messiah (Luke 2:34;
Romans 9:32-33; 1 Peter 2:8). Both the houses of Israel will be collapsed until
the return of the Messiah to the earth restores them.
Those, who fear and reverence the LORD, will be hid in Him. He will be their
safe haven. He will protect them from all harm. Those, who do not, will stumble
and fall. The same Rock (Jesus Christ), which saves the believers is a stone of
stumbling to those who do not believe. He is their downfall.
He is saying that those of the house of Israel, or of Judah, who do not continue
in faith in the LORD, will fall. This message can be to the many Christians
today who do not remain with the Lord.
Jerusalem would fall then. Zion (the church of the Lord Jesus Christ), will fall
now, if we do not fear and reverence the Lord and walk daily in His ways.Reference for the preceding:
https://www.bible-studys.org/Bible%20Books/Isaiah/Isaiah%20Chapter%208.html
Description: A passage from scripture the Lord dropped in my heart a couple weeks ago that I share with everyone. It addresses the many voices out there and instructions from the Lord on how to handle ourselves during this pandemic.
In the video, John starts out telling how he had been seeking the
Lord for two or three weeks: "You know, seeking Him about how should I
act, what should I do, what should my mindset be? The Lord
dropped into my spirit Isaiah chapter 8 verses 10 through
14a and the context in Isaiah is that the Assyrians are their enemy and
there's much word, much talk, about is it really an alliance with them?
Is there a secret agreement going on? Is Assyria going to attack? There
were all kinds of things
going on at the time and and so the Lord gave Isaiah this
in Isaiah chapter 8 verses 10 through 14." The Lord forcefully warned
John not to act like these people, do not say conspiracy every time
these people say the word. The next thing is do not be
afraid of what makes them afraid. Do not be scared, do not be afraid of
what scares them. Do not be terrified. You must recognize the authority
of the Lord of Heavens Armies. He is the one to respect! He is the one
we fear! He will become a
sanctuary and yet a stumbling block to those who don't believe."
I pray that you have eyes to see and ears to hear so that you are teachable in the ways of the Lord!
Maranatha,
Anna