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Pastor's Pen - August 4, 2007
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August 4, 2007

Isaiah 31-35
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Isaiah
Chapter 31
  1. Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
  2. Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
  3. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
  4. For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
  5. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
  6. Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
  7. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
  8. Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
  9. And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.


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Isaiah
Chapter 32
  1. Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
  2. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  3. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
  4. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
  5. The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
  6. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
  7. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  8. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  9. Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
  10. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
  11. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
  12. They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
  13. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
  14. Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
  15. Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
  16. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
  17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
  18. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
  19. When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
  20. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.


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Isaiah
Chapter 33
  1. Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
  2. O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
  3. At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
  4. And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
  5. The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
  6. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
  7. Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
  8. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
  9. The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
  10. Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
  11. Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
  12. And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
  13. Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
  14. The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
  15. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
  16. He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  17. Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
  18. Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
  19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
  20. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
  21. But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
  22. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
  23. Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
  24. And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.


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Isaiah
Chapter 34
  1. Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
  2. For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
  3. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
  4. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
  5. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
  6. The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
  7. And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
  8. For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
  9. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
  10. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
  11. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  12. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
  13. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
  14. The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
  15. There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
  16. Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
  17. And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.


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Isaiah
Chapter 35
  1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
  2. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
  3. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
  4. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
  5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
  7. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
  8. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
  9. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
  10. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.


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 There are a couple different items that I would like to point out to you today. The first one is found in Isaiah 32:5 and 8. There the prophet refers to someone known as "liberal", and speaks of him in a positive light. In verse 5 he is stating that there will come a day when sin will be punished, and illustrates it by saying that in that day no vile, wretched, sinful man will be referred to as a liberal. Because words can change their meanings over the years, I believe it would be wise to make sure that we understand what the Bible means when it uses this term. The liberal in the Bible is a person who is very generous. He has a willing heart and is always ready to donate of his time and money to those who are less fortunate than he is. This man is praised in the Bible, and promised future blessings (Proverbs 11:25 - "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself"). Giving of yourself to meet the needs of someone else is something that pleases God, for it shows a love for God and others, and indicates an attempt to overcome selfishness and pride. Unfortunately, the word liberal has come to mean something entirely different in our society. A typical political liberal believes that a woman has the right to abort her baby, and that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. He opposes most of the moral and economic principles that are contained within the Scriptures. A religious liberal doesn't believe that the Bible is inspired by God, and does not see it as his final Authority in all matters of faith and practice. He rejects the notion that salvation can only be received through faith in Jesus Christ. These are obviously not the men that Isaiah was speaking so highly of. Words may change their meaning, but the Word of God never changes. Always be sure that you are interpreting it correctly.

 A second verse of note is found in Isaiah 34:16, which states,

"Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read, no one of these shall fail."
As Isaiah continues his prophetic message, he challenges the listeners to study the Scriptures to find out if what he is saying is correct, and to see if previous prophecies have also come true. This is a proper exhortation for Isaiah to make. After all, our authority can not be found in a man's words, but only in the Word of God. Therefore, it is vitally important that every Christian make the effort to find out what the Bible says on all subjects. Note that Isaiah tells them to "seek" the Bible. It takes work to study the Scriptures. Many Christians don't want to put that type of effort into it, so they simply wait for their pastor to tell them what the Bible says. Certainly we are instructed in the Scriptures to "hear" what is said in the Bible (Rev 1:3). However, we need to be careful that what we are hearing is a proper exegesis of God's words and not simply an opinion of man. I am reminded of the Bereans, of whom Paul wrote,
"These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11).
These people listened intently to the preaching, and then went to their Bibles to make sure that what they had heard was Biblical.

 Have you taken time this week to read the Word of God? Did you study it so that you could know how to live and what to believe? Have you seen for yourself that everything that the Bible says is true, so that you can trust It for all your future decisions? If not, make a commitment today that you will take time each day to seek out the Bible, read It's words, and believe what It says.

Pastor Mark J Montgomery

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