Archive for June, 2009
Isaiah 42 - 58: Essay on Righteousness
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Isaiah 42:6
“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.I will take you by the hand and guard you,and I will give you to my people, Israel,as a symbol of my covenant with them. And you will be a light to guide the nations. (NLT)
Isaiah 42:21
It pleased the LORD for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious. (NIV)
Isaiah 45:8
“Open up, O heavens,and pour out your righteousness.Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together.I, the Lord, created them. (NLT)
Isaiah 45:24
The people will declare,“The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed. (NLT)
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Isaiah 46:12
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Isaiah 32, 33 - Transformation of the World into Christ’s Kingdom
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Isaiah 32
1 See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
16 Justice will dwell in the desert
and righteousness live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace;
the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah 33
5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
Isaiah warns that where people have plenty, they will have nothing. Once they have nothing, Jesus will return and the land will be restored.
He warns that where evil is not repaid, it will be when they stop… when they die I suspect.
The land of Israel will …
Isaiah 28:17
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 17 I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
and water will overflow your hiding place.
Before the great famine, Joseph had two sons. In Genesis 41:52, Joseph named the second of those sons Ephraim and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” Well, quite frequently one sees the children of prosperous parents become spoiled and ungrateful, and the tribe of Ephraim would be no different, even as those who love them continue to give them everything. It starts in Genesis 48, when Jacob (Joseph’s father) reckoned Manasseh and Ephraim as his own, for purposes of blessing and inheritance. In other words Ephraim would …