Isaiah 10 - Assyria's Pride

Assyria's Pride

Isa 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

God uses Assyria to bring vengeance to a self righteous, idol worshipping Israel.

Isa 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

God used Assyria to chastise his nation Israel, however Assyria had evil plans to destroy and pillage the nation. Assyria cannot escape God's judgment either, if their motives were evil. Assyria must learn that God is the one to control the powers, not satan.

Isa 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Isa 10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Isa 10:9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Assyria was boasting in their past victories, as well as their plans to destroy Israel.

Isa 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria:
Isa 10:11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isa 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

God would punish Israel, but idol worshipping Assyria, will not escape the righteous judgment of God, because the king is lifted up with pride.

1 Pet 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?

Prov 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Prov 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Isa 10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and haverobbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isa 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

No work of the nations is without God's knowledge and design. If evil is done, God will bring vengeance. in his time.

Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

The United States at war, in my life time, has never did it for wealth. Always the nations who lost in battle, were rebuilt and helped. If a nation makes war for evil purposes, God will take vengeance upon it.

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Isaiah 10 - Woe to the Unjust

Woe to the Unjust

Isa 10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Another woe of judgment of God on Israel; upon those who write wicked laws or rulings to oppress the people, or to exalt that which the Bible condemns.

Isa 10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Jesus spoke of these matters when he taught.

Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Mat 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Isa 10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

If you deal wrongly with one another, who will you turn to when the Assyrians come?

Jesus spoke of how doing evil in good times, when Jesus was present, would make it almost impossible to survive in bad times.

Luke 23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Luke 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke 23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

Our everyday walk with the LORD prepares us for surviving the bad times. If we say we are a victim, and cannot get through small problem in good times, what will happen in evil times to our faith?

Isa10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Without God they have no hope against the coming enemies; some will be taken as prisoners and others will die.

In Christ Jesus, we are never without hope.

Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Isaiah9 - Uncontrolled Fire

Uncontrolled Fire

Isa 9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

Israel's wickedness is out of control, destroying everything in its way.

James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Our words can bless or destroy, we also need to watch our behavior.

Isa 9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

The wickedness of the people makes God's wrath, the fire greater. They will consume one another because of their sins. Sin begat's sin and under the law, God must punish the sin.

Gal 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Jesus is the way of grace and love. The law condemns. We try to always walk in the Spirit, avoiding the confusion and strife of the flesh and the devil.

Isa 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

God will not restrain their behavior and they would become more and more violent against one another and against Judah. One way God judges, is to move aside and let free will sin continue until they destroy themselves. They then cry in anger where is this God. I do not see him, why has he let such evil happen? God does not do evil, our choices are evil and lead to destruction, yes even of the innocent children. People sin and then blame God, the blame game. God does not play games, He withdraws from sin. If they would repent and seek God the evil would be done away with.

Isa 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Isaiah 9 - Leaders Cut Off

Leaders Cut Off

Isa 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

The people do not respond to God's chastening, they ignor him and go their own way.

Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

Isa 9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Isa 9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isa 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

The LORD will cut off, remove as branches from a tree that which does not produce fruit. The head, the elders and leaders, lead in error. The prophets are false, speaking lies for truth. The leaders listen to the counsel of men pleasing prophets, instead of the truth. They needed to humble themselves, repent and seek the mercy of the LORD.

Isa 9:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

The whole nation of people were as the leaders, false and corrupt.

Looking back to America and the Viet Nam war. The leaders of America may have led in error, but the rebelling people were no better. They spoke folly and were hypocrits. The young men returned from war with dishonor from the loud mouthed drug using rebels. They turned against the Christian religion and the traditions of the Fathers and became idolaters of lust and foolish religions.

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.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Isaiah 9 - Unrighteous Pride

Unrighteous Pride

Isa 9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isa 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

Because of unrighteous pride, God would allow Israel to be defeated by it's enemies. Ephraim was the largest tribe in Israel, so often it is referred to in place of Israel. Samaria, was the capital of the Northern kingdom of Israel.

Isa 9:10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

They did not seem to understand or care that God had judged them, they had plans to rebuild.

Was God judging America by letting the twin towers fall by an enemies terror? I see that there are plans to rebuild, bigger than ever. Should we not seek God as a nation, instead of rejecting him?

Isa 9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

God would send enemy nations, one after another until there would be no Israel. Is God send America warnings? Storms, strange weather, earthquakes. calamities? Should we not fall on our faces before God? Many only complain and look to government, an evil and selfish generation, looting, and taking from others in time of distress. God bless those who come to help, to show Christian love in helping those in need. Still we must trust in the Lord each minute of every day. Israel would not repent and seek God, so God allowed the enemy to come in.

9:12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Four sections, from Isa 9:8 through 10:4, conclude with; For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Woe to a people, when the God of love becomes angry, because of continued sin.

Isa 3:9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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Genesis 3 - The Serpent

The Serpent

Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

The serpent was satan or was indwelt by satan.

Satan was in the garden

Ezek 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

Satan was created with beautiful precious stones covering him, similar to how New Jersualem will look, even with transparent gold. He was created with music, tabrets or tamberines, and pipes, flutes or organ sounds.

Ezek 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

He covered the holy of holies in heaven.

Ezek 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

He was created perfect, until iniquity was found in him. What was his sin? Pride, wanting to make himself as God. Angels are created to serve, not to rebel. There is no repentance for a rebelling angel.

Ezek 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Satan was full of self and God cast him out and will destroy him. He knows his time is short.

Ezek 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

He thought he was so special, full of pride, he was cast to the earth, we will see his end.

Ezek 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by theiniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Ezek 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

He will be no more, thrown into the lake of fire.

The serpent or dragon

Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Isa 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, Sin judged, the brass serpent on the cross.

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Brass is a type of judgment. Jesus judged the devil upon the cross.

Pride, I will be as God

Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isa 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isa 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isa 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

...Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

He planted doubt into Eves mind. To doubt God is to sin. Satan, the liar, seemed to have more authority than God. We must not follow any other spirit, that is not in accord with God's word.

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Isaiah 9 - Jesus Shall Reign Forever

Jesus shall reign forever

Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecy that an everlasting king would come from David's lineage.

Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

2 Sam 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. God came in a man; Jesus shall reign, forever, amen.

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