Morning Light – Isaiah 60 Today: [Isaiah 60] Arise, Shine for Thy Light is come. In Isaiah 60 the prophet looks down through time and sees the coming of Jesus as the light of the world. Out of 500 years of chaos and darkness, the gap between the Old and the New Testamental periods, Jesus […]
READ MORE Morning Light Isaiah 59 Today: [Isaiah 59] Why are Prayers Unanswered. In chapter 59 of Isaiah we are confronted with a very pungent explanation of why prayers go without an answer. In unambiguous terms Isaiah declares by the spirit of God that if prayers are unmet that our transgressions stand between us and heaven. This […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 58 Today: [Isaiah 58] God’s Chosen Fast. In Isa. 58 Isaiah continues to reprove the people of their idolatrous and pagan practices that they have mixed with great outward expressions of love for God. In the midst of indulging in ritual pagan practices the people saw themselves as those that delighted […]
READ MORE Isaiah 47 Today: [Isaiah 57] The High and Lofty Place in God. In today’s chapter Isaiah condemns the godlessness of the people and declares that their idolatrous ways will bring them to destruction, regardless of their refusals to accept the consequences of their actions. We can look around us and see throughout all levels of […]
READ MORE Isaiah 56 Today: [Isaiah 56] Keeping God’s Judgments, Remembering the Sabbath. In this chapter, Isaiah calls on us to keep the judgments of the Lord and to honor God’s justice. What does that mean to us as New Testament believers? God has not called us to adapt our lives to some stylized pseudo-Jewish culture in […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 55 Today: [Isaiah 55] Go Out with Joy, be Led Forth with Peace. In chapter 55 of Isaiah God speaks to us in the midst of life’s situation, promising to abundantly pardon and show mercy to us. The promise is that He will quench us when we are thirsty and feed […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 54 Today: [Isaiah 54] No Weapon Formed Against You. In chapter 54 of Isaiah the prophet calls upon us to break out in rejoicing because our judgments are passed and the clemency of God in Christ is now poured out in our behalf. We are encouraged in our thinking to enlarge […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 53 Today: [Isaiah 53] Who Has Believed the Report? In this chapter, we find for the first time no mention of contemporary events to those Isaiah is writing to. Chapter 53 is purely a Messianic declaration speaking of the suffering of Jesus and the rejection of the Messiah in behalf of […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 52 Today: [Isaiah 52] The Real Jerusalem. In chapter 52 Isaiah calls upon the city of Zion and Jerusalem to put on her beautiful garments. As New Testament believers, we understand that Hebrews 12 teaches us that the church is the Jerusalem from above just as the actual city of Jerusalem […]
READ MORE Morning Light – Isaiah 51 Today: [Isaiah 51] The Apocalyptic Character of Isaiah. In chapter 51 Isaiah speaks to those who follow after righteousness and calls them to look to the rock from whence they are hewn. For the Old Testament saint this would only apply according to verse 2 to Abraham and Sarah. For […]
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