Our reading was short today because the next chapter of Isaiah, chapter 36, sort of shifts gears and begins a different kind of writing. In our chapters today, chapter 34 talked about God’s judgment on the nations. It is severe because of their defiance of God. Chapter 35 shows what can happen when the nations…
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Amidst the prophecies of judgment in much of the book of Isaiah, chapter 12 brings a ray of hope. The prophet tells us that a righteous king is coming. And as we have seen in many previous books in the Bible, when a righteous king is on the throne, God not only blesses the land…
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Let’s talk about a verse we read in chapter 26. It’s verse 10. Here it is again: “When the wicked are favored, they don’t learn righteousness; even among those who do right they do wrong, and they fail to see the Lord’s majesty.” With some people, all the blessings in the world are lost on…
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We read some pretty apocalyptic things today, didn’t we? There is coming a day when God’s judgment will no longer be held back. Since the fall in the Garden, He has seen all of creation groan under the curse of sin, and one day He will say, “Enough!” I know that it is not popular…
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