isaiah 2

 Good morning!  Today we look at Isaiah chapters 2.  I find it fascinating how we could take out Judah and Jerusalem and insert United States and any city we wanted and it would apply to us today.  I've heard teachers say that God works on timelines and cycles.  It seems to be very true.  Look what we're told in Chapter 2:5-8:

             House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the LORD's light.  For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines.  They are in league with foreigners.  Their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots.  Their land is full of idols; they worship the work of their hands, what their fingers have made.  So humanity is brought low, and each person is humbled.  Do not forgive them!

light:  meant as light itself. The pillar of fire was a light for the wandering Israelites in the wilderness

abandoned: to leave alone

fortune-tellers:  Its unclear the divination this is speaking of, but it is very clear that it was detested by God.

league:  It signifies the clapping of hands in derision or disrespect, sometimes accompanied by hissing.

foreigners:  Stranger; refers to someone who is not part of the family

land: A noun meaning the earth.  It is used over 2,500 times in the Old Testament.

idols:  good for nothing, false god, worthless

worship:  to bow down, to prostrate oneself, to crouch, to bow down, to humbly beseech

hands:  Often occurs in the Old Test literally meaning the strength of their hands

make:  to do,  to accomplish,  to achieve, to make

humanity:  the human race;  the word is used to signify a human man not a woman

each: a masculine noun meaning a man or an individual.  It is also used to mean male or husband. Does not indicate humankind, but the male gender in particular.

humbled:  to depress or sink; to humiliate, level, bring low, fade, send down, stoop down

forgive:  to lift, to carry, to take away

So when we enter our definitions we have:

House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the LORD's (pillar of fire).  For you have (left alone) your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of (very bad things detested by God) like the Philistines.  they are (clapping their hands and hissing in disrespect) with (strangers who are not part of the family).  Their (earth) is full of silver and gold, and there is no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, and there is no limit to their chariots.  Their land is full of (good for nothing, worthless false gods); they (bow down to) the works of their hands, what their fingers have (accomplished).  So (the human man) is brought low, and (the individual) person is (humiliated, dent down, depressed, or sunk).  Do not (lift, carry, or take them away)!

WoW!  What an insightful passage.  See how it could be applied to today?  How our country...even the world...has fallen.  Let me show you something else I found this morning in chapter 2...

"Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils.  What is he really worth?"

                                                                                                          Isaiah 2:22

breath:  breath, wind, spirit

nostrils:  nose, nostril, anger

worth:  passive verb meaning, being valuable or considered

I've heard a couple of prophets bring GOD's Word and He has told us not to put our trust in Trump...he is a mere man.  Trust in GOD.  (When the elections first took place and I found myself in such a terrified position, the first time I heard this from the Spirit through a prophet's mouth it stood as a stark reminder to me.  Nothing happens on this earth that God doesn't allow in some way.  He is the all powerful Father.  HE is the One I should be trusting, not a human being. ) So I began to change my way of thinking.  

But I was so shocked...and I don't really know why...when I read this admonition in Isaiah.  Friends, we are children of the Most High God.  The Only One who is high and lifted up!!!  So...when you go to the grocery store and the shelves don't look like they used to.  When you lapse and turn the fake news on and your heart starts beating real fast and you feel fear forming in your feet and rising quickly throughout your body, put no more trust in a mere human, who has only breath in his nostrils.  A mere human can do nothing for us...we fight against an unseen realm.  Please join me and put your total trust in Our Most Loving Heavenly Father, King JESUS!!!!!!  Who WAS, who IS, and who IS TO COME!

In Search of Christ,

Terrie