Category: Book of Isaiah
The Day of Vengeance: Isaiah 34 Part One: Warning!
God warned the nations, that the day of vengeance is coming. In this chapter, Isaiah describes what he calls “the day of vengeance.” That is the day of judgment that the world has been warned about for thousands of years. That day will be a day of graphic content, bloody swords, rotting corpses, and rivers…
Isaiah 33: Is Karma biblical? Isaiah warned about payback.
When Isaiah warns about God’s justice, it sounds a lot like Karma In this chapter the prophet appears to teach the principle of Karma. He doesn’t, but it’s easy to see how others could make that claim. God is good. He is good to those who are good to others. On the other hand, those…
The Whole Counsel of God: Isa. 32:11-20 Study your Bible
Isaiah 32, part two. The whole counsel of God Isaiah 32: Have you read the entire Book of Isaiah? Did you skip parts that seemed less interesting or confusing? If you have skipped parts, you are not alone. Most people who read the Bible pick and choose sections and chapters and avoid challenging portions. …
Isaiah 32:1-10 Who is the Righteous King of peace?
Isaiah 32: The Messianic Kingdom. A Righteous King will rule This is a beautiful chapter. It contains some much-needed good news about a righteous King and a future kingdom. In it, the prophet makes clear there is a lot of good news in the Bible. Yes, there are judgments and warnings, but the whole of the story…
Return to God: Isaiah 31: back to God
On the brink of defeat, Isaiah encouraged Israel to go back to God Go back to God. That’s one of the predominant themes throughout scripture. Isaiah returns to this message once again, because the Jewish people just weren’t learning their lessons. The prophet often told them that Assyria would attack them. Those warnings were intended…
Was 9/11 Bible Prophecy? Isaiah 30:19-33 Your Thoughts?
On September 11th, 2001 two towers fell. Did Bible prophecy predict that? Bible Prophecy is a challenging subject as it is. We shouldn’t be making it more difficult by taking verses or passages out of context. The practice of many prophecy novices has been to start with an agenda or ‘pet doctrinal position,’ and find…
Isaiah 30:1-18 Top five ridiculous reasons why we don’t trust The Holy One of Israel
The Holy One of Israel offers his help. But fools reject it. Israel failed to fully trust in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah’s messages throughout his sixty-six chapters reflected the varying degrees of that failure. Here in chapter thirty, we see some choices they made to avoid the Lord’s guidance when they could have…
God of Israel to restore the Children of Jacob; Isaiah 29
The God of Israel took his chosen people through the fire. A shout out to the God-of-Israel and an apology to the readers. As you read this post, you’ll notice that I overuse the phrase ‘The God-of-Israel.’ There are two reasons for that. One: it’s an SEO thing that bloggers will understand. Two: The Lord…
Drunkards Beware: Isaiah 28:1-13 Drunkards were warned
God warned the drunkards but they spewed chunks anyway Drunkards: Many of us have images of drunkards lying in streets or dark alleyways living useless and empty lives. In this chapter of the Book of Isaiah, the drunkards aren’t homeless people, but God’s priests and prophets. Isaiah was a high-character man of God. He was…
Leviathan the piercing serpent. Isaiah 27: the Lord punishes
Leviathan, the twisted serpent meets the sword of God’s wrath Who or what is Leviathan? In the last days, God will use his sword of wrath to judge the red dragon. Isaiah calls him Leviathan. Isaiah’s ‘Leviathan’ is also called the piercing or the twisted serpent. It will be a disguise worn by Satan. It’s…
