Psalm: 107:33-43 Meditation:2 KingsIsaiah pronounces God’s answer to the prayers of those in Jerusalem. The arrogance of the Assyrian King and mocking of God will lead to the King's death and the destruction of his army. The entire Assyrian Empire would be destroyed about 100 years later. God had used the nations around Israel and …
Tag: Isaiah
Saturday, April 23
Psalm: 31 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah sounds like he’s prophesying of John’s “Revelation”. This is a veiled image of the restored earth. Of particular note is v. 8: death will be swallowed up forever – that actually began at Jesus’ Resurrection. This image is also cited by Paul in 1 Cor. 15. And He will wipe …
Thursday, February 3
Psalm: 196 Meditation Isaiah: So much of what is said here is echoed or paraphrased by Jesus. (Forgive my own bias, but this reading is rendered far more eloquently by the KJV.) For someone who would never experience Christ in his life, Isaiah gives us a thumbnail sketch of Jesus’ ministry in vv. 6-7, all …
Monday, January 31
Psalm: 66 Meditation Isaiah: The Jews of Isaiah’s day, not unlike Christians today, had a tendency not to be faithful. The early part of chapter 51 speaks of judgment and then we come to verse 17. The tone here changes from one of judgment to one of reconciliation. The LORD, like any good parent, may, …
Tuesday, January 25
Psalm: 77 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah prefigures the verse in John’s Revelation (1:8): the first and last. The LORD, speaking through Isaiah, eloquently describes His own attribute and His faithfulness to His people. There is a sense of melancholy (v. 18) of blessings missed because of the desertion of His people. When the prophet, speaking for …
Saturday, January 22
Psalm: 59 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah, in delivering this prophecy, is again harping about idolatry. This is a constant theme throughout all of Scripture. I am persuaded we, today, do not do any better – we just don’t see it at all. We treat idolatry as though it were limited to silver and gold and carved …
Wednesday, January 19
Psalm: 40 Meditation Isaiah: This is a curious reading for it sets Bible scholars’ hearts aflutter. Cyrus in verse 28 is a Persian king – the thing is he will not have been born for well over 100 years to come. It is he who would release the Jews from Babylon – but at this …
Thursday, January 13
Psalm: 78:40-72 Meditation Isaiah: Isaiah is addressing a people who continually turn to false gods (idols). The consequences become evident, certainly as predicted by Moses in Deuteronomy. What we have here is a people now in a figurative desert, but God will meet this thirst and drought with water and abundance. God calls for the …
Wednesday, December 29
Psalm: 119:121-144 Meditation Isaiah: Christmas marks the beginning of the culmination of the redemption story: the life of Christ. Isaiah’s words can be echoed by believers: “…for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comforted me.” (v. 1) The thing about the water and the well is that it …
Sunday, December 26
Psalm: 119:49-72 Meditation Isaiah: We are living in the midst of the Second Advent; much of what was said before Jesus came can also be said today. Stephen, the first martyr’s (witness) death is remembered today. Suddenly, with his stoning, this whole Jesus People movement becomes serious – it may actually cost us our lives. …
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