Tag: Ignorance of HIS Word

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Isaiah 22, Humble yourselves before the LORD!

Isa 22:1, The burden against the VALLEY OF VISION. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops

The LORD used Jerusalem to give vision or revelation to Israel and the world; Valley of Vision is Jerusalem! Pro 29:18. This is the burden against GOD’s own people in Judah! WHAT GOOD IS A VISION OR REVELATION IF YOU IGNORE THEM?

Isa 22:2-3, You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? YOUR SLAIN MEN ARE NOT SLAIN WITH THE SWORD, NOR DEAD IN BATTLE. ALL YOUR RULERS HAVE FLED TOGETHER; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; THEY HAVE FLED FROM AFAR.

Jerusalem was surrounded by the Chaldeans, Babylon, but the men of Judah didn’t die in battle, but they died by starvation, and pestilence. Others died by trying to sneak out of Jerusalem. 2Ki 25:4-5

Jer 38:2, “Thus says the LORD: ‘He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes over to the Chaldeans shall live; his life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.’ 

Isa 22:4-5, Therefore I said, “LOOK AWAY FROM ME, I WILL WEEP BITTERLY; Do not labor to comfort me Because of THE PLUNDERING OF THE DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE.” For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity BY THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS IN THE VALLEY OF VISION

Isaiah was crying when he saw this vision of his own people being plundered; for Israel has rejected GOD! GOD removed Judah’s protection! Isa 22:8

Isa 22:11-12, … BUT YOU DID NOT LOOK TO ITS MAKER, NOR DID YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR HIM WHO FASHIONED IT LONG AGO. And in that day the LORD GOD OF HOSTS CALLED FOR WEEPING AND FOR MOURNING, FOR BALDNESS AND FOR GIRDING WITH SACKCLOTH.

The LORD wanted HIS people to turn to HIM for help; HE wanted HIS people to humble themselves before the LORD

Isa 22:13, But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE!” 

2Ch 7:14, IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND. 

Judah was conquered by Babylon for they refused to listen and humble themselves before their GOD!

Lam 3:40, LET US SEARCH OUT AND EXAMINE OUR WAYS, AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD; 

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Psalm 119:1-16, Aleph/Beth, HIS word!

This psalm is divided in 22 sections in units of 8 verses; one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet! Aleph =  א

Psa 119:1, BLESSED ARE THE UNDEFILED IN THE WAY, WHO WALK IN THE LAW OF THE LORD!

Blessed are the undefiled, not polluted by the ways of the world! YET were all guilty of this very thing! We lived lives without GOD without caring who we hurt! But HE opened our eyes! A good example of this is Enoch!

Gen 5:22-24, After he begot Methuselah, ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD THREE HUNDRED YEARS, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE YEARS. And ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD; AND HE WAS NOT, FOR GOD TOOK HIM.

For 65 years Enoch walked in his own ways, But at the birth of his son he had an encounter with the living GOD! From that point on he walked with GOD, and GOD took him!

Psalm 119:2, BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP HIS TESTIMONIES, WHO SEEK HIM WITH THE WHOLE HEART!

Enoch pleased GOD because he kept HIS word and followed HIM for the rest of his life!

Heb 11:5, By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “AND WAS NOT FOUND, BECAUSE GOD HAD TAKEN HIM”; FOR BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY, THAT HE PLEASED GOD. 

Beth = ב , 8-16

Psa 119:9, How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

Keeping HIS word will keep you clean from the filth found in this world!

Joh 15:3, You are already clean BECAUSE OF THE WORD WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU. 

Psa 119:11, 16, YOUR WORD I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You…. I will delight myself in Your statutes; I WILL NOT FORGET YOUR WORD.

How can we hide HIS word in our hearts if we don’t read HIS word? Scripture tells us that if we seek HIM with all of our hearts, we will find HIM! But the opposite is also true, if we don’t seek HIM we will never find HIM!

Jer 29:13, AND YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME, WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. 

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Job 5, Speaking truth in ignorance!

Job 5:2-4, FOR WRATH KILLS A FOOLISH MAN, And envy slays a simple one. I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH TAKING ROOT… HIS SONS ARE FAR FROM SAFETY, THEY ARE CRUSHED IN THE GATE, AND THERE IS NO DELIVERER.

An Indirect comment to Job calling him foolish! Eliphaz is basically saying “I HAVE SEEN THE FOOLISH AND THEIR SONS PERISH, AND YOUR ONE OF THEM!”

Job 5:6-7, FOR AFFLICTION DOES NOT COME FROM THE DUST, NOR DOES TROUBLE SPRING FROM THE GROUND; YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE, As the sparks fly upward.

“Come-on Job, admit what you have done for affliction is the result of what you have sown!”

Gal 6:7, Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; FOR WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE WILL ALSO REAP. 

Eliphaz is speaking truth, yet it doesn’t apply to Job! We would have thought the same if we didn’t have the in-sight of Chapter’s 1 and 2.

Job 5:8, “BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK GOD, AND TO GOD I WOULD COMMIT MY CAUSE—

JOB THIS IS HOW I DO IT! I SEEK THE LORD MAYBE YOU SHOULD ALSO? AGAIN, SAID IN IGNORANCE OF THE SITUATION!

Job 5:17-18, “BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM GOD CORRECTS; THEREFORE DO NOT DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE ALMIGHTY. FOR HE BRUISES, BUT HE BINDS UP; HE WOUNDS, BUT HIS HANDS MAKE WHOLE.

Eliphaz is his mind, is teaching Job about GOD! JOB, THE LORD IS CORRECTING YOUR SINFUL WAYS! LISTEN TO HIM; DON’T TURN YOUR BACK TO THE LORD!”

IT’S TRUE, THE LORD CORRECTS THOSE HE LOVES “PRO 3:11-12”. ELIPHAZ IS A WISE MAN GIVING WISE COUNCIL, YET DONE IN IGNORANCE OF THE SITUATION!

SOMETIMES THE BEST WE CAN DO IS JUST LISTEN,

Jas 1:19, SO THEN, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, LET EVERY MAN BE SWIFT TO HEAR, SLOW TO SPEAK, SLOW TO WRATH; 

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Ezra 9, knowledge of GOD!

Ezr 9:1-2,  … the leaders came to me, saying, “THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES HAVE NOT SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE PEOPLES OF THE LANDS, with respect to the abominations… For they have taken SOME OF THEIR DAUGHTERS AS WIVES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR SONS, SO THAT THE HOLY SEED IS MIXED with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, THE HAND OF THE LEADERS AND RULERS HAS BEEN FOREMOST IN THIS TRESPASS.” 

Israel just came back from captivity only to find out that the people as well as the leaders have taken foreign wives! This is clearly an offense to the LORD in Deu 7:3-4

2Co 6:14, Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 

This is why Solomon’s heart turned from following the LORD! THE LORD SEEKS A GODLY OFFSPRING NOT A DIVIDED HOME!

Mal 2:15, BUT DID HE NOT MAKE THEM ONE, HAVING A REMNANT OF THE SPIRIT? AND WHY ONE? HE SEEKS GODLY OFFSPRING.

Ezr 9:3-4, So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and SAT DOWN ASTONISHED. THEN EVERYONE WHO TREMBLED AT THE WORDS OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL ASSEMBLED TO ME, …

The people trembled! This is a good sign for the FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF UNDERSTANDING & WISDOM, Pro 1:7, 9:10

MOST PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES GOOD SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON’T BOTHER TO READ THE BIBLE! THEY USE THEIR STANDARD TO DEFINE GOOD, BUT THIS LEADS TO DESTRUCTIONS!

Hos 4:6, MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I ALSO WILL REJECT YOU from being priest for Me; BECAUSE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD, I ALSO WILL FORGET YOUR CHILDREN. 

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2Chrnicles 34, the coming judgement!

2Ch 34:1-3, Josiah was eight years old when he became king, … And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David; HE DID NOT TURN ASIDE TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT…. while he was still young, HE BEGAN TO SEEK THE GOD OF HIS FATHER DAVID; and in the twelfth year HE BEGAN TO PURGE JUDAH

A Prophesied coming king by name of Josiah

1Ki 13:2, …Thus says the LORD: ‘BEHOLD, A CHILD, JOSIAH BY NAME, SHALL BE BORN TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID…

Josiah cleansed the land of Judah and Israel from their abominations, Idols, alters, he also burned the wicked priest of Baal! Josiah also repaired the house of the LORD!

2Ch 34:14, Now when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest FOUND THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF THE LORD GIVEN BY MOSES. 

THEY LOST THE BOOK OF THE LAW IN THE HOUSE OF GOD? There are many churches today that teach the wisdom of men rather than the word of GOD! They are motivational speakers who like to tickle your ear and make you feel good, but in reality the word of GOD is lost in those churches!

2Ti 4:3-4, For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

They read the book in front of king Josiah!

2Ch 34:19, Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes. 

For years they lived their lives without the word of GOD, yet when they read it Josiah knew the coming judgement on the land of Israel!  SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY LIVES IN IGNORANCE OF HIS WORD. THEY CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS OR BELIEVERS YET THEY LIVE FOR THEIR OWN PLEASURES; NOT REALIZING JUDGEMENT IS COMING TO THE WORLD, AND IT’S NEAR!

1Co 15:34, AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND DO NOT SIN; FOR SOME DO NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. I SPEAK THIS TO YOUR SHAME.