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Isaiah 21, What HE has said will come to pass!

Isa 21:1-2, THE BURDEN AGAINST THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, SO IT COMES FROM THE DESERT, FROM A TERRIBLE LAND. A DISTRESSING VISION IS DECLARED TO ME; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O ELAM! Besiege, O MEDIA! All its sighing I have made to cease.

Babylon is called the wilderness of the sea because the great plains of the land! Also Elam and Media are ancient names for modern day IRAN! 

Isa 21:9, … “BABYLON IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN! AND ALL THE CARVED IMAGES OF HER GODS HE HAS BROKEN TO THE GROUND.

Babylon did fall to the Medes, but in the near future will fall again! Rev 14:8, 18:2

Isa 21:10, Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! THAT WHICH I HAVE HEARD FROM THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, I HAVE DECLARED TO YOU. 

Isaiah tells Israel what the LORD has declared to him, GOD gave him a vision of the future. SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT GOD DOESN’T KNOW THE FUTURE; OBVIOUSLY THAT PERSON NEVER READ SCRIPTURE!

Isa 46:9-10, … FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE, SAYING, ‘MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE,’ 

Isa 21:13-14, The burden against Arabia. IN THE FOREST IN ARABIA YOU WILL LODGE, O YOU TRAVELING COMPANIES OF DEDANITES. O INHABITANTS OF THE LAND OF TEMA, BRING WATER TO HIM WHO IS THIRSTY; WITH THEIR BREAD THEY MET HIM WHO FLED.

Isaiah sees refugees fleeing Arabia thirsty and hungry hiding in the forest.

Isa 21:16-17, FOR THUS THE LORD HAS SAID TO ME: “WITHIN A YEAR, …, all the glory of Kedar will fail; and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; FOR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HAS SPOKEN IT.”

Remember, GOD is not a man that HE should lie; if HE said it then it shall come to pass!

Eze 12:25, FOR I AM THE LORD. I SPEAK, AND THE WORD WHICH I SPEAK WILL COME TO PASS; IT WILL NO MORE BE POSTPONED; FOR IN YOUR DAYS, O REBELLIOUS HOUSE, I WILL SAY THE WORD AND PERFORM IT,” SAYS THE LORD GOD.’ ” 

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Psalm 119:145-160, HIS word is truth!

Qoph ק, 145-152

Psa 119:145, I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. 

The Psalmist IS NOT NEGOTIATING with the LORD; IF YOU HEAR ME THEN I WILL KEEP YOUR STATUTES. He keeps HIS laws in his heart so that he doesn’t stumble!

Psa 119:11, Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 

Psa 119:147, I RISE BEFORE THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRY FOR HELP; I HOPE IN YOUR WORD. 

The Psalmist treasures time with the LORD more than sleep! JESUS, our example, woke up early to spend time with the FATHER!

Mar 1:35, NOW IN THE MORNING, having risen a long while before daylight, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. 

Psa 119:148, MY EYES ARE AWAKE THROUGH THE NIGHT WATCHES, That I may meditate on Your word. 

Even stayed up at night Meditating on HIS word, HIS promises, HIS judgments! Remember, these are not just words in a book, but are HIS promises to those that believe! JESUS, our example, also stayed up late praying to HIS FATHER!

Luk 6:12, Now it came to pass in those days that HE went out to the mountain to pray, and CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. 

Resh ר, 153-160

Psa 119:153-154, Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.

In his personal trial the psalmist pleads for mercy from the LORD. HIS hope is found in HIS word for he knows GOD can not lie!

Tit 1:2, in hope of eternal life which GOD, WHO CANNOT LIE, PROMISED BEFORE TIME BEGAN

Psa 119:160, THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER.

HIS word is true, live by it and live forever, ignore it and it will condemn you forever! IT’S A CHOICE EVERY ONE MUST MAKE!

2Ti 3:16, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 

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Psalm 51, David admits his guilt!

Psa 51:1-2, …HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O GOD, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my TRANSGRESSIONS. WASH ME THOROUGHLY FROM MY INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.

King David knows he is guilty before GOD and pleads for mercy from the LORD!

2Sa 12:9, WHY HAVE YOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, to do evil in HIS sight? YOU HAVE KILLED URIAH THE HITTITE WITH THE SWORD; YOU HAVE TAKEN HIS WIFE TO BE YOUR WIFE, AND HAVE KILLED HIM WITH THE SWORD OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON. 

David tried to make it look as if Uriah was killed by the people of Ammon, and the good king took his grieving wife to comfort her? Nothing can be further from the truth!

Psa 51:3, 6, FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS, AND MY SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME…. BEHOLD, YOU DESIRE TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS, AND IN THE HIDDEN PART YOU WILL MAKE ME TO KNOW WISDOM. 

Man tries to cover his outward appearance before men, but the darkest thoughts of men is clearly visible to GOD! WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL INWARDLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY; FOR THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE HEART OF ALL MEN!

Luk 6:45, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS.

Pro 4:23, Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. 

Psa 51:10-11, CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD, AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME. DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE, AND DO NOT TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.

Jer 17:9-10, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT? I, THE LORD, SEARCH THE HEART, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Pro 20:9, Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”? 

WE HAVE TO BE HONEST TO OURSELVES AND NOT COVER ANYTHING UP FOR THAT IS USELESS, BECAUSE HE SEES ALL!

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Psalm 48, the city of our Great GOD!

Psa 48:1-2, …GREAT IS THE LORD, AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD, IN HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN. BEAUTIFUL IN ELEVATION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.

Today, Jerusalem is a city in the desert, not much beauty to behold YET, HE has chosen Jerusalem! 2Chr 6:6a! The Psalmist is looking at what is to come. The new city of Jerusalem!

Rev 21:2, Then I, John, SAW THE HOLY CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 

The LORD will come again and HE will reign from Jerusalem! It shall be known as the city of truth and the city of the Great KING! Even Abraham waited to see the city not made by human hands, but by GOD!

Heb 11:10, for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 

Zec 8:3, “Thus says the LORD: ‘I WILL RETURN TO ZION, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. JERUSALEM SHALL BE CALLED THE CITY OF TRUTH, THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN.’ 

Psa 48:4-6, For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together. THEY SAW IT, AND SO THEY MARVELED; THEY WERE TROUBLED, THEY HASTENED AWAY. FEAR TOOK HOLD OF THEM THERE, AND PAIN, as of a woman in birth pangs,

Many people around the world will come to Jerusalem and see the city of GOD and will tremble in fear and reverence to HIM!

Zec 8:22-23, YES, MANY PEOPLES AND STRONG NATIONS SHALL COME TO SEEK THE LORD OF HOSTS IN JERUSALEM, AND TO PRAY BEFORE THE LORD.’ “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘In those days TEN MEN FROM EVERY LANGUAGE OF THE NATIONS SHALL GRASP THE SLEEVE OF A JEWISH MAN, SAYING, “LET US GO WITH YOU, FOR WE HAVE HEARD THAT GOD IS WITH YOU.”

Psa 48:8, AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO WE HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD: GOD WILL ESTABLISH IT FOREVER. SELAH 

We have heard of it, and read about it in HIS word! SO SHALL WE SEE IT COME TO PASS! For these are not just words written in a book, But are HIS promises to the believer! HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL COMPLETE HIS WORK! AS YOU HAVE HEARD, YOU WILL SEE!

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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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1Kings 22, speaking the truth!

1Ki 22: 18, AND THE KING OF ISRAEL SAID TO JEHOSHAPHAT, “DID I NOT TELL YOU HE WOULD NOT PROPHESY GOOD CONCERNING ME, BUT EVIL?”

A cousin of mine asked me that if his friend who was a good person but didn’t believe in GOD would go to heaven! I had him open his bible and showed him this!

Joh 3:18, … BUT HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. 

My cousin got upset with me also because he couldn’t handle the truth! Some people only want to hear what pleases them! 

1Ki 22:32, So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned aside to fight against him, AND JEHOSHAPHAT CRIED OUT. 

Ahab setup Jehoshaphat in battle and when he cried out to the LORD, the LORD saved him!

2Ch 18:31, BUT JEHOSHAPHAT CRIED OUT, AND THE LORD HELPED HIM, AND GOD DIVERTED THEM FROM HIM. 

Rom 10:13, For “WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.” 

THE LORD IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A REPENTANT HEART AND HE IS WANTING TO SAVE ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT! SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR WE REPRESENT THE KING!