Isaiah 50 - Day 536 (link to today's reading)
Scripture: Isaiah 50:11 Commentary (bethmelekh.com): We note here the correlation made between the false light of the fires kindled by Israelites in the worship of foreign deities, and the foreign (strange) fire kindled by Aaron’s sons (Lev. 10:1). Both result in the destruction of the one who kindles them. The Hebrew “eish zarah” translates as “strange (foreign, adulterous) fire” (Lev.10:1). Thus, there is an inference of infidelity with relation to the lighting of these fires. We must be careful not to allow the light of this fallen world to become our source of solace. Only the uncreated Light of the King Messiah can deliver us from the spiritual darkness in which sin has trapped us. The light we kindle ourselves is often our attempt to earn God, or worse still become gods, whereas the Light of Messiah is a gift that we receive from God. When we seek to ignite ourselves we burn out, but when we are ignited by Messiah, our Light is everlasting. Application: Everyone is looking for Jesus but in all the wrong places. The world seeks light to help them through the darkness but can only muster a "strange" fire that leads them astray. Prayer: Lord, walk us through the valley of the shadows... Isaiah 49 - Day 535 (link to today's reading)
Scripture: Isaiah 49:7 Commentary (bethmelekt.com): These words are pretext to the more extensive prophecy of the despised and suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:12). As will be seen in our study of the latter prophecy, the suffering Servant can be none other than the King Messiah Yeshua. While aspects of the present verse may be applied to Isaiah the prophet and to Israel as a people, there are certain details that disqualify them both. Application: Hundreds of years before the advent of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah fortold the Israelites that God would send a Redeemer who would suffer and be despised, rejected, for he would claim to be Immanuel (God with us). King Jesus is still with us. Prayer: Lord Jesus come again and fulfill the prophecies foretold long ago... Isaiah 48 - Day 534 (link to today's reading)
Scripture: Isaiah 48:1-8 Commentary (melissabeaty.com): God's grace is such that He will call to repentance those who He knows will not respond to Him. He loves us so much that even when we neglect Him He tries to save us...So, why do we have to go visit the hardhearted who God knows will not repent? Because God loves that person so much that He wants that person to hear the truth anyway. God has a serious complaint against his people. Although they use His name, they do not use it in righteousness, meaning that they use him as a curse word or a by word. Blasphemy is to take that which is holy and to make it ordinary; using the Lord's name as an ordinary word instead of only when addressing Him is a form of blasphemy. Application: I'm ashamed to admit that prior to my conversion, I swore a lot, often using our Lord's name in vain. When I came to the realization of that Jesus is God and he came to same me, I was worried that I would continue to use his name in vain because of my habit. Amazingly, my cussing stopped (for the most part) and I don't remember using my Lord's name in vain. The Holy Spirit, who lives in me loves Jesus more than I ever could and He is teaching me to do the same. The Israeltites were using God's name in vain because they were not connected to Him. Prayer: Lord Jesus, have mercy on us sinners... Isaiah 47 - Day 533 (link to today's reading)
Scripture: Isaiah 47:6 Commentary (bethmelekh.com): God had allowed Israel to be taken into captivity in order to discipline her, as a father disciplines the son whom He loves. Part of being a talmid (disciple) is discipline. Israel had sinned against God through idolatrous practices and hatred of His covenant with her, and by her refusal to keep the Torah He had given her. However, this did not mean that He saw Babylon as a righteous nation, to the contrary, the actions of the Babylonians had proved true to their character, born of the seat of Satanic power on earth. Application: God disciplines those He loves. Prayer: Lord, help me to crucify my fleshly desires... Isaiah 46 - Day 532 (link to today's reading)
Scripture: Isaiah 46:2 Commentary (bethmelkh.com): Figuratively speaking the people of Babylon who have chosen to worship false gods and place their trust in them, have essentially brought about their own demise. Thus, they “have walked their souls into captivity”, both physical and spiritual bondage are the result of their sin. Those who had taken Israel captive have now become captives. The gods of Babylon, once carried by worshippers in annual festive parades of enthronement are now broken and carried into captivity on the backs of pack animals. O how the mighty have fallen. Application: Who or what are we worshipping? Only YHWH is God and only He can save us. Prayer: Lord, You alone I long to worship, You alone are worthy of our praise... |
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