Isaiah 11
"A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord - and he will delight in the fear of the Lord"
When reading Isaiah, sometimes I forget the enormity of this book as a book of prophecy . Reading it now, we see its fulfillment in Jesus and can maybe even take that for granted, but imagine reading it then and the sense of hope it gives, that all of mankind's woes will be swept away. In fact all the world's troubles, shortcomings and will disappear and will become as the perfect place God had intended.
"The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest."
"They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea"
What can be our response to this? We now live in the end times, in full knowledge of Christ's second coming. People, now more than ever are trying to "fix" the world's problems through their own strengths and devices and even though we aren't directly affected, wars are still fought over things we sometimes don't understand. As Christians we need to recognise that Christ is our living hope and continue to live in a manner that is worthy of that hope. Does our lifestlye, our plans and our behaviour reflect this?
Also consider that while Isaiah was written, those who read it gain knowledge of this hope but while we read it we gain knowledge of its fulfillment in Christ.
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"A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord - and he will delight in the fear of the Lord"
When reading Isaiah, sometimes I forget the enormity of this book as a book of prophecy . Reading it now, we see its fulfillment in Jesus and can maybe even take that for granted, but imagine reading it then and the sense of hope it gives, that all of mankind's woes will be swept away. In fact all the world's troubles, shortcomings and will disappear and will become as the perfect place God had intended.
"The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest."
"They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea"
What can be our response to this? We now live in the end times, in full knowledge of Christ's second coming. People, now more than ever are trying to "fix" the world's problems through their own strengths and devices and even though we aren't directly affected, wars are still fought over things we sometimes don't understand. As Christians we need to recognise that Christ is our living hope and continue to live in a manner that is worthy of that hope. Does our lifestlye, our plans and our behaviour reflect this?
Also consider that while Isaiah was written, those who read it gain knowledge of this hope but while we read it we gain knowledge of its fulfillment in Christ.
Categories: Thoughts
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