PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 31, 2024

 

May 31 – Topheth - Isaiah 30:27-33

 May 31 – Topheth - Isaiah 30:27-33

The Lord is coming from afar as a manifestation of smoke. His lips, tongue and breath are a consuming fire and rushing torrent. See the images and word pictures. Powerful and effective in the mind. He shakes the nations and pits bits in the mouths of the people and leads them away.

The people of God will sing rejoice and celebrate as they go up to the mountain of the Lord. They

Will see the Lord manifested in a audible way, a arm, a cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail. He will punish Assyria. Those who see its destruction will rejoice with the pipe and timbrel. Topheth is the valley of Hinnom. This was where children sacrificed to Molech. He describes it as a place prepared for the King. Josiah would come here during the time of Jeremiah and destroy it. Like Topheth the breath of the Lord is a consuming fire ready to destroy all the wicked.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 30, 2024

 

May 30 – Kingly Rule - Isaiah 32:1-8

 May 30 – Kingly Rule - Isaiah 32:1-8

 

     Isaiah talks about the future King.  The Messiah, who is Jesus Christ, will rule and reign in

righteousness.  He will reign with moral, ethical, and behavioural truth.  Those who rule with Him will

rule with justice.  This means that people will be treated fairly and with respect.  They will be like

a shelter from the wind and like stream in the desert in a dry and thirsty land. 

     Eyes will be opened.  Ears will be able to hear.  Fearful hearts will be able to understand and know.

Stammering tongues will be able to speak fluently.  There is going to be a time of healing.  The fool

And scoundrel will be shown for what they are.  

     Isaiah then reveals with fools and scoundrels are like.  They speak fool, are bent towards evil, practice. Ungodliness, and spread lies concerning the Lord.  They leave the hungry empty, the thirsty parched.  They are wicked, schemers, liars even when the need is just.  The rob, kill, and destroy.  The noble Isaiah says makes noble plans and they do noble deeds.  Quite the contrast.

Proverbs of steel for May 29, 2024

 

May 29 – The Fire - Isaiah 31:6-9

 May 29 – The Fire - Isaiah 31:6-9

 

     There are future events portrayed here.  First, an exhortation to return to the Lord which they

have revolted against.  This is an individual and collective sin.  In that day they will turn and reject the

idols made of silver and gold of which they have made.  This was their idea and sin. 

     Assyria will fall but not by a human hand.  This is a prophecy about the angel of the Lord destroying

The Assyrian army.  In one night, 185,000 soldiers were killed by this angel.  The army of the Assyrians

Will flee in terror.  They will panic later at the sight of Babylon.  Their stronghold will fall.  It will be like

A fiery furnace.  The furnace is Jerusalem, and the Lord is the one who light the match.

May 30 – Kingly Rule - Isaiah 32:1-8

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 28, 2024

 

May 28 – Passover -Isaiah 30:4-5

  

May 28 – Passover -Isaiah 30:4-5

 

     Isaiah uses the picture of when a lion roars and stalks their prey the shepherds gather together to

Repel and stand against it.  The lion however it so confident in itself it ignores their shouts and is not

At least worry about their noise.  The Lord is the same way.  He is confident in himself because of who

He is.  The Lord is going to come down and protect Jerusalem and Judah.  The Lord will shield them

From any attack.  He will pass over and rescue them.  This is a direct reference of how when Israel put

Blood n the doorpost and lintels the angel of death passes over.  No harm is coming to Israel.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 27, 2024

 

May 27 – Folly of Trusting in Man - Isaiah 31:1-3

 May 27 – Folly of Trusting in Man - Isaiah 31:1-3

 

     A common theme throughout the Bible is the Woe.  It means a message of judgment, sorrow and

pain, for what perpetrator has done.   In this case it is for those who went to Egypt for help.  In the Bible

Egypt is a form of the world.  When you go to the world for help you are at odds with the Lord.  The

People of Judah had gone to Egypt and were relying on their horsemen and chariots instead of the

Holy One of Israel. 

     The Lord is going to rise against the nations.  He is wise and does not take back his word.  The Lord

always fulfills His words.  Isaiah reminds his audience that the Egyptians are not gods but mere mortals.

Their horses and chariot have a manmade origin. 

     The Lord stretches out his hand and helps those who stumble.  He lifts the one who fall.  When

they trust in man’s devices and implements they will fall and fail.

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Cornerstone community church service for May 26, 2024

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 24, 2024

 

May 24 – Wait - Isaiah 30:15-18

 May 24 – Wait - Isaiah 30:15-18

 

     There are two great promises given here.  In repentance and rest is your salvation.  In quietness and

Trust is your strength.  This is found in the Lord.  Yet the audience rejected it.  They chose the path of

fear and flight.  They thought they could outrun their trouble.   The thing about trouble and problems

they are faster than you. 

     The audience will flee at the threat of one and fear will paralyze them.  Yet there is another promise

here.  The Lord longs to be gracious and compassionate.  He is a God of justice and all who wait on Him

are blessed.  This is an amazing passage.  On one hand the Lord is rejected but He stills shows love,

compassion and favor.  You just must wait.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 23, 2024

 

May 23 – Delusion - Isaiah 30:12-14

 May 23 – Delusion - Isaiah 30:12-14

 

     The Holy One of Israel says that because of their rejection of this message and instead chose,

oppression and deceit.  This sin will become a high wall entrapping and collapsing on them.  Heir world

will break into pieces like broken pottery.  They will be like a fragment or ash.  Like coals in a hearth of a

fireplace or scooping water from a cistern that the majority ends up on the ground. Sin always takes you

place you never thought you would go.  Do things you never thought you do and make you a person you

never thought you would be.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 22, 2024

 

May 22 – No Benefit - Isaiah 30:1-5

 May 22 – No Benefit - Isaiah 30:1-5

 

     This is a diverse chapter.  It starts with a message to a rebellious people.  He calls them children.  They carry out plans that are not his.  They form alliance with evil not listening to the Holy Spirit and this causes them sin heap sin upon sin. 

     They went to Egypt for protection that will fail.  Even though they had conferences in Zoan and Hanes everyone will be put to shame.  The Egyptians will be no help or advantage.  The Assyrians will defeat the Israel and Egyptian alliance.  The Lord is our protection not any resource or power of man.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 21, 2023

 

May 21 – Hope - Isaiah 29:22-24

 May 21 – Hope - Isaiah 29:22-24

 

     One cannot study this book without seeing the personality of the prophet throughout the book.  The zeal, fervency of the Lord burns in his heart.  He offered himself to be a mouthpiece for the Lord.  His desire for justice, mercy and fairness for the innocent is crystal clear in the presentation of this book.  God never divorces our unique gifts and view from the narrative.  Instead, he uses it to deliver an impactful message to exhort the hearers to a deeper and more exciting walk with the Lord. 

      The Lord has a message to the redeemed of Abraham and descendants of Jacob.  They will not be ashamed or pale.  There is going to be a new generation who will serve and do the works of God.  Household salvation is coming.  This next generation will be holy and stand in awe of the God of Israel.  They will mirror the Lord’s essence, character, and nature in the way they live.  The wayward will gain understanding and the complainer will accept instruction.   What a promise.  What a blessing and benefit.  There is hope and a future.

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Cornerstone community church service for May 19, 2024

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR MAY 17, 2024