April 15 – Jerusalem - Isaiah 22:1-4

 April 15 – Jerusalem - Isaiah 22:1-4

 

     Isaiah now sees what is going to happen in the future.  He sees the people going to their housetops to

get a better view of what is about to happen.  The city is full of noise, tumult, and drunkenness.  Most

of those who face the Babylonians were not killed by died by starvation or became refugees.  The

leaders tried to flee like Zedekiah, but they were caught.  They were then transported to Babylon or

different places within the empire.

     Isaiah and the Lord are having a moment.  Isaiah because he saw what was going to happen and the

Lord because over and over through the prophets and the words they gave the people were warned and

Now the full wrath of God was about to be unleased.  God is not mocked whatever we sow we will reap. 

This is a powerful warning for the people of today.  Get your house in order because the wrath of God

Is release it will not stop until it has done all the Lord wants it to do. 

Cornerstone community church service for April 14, 2024

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR APRIL 12, 2024

 

April 12 – Results of Idolatry - Isaiah 21:6-10

 April 12 – Results of Idolatry - Isaiah 21:6-10

 

     The prophet sees a watchman.  This person sees chariots, camels, horses, and donkeys with riders. 

He advises the watchman to be alert.  The lookout shouted.  Day after day he stood watch when he saw.

the chariot driver, he heard the driver reply that Babylon has fallen.  Their idols, images and gods had

fallen.  The very things they trusted had failed them.  The people had been crushed like wheat on a

threshing floor.  This was a word from the Lord Almighty.  No one is greater than He.  He is the God and

defender of Israel.  This same God will defend his people in this time as well.

PROVERBS OF STEEL FOR APRIL 11, 2024

 

Verse today

 

April 11 – Babylon - Isaiah 21:1-5

  

April 11 – Babylon - Isaiah 21:1-5

 

     Isaiah again is looking into the near future.  Babylon was the rising empire.  The Assyrians were declining.  Isaiah sees Baylon called the city in the desert by the sea.  This is the lakes and marshes that dotted ancient Babylon and were called the sea.  He sees the Medo=Persian empire conquering the Babylonians.  He saw the traitors who would go over the Persian and the looters who would profit from the city being destroyed.  He also sees the end of the pain that Babylon would cause.  This is also a glimpse into what would happen to the Babylon seen in the Book of Revelation.

     Isaiah is overwhelmed by what he sees.  He is pained in his body by what sees and hears.  He is seeing horror and destruction that comes with the tragedy of war.  The irony is that the very day the city falls their ruler having a feast and instead of preparing their people for war they were unaware their city, empire and people were about to fall.