SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/9/2013
7:47 AM
My Worship Time Focus: What Isaiah
Promised PT-1
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Isaiah 2:1-5
Message of the
verses: In the outline from Dr.
Wiersbe’s commentary on Isaiah, “Be Comforted,” there are four main points in
the first chapter which covers the first six chapters in the book of Isaiah. Today we will look at the first sub-point
under this second main point.
The Temple of the Lord (Isaiah 2:1-5): “1 ¶ The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 Now it will come about that In the last
days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of
the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will
stream to it. 3 And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach
us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from
Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And He will judge
between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will
hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation
will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. 5
Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.”
We know that Isaiah was giving his message to the
children of Israel who were living in the Southern Kingdom, and that the nation
was in a period of deep sinfulness. We
also know that when we read the OT prophets that there are times in their
writings that they will be speaking about the times that they are living in and
then will begin to talk about things in the future. This section is being spoken of about the future,
and what he is talking about is still future to us in the 21st
century. Isaiah is writing about the
future kingdom that was promised to the nation of Israel where the Messiah will
rule from the city of Jerusalem, and there will be a temple there where all the
peoples of the earth will go to worship at.
This kingdom is mentioned as far as how long it will be in the book of
Revelations, and it will last for 1000 years.
In the last section of Ezekiel’s book he also talks about this kingdom
and he describes how the land will be divided up around the temple and what the
size of this temple will be like. Dr.
Wiersbe in his commentary on this section cautions the Church with these words,
“These promises must not be ‘spiritualized’ and applied to the church, for they
describe a literal kingdom of righteousness and peace. The Jewish temple will be rebuilt, and the
Word of God will go forth from Jerusalem to govern the nations of the world.”
Isaiah was speaking to a sinful generation of Jews in
this section and he was saying to them that in light of the upcoming kingdom
that is promised to the nation of Israel what kind of people they should
be. Peter used the same logic for his
readers, that of the NT Church when he wrote about the impending destruction of
the entire world, along with the heavens and all the stars. “10 But the day of the Lord will come like a
thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be
destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
11 ¶
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of
people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the
elements will melt with intense heat! 13 But according to His promise we are
looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these
things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,
15 and regard the patience of our Lord
as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom
given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in
all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things
hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also
the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore,
beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried
away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, 18
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him
be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen (2 Peter 3:9-18).” These are the last things that Peter wrote
that are recorded in the Scriptures as tradition says that he was crucified
upside down shortly after this.
It is also noteworthy that the last part of verse four is
written on the United Nations Building, but there will be no peace on this
earth until the Prince of Peace returns.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: It is easy at
times to get caught up in the things of the world I live in our modern society,
and forget that this life is just a passing moment, something that in light of
eternity is only a breath, and I am not to get caught up in the temporary
things of this world, but should live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Remember the words that both Isaiah and
Peter wrote as seen above.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-5.
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear
thought the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar
and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy
dwelling place of the most high. 5 God
is in the midst of her, she will not be moved, God will help her when morning
dawns.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Peniel” (Genesis 32:30).
Today’s Bible
Question: “What were the names of Jacob’s
two wives?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD. 7/9/2013 8:29 AM
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