October 05, 2020

 The Messiah has come and he reigns with righteousness. 

The time in between the Old Testament and the New Testament is filled with prophecy. 

The words are worded differently but the teachings and sayings remain the same. 

In this passage Isaiah talks about the universal principle we all know! Some people use the word karma that word comes from other religions that do not serve God but they recognize that when a person engages in good or bad acts the universal takes note and sends whatever good or whatever bad back to them. It is never to late to sow good seeds even if you spend five years doing good just keep in mind that you have double coming back to you. 

Isaiah tells the people what you have done will be done to you! 

There is a time in between the sowing and reaping but one can be sure that whatsoever seeds a man sows that only shall he reap. 

 New Testament: Jesus says do unto others as you would want them to do to you.

God created the universe and he tells us do good so that good will happen to us. 

1. If you are mean than people will be mean to you.
2. If you are nice people will be nice to you.
3. If you lie and cheat than similar things will happen to you. 
4. If you give people will give to you.

The good old principle of sowing and reaping. 

We get the chance to do good because Jesus shows us how to be good. It was a blessing for the Messiah to come. It was a chance to learn and a time of refreshing. Jesus words is filled with teachings and hope. His words was light and just hearing them inspired those that accepted him.  

Isaiah 33

Distress and Help

 Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed. 

LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. 

At the uproar of your army, the peoples flee; when you rise up, the nations scatter. 

Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it. 

The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. 

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure. 

Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. 

The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected. 

The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves. 

“Now will I arise,” says the LORD. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up. 

You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you. 

The peoples will be burned to ashes; like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.” 

 You who are far away, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge my power! 

The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?” 

Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil— 

 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.  Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar. 

 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?” 

You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible. 

 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken. 

 There the LORD will be our Mighty One. It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars will ride them, no mighty ship will sail them. 

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us. 

 Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder. 

No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.