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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>ISAIAH
1-39 - OVERVIEW - T2801R - “SALVATION THROUGH JUDGMENT”</b></u></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>1. 1:18 (1-6, ASV 1901) THE DAY OF JEHOVAH AND
JUDAH. “Come now, and let us reason together, says Jehovah: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” </b><span style="">O
Father, Your love, mercy and grace humble us! You know Your people,
both Israel and Church; our backsliding, our proneness to wander. Yet
You love us anyway! </span><b><i><u>Hallowed</u></i><i> be Your
name!</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b>2.
10:1; 8:20 (7-12) THE DAY OF JEHOVAH AND ISRAEL. “Woe unto them
that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write
perverseness. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">8:20</font> To the
law (teaching) and to the testimony! if they speak not according to
this word, <u>surely</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> there is
no morning for them.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
You and Your Word are </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
(John 1:1). And Your Word is Your will, and Your will is Your Word!
Therefore like George Muller, we pray back to You Your Word! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
23:9 (13-23) TEN BURDENS ON THE NATIONS. “Jehovah of hosts has
purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt
all the honorable of the earth.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Because
You are righteous, we must be humbled, and taught to cease polluting
the </span></span><u><span style="">land</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
with violence, bloodshed and rapine. Purify us by Your judgments, O
Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
24:21 (24-27) THE “DAY” AND THE WHOLE WORLD. “And it shall
come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the
high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.”
</span></b><u><span style="">Righteousness</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
shall in the end prevail. </span></span><u><span style="">Jehovah</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
You shall be vindicated! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
28:17-18a. (28-33) SIX WOES UPON JERUSALEM. “And I will make
justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall
sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the
hiding-place. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">18a</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></font><u>And your covenant with death shall be annulled</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we accept You in Christ as our </span></span><u><span style="">plumbline</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
You and Your Word are one! We are clothed in Your Armor! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
35:10 (34-35) FINAL WRATH: ZION RESTORED! “And the ransomed of
Jehovah shall return, </span><u>and come with singing unto Zion</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
</span><u>and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
</span><u>they shall obtain gladness and joy</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">In
the light of </span></span><u><span style="">this</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
revelation, O Father, we recognize that </span></span><u><span style="">no</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
enemy can prevail against us! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
39:6 (36-39) HISTORICAL EXPLANATION. “Behold, the days are
coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers
have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon:
nothing shall be left, says Jehovah.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
pride in man refuses to give the Glory that </span></span><u><span style="">rightfully</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
belongs </span></span><u><span style="">only</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to You. Your Glory You will </span></span><u><span style="">not</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
give to another. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Judgment
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">predominates</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
in Isaiah 1-39. Comfort and mercy predominate in Isaiah 40-66. It is
interesting to note that the chapter division of Isaiah that is
normally used, has the 39 OT books coincide with the first division,
and the 27 NT books coincide with the second division!</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
have made reference in the comments above that God and His Word are
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">one</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
John 1:1 makes this eminently clear - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“In
</span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">and
the Word was God!”</span></u></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
verse applies to both Old and New Testaments, and it is a </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">truth</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that we need to assimilate! The LOgos is the written word as it were,
and does not profit us in that state. We need to transform it into a
Living </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">R</span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">E</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ma
</span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">word.
And that is done as we become true disciples according to the Great
Commission of Matthew 28:18-20 (28:16-20). As disciples we will like
Joshua, David, James and Timothy - walk in the oral, vocal </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">meditation</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:1-6; James 1:25 and 1 Timothy 4:15.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Israel
through its entire history has upset God considerably. Yet -
according to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - and for His
Names sake - He has </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">not</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
rejected them, but will in the end fulfill </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">all</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
His Covenant promises to them! The Church has not done much better -
and according to His promises to His Son - He will in the end fulfill
all He has said to the Church, the One New Man, the Bride of Christ.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">It takes plowing through Isaiah 1-39, and seeing God's
faithfulness in Isaiah 40-66 to understand all of this. - Jim Watt.</font></p>
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