Isaiah
Isaiah 1:22 -2:22 pages
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Last study we began this great
Book of Isaiah. The name Isaiah in Hebrew means ‘The Salvation of Jehovah’,
revealing to us The Promise God would give us, that His Son Jesus Christ would
come in the flesh for the forgiveness of sins, suffering crucifixion by the
hands of murderers. I left off at the 21st verse of Chapter 1 in Isaiah,
and God has just asked us ‘How is it that the faithful city (Jerusalem) has
become a harlot’, referring to its takeover by murderers, or the sons of Cain,
the Kenites. We continue with verse 22 of Isaiah 1 and we ask a Word of Wisdom
from our heavenly Father in Christ's Name, Amen:
Isa 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed
with water:
The
word ‘dross’ is the leftover impurities after melting silver down. Again,
this message is God speaking to His people, and
especially to the leaders of the people, spiritual and political. Their
pure metal should be like silver when they are obedient to God, but now is
dross, scrap, and worthless. The ‘wine’ is a symbol
for the Blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross for forgiveness of sins.
You’ll find wine being used many times to refer to Christ and His people in The
Word. Wine is used symbolically because through fermentation, all
impurities come to the top, and are lifted off, leaving a pure pristine fluid,
which makes this a good analogy to our Saviour. In this verse God is saying
that even their wine has become impure, mixed with water, in others words,
their view and teachings of The Word have even become watered down, because
what is God’s message in this Chapter? It is the rebellion against God; and
against following God and his Word.
Let me ask you friend; how many places can you
go and hear the True Wine of God’s Word, full strength, and not watered down by
a bunch of spoon feeders? Don’t get me wrong, I love my brethren in the
Churches, but it’s a little late in the day, spiritually speaking, and many of
God’s people are not being prepared to withstand the ‘fiery darts of Satan’.
Eph.6: 11 ...Put on the whole armour of God...
Ezek.13: 18... Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes,
and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature...
As Paul would say in...
I Thess. 5:19 ‘Prove all things’. The Word is our Proof.
That’s how we know if we’re being taught a bunch of lies, or God’s Truth. If
you haven’t studied His Word enough to ‘prove’ what you’re being taught, then
you can easily be deceived. It’s as simple as that!
Isa 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions
of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not
the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
The
rulers have been taken in by ‘thieves’, or the Kenites, accepting ‘rewards’
(bribes) and ‘gifts’, while justice for the people who put those leaders in
office are neglected, and not even considered. This sounds true even
today, doesn’t it? I know we have some representatives in our Government that
are trying to do right, but frankly, they’re a minority, and are up against a
wall (don’t confuse this with political minority and majority in parties,
that has nothing to do with this message). Look
around at the policies the free nations are making. Do they fit in with God’s
Word? Do these policies reveal Him to
the peoples by fair judgments and decrees for all? Fair judgments
and decrees also include 'fair discipline'; each should receive award or
discipline according to their acts. How often do you see hard-line criminals
spend time in prison, and then are released for good behaviour, only to commit
crime again? Do they receive righteous judgments from those in power
to give it? How many convicts are kept on
death row for years, tormenting the inmate, and preventing God's justice to be
done? But now our justice system cries over crowdedness, and that we need to
build more prisons. Why? Because justice is not implemented
against evil, and the righteous go unrewarded. For those who think I'm being a
right-wing extremist here, you better re-read this 23rd verse again. This
is exactly what our Father is saying, that's the message of this verse.
God is saying that those 'in power' who have the ability to judge righteously
and consider the plight of the