of the world. They determine the tax structure, money and economic systems. As Jesus would state in Matthew 23:2, "the scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:" The ‘seat of Moses’ is the seat of Law, God’s Law. This Law was to be given by the priests and the governors of the people, and they are not following it. Instead, they have been replacing God’s Law given through Moses and the prophets with man’s traditions, putting evil for good, and good for evil, all the while allowing the abominations of criminals to go unbridled. Even our drug forces recruit drug users and dealers by entrapment, a legal term for blackmail. Compromise and ‘let’s make a deal’ is the order of the day. It is an abomination!

Isaiah 7:25    And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle."

     Tie this verse with the previous one about the land becoming full of 'briers' and 'thorns'. These terms represent the evil 'seed' in The Word. God is letting His people know that venturing out in the world during this time, without the ability of personal protection, will be dangerous. It would be better if it was a time of peace, for digging with the mattock, in protection. But for fear that the ‘briers and thorns’ create, the lands for cultivation to bring an abundant harvest will be trampled down by these ‘lesser cattle’, or ‘beast’ Kenites.
     I hope you enjoyed this study on Isaiah. If you have ever studied the Book of Revelation and found the symbols in it confusing, this Book of Isaiah should be helping you to understand many of the ideas written there, and in other Books of God's Word. As you hold on to many of these concepts learned here in Isaiah, you will find these ideas repeated by our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ within His Gospel. Christ was reminding us of Truth that was well written, long before His first Advent upon this earth. In seven places in The Gospel, Jesus would ask the question, "Have ye not read?” pointing to six different scriptures of The Old Testament. Jesus also taught all the Ten Commandments, so by this we know that all of His Word is to be 'eaten' and 'consumed', not just parts of It. Only by consuming God's Word in this manner, chapter by chapter and verse by verse will His Word make your 'belly' full, becoming 'sweet as honey' to the taste.
      We’ll begin with Chapter 8 next time.

 

 

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