742 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 62 - God Is Not Being Unfair - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 62 GOD IS NOT BEING UNFAIR - PART 2 ISAIAH 62:1 – 64:6 We’re not underwritten by anyone, remember. We’re going to read right from Isaiah 62 verse 1; we left off, I think, at the end of verse 3. Isaiah 62:1-2a "For Zion’s sake (for the sake of Jerusalem) will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until (Now remember, we commented in our last taping that until is a time word. God is never content until the day comes that He will return and set up the Kingdom promised to Israel.) "…and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, (a name which only God knows) which the mouth of the LORD shall name. (in the future) Now, that’s the promise to Israel. "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate:…" The land is being called "Desolate." All right, the next great event was shortly after the crucifixion in 70 AD. The Jew was again uprooted out of the land. Now, in 606 BC they were out of the land for 70 years. It has now been 1900 years plus from the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman General Titus, until the Jews started going back to the land and recovering it from its desolation. All right, now the next great desolation will come just seven years leading up to the return of Christ at His Second Coming. This seven years is also going to be a time of tremendous wrath, not desolation per se, like you have in 606 BC and 70 AD, but it’s going to be the outpouring of God’s wrath and judgment and the return of Christ; then finally, the glorious King and His Kingdom. We’re talking about two great desolations. All right, now let’s read Leviticus 26 verse 32, and you’ll see what he’s talking about. God says: into desolation: (What land? The Promised Land. The Holy Land. The Land of Israel) and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it." Nothing prospers and the first time when Israel was out of the land it was that way for 70 years. The Innocents Abroad There’s a desolation here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action. We pressed toward Jerusalem. Jerusalem is lifeless. It is a heartbroken land. It is desolate and unlovely and can the curse of a Deity beautify a land? Palestine (or what we call the Holy Land) is no more of this work-a-day world." Now, the last number I read was that Israel has planted 300 and some million trees since they have come back to the land. I want you to understand that when God speaks of the Promised Land of Israel as a desolation, it’s not just a play on words, it means what it says. I even commented to her, I said, "Honey, how in the world can the Bible call this place the land of Promise! Irrigation. No, it wasn’t, it was total desolation. Nehemiah chapter 2, let’s just jump in at verse 11. No, it just stays desolate. Now remember, what were God’s instructions to Nehemiah? "Rebuild the city wall and the gates." Ezra had come almost a hundred years earlier to build the Temple, but now Nehemiah comes by God’s instruction and with the decrees from Artaxerxes the King to rebuild the city wall and the gates. Israel was no different. So God instructed Nehemiah to go back and build the city wall and the gates. Why? For defense. "Go and rebuild the wall and the gates." It won’t work. Now, we didn’t take the time to read the earlier verses, but what did King Artaxerxes tell him when Nehemiah said, I want to go back and rebuild the city wall? Nehemiah 2:18b "…as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. Let’s build! Nehemiah 2:19a Read on.) Nehemiah 2:19b-20 Will ye rebel against the king? The Arabians) have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem." It’s the Promised Land. It was promised to God’s covenant people, Israel. They’ve been in desolation for over 1800 years. Now, since 1900 they’ve been clearing the land and increasing the irrigation. It’s blooming like a rose in the desert, and Israel has come as far as she has come by God’s grace. You know what it means to flow with milk and honey? It’s going to be literally flowing with milk and honey. Isaiah 62:4b "…but thou shalt be call Hephzi-bah,…" Well, that’s what God is going to use to call Israel. Isaiah 62:4c "…and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married." God is once again going to be so involved with the physical, earthly aspect of Israel’s lifestyle. All right, now then, verse 5. Isaiah 62:5 "For as a young man marrieth his virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: (This is going to be a relationship, now, between God and the nation of Israel.) There is, seemingly, a spiritual awakening taking place in the land of Israel and a lot of the Israelis are actually turning to Christ. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible