717 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 1 Book 60 - Chastisement before Blessings

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 60 CHASTISEMENT BEFORE BLESSINGS ISAIAH 2:3 – 42:6 All we hope to be is an instrument that will cause people to study their own Bible, search these things out. I said, "Well, just study. Okay, now we’re taking a study of Isaiah. This book of Isaiah is a book of prophecy written 700 years before Christ. Judgment and blessing; over and over. But, the whole thing is looking forward to three major periods of time when the nation of Israel would come under intense judgment or chastisement. Again, that’s a reminder that God’s wheels turn ever so slowly. Here’s Isaiah prophesying what’s going to be coming upon the nation of Israel, but it doesn’t really reach fruition for a hundred years. Why should I, the Lord’s coming!" We might as well start at verse 1, and we’ll pick up our study in verse 3. Isaiah 2:1-2a "The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. (Now, you see, that’s the Southern Kingdom) Isaiah 2:2b "…that the mountain (or the Kingdom) of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, (it will be above all other empires and governments) and shall be exalted above the hills; (that is the smaller states and nations) and all nations shall flow unto it." You remember when we studied this verse in the last taping; I compared it with our present day world where most of the world looks to America. So many people hate America. Straight to America." All right, now then, verse 3. Isaiah 2:3a Now, remember, Zion is a little hill in Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:3b-4 "…out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD, from Jerusalem. Amos 9:13 Amos 9:14-15 There are going to be people, regular flesh and blood people who are reproducing. Jeremiah 31:31 "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:" This is what we call the New Covenant. Oh, if people could only get that straight. Jeremiah 31:32a Israel never was able to keep it. All right, but this is what’s going to happen when Christ finally returns and sets up this glorious Kingdom, verse 33. All right, if you will come back, again, to Isaiah chapter 2. All right, verse 6. Isaiah 2:6-7 Idols. Isaiah 2:8 Then, down to verse 10: Isaiah 2:10-11 You see, God never changes. Basically, the human race never changes. All right, but look at this one, how it compares almost word for word with what Isaiah wrote. Revelation chapter 6 verse 15. Revelation 6:15-16 "And the kings of the earth and the great men, and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men, and every bondman, every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16. God isn’t always a God of mercy and grace. Revelation 6:17 All right, back to Isaiah chapter 2 again, and verse 12. Isaiah 2:12-14 Isaiah 2:19-21 Well, you continue on in chapter 3 now and you’ll find that it’s the same thing, how God is going to be dealing with His idolatrous, wicked, worldly-minded nation of Israel. The immediate, or at least a hundred years, is in Isaiah’s time when Nebuchadnezzar will come and destroy the city and take the nation of Israel captive. Coming on into chapter 3, it’s the prophecy concerning the devastation of the city of Jerusalem in particular but the nation of Israel in general. You know, that’s why I’ve mentioned, since we’ve been studying Isaiah, this is my fear of even our own beloved America. Well, our nation’s the same way. Well, Israel was no different, but God is only going to take it just so long and then judgment falls. Isaiah 3:9 Isaiah 3:10-14 12. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. 13. The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. 14. The LORD will enter into judgments with the ancient of his people and the princes thereof, for you have eaten of the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses." Now, you want to remember that God uses the picture of a beautiful productive vineyard to symbolize the nation of Israel. You remember. So, Israel is always depicted as a productive, beautiful vineyard. All right, then come on down to verse 16. Isaiah 3:16 "Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion (Now, who are we talking about? Pride. All right, verse 18. Our time is running out. Isaiah 3:18 Isaiah 3:19-21 It’s as old as time itself. Isaiah 3:22-23 It’s all right there. God hated it then. It’s as old as time itself. Isaiah 3:24a God didn’t mean anything to them. Isaiah 3:24-26 25. Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. Now, remember, all during this time that glorious Temple of Solomon is at the heart of all of Israel’s thinking. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible