Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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I'm Pastor John Lomacang.
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And we wanna thank you for
taking the time to join us.
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We enjoy your company.
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We know that you
are looking forward
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to the Lord speaking
to you through His Word.
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And we take that seriously.
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This lesson
quarter is talking about
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Comfort My people
from the Book of Isaiah.
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All you need is a Bible
and a Sabbath school lesson.
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And I know they
will welcome you.
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Today's lesson, lesson
number four is entitled
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"The Hard Way."
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What is hard about
the Book of Isaiah?
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What is hard about God's Word?
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Stay tuned and you'll find out.
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Thank you so much for
taking the time to join us.
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Join us for this
beginning excursion
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through God's Word.
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Hello, friends, welcome
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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for the study of
lesson number four
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entitled The Hard Way.
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We always
appreciate you joining us.
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We enjoy each other's company
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and your company
just adds little spice
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to the ingredients.
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Make sure you have your Bibles.
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If you are joining
us from your church,
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gather together in a
group, social distance that is,
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if you are close together,
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like we are here,
we're wearing mask.
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Each one of us,
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you might notice
that we have our mask.
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That's not for any
kind of makeup purposes,
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but that is in fact to
exercise caution and safety
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in this unusual
time in which we live.
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The one thing
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that's not
unusual is God's Word.
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And we would like to
invite you to join us
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as we study God's Word together.
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The Book of Isaiah has
been tremendous thus far.
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Can we get a muted amen?
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Amen.
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That's a muted amen.
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But the hard way
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is what we're gonna
be talking about today,
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covering
prophecy and its relevance
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and other things.
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And we are
enjoying Tiglath-Pileser,
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the I, II and III.
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And you may
have heard about him,
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a character that
some of you might say,
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"Who is that?"
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Before we go
into further though,
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we're gonna begin with prayer.
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I'm gonna ask Jill.
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Jill, would you start
with prayer today for us?
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Sure. Okay.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus,
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grateful for the
gift of Your Word,
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grateful for the
gift of Your Spirit
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that opens and illumines
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our minds and
hearts as we study.
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So, would you come just now
and teach us in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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And to my immediate left
is the lady with many hats
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and hair that
never stops growing.
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I always appreciate
Shelley's wonderful hair.
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Shelley Quinn, good to
have you here, Shelley.
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Thank you.
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It's hard to
believe I've lost half of it
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and this is still what's left.
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It's going to be hard
to convince me of that.
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But, Pastor Kenny Shelton,
good to have you here today.
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Yeah. Always good to be here.
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I won't go into how
much hair we've lost,
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but hey, the Lord is still good.
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He sets on the throne.
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Okay.
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And, Jill, our
vice president and COO.
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And I'm not even
gonna talk about hair,
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but I am excited
about today's study.
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Okay.
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Pastor Ryan Day, a young man
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who is just
continuing to grow on the Lord.
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I appreciate
having you here, Ryan.
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Amen, and to that same
note, praise God for hair,
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but it's something about hair.
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I'll figure out what to do.
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Yeah.
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Well, and only in
the American vernacular
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can hair mean, different things.
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We are all here
talking about hair.
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And so, we hope you
hear what we have to say.
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Amen.
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But that's the American,
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that's the vernacular
of the English language.
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Let's go ahead and
do an overview quickly
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of the memory text
of lesson number four,
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the memory text is Isaiah 8:17.
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Let's see.
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I'll just go ahead and read that
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since it's a very short one,
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it says,
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"And I will wait on the Lord
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who hides His face
from the house of Jacob.
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And I will hope in Him."
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What a text.
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We've been discovering
in the Book of Isaiah,
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that the first part of it
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is really
expressing God's frustration
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with the house of Jacob,
with the house of Israel,
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with the kings
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that are called by
His name to lead out
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in showing the people who He is.
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And we've already
covered a number of lessons
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that just show
us that frustration.
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But I wanna begin with
a story here on Sunday.
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It's a very interesting story.
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And I'll just go
ahead and read it for you.
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It says, "At a burning
building in New York City,
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Harlem, that is,
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a blind girl was perched
on the fourth-floor window.
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The fireman had
become desperate.
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They couldn't
fit the ladder truck
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between the building
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and they couldn't get up
to her to jump into the net,
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which she, of
course, couldn't see.
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That's a difficult thing.
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Finally, her father arrived
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and shouted through the bullhorn
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that there was a net
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that she was to
jump on his command.
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Remember she cannot see.
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The girl jumped,
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it was so completely relaxed
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that she did not break a
bone or even strain of muscle
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in the four storey fall.
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Why?
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Because she trusted
her father completely.
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When she heard
her father's voice,
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she did what he said was best."
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That's so beautiful.
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And we're living
in a day and age,
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and even in the climate
that we are facing today,
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we must hear our father's voice
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because our day
is not much different
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than the days of
Isaiah in many, many ways.
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We have distorted religion.
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We have people that claim
to be followers of God's Word
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that are teaching things
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that are not in
harmony with God's Word
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as Ryan and I were
talking about that.
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We have people that have
the garb of Christianity,
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but what they're saying is
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just not in harmony with Christ.
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And in some cases,
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many of them are probably
unintentionally ignorant,
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but on some levels,
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many of them are
very well-informed,
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but choose to avoid God's Word.
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That's why I liked the
lesson about the hard way.
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And mine is
particularly prophecy fulfilled.
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Now I've said this before
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when we talk about prophecy
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and we look at the
Old and New Testament.
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The Old Testament
is prophecy concealed.
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The New Testament
is prophecy revealed.
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Keep that in mind.
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So, if you're just a
New Testament Christian,
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you don't
understand prophecy concealed.
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It is important to
understand what was concealed
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to appreciate what was revealed.
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And so, when we
think about that,
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when we go to Matthew
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or when Jesus says
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these are the fulfillment
of what Jeremiah said
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or what the Prophet Isaiah said,
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you got to know
what the Prophet Isaiah
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or Jeremiah said
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in order to know
that it was fulfilled.
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And when Jesus walked
along the road to Emmaus,
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He began at
Moses and the prophets.
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But if you're not
reading Moses and the prophets,
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and you're saying,
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well, I'm just a
New Testament Christian.
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I don't wanna say
this disrespectfully,
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but you are
four-faced in the dark,
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because the New Testament
is just the flashlights end,
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but the batteries
behind it is the Old Testament.
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Without the batteries,
you will never see the light.
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And so, let's look at a passage
in our Sunday's memory text,
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how beautiful it is.
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Isaiah 7:14-16.
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It says, therefore, the Lord
Himself will give you a sign.
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And, Jill, you approached
this on one of our passages
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talking about its
contemporary meaning
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and its relevance today.
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What it meant to those
who were back in that day.
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But I'm gonna talk
about its modern-day approach
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and what it means today.
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Isaiah 7:14-16,
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"Therefore the Lord
himself will give you a sign:
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Behold, a virgin shall
conceive and bear a Son
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and shall call
His name Immanuel.
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Curds and honey He shall eat,
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that He may know
to refuse the evil
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and choose the good.
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For before the Child
shall know to refuse the evil
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and choose the good,
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the land that you dread
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will be forsaken
by both her kings."
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And I appreciate the
way you unpack that, Jill.
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So, I'm not gonna,
you want to see that
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you need to go back to
one of our prior lessons
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how Jill really took the
time to make that significant.
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Now, why does Isaiah
mention curds and honey
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as the new King James
Version talks about it?
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The lesson is about signs.
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Now we find that curds and honey
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refer to the condition
that Judah would return to.
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So, this prophecy was saying,
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I know you're in
Southern Illinois now,
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but in a few days
you're gonna eating.
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I'm gonna just
use this terminology
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that if you're from Jamaica,
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you'll know where it
associates with right away,
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you'll be eating
Ackee and saltfish.
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And somebody might say,
I'm from Southern Illinois.
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There is no Ackee and
saltfish in Southern Illinois,
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but a person from Jamaica say,
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"Oh, so, we must
be going to Jamaica."
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When the Lord
mentioned curd and honey,
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He was telling Judah
where they're going to be,
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not where they are.
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He was in fact prognosticating
the future of their habitation,
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not their present condition.
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So, curds and honey
conditions refer to the diet
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that they are
going to be partaking of,
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not the diet that
they were subject to.
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Last week, we also
talked about the evil of nature.
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The evil nature of those
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that require a
sign before obedience.
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And you find that the Pharisees
asked Jesus for a sign.
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And He said to them,
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"A wicked and
adulterous generation
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seeks after a sign."
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The only sign
they're going to get
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is a sign of Jonah,
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three days and three nights.
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But let's talk
about prophecy and signs.
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Go with me to John Chapter 14.
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Let's look at how
significant signs are
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and how relevant prophecy is.
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The people of God are
given signs to understand
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how prophecy will be fulfilled,
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but there can be no fulfillment
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until there is
first a prognostication
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or a prediction.
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John 14:29,
look what Jesus said.
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And He says,
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"And now I have
told you before it comes,
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that when it does
come to pass," what?
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"You may
believe." "You may believe."
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The Book of John is
predicated on two major words
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to know, and to believe
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all throughout the Book of John,
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to know, and to,
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and this is life
eternal that you may know,
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and also that you may believe.
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When you know,
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now I'm gonna go ahead
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and put the
application perfectly square.
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When you know
what the prophecy is,
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when it comes to
pass, you will believe.
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Here's the importance
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of understanding
the Old Testament.
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But if you don't
know the prophecy,
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you will think that the
fulfillment is incidental.
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You say, "Oh, I
wonder why that happened."
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But when you know the prophecy
and then it comes to pass,
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you will believe,
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that's why Jesus
says I've told you
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so that when it does take place,
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you will believe.
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Look at Luke 4:21.
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He used this very, very clearly.
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Luke 4:21.
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And once again, Jesus says,
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"And He began to say to them
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today this scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing."
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But once again,
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if you don't know the scripture
that He's referring to,
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you'll never be able to
appreciate the fulfillment.
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So, don't applaud yourself
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to be just a
Matthew to Revelation.
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And then the Book of Psalms,
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because I've seen many
Bibles, Shelley, being sold,
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they're sort of very small ones.
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They have the Book of Psalms
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and they have Matthew to
Revelation and people say,
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"I've got all I need."
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Well, in fact,
tell that to the Lord,
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because many of you
don't understand that
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when the Bible says
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all scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
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there was not a single reference
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being made to the New Testament.
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It was the Old
Testament, right, Pastor Kenny?
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That's right.
Right, Pastor Ryan?
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There was not a single reference
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being made to the Old Testament.
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When the Apostle
Paul was speaking about
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the holy men of God speak
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as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit,
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he was referring to the
writing of the Old Testament.
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He was making
absolutely no reference at all
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to the New Testament.
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So, don't fall
into the rabbit hole
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Don't fall into the rabbit hole
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of thinking that all I
need is the New Testament.
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Here's another
one, Matthew 24:33.
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It is not just a prognostication
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that is important,
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but also the fulfillment.
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Matthew 24:33-34,
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Jesus made it very clear.
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That's why many
people believe in things
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like the rapture.
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They say, "Jesus
could come any day now."
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You know why?
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Because they don't
know what signs to look for.
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It's like we
could get off any exit.
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Not any exit on 57 Southeast
is gonna lead you to 3ABN.
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Any exit, now know,
you've got to know the exit.
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Here's the words of Jesus.
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He says, "So you also,"
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verse 33 of Matthew 24,
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"when you see all these things
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know that it is
near at the doors.
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Assuredly, I say to you,
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this generation will
by no means pass away
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till all these
things take place."
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And what you may
not understand is
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out of the 404
verses in Revelation,
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276 of those are
found in the Old Testament.
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That's right.
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See, John was not
coming up with anything new,
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but the Lord was
taking all of what He told
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Daniel, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
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the minor
prophets, the major prophets.
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He was conglomerating them
into the Book of Revelation.
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For example, the seal of God
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is expanded in
Ezekiel Chapter 9.
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But John gives just a
glimpse in Revelation Chapter 7.
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Once again, if you
don't know the prophecy,
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you'll not know the fulfillment.
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1 Peter 1:19-21 before
I transition to Shelley.
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Unchanging nature of God
is revealed through prophecy.
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He says,
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"And so we have a
prophetic word confirmed
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or a more sure
word of prophecy,"
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as Pastor Kenny says
in the King James version,
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"which you do well to heed
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as a light that
shines in a dark place
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until the day dawns
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and the morning star
rises in your hearts."
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Verse 20,
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"Knowing this first
that no prophecy of scripture
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is of any private interpretation
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for prophecy never
came by the will of man,
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but holy men of God spoke
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as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit.
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Understand the prophecy to
appreciate the fulfillment.
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Amen and amen.
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That's right.
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Now, we're trying
to be careful here.
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You can breathe. All right.
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You know, having grown
up in a New Testament Church
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only having read
the New Testament.
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I so appreciate what you said,
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because I didn't
even understand grace
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until I studied
in the Old Testament.
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And that's where
I really understood.
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Okay.
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My lesson is Monday,
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"Foreseeing Consequences."
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In other words,
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you ought to know what's coming.
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So, this lesson covers
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Isaiah 17 through 25.
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Let me just kind of set this up.
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The kingdom of
God's people was divided.
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You had Israel,
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which was also called Ephraim
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in the Northern
kingdom there's 10 tribes.
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Then you had the
two tribes of Judah,
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which is down where
Bethlehem and everything is.
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Ahaz was the king of Judah.
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He was an evil king
and he reigned 16 years.
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What his problem was,
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Ahaz really gets
a bee in his bonnet
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because the
Northern kingdom of Israel
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is going to make an alliance
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with Syria
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and they're gonna
come attack the Judah.
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So, he's all
concerned about this.
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He goes to
Isaiah, Isaiah tells him,
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"Hey, don't do this
because he wants to make...
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Ahaz wants to make an alliance
with the king of Assyria.
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And so, Isaiah comes to
him and says, don't do this.
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This is not gonna end well.
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The Assyrians had an
insatiable thirst for power.
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And so, he even
asks Him, God tells him,
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"Hey, if you want a
sign, just ask me for a sign,
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but Ahaz rejected that.
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And you know, you might,
when you first look at it,
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when he says, "Oh, I
don't wanna test God."
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Well, actually he
was being obstinate
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because God is
asking him to do this.
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And Ahaz refused
the prophet's advice.
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So, he was ruled
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more by his
emotions of fear than faith.
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So, what happens?
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He turns down God's
guarantee of deliverance
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and he chooses an
alliance with Tiglath-Pileser
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who is the king of Assyria.
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So, what happened was,
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Ahaz put himself
in a war against God.
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And I love Isaiah 7:13.
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Isaiah says to him,
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"Hear now, O house of David, "
00:18:04.38\00:18:06.51
he's talking to
the king in Judah,
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"is it a small thing
for you to weary men,
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but will you weary my God also?"
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So, now what happens
is the story goes on.
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He gets some good news.
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All right, Syria and
Israel are gonna be wiped out.
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Assyria will take care of them.
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They're gonna take care of them.
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But here's the bad news.
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After Assyria
takes care of Syria
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and the Northern kingdom,
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they're coming after you bud.
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So, He says in Isaiah 7:17,
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God is gonna use the
Assyrians to invade Judah.
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The Lord will bring the
king of Assyria upon you
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and your people and
your father's house,
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days that have not come
since the day that Ephraim,
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that's the
Northern Israel Ephraim,
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departed from Judah.
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So, as later events
showed what happened.
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King Ahaz had to pay
as a vassal of Assyria.
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He had to pay them,
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what do you call it
when they pay their?
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Tribute.
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What? Tribute.
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Tribute.
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That's a good
word, heavy tributes.
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That's the word I'm looking for.
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But when you
look down at verse 20,
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it says that the land is
gonna be laid bare as a razor.
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Verse 21 and 22 says that
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cultivation and
agriculture would cease.
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And there'd just be a
few of the inhabitants
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that are supporting themselves
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by keeping a
few cows and sheeps.
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And the only nourishment
they had would be dairy produce
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and honey from wild bees.
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Then verse 23
through 25, says that
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thorns are gonna
come up everywhere
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after Assyria attacks you
00:20:00.70\00:20:02.86
and the hills that were
once carefully cultivated
00:20:02.90\00:20:06.53
are just gonna,
have a few cattle
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.54
roaming on them and wild beasts.
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So, sorrows of every kind
are gonna to come upon them
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because they're
rejecting God's salvation.
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Isn't God amazing?
00:20:19.75\00:20:22.85
Basically, God is saying,
00:20:22.88\00:20:24.29
if you're gonna refuse My grace,
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.76
you're gonna be unfruitful.
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So, here's something
that we've got to remember,
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the coming of the Assyrian
king when he took over Judah,
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guess what?
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That was the
beginning of the end for Judah.
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It laid the
foundation for the Babylonians
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to come in and conquer.
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Now, if we read, I've
got just a few minutes.
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If we read 2 Kings 16:10-18,
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and what I love about Isaiah
and the Kings and Chronicles is
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we see Isaiah was the one
00:21:00.06\00:21:05.03
who wrote the biography
of Hezekiah and everything.
00:21:05.06\00:21:07.80
So, we always see this line up
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.70
with what's going on in history.
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.77
So, in 2 Kings 16:10-18,
00:21:11.80\00:21:15.80
let me just kind of set this up.
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Ahaz has
willingly become the vassal
00:21:18.04\00:21:23.08
for the Assyrian king
00:21:23.11\00:21:24.98
in exchange for
this military protection.
00:21:25.01\00:21:27.92
So, he pledges that
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.92
Judah is gonna
serve Assyria from now on,
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.55
and not only did
they have to pay tribute,
00:21:32.59\00:21:34.99
what happens is
00:21:35.02\00:21:37.19
it was basically in the
pagan worldview is that,
00:21:37.23\00:21:43.23
if you were
under their influence,
00:21:43.26\00:21:48.07
they believed that your God
had to bow down to their gods.
00:21:48.10\00:21:52.91
So, they looked at
Jehovah as Yahweh as just,
00:21:52.94\00:21:57.75
they treated him as a local god,
00:21:57.78\00:21:59.91
that should be in submission
to their Assyrian God Ashur.
00:21:59.95\00:22:05.02
So, they route
and captured Damascus
00:22:05.05\00:22:09.36
and then Ahaz
travels to Damascus.
00:22:09.39\00:22:13.56
And guess what
happens while he's there?
00:22:13.60\00:22:15.86
He is visiting
King Tiglath-Pileser
00:22:15.90\00:22:20.47
and he sees the altar there,
00:22:20.50\00:22:25.94
a pagan altar.
00:22:25.97\00:22:28.38
He sends a sketch up
00:22:28.41\00:22:29.78
to the high
priest back in Judah.
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.25
The high priest
becomes complicit in this
00:22:32.28\00:22:34.65
because Ahaz is like,
00:22:34.68\00:22:36.02
okay, we're gonna
build this pagan altar
00:22:36.05\00:22:38.29
and we'll show them
how we're following them.
00:22:38.32\00:22:41.42
So, they build this pagan altar.
00:22:41.46\00:22:43.73
They totally remove things
that were in the sanctuary.
00:22:43.76\00:22:49.33
They move everything around
to give this the dominance.
00:22:49.36\00:22:52.57
And then Ahaz serves this pagan.
00:22:52.60\00:22:57.81
He serves at this pagan
altar instead of serving God.
00:22:57.84\00:23:02.91
So, what happens,
00:23:02.94\00:23:04.31
he's dedicating the new
altar offering sacrifices.
00:23:04.35\00:23:08.62
And on behalf of Israel,
00:23:08.65\00:23:11.65
he's now introduced
idolatry in a big way.
00:23:11.69\00:23:17.96
So, when you get
to 2 Chronicles 28,
00:23:17.99\00:23:21.23
it powerfully sums up
00:23:21.26\00:23:23.83
what results from
Ahaz's reliance on Assyria.
00:23:23.87\00:23:30.47
And listen to this, we
just have a minute left.
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Says, 2 Chronicles 28:19,
00:23:33.64\00:23:36.58
"The Lord brought Judah low
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.18
because of Ahaz king of Israel,
00:23:38.21\00:23:40.02
for he had encouraged
moral decline in Judah
00:23:40.05\00:23:43.28
had been continually
unfaithful to the Lord.
00:23:43.32\00:23:47.02
Also, Tiglath-Pileser
king of Assyria came to him
00:23:47.06\00:23:52.46
and distressed him,
and did not assist him."
00:23:52.49\00:23:56.56
So, that was just a
precursor of the great invasions
00:23:56.60\00:24:00.14
that are gonna come under Sargon
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.60
and Sennacherib
00:24:02.64\00:24:04.67
who were some of the
famous Assyrian kings later.
00:24:04.71\00:24:08.41
And it says,
00:24:08.44\00:24:09.78
"Ahaz took part of the treasures
00:24:09.81\00:24:11.21
from the house of the Lord,
from the house of the king,
00:24:11.25\00:24:12.78
and from the leaders,
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.15
he gave it to
the king of Assyria,
00:24:14.18\00:24:15.98
but he didn't help him."
00:24:16.02\00:24:17.35
And then it says,
00:24:17.39\00:24:18.72
"Now in the time of
his distress King Ahaz
00:24:18.75\00:24:21.29
became increasingly
unfaithful to the Lord
00:24:21.32\00:24:26.23
and served the
gods of Damascus."
00:24:26.26\00:24:30.07
And I'm out of time,
but here's the bottom line.
00:24:30.10\00:24:33.97
We're gonna reap a bitter
fruit if you trust in princes,
00:24:34.00\00:24:38.71
rather than trusting in God.
00:24:38.74\00:24:41.61
That's the bottom line.
00:24:41.64\00:24:43.21
That's what happened to Ahaz.
00:24:43.24\00:24:46.72
And the same thing, 2
Corinthians 4:18 says that
00:24:46.75\00:24:51.42
we look at things which are seen
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.62
or we do not look at
the things which are seen,
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.69
but we look at the
things which are unseen,
00:24:56.73\00:25:00.53
not the
temporary, but the eternal.
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Keep your eyes on Jesus.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome back to
Sabbath School Panel.
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We're gonna continue on Tuesday
with Pastor Kenny Shelton
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and the lesson is entitled,
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"What's in a Name?"
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Pastor Kenny?
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Tuesday's lesson
certainly is what's in the name.
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And I found out
there's a whole lot
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in this name
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that I will try to
pronounce a few moments
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and I'll just
make this statement.
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Now, I'll go out at one time
and then I will refer to him
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as Isaiah's second son.
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So, we've got that
right, isn't that good?
00:26:20.21\00:26:22.04
All right. Praise
the Lord for that.
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We're encouraged
in Tuesday's lesson
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to read Isaiah 8:1-10,
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and most of us up here sometime
we're kind of in a hurry.
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There's so much to cover.
00:26:32.19\00:26:33.56
And you'd like to
say so many things.
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We just rely on the Holy Spirit
00:26:35.32\00:26:36.66
to try to put our
hearts and our minds
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.06
and certainly
can work through ears
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.73
the things that are important
00:26:39.76\00:26:41.10
that will help
you in your growth.
00:26:41.13\00:26:43.26
We're gonna give an
overview of the verses first.
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Now, remember
Isaiah 8:1-10, an overview,
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and then kind of go
back and we say unpack,
00:26:49.34\00:26:51.57
and go back and look at
the kind of verse at a time.
00:26:51.61\00:26:55.11
So, let's go back to that.
00:26:55.14\00:26:56.48
But I circled something
I thought in my lesson,
00:26:56.51\00:26:58.51
I thought it was very good.
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Isaiah 8:1-10, now again,
this is all in a nutshell here,
00:26:59.95\00:27:04.02
shows the destruction
that would come quickly
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upon the kingdom
of Israel and Syria
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by the king of Assyria.
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For what? For Israel's sins.
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Now, this part of the
lesson, what we're doing here?
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It's showing that
00:27:17.37\00:27:18.70
you both brought
it out really well
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.60
some good foundational things
00:27:20.64\00:27:22.10
that there was
gonna be some destruction.
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There's going to be
some battles that went on
00:27:24.24\00:27:26.27
and God is saying right
quick, it's gonna be in a hurry.
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It's gonna come very quickly.
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And you know, kind of like
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where we're at
in the end of time,
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things are gonna
happen rather quickly,
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and we need to be ready.
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I'm looking at Isaiah
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and pastor
mentioned while ago too.
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To make an application
to today is so wonderful
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that we can do that,
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you know, and keep it in
the context of scripture,
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we need to do that.
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Now, if there's
destruction coming.
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I love it again, Isaiah,
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God makes
provisions for those who love
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and respect Him
and to follow Him.
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It's not just
destruction is coming,
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that's all she wrote.
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He said, destruction is coming,
it's going rather quickly,
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but provision
is going to be made
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for those who
are willing to listen
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and those who are
willing to follow Him.
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That's despite all
of Israel's mistakes
00:28:06.31\00:28:09.25
over and over and over,
we look at it and we say,
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surely, they
can't be God's people,
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surely this can't happen here.
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Praise God by His
grace reaches out.
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The arm of love reaches out
and gives them one more time.
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Because it was in Hebrew 7:25,
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He's willing to save
to the utmost, right?
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And so, to the
utmost, He's reaching out.
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And if they repent
and turn back to Him,
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so, you know, we're
looking to promises,
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same God, same promises.
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We can claim those
promises like never before.
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And it seems clear.
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And I think it was brought out
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in the first two
parts of our lesson
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that you can see too,
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that there's some
similarities here in Chapter 8.
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Chapter 8 is actually a
continuation of Chapter 7,
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kind of interesting here.
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So, eight is considered
to be a sequel to seven.
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It gets where it
goes on here, right.
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And also, it helps
to explain it more too.
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So, the prophecy itself
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is also closely related to that
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of their proceeding chapter.
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So, there's awful lot
here that we can all study
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and certainly come up
with a lot of good things.
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In verse 1, Isaiah
8 simply says here,
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God says to the prophet,
take a great role and do"
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what with it?
00:29:15.12\00:29:16.45
And write this prophecy
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concerning
Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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That's it.
Okay. That's the name.
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Meaning make speed the
spoil, isn't that right?
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Hasten to the prey.
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Now, again, this
was Isaiah's second son
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and that's
where we relate to him
00:29:33.27\00:29:35.40
as a second son.
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So, something was going on
here in the name of this son
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said, get a scroll, told Isaiah.
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Now this is interesting to
me at least as I studied it,
00:29:42.41\00:29:46.58
this was to be done
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before his second
son was conceived.
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Did everybody get
that out of this lesson?
00:29:52.75\00:29:55.02
Before, so you talk
about had to be a man of faith
00:29:55.06\00:29:59.76
and the prophecy
was going to be sure.
00:29:59.79\00:30:02.16
And so, he told
him, he said, you know,
00:30:02.20\00:30:03.53
the prophet was to write
the prophecy down it said here,
00:30:03.57\00:30:07.27
because remember the
boy's name, second son,
00:30:07.30\00:30:10.11
his name was going to
be make speed the spoil
00:30:10.14\00:30:13.21
hasten to the prey.
00:30:13.24\00:30:14.58
Other words,
00:30:14.61\00:30:15.94
this disaster was coming
upon God's people so quick,
00:30:15.98\00:30:19.01
it would make your head swim.
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.22
And God said right
now to the prophet,
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.78
he said, look, Isaiah,
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.15
get here, get in,
write the prophecy down.
00:30:24.19\00:30:26.45
And then I want
you to publish it.
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.02
Other words, put it
down and publish it.
00:30:28.06\00:30:29.72
And then I want you
to be left on record
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.66
so people can come and
start reading it quickly.
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.96
And they will see what
this name really means.
00:30:35.00\00:30:38.00
And they'll see to the extent
00:30:38.03\00:30:39.37
that something
disastrous is going to happen.
00:30:39.40\00:30:41.30
And then everybody
will begin to tell her
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.94
about disaster is coming.
00:30:43.97\00:30:46.17
Now why? Because God loves us.
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.44
Isn't that right?
00:30:48.48\00:30:49.81
He says he would do what before,
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.18
he would warn His
people before anything happens.
00:30:51.21\00:30:53.35
Praise God for that.
00:30:53.38\00:30:55.45
So, here's what
we know for sure.
00:30:55.48\00:30:57.85
Pastor John, you mentioned it
00:30:57.89\00:31:00.29
where it says there that
and I've told you before,
00:31:00.32\00:31:03.73
you remember that
I told you before.
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.23
So, when these things what?
00:31:05.26\00:31:06.70
Come to pass,
00:31:06.73\00:31:08.06
then you will
know, you will believe.
00:31:08.10\00:31:10.17
And I think that's
very interesting here.
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.03
Write it down,
00:31:12.07\00:31:13.40
tell them it's going
to happen, publish it,
00:31:13.44\00:31:15.60
get some witnesses in there
00:31:15.64\00:31:16.97
because you're
gonna have to sign.
00:31:17.01\00:31:18.34
Somebody is gonna
say he did that before,
00:31:18.37\00:31:20.11
he said this
before ever took place.
00:31:20.14\00:31:22.51
I would say before the wife
was ever gonna have the child.
00:31:22.54\00:31:24.45
So, that's the lot
of stuff to put down.
00:31:24.48\00:31:27.22
So, He's telling
her, He said right here,
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.72
the title of the prophecy
00:31:28.75\00:31:30.12
got the attention of
the people concerning
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.72
know what was
going to take place.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.92
And, of course, they too
were to pass on the information.
00:31:34.96\00:31:37.63
Just like when you hear things,
00:31:37.66\00:31:38.99
when you go to
church, you hear Bible,
00:31:39.03\00:31:40.70
you hear a truth,
what do we do with it?
00:31:40.73\00:31:42.73
Keep it to ourself.
00:31:42.76\00:31:44.10
No. We'd pass it on, right?
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.83
Continue to pass it on.
00:31:45.87\00:31:47.60
Verse 2, the prophet
had two witnesses with him.
00:31:47.64\00:31:50.54
Bare record of
what was taking place.
00:31:50.57\00:31:53.21
Now, again, what
does a witness do?
00:31:53.24\00:31:54.61
They attest to
what has happened?
00:31:54.64\00:31:56.54
Notice this, that
they had watched him
00:31:56.58\00:31:59.11
as he was writing it down,
00:31:59.15\00:32:01.45
then they had to
sign their names.
00:32:01.48\00:32:03.25
Make sure it was true.
00:32:03.28\00:32:05.02
And to me, that's in
harmony with scripture
00:32:05.05\00:32:07.66
in Matthew 18:16,
00:32:07.69\00:32:09.49
the Bible says, under
two or three witnesses,
00:32:09.52\00:32:12.66
when you do
something, have a witness.
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.43
And we're told that we
need to do that sometime
00:32:14.46\00:32:16.23
when we deal with
church issues, right?
00:32:16.26\00:32:19.03
We need to make sure we
take some witnesses along
00:32:19.07\00:32:21.10
because sometime
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.47
things can be a
little bit out of order.
00:32:22.50\00:32:24.84
But if you have the
witnesses, praise God for that.
00:32:24.87\00:32:26.71
Verse 3, hurrying right
along, speaks of Isaiah's wife,
00:32:26.74\00:32:30.05
as one who may have been a
prophet or prophetess of God,
00:32:30.08\00:32:34.82
had the gift there.
00:32:34.85\00:32:36.18
But Judges 4:4 talks about
using the word prophetess here
00:32:36.22\00:32:39.45
or maybe she was,
you know, referred to as,
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.22
because she was
the wife of Isaiah.
00:32:42.26\00:32:44.49
So, we just kind of a
little more study on that
00:32:44.53\00:32:46.13
if person wants to do that.
00:32:46.16\00:32:47.50
Verse 4, the prophecy.
00:32:47.53\00:32:49.60
Remember prophecy is death
destruction that was coming
00:32:49.63\00:32:53.23
before the
child, now notice this,
00:32:53.27\00:32:55.20
here's how fast,
00:32:55.24\00:32:56.57
before the child could
say my father or my mother.
00:32:56.60\00:33:00.51
Before I was just
talking about here
00:33:03.01\00:33:04.48
before there was like one,
00:33:04.51\00:33:06.11
when your one year of age,
00:33:06.15\00:33:08.48
you know, the kids usually time,
00:33:08.52\00:33:10.89
dada, mama, is that right?
00:33:10.92\00:33:14.39
What time they're
one or two years old.
00:33:14.42\00:33:16.22
So, they're
saying this disaster,
00:33:16.26\00:33:18.23
this is what's
gonna happen to Israel,
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.53
what's gonna happen?
00:33:20.56\00:33:21.90
Because of their idol worship,
00:33:21.93\00:33:23.57
because of their
refusing to follow God,
00:33:23.60\00:33:25.37
it's going to happen
within one to two years.
00:33:25.40\00:33:27.84
I mean, this really
boils it right down in Judah.
00:33:27.87\00:33:31.24
So, you read a
little more of that.
00:33:31.27\00:33:32.77
And we read, I'll
take Samuel 7:4-7.
00:33:32.81\00:33:35.41
Verse 7,
00:33:35.44\00:33:36.78
it's talking about the
waters of the river of Assyria.
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.85
So, it's even telling how
it was going to take place.
00:33:38.88\00:33:41.48
Now, I've got a
lot more right here,
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.75
but I just had something
this morning that struck me as
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.59
I was praying about
it and reading about it.
00:33:45.62\00:33:46.99
And the Lord led me to
this and I'm just gonna read it,
00:33:47.02\00:33:48.69
share it with you
if it'd be all right,
00:33:48.72\00:33:50.26
because I think as
Pastor John was mentioning,
00:33:50.29\00:33:52.26
the things that's happened
here is for us too today,
00:33:52.29\00:33:55.80
if we can take it
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.17
and get some
principle out of it.
00:33:57.20\00:33:59.07
And so here in the
story of Prophets and Kings,
00:33:59.10\00:34:02.60
page 330.
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.74
It says, "As the apostate king
near the end of his reign, "
00:34:04.77\00:34:08.04
something you
were talking about,
00:34:08.08\00:34:09.64
notice what happened.
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.01
"He caused the doors of
the temple to be closed.
00:34:11.05\00:34:14.58
The sacred
services were interrupted.
00:34:14.62\00:34:17.49
Lord, have mercy.
00:34:17.52\00:34:19.09
No longer were the candlesticks
kept burning in the altar."
00:34:19.12\00:34:22.56
Notice this.
00:34:22.59\00:34:23.93
"No longer were
the offerings made
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.59
for the sins of the people,
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.33
no longer did the
sweet incense ascend on high
00:34:27.36\00:34:31.17
at the time of the
morning and evening sacrifice.
00:34:31.20\00:34:34.80
Deserting the
courts of the house of God,
00:34:34.84\00:34:38.01
locking fast its
doors and the inhabitants,
00:34:38.04\00:34:43.65
notice, of the godless
city boldly set up their altars
00:34:43.68\00:34:47.95
for the worship
of heathen deities
00:34:47.98\00:34:50.09
on the street corners."
00:34:50.12\00:34:52.55
Throughout where?
00:34:52.59\00:34:53.92
You wouldn't imagine it, where?
00:34:53.96\00:34:55.32
"Jerusalem."
00:34:55.36\00:34:56.69
They set up on
the street corners,
00:34:56.73\00:34:58.06
the pagans and heathens because
the church doors were closed.
00:34:58.09\00:35:02.80
Something was going on here.
00:35:02.83\00:35:04.17
You know, where was
God's people with this?
00:35:04.20\00:35:07.17
"Heathenism had
seemingly triumphed.
00:35:07.20\00:35:10.04
The powers of darkness
had well-nigh prevailed.
00:35:10.07\00:35:14.44
But in Judah,
00:35:14.48\00:35:15.81
there dwelt some
00:35:15.84\00:35:17.18
who maintained their
allegiance to Jehovah,
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.21
steadfastly refusing
to be led into idolatry.
00:35:19.25\00:35:23.59
I mean, we're seeing something
was coming on devastation
00:35:23.62\00:35:26.15
because the people
turned their back on God.
00:35:26.19\00:35:28.92
And you wonder today,
00:35:28.96\00:35:30.29
some of the
things that are going on,
00:35:30.33\00:35:31.96
not trying to criticize condemn,
00:35:31.99\00:35:33.33
just look at it.
00:35:33.36\00:35:34.70
In reality, it seems like
00:35:34.73\00:35:36.06
the enemy is
trying to close the doors.
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.60
He's trying to shut it down
where God's people can't come
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.64
and, you know, into the temple
and into fellowship with God
00:35:40.67\00:35:43.97
and with others.
00:35:44.01\00:35:45.54
And we're saying, well,
we have reasons for that
00:35:45.57\00:35:47.31
and all so on and so forth now,
00:35:47.34\00:35:49.01
but this is kind of interesting
00:35:49.04\00:35:50.48
because sometimes when,
when this thing happens,
00:35:50.51\00:35:53.21
people find
something else to do.
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.62
The mind is taken away from God
00:35:55.65\00:35:56.99
and they begin to
find other things to do.
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.35
And as leaders of the church,
00:35:58.39\00:35:59.72
we just try to
bring it back together,
00:35:59.75\00:36:01.19
keep a spiritual
insight to it and to realize,
00:36:01.22\00:36:04.53
you know what,
disaster is on its way.
00:36:04.56\00:36:06.43
We need to be ready.
00:36:06.46\00:36:07.80
Amen:
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.16
Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny
and Shelley and Pastor John.
00:36:09.20\00:36:12.30
What an incredible lesson,
00:36:12.33\00:36:13.67
the children of
Judah were in a bad place.
00:36:13.70\00:36:16.40
Could you say that?
00:36:16.44\00:36:17.77
Apostasy is rampant,
00:36:17.81\00:36:19.71
they have the
Assyrians over them.
00:36:19.74\00:36:23.75
And this is a time of fear.
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.25
That's why
Wednesday's lesson I love.
00:36:25.28\00:36:27.75
It says, "Nothing to Fear
When We Fear God Himself."
00:36:27.78\00:36:33.25
My passages,
00:36:33.29\00:36:34.62
the next few
verses in Isaiah 8:11-15.
00:36:34.66\00:36:37.89
You know, Franklin D Roosevelt.
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.26
This was his
first inaugural address.
00:36:39.29\00:36:41.83
The country is struggling
with the Great Depression
00:36:41.86\00:36:43.67
and there's a lot of difficulty.
00:36:43.70\00:36:46.37
He said,
00:36:46.40\00:36:47.74
"The only thing we have
to fear is fear itself."
00:36:47.77\00:36:50.64
Now, Isaiah, this message
that we're gonna read here.
00:36:50.67\00:36:53.88
This is his message
to the depressed people.
00:36:53.91\00:36:56.28
The people who are
struggling under oppression,
00:36:56.31\00:36:58.88
his messages,
00:36:58.91\00:37:00.25
we have nothing to fear
when we fear God Himself.
00:37:00.28\00:37:05.75
Oswald Chambers put it this way.
00:37:05.79\00:37:07.96
When you fear God,
you fear nothing else,
00:37:07.99\00:37:10.96
whereas if you do not fear
God, you fear everything else.
00:37:10.99\00:37:15.96
That's what we look
at on today's lesson,
00:37:16.00\00:37:17.90
Wednesday's lesson.
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.27
Let's read verse 11,
00:37:19.30\00:37:20.84
"For the Lord spoke
thus to me with a strong hand
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.84
and instructed me that
00:37:23.87\00:37:25.21
I should not walk in
the way of this people."
00:37:25.24\00:37:28.24
So what's God saying?
00:37:28.28\00:37:29.68
Take a stand,
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.05
don't do it because
everybody else is doing it.
00:37:31.08\00:37:34.18
Don't trust in
the military might
00:37:34.22\00:37:36.79
of surrounding nations
00:37:36.82\00:37:38.19
or of Assyria or
Egypt or Babylon.
00:37:38.22\00:37:41.59
Don't trust in that.
00:37:41.62\00:37:42.96
Trust in me.
00:37:42.99\00:37:44.99
It's interesting that He said,
speak thus with a strong hand,
00:37:45.03\00:37:50.67
because the hand is
often used metaphorically
00:37:50.70\00:37:52.97
in the Word of God.
00:37:53.00\00:37:54.34
Hands are used as a
metaphor for revelation.
00:37:54.37\00:37:56.47
We see that here in Isaiah 8:11,
00:37:56.50\00:37:58.54
it's a metaphor for
deliverance from Egypt.
00:37:58.57\00:38:01.44
We see that in Exodus Chapter 3,
00:38:01.48\00:38:03.61
it's a metaphor
for oath or judgment.
00:38:03.65\00:38:06.28
We see that in Zechariah 2.
00:38:06.31\00:38:08.15
Hands are also used as
a metaphor for creation.
00:38:08.18\00:38:11.55
We see that in
Isaiah Chapter 19.
00:38:11.59\00:38:14.46
So, what does God saying?
00:38:14.49\00:38:15.82
This is verses 12 through 15,
00:38:15.86\00:38:17.39
we'll read it and
then we'll unpack it.
00:38:17.43\00:38:20.16
"Do not say, 'A conspiracy,'
00:38:20.20\00:38:22.43
concerning all that this
people call a conspiracy,
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.57
and be afraid of their
threats nor be troubled.' "
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.94
Verse 13,
00:38:28.97\00:38:30.37
"The Lord of hosts,
Him you shall hallow.
00:38:30.41\00:38:35.21
Let him be your fear.
00:38:35.24\00:38:37.45
Let him be your dread.
00:38:37.48\00:38:39.21
He will be as the sanctuary,
00:38:39.25\00:38:40.98
but a stone of
stumbling and a rock of offense
00:38:41.02\00:38:43.82
to both the houses of Israel
00:38:43.85\00:38:45.69
as a trap and a snare
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.06
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
00:38:47.09\00:38:49.06
And many among
them shall stumble.
00:38:49.09\00:38:51.79
They shall fall and be
broken, be snared and be taken."
00:38:51.83\00:38:55.33
So, look at the contrast here.
00:38:55.36\00:38:57.83
If you fear God, you
won't have to fear others.
00:38:57.87\00:39:02.84
On the flip side,
if you fear others,
00:39:02.87\00:39:04.84
that means you
probably do not fear God.
00:39:04.87\00:39:08.18
The next verse,
00:39:08.21\00:39:09.54
verse 14 talks about
00:39:09.58\00:39:10.98
He would be a
sanctuary, but to others,
00:39:11.01\00:39:12.95
a stone of stumbling
and a rock of offense.
00:39:12.98\00:39:15.68
If God is a sanctuary to
you, if He dwells with you,
00:39:15.72\00:39:21.12
He won't be a stone of stumbling
00:39:21.16\00:39:22.72
or a rock of offense.
00:39:22.76\00:39:24.93
But, if God is a
stone of stumbling
00:39:24.96\00:39:27.86
or a rock of offense to you,
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.10
then He has not
tabernacled with you.
00:39:30.13\00:39:32.07
He has not set up
residence with you.
00:39:32.10\00:39:35.84
And finally, if you refuse
00:39:35.87\00:39:37.37
to fall on the rock
Christ Jesus and be broken,
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.97
that rock will fall on
you and crush you to powder.
00:39:40.01\00:39:44.15
We see that in Matthew 21.
00:39:44.18\00:39:46.21
So, we are called to
fear God and not others.
00:39:46.25\00:39:49.92
The lesson title,
00:39:49.95\00:39:51.29
we have nothing to fear
when we fear God Himself
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.46
reminds me of the
three angels' messages.
00:39:54.49\00:39:56.32
Remember, Revelation
Chapter 14 begins with what?
00:39:56.36\00:39:59.16
Verse 6,
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.53
"Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:40:00.56\00:40:03.67
for the hour of
His judgment has come."
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.97
You see if we fear God,
we won't fear the beast.
00:40:06.00\00:40:10.34
But if we don't fear
God in Revelation 14,
00:40:10.37\00:40:14.48
we will fear the
beast in Revelation 13.
00:40:14.51\00:40:16.91
And we will give
glory to that beast.
00:40:16.95\00:40:21.58
Fear, there's a lot of things
that we're afraid of today.
00:40:21.62\00:40:24.92
I'm just gonna list a few.
00:40:24.95\00:40:26.35
I think a lot of times
we're afraid of other people.
00:40:26.39\00:40:29.09
Isaiah talks about
that in Isaiah 51:12-13,
00:40:29.12\00:40:35.00
"I even, I am He
who comforts you,
00:40:35.03\00:40:38.27
who are you
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.63
that you should be
afraid of a man who will die.
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.80
And of the son of a man
who will be made like grass.
00:40:42.84\00:40:45.64
And you forget
the Lord, your maker."
00:40:45.67\00:40:48.24
Why are you
afraid of other people?
00:40:48.28\00:40:49.61
Because we forget God.
00:40:49.64\00:40:51.11
We forget He is our maker
who stretched out the heavens
00:40:51.15\00:40:54.98
and laid the
foundations of the earth.
00:40:55.02\00:40:56.99
You have feared
continually every day
00:40:57.02\00:40:59.59
because of the fear
of fury of the oppressor.
00:40:59.62\00:41:02.46
And where is the
fury of the oppressor?
00:41:02.49\00:41:05.33
Sometimes we're afraid of others
00:41:05.36\00:41:06.70
because we have
forgotten God, our maker.
00:41:06.73\00:41:09.16
Sometimes people are
afraid of being alone.
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.90
Maybe you mask it
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.40
by an over
obsessive use of social media,
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.44
or it's the reason
people stay in relationships
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.97
because they're
afraid of being alone.
00:41:20.01\00:41:22.28
But God has told
us in Hebrews 13:5,
00:41:22.31\00:41:25.38
He Himself has said,
00:41:25.41\00:41:27.08
I will never leave you.
00:41:27.12\00:41:29.15
I will never forsake you.
00:41:29.18\00:41:31.45
So, we may boldly
say, the Lord is my helper.
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.26
I will not fear.
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.12
What can man do unto me?
00:41:36.16\00:41:37.96
God is our helper.
00:41:37.99\00:41:39.43
Sometimes we're
afraid of change.
00:41:39.46\00:41:41.53
We don't like change.
00:41:41.56\00:41:43.06
We don't like the
uncertainty of the future,
00:41:43.10\00:41:46.20
but God says in Malachi 3:6,
00:41:46.23\00:41:48.07
"I am the Lord,
I do not change."
00:41:48.10\00:41:51.71
God is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
00:41:51.74\00:41:55.24
Sometimes we're afraid of dying.
00:41:55.28\00:41:58.55
Hebrews talks about that.
00:41:58.58\00:42:00.12
Hebrews 2:14-15,
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.12
"Inasmuch then as the children
00:42:03.15\00:42:04.52
have partaken
of flesh and blood,
00:42:04.55\00:42:06.42
He Himself
likewise shared in the same,
00:42:06.45\00:42:09.72
that through death
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.46
He might release him
who had the power of death,"
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.83
that is the devil,
00:42:13.86\00:42:15.20
"and release those
who through fear of death
00:42:15.23\00:42:17.00
were all their
lifetime subject to bondage."
00:42:17.03\00:42:21.17
Why do we spend time
being afraid of that?
00:42:21.20\00:42:23.91
Because we never
developed that fear of God.
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.51
So, what does it
mean to fear God?
00:42:26.54\00:42:28.84
Isaiah 8:13, we already read it.
00:42:28.88\00:42:31.68
Let's read it one more time.
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.38
The Lord of hosts,
00:42:33.42\00:42:34.75
Him you shall
hallow or set apart,
00:42:34.78\00:42:37.82
be consecrated,
holy, God is holy.
00:42:37.85\00:42:41.66
Let Him be your fear.
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.16
Regard Him with reverence.
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.59
Let Him be your dread.
00:42:46.63\00:42:48.96
In this context,
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.90
the fear of the Lord
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.27
is to consider the Lord as holy.
00:42:52.30\00:42:55.40
It's a recognition of
the holiness of our God
00:42:55.44\00:43:00.08
and a respect and
reverence for who He is.
00:43:00.11\00:43:05.95
I have five takeaways
00:43:05.98\00:43:07.52
from this concept
of fearing the Lord.
00:43:07.55\00:43:11.45
Take away number one,
00:43:11.49\00:43:12.82
Godly fear
recognizes the holiness of God
00:43:12.85\00:43:16.62
and walks in obedience
to what He commands us.
00:43:16.66\00:43:20.86
We just read
that in Isaiah 8:13.
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.26
If we fear Him,
00:43:23.30\00:43:24.90
we will walk in that
obedience to His commands.
00:43:24.93\00:43:28.14
Number two, Godly
fear leads to knowledge.
00:43:28.17\00:43:32.24
Proverbs 1:7,
00:43:32.27\00:43:34.48
The fear of the
Lord, what is that?
00:43:34.51\00:43:36.14
It is the
beginning of knowledge,
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.95
but fools, they
despise wisdom and instruction.
00:43:38.98\00:43:43.32
The fear of the Lord
that is that admiration,
00:43:43.35\00:43:46.79
reverence
represented in obedience to Him.
00:43:46.82\00:43:52.36
Godly fear, it
leads to knowledge.
00:43:52.39\00:43:54.76
Number three,
00:43:54.80\00:43:56.13
Godly fear is
not afraid of death.
00:43:56.16\00:43:59.93
Rather it's
afraid of losing God.
00:43:59.97\00:44:04.21
Matthew Chapter 10,
00:44:04.24\00:44:06.07
Jesus speaking
here, Matthew 10:28.
00:44:06.11\00:44:09.64
This is just the
first part of that verse.
00:44:09.68\00:44:12.75
"Do not fear
those who kill the body,
00:44:12.78\00:44:15.15
but cannot kill the soul.
00:44:15.18\00:44:17.65
Rather fear Him
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.32
who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell."
00:44:19.35\00:44:24.33
Godly fear, it's
not afraid of death,
00:44:24.36\00:44:26.23
but it is afraid of losing God
00:44:26.26\00:44:28.06
or losing our
connection with God
00:44:28.10\00:44:30.40
or losing our eternal salvation
and that security with God.
00:44:30.43\00:44:37.17
Now, let's look at
Godly love for just a moment.
00:44:37.21\00:44:39.94
This is number four.
00:44:39.97\00:44:41.31
Takeaway number four,
00:44:41.34\00:44:42.68
Godly love does
not exhibit fear.
00:44:42.71\00:44:46.41
1 John 4:18,
00:44:46.45\00:44:49.32
There is no fear in love
00:44:49.35\00:44:51.89
because perfect
love or Godly love
00:44:51.92\00:44:55.32
casts out fear
00:44:55.36\00:44:56.89
because fear, it
involves torment.
00:44:56.93\00:44:59.23
He that fears
00:44:59.26\00:45:00.60
has not been
made perfect in love.
00:45:00.63\00:45:03.67
Now we're not
discussing Godly fear here.
00:45:03.70\00:45:06.00
That's not the type of
fear that John is talking about.
00:45:06.03\00:45:08.67
He's talking about a
worldly type of fear.
00:45:08.70\00:45:11.31
Remember, Godly
fear is that respect
00:45:11.34\00:45:13.51
and admiration for
God, reverence for God.
00:45:13.54\00:45:17.11
But if we have Godly
love, that type of worldly fear,
00:45:17.15\00:45:21.98
that's going to be pushed aside.
00:45:22.02\00:45:25.12
Last takeaway.
00:45:25.15\00:45:26.49
Number five,
00:45:26.52\00:45:27.86
Godly love does not
love the things of the world.
00:45:27.89\00:45:32.76
1 John 2:15,
00:45:32.79\00:45:35.60
do not love the world
or the things in the world.
00:45:35.63\00:45:38.80
If anyone loves the world,
00:45:38.83\00:45:40.20
the love of the
Father is not in him.
00:45:40.24\00:45:44.17
So, five takeaways,
00:45:44.21\00:45:45.54
Godly fear
recognizes the holiness of God
00:45:45.57\00:45:47.84
and walks in
obedience to His command.
00:45:47.88\00:45:50.08
Number two, Godly
fear leads to knowledge.
00:45:50.11\00:45:53.42
Number three,
00:45:53.45\00:45:54.78
Godly fear is
not afraid of death,
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.72
rather it's
afraid of losing God.
00:45:56.75\00:45:59.35
Number four,
00:45:59.39\00:46:00.72
Godly love does
not exhibit fear.
00:46:00.76\00:46:02.86
And that would be a worldly fear
00:46:02.89\00:46:04.79
and Godly love
00:46:04.83\00:46:06.16
does not love the
things of the world.
00:46:06.19\00:46:08.50
We have nothing to fear
when we fear God Himself.
00:46:08.53\00:46:13.07
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:46:13.10\00:46:15.54
I got to put my specs on.
00:46:15.57\00:46:18.67
Thank you, Jill, so much,
00:46:18.71\00:46:20.04
that was beautiful
and wonderful setup
00:46:20.08\00:46:21.44
for the next few
verses of Isaiah Chapter 8,
00:46:21.48\00:46:25.08
a couple of which many of
us are very familiar with,
00:46:25.11\00:46:28.45
and we get to study them
00:46:28.48\00:46:29.82
within the context of what it is
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.62
that is being said here
00:46:31.65\00:46:32.99
in these latter
verses of Isaiah Chapter 8.
00:46:33.02\00:46:36.26
I have Thursday's
lesson and man, what a...
00:46:36.29\00:46:38.63
While I was
studying for this lesson,
00:46:38.66\00:46:40.76
all I could think
about of this title
00:46:40.80\00:46:43.37
is it just sounds like
00:46:43.40\00:46:44.73
one of those
horror movie film titles,
00:46:44.77\00:46:47.67
you know, you
could just imagine it,
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.07
you know, coming
to a theater near you,
00:46:49.10\00:46:52.91
Gloom of the
Ungrateful Living Dead, right?
00:46:52.94\00:46:56.78
That's the title
of Thursday's lesson,
00:46:56.81\00:46:58.45
"Gloom of the
Ungrateful Living Dead."
00:46:58.48\00:47:01.88
So, we're gonna pick
up in Isaiah 8:16-22.
00:47:01.92\00:47:07.99
And I'm gonna
get right into this.
00:47:08.02\00:47:09.42
Notice what the Bible says.
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.39
I like we have, I
like this first verse.
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.66
This is will be the foundation
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.46
on everything
that's about to say
00:47:16.50\00:47:18.10
or everything
that's about to be said.
00:47:18.13\00:47:19.53
If people would just
bind up the testimony
00:47:19.57\00:47:22.94
and seal the law
among God's disciples,
00:47:22.97\00:47:25.74
just accept the law of God
00:47:25.77\00:47:28.44
and be a disciple who
follows the law of God,
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.91
then none of this other
stuff would have had to happen.
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.92
But it goes on to say,
00:47:33.95\00:47:35.28
based on that
statement, verse 17,
00:47:35.32\00:47:37.19
it says, "And I
will wait on the Lord
00:47:37.22\00:47:39.35
who hides his face
from the house of Jacob,
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.19
and I will hope in Him."
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.59
That's our
memory verse for today.
00:47:43.63\00:47:45.19
Beautiful.
00:47:45.23\00:47:46.56
"Here am I and the children
whom the Lord has given me,
00:47:46.59\00:47:50.27
we are for signs and
for wonders in Israel
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.77
for the Lord of hosts,
00:47:52.80\00:47:54.34
who dwells in Mount Zion."
00:47:54.37\00:47:57.41
But here comes that
ungrateful living dead part.
00:47:57.44\00:48:01.64
"And when they say to you,
00:48:01.68\00:48:03.55
seek those who are
mediums and wizards,
00:48:03.58\00:48:06.31
who whisper and mutter,
00:48:06.35\00:48:07.82
should not a
people seek their God?
00:48:07.85\00:48:11.05
Should they seek the
dead on behalf of the living?"
00:48:11.09\00:48:15.09
Verse 20,
00:48:15.12\00:48:16.66
"To the law and the testimony,
00:48:16.69\00:48:19.93
if they do not speak
according to this word,
00:48:19.96\00:48:23.16
it is because there
was no light in them."
00:48:23.20\00:48:26.63
Verse 21,
00:48:26.67\00:48:28.00
"They will pass through
it, hard-pressed and hungry.
00:48:28.04\00:48:30.41
And it shall happen
when they are hungry,
00:48:30.44\00:48:33.14
that they will
be enraged in curse.
00:48:33.17\00:48:35.44
They will curse
their King and their God
00:48:35.48\00:48:38.28
and look upward.
00:48:38.31\00:48:39.91
Then they will look to the earth
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.28
and see trouble in darkness,
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.92
gloom of anguish,
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.75
and they will be
driven into darkness.
00:48:44.79\00:48:48.56
Now you have to
understand these verses
00:48:48.59\00:48:50.39
within the context
of what has happened
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.73
in the previous
chapters involving Ahaz,
00:48:52.76\00:48:55.43
because the reason why
God is bringing this up,
00:48:55.46\00:48:58.23
the reason why he's
asking the question,
00:48:58.27\00:49:00.40
you know, seek those
who are mediums and wizards,
00:49:00.44\00:49:03.07
who whisper and mutter
00:49:03.10\00:49:04.44
should not a
people seek their God?
00:49:04.47\00:49:06.68
Because Ahaz,
the king of Israel.
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.88
Of course, we know
he was a pitiful king.
00:49:08.91\00:49:10.88
He wasn't a good king at all.
00:49:10.91\00:49:12.41
He was the main leader
00:49:12.45\00:49:14.52
in leading out
in bringing Israel
00:49:14.55\00:49:16.65
into the occultic practices
00:49:16.69\00:49:19.05
and the spiritualistic practices
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.59
that is being
described here in these verses.
00:49:20.62\00:49:23.16
And that's why we have
those two foundational texts
00:49:23.19\00:49:25.49
that we often read,
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
you know, bind up the testimony,
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.23
seal the law,
00:49:28.26\00:49:29.60
because if you find yourself
in harmony with God's law,
00:49:29.63\00:49:31.53
that means you find
yourself only worshiping God,
00:49:31.57\00:49:34.20
only seeking God,
00:49:34.24\00:49:35.57
only looking to
God for your answers.
00:49:35.60\00:49:37.77
Same thing in verse 20,
00:49:37.81\00:49:39.14
to the law and to the testimony,
00:49:39.17\00:49:40.51
notice how that law
keeps coming back up,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.04
because the law of God
00:49:42.08\00:49:43.41
will not allow
you to seek the dead.
00:49:43.45\00:49:45.31
You can't communicate.
00:49:45.35\00:49:46.68
Why in the world would you
wanna communicate with the dead
00:49:46.72\00:49:48.25
when you can communicate
with the Lord of the law,
00:49:48.28\00:49:50.92
the Lord of the Bible?
00:49:50.95\00:49:52.85
And so, to the law
and to the testimony,
00:49:52.89\00:49:54.39
if they do not speak
according to this word,
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.69
and we're gonna see
what it is that Ahaz did,
00:49:56.73\00:49:59.86
that was not
according to the Word of God
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.20
in just a
moment, speaking of Ahaz.
00:50:02.23\00:50:04.47
Let's look at
this, 2 Kings 16:3-4.
00:50:04.50\00:50:07.57
And then we're also going
to go to 2 Chronicles 28:22-25.
00:50:07.60\00:50:12.04
This is gonna kind of
give us an understanding
00:50:12.07\00:50:13.88
of why God is challenging this
00:50:13.91\00:50:15.61
and why He's speaking
on this occultic practice
00:50:15.64\00:50:19.75
of seeking mediums
and wizards and, you know,
00:50:19.78\00:50:22.52
talking and
communicating with the dead.
00:50:22.55\00:50:24.52
Notice what the Bible
says in 2 Kings 16:3-4,
00:50:24.55\00:50:27.46
speaking about King Ahaz.
00:50:27.49\00:50:29.69
It says, "But he
walked in the way
00:50:29.72\00:50:31.06
of the kings of Israel,
00:50:31.09\00:50:32.43
indeed he made his son
pass through the fire."
00:50:32.46\00:50:35.93
Now don't be confused
about what those are saying.
00:50:35.96\00:50:38.53
Many people
have interpreted this
00:50:38.57\00:50:40.57
to be that the
passing through the fire is,
00:50:40.60\00:50:42.64
you know, those
old like pagan rituals
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.57
where you have to
walk on the hot coals,
00:50:44.61\00:50:46.14
or you have to
somehow pass through
00:50:46.17\00:50:47.74
some type of ritualistic fire,
00:50:47.78\00:50:49.64
you know, to be made a man.
00:50:49.68\00:50:51.01
They often would do
this in some of the pagan,
00:50:51.05\00:50:52.75
heathen nations, but yet
this passing through the fire,
00:50:52.78\00:50:55.45
this was a
ritualistic occultic practice
00:50:55.48\00:50:58.42
in which he would
literally sacrifice his son
00:50:58.45\00:51:01.09
to the pagan gods in fire,
00:51:01.12\00:51:03.89
burn them alive.
00:51:03.93\00:51:05.36
And so, it goes on to say here,
00:51:05.39\00:51:06.73
"After he made a son
pass through the fire,
00:51:06.76\00:51:09.33
according to the
abominations of the nations,
00:51:09.36\00:51:11.60
whom the Lord had cast out
00:51:11.63\00:51:13.00
from before the
children of Israel
00:51:13.03\00:51:14.94
and he sacrificed
00:51:14.97\00:51:16.30
and burned incense on
the high places on the hills
00:51:16.34\00:51:19.27
and under every green tree."
00:51:19.31\00:51:21.84
And, of course, if
you continue reading
00:51:21.88\00:51:23.61
on to 2 Chronicles 28: 22-25,
00:51:23.65\00:51:27.15
it gives us a
little bit more insight
00:51:27.18\00:51:28.92
as to how Ahaz led out
00:51:28.95\00:51:31.52
and what he
brought about in Israel
00:51:31.55\00:51:34.06
as a negative influence
upon the people of God.
00:51:34.09\00:51:36.73
2 Chronicles 28:22-25.
00:51:36.76\00:51:40.00
It says, "Now in the
time of his distress,
00:51:40.03\00:51:43.03
King Ahaz became increasingly
unfaithful to the Lord."
00:51:43.06\00:51:46.37
Have mercy. This
is that King Ahaz.
00:51:46.40\00:51:50.87
I like how the
writer of Chronicles here.
00:51:50.91\00:51:52.34
He had to make that clear.
00:51:52.37\00:51:53.71
This is that King Ahaz,
00:51:53.74\00:51:55.24
you know, that one
you heard about, right?
00:51:55.28\00:51:57.35
"Where he sacrificed
to the gods of Damascus,
00:51:57.38\00:52:00.62
which had defeated him saying,
00:52:00.65\00:52:02.38
because the gods of the
kings of Syria help them,
00:52:02.42\00:52:04.75
I will sacrifice to
them that may help me,
00:52:04.79\00:52:07.92
but they were the ruin
of him in all of Israel."
00:52:07.96\00:52:11.56
So, Ahaz gathered the
articles, notice this,
00:52:11.59\00:52:13.86
he gathered the
articles of the house of God.
00:52:13.90\00:52:16.93
What other way
can you disrespect God
00:52:16.97\00:52:20.47
and His holiness
00:52:20.50\00:52:21.84
than to go into His house
00:52:21.87\00:52:23.20
and take those things
which were meant to be holy
00:52:23.24\00:52:25.21
and only used for the Lord
00:52:25.24\00:52:26.61
and use them for pagan practices
00:52:26.64\00:52:29.08
and the worship of other gods.
00:52:29.11\00:52:30.65
So, that's why it says here.
00:52:30.68\00:52:32.01
So, Ahaz gathered
00:52:32.05\00:52:33.38
the article of the house of God,
00:52:33.42\00:52:34.75
cut it in pieces
00:52:34.78\00:52:36.55
or cut in pieces the
articles of the house of God,
00:52:36.58\00:52:39.12
shut up the doors of
the house of the Lord
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.42
and made for himself altars
in every corner of Jerusalem
00:52:41.46\00:52:45.56
and in every
single city of Judah.
00:52:45.59\00:52:47.40
He made high places to
burn incense to other gods
00:52:47.43\00:52:51.17
and provoked to anger
the Lord God of his fathers.
00:52:51.20\00:52:55.74
And so, again, why would
God have such a major issue
00:52:55.77\00:53:00.21
with these occultic practices,
00:53:00.24\00:53:01.58
you know, seeking wizards
and witches and sorcerers
00:53:01.61\00:53:03.85
and all these other things,
00:53:03.88\00:53:05.21
talking and
communicating with the dead,
00:53:05.25\00:53:06.92
which brought about Ahaz,
brought about into Israel.
00:53:06.95\00:53:11.22
Well, notice this,
in Deuteronomy 32:17,
00:53:11.25\00:53:13.72
when you are practicing.
00:53:13.76\00:53:15.69
If you know of
someone who is doing this,
00:53:15.72\00:53:17.29
or you yourself
have heard of this,
00:53:17.33\00:53:18.83
or maybe you have participated
in such a practice in the past,
00:53:18.86\00:53:22.86
let me inform you
00:53:22.90\00:53:24.30
about what the Bible
teaches that you are doing
00:53:24.33\00:53:27.00
when you are doing this.
00:53:27.04\00:53:28.47
Deuteronomy 32:17,
00:53:28.50\00:53:31.17
the Bible says
they sacrifice to what?
00:53:31.21\00:53:35.04
Demons, not to God.
00:53:35.08\00:53:38.28
It says, "To gods they
did not know, to new gods,
00:53:38.31\00:53:42.32
new arrivals
00:53:42.35\00:53:43.69
that your fathers did not fear."
00:53:43.72\00:53:46.15
And if you couple that
with 1 Corinthians 10:20,
00:53:46.19\00:53:50.29
notice what Paul
writes here, again,
00:53:50.33\00:53:52.23
emphasizing and re-mentioning
what was mentioned here
00:53:52.26\00:53:56.46
in Deuteronomy 32.
00:53:56.50\00:53:57.83
Paul writes rather
00:53:57.87\00:53:59.37
that the things which
the Gentiles sacrifice,
00:53:59.40\00:54:03.00
they sacrifice to
demons and not to God.
00:54:03.04\00:54:06.94
And I do not want you to
have fellowship with demons.
00:54:06.98\00:54:10.81
This was a big deal
back in the day, my friends.
00:54:10.85\00:54:14.78
And so ultimately
what is revealed in this,
00:54:14.82\00:54:18.29
in this study is that because
00:54:18.32\00:54:19.75
Ahaz had led the people
into these occultic practices,
00:54:19.79\00:54:22.69
you know, they
would end up cursing him.
00:54:22.72\00:54:25.16
In fact, when Ahaz died,
00:54:25.19\00:54:27.60
an exception was
made regarding his burial
00:54:27.63\00:54:29.56
due to the lack
of respect for him.
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.17
And then, of course, it goes on
00:54:32.20\00:54:33.64
to say there in 2
Chronicles 28:26-27,
00:54:33.67\00:54:36.57
it says, "They did not bring him
00:54:36.60\00:54:37.94
into the tombs of
the kings of Israel."
00:54:37.97\00:54:40.01
He wasn't even given
a proper royal burial
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.44
because of the
things that he had done.
00:54:42.48\00:54:44.48
He was a curse
because of those things.
00:54:44.51\00:54:46.85
Absolutely.
00:54:46.88\00:54:48.22
What does the Bible teach
about these occultic practices?
00:54:48.25\00:54:50.82
We know that
they're communicating
00:54:50.85\00:54:52.69
and offering these sacrifices,
not to these random gods,
00:54:52.72\00:54:56.32
not to the gods
of gold and silver,
00:54:56.36\00:54:57.73
and the air and
the wind, and the grass
00:54:57.76\00:54:59.29
and all the other
things that they worship,
00:54:59.33\00:55:00.83
they're worshiping demons.
00:55:00.86\00:55:02.60
They're
communicating with demons.
00:55:02.63\00:55:03.97
In Leviticus 20:7,
00:55:04.00\00:55:05.33
God's language was
very strong on this,
00:55:05.37\00:55:07.74
and He was very clear.
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.10
He said, "A man or a
woman who is a medium,
00:55:09.14\00:55:11.67
or who has a familiar spirit,
shall surely be put to death.
00:55:11.71\00:55:16.38
They shall stone
them with stones,
00:55:16.41\00:55:18.45
their blood shall be upon them.
00:55:18.48\00:55:20.55
God takes this
situation very, very serious.
00:55:20.58\00:55:23.25
And, you know, we
can learn a lot of things
00:55:23.28\00:55:25.55
if we study what
the Bible has to say
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.66
on this practice.
00:55:27.69\00:55:29.02
I'm going to, I can't
read it for sake of time,
00:55:29.06\00:55:30.43
but Deuteronomy
18:19-14, go read it.
00:55:30.46\00:55:35.00
Go read those verses
where God specifically,
00:55:35.03\00:55:37.63
very strongly declares
that this is not His plan,
00:55:37.67\00:55:40.04
and this is not what
He wants for His people.
00:55:40.07\00:55:42.47
And I think of King
Saul, his ultimate demise,
00:55:42.50\00:55:46.94
according to the Bible,
00:55:46.98\00:55:48.31
according to 1
Chronicles 10:13-14,
00:55:48.34\00:55:50.38
the Bible says
that he lost his life
00:55:50.41\00:55:52.35
because what did he do?
00:55:52.38\00:55:53.72
He did exactly what the
Lord told him not to do.
00:55:53.75\00:55:55.52
He goes and he seeks a witch.
A witch conjures up a spirit.
00:55:55.55\00:56:00.42
And the Bible
says that he perceived
00:56:00.46\00:56:03.22
that it was Samuel.
00:56:03.26\00:56:04.59
But, my friends,
it was not Samuel.
00:56:04.63\00:56:05.96
It was a demon.
00:56:05.99\00:56:07.33
And so, again, what
we can learn from this
00:56:07.36\00:56:09.53
is to trust in the
Lord, bind up the testimony,
00:56:09.56\00:56:13.17
seal the law among my disciples.
00:56:13.20\00:56:15.24
Jesus says, if they don't
speak according to this word
00:56:15.27\00:56:17.77
is because there
is no light in them.
00:56:17.81\00:56:20.18
Good. Thanks, Ryan.
00:56:20.21\00:56:21.98
Thank you so much.
Thank you, all panelists.
00:56:22.01\00:56:23.71
Shelley, give me some summary
00:56:23.75\00:56:25.31
of what your
lesson was all about?
00:56:25.35\00:56:27.48
Well, Ahaz trusted in princess
rather than trusting in God.
00:56:27.52\00:56:32.65
He refused God's grace in
the land then was desolated.
00:56:32.69\00:56:37.13
But I just have
to say this for us.
00:56:37.16\00:56:39.36
If we refuse God's grace,
even if you're in the church,
00:56:39.39\00:56:43.30
if you're refusing God's grace,
you will remain unfruitful.
00:56:43.33\00:56:47.20
Pastor Kenny? Amen.
00:56:47.24\00:56:48.57
Five Testimonies 2:24,
00:56:48.60\00:56:50.21
"When the time fully comes
00:56:50.24\00:56:51.57
that inequity shall have reached
00:56:51.61\00:56:53.11
its stated
boundary of God's mercy.
00:56:53.14\00:56:55.48
His forbearance will cease,
00:56:55.51\00:56:57.48
but then it will be seen
00:56:57.51\00:56:58.85
what a tremendous thing it is
00:56:58.88\00:57:00.45
to have worn out
divine patience."
00:57:00.48\00:57:04.45
Jill?
00:57:04.49\00:57:05.82
Psalm 56:3,
00:57:05.85\00:57:07.39
"When I'm afraid,
I will trust in You.
00:57:07.42\00:57:10.66
And God, I will put my trust.
00:57:10.69\00:57:13.16
I will not fear, what
can flesh do unto me."
00:57:13.19\00:57:15.96
We can put our
trust in the Lord Jesus.
00:57:16.00\00:57:17.80
Amen. Ryan?
00:57:19.63\00:57:22.17
To the law and to the testimony
00:57:22.20\00:57:24.24
they speak not
according to this Word.
00:57:24.27\00:57:26.34
My friends, the
Word of God is sure.
00:57:26.37\00:57:28.41
And we need to make sure
00:57:28.44\00:57:29.78
we're grounded
in His Word today.
00:57:29.81\00:57:31.41
So, that we don't worship
or communicate with demons,
00:57:31.45\00:57:34.18
but only with the one true God.
00:57:34.22\00:57:35.65
Amen. Right.
00:57:35.68\00:57:37.02
And we've been talking
about prophecy fulfilled.
00:57:37.05\00:57:39.35
Prophecy is the connection
between the past and the future
00:57:39.39\00:57:42.36
of the old and the new,
00:57:42.39\00:57:43.83
the unknown and the understood,
00:57:43.86\00:57:45.79
the concealed and the revealed,
00:57:45.83\00:57:47.70
what was said and
what is being done,
00:57:47.73\00:57:49.43
the forecast
and the fulfillment.
00:57:49.46\00:57:51.67
And to the student of prophecy,
00:57:51.70\00:57:53.03
the future is not a
forward-looking experience
00:57:53.07\00:57:54.84
to the revelation of knowledge,
00:57:54.87\00:57:56.64
but a
backward-looking experience
00:57:56.67\00:57:58.41
to the revelation of Jesus.
00:57:58.44\00:58:00.58
Join us next
time for the lesson,
00:58:00.61\00:58:02.54
"Nobel Princess of Peace."
00:58:02.58\00:58:05.01
God bless you.
00:58:05.05\00:58:06.38