59:1-13 – what is with these pronouns. He starts out saying you did this halfway through changes to their problems and then switches to we suffer. So he speaks to the unrighteous among us first, then to the righteous among us, then to all of us. Us being the Israelites and or God’s people. And […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 61-62
Maybe it’s just be but at least in chapter 61 I’m getting lost who the ‘their’, ‘they’ ‘i’ and ‘you’ are referring to. 61:4 they seems to refer to Israel building up the ruined city. And in 5-6 “tend your flocks” and “they will speak of you”. ‘they’ is the foreigners and ‘you’ is Israel. […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 57-58
57:1-13 – I laugh at how ridiculous Israel looks here. However I realized that we do the same thing. In times of relative peace I don’t bother putting my trust in God, but when hard times come the things I put my trust and will just blow away. And I’m left there with no; yelling […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 55-56
55:2 – wow, that hit home. Just looking around where I’m sitting in the living room. Why did I spend money on what will not satisfy. It doesn’t say we can’t have nice things. In fact it says enjoy good food. Meaning, to me at least, consider and take into account when purchasing is this […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 53-54
A passage we’re all pretty familiar with, Isaiah’s prophecy in chapter 53 has been quoted, posted, preached many times. But we take it for granted and immediately associate it with Jesus. Could you imagine reading this these first time as an Israelite in that time. ‘what? The king of the Jews will be tortured and […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 51-52
Chapter 51 – When the Lord comforts you, it’s more than a quick hug and a pat on the back. Recently our teacher was talking about the Gospel in Sunday School. It’s so much bigger than just Good News or just another religious thing. It is ground breaking, world altering news. Same with the power […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 49-50
49:6 Israel is supposed to be missionaries. Taking The Truth to all nations. Everyone is supposed to know. Call back to 42:6,10 it says almost the same thing. 49:13-15 God will have compassion and heal Israel but they feel completely ignored and forgotten. I loved this response: a mother would sooner forget her child then […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 47-48
-Chapter 47 whoever this woman is supposed to be she is about to be exposed for who she really is. God used her to punish his people by tricking and trapping them, but no more. She thinks she is a god (v.8, that what the Lord just said on yesterday’s reading), it she is nothing […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 55-46
Ha ha. (45:10) I wouldn’t dare ask a woman in labor, ‘Whatcha doing?’ and yet I question God all the time. He is God, the creator of the universe, He is doing whatever He wants and doesn’t have to explain Himself to me. Yet, (v4) He called me by name and saved me. V22 and […]
Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 43-44
-So many good verses about the power of God and what He has done for us and still doing for us. I think we can or at least I am applying myself every time I hear Israel in these chapters. -He has not burdened me with a lot of rituals, but I have burdened him […]