CHAPTER 27 THE MINISTRY AND TRIUMPH OF GOD. In this chapter we will now learn of the defeat of all heavenly and earthly opponents, depicted in terms of the great monster Leviathan; followed by a description of God's continued watch over His own true people; and a reference back to His purging of th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT SERPENT MONSTERS (ISAIAH 27:1). In this one verse Yahweh declares the bringing about of His purpose of judgement on all who stand against Him, whether man or god, in fulfilment of Isaiah 26:20. Some see this as a description of three monsters needing to be slain (repres... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S FIERCE PROTECTION OF HIS PEOPLE SEEN AS A VINEYARD (ISAIAH 27:2). In contrast to that mighty Serpent are the afflicted people of God, and with such an Enemy they certainly need special protection. God's people have previously been seen as a vineyard, but one that was rejected because it only... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH HAS HAD COMPASSION ON HIS PEOPLE, FOR EVEN IN THE PAST HE HAS NOT TREATED ISRAEL AS BADLY AS THEY DESERVED (ISAIAH 27:7). Yahweh has not smitten His people as severely as He has smitten others, nor has He slaughtered them with the same severity. In His treatment of her (as with a wife, compa... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FATE OF THE DEFENCED CITY (ISAIAH 27:10). They must not put their trust in their defenced cities, for those will fail them. For, because of their lack of understanding, their defenced city will become a solitary and desolate place where animals feed. This may be seen as spoken to the world whic... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S HARVESTING OF HIS OWN (ISAIAH 27:12). In the day when Yahweh acts He will ‘beat out' (a harvesting term) His people from the flood of the Euphrates down to the Wadi of Egypt, gathering them one by one. A great trumpet will blow and those who were perishing in Assyria, or who were outcasts (re... [ Continue Reading ]