All nations used to believe that gods lived on mountains. The *Lord’s mountain (Mount Zion) is ‘the greatest of all mountains’. That is, the *Lord is greater than any god. • The ‘day is coming’ refers to the ‘Day of the *Lord’. That is when God will be the judge of all nations (see Isaiah 2:12-21).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Judah and *Jerusalem that God gave to Isaiah. V2 God’s *Temple stands on a mountain now. But the day is... [ Continue Reading ]
God has given up his special people. They have refused to live the life that he requires of them. They want to copy all the other nations. They want to follow foreign customs and interests. They aim to heap up more and more money (for provisions) and *weapons of war (for protection).... [ Continue Reading ]
One cannot count all the gods that the *Lord’s people have shaped out of dead blocks of wood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people in Israel are so proud that they are self-sufficient. They think that they have no need of the *Lord. They have completely forgotten God’s purpose for them to be his witnesses to other nations. But God has not forgotten. DAY OF JUDGEMENT V10 People will be in terror. They will hide... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no way to escape from God. The darkest caves and the deepest holes cannot hide anyone or anything from him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proud people may think that they do not need God. Then suddenly they will see that God is *Lord of all. And he demands that all must obey him. Nothing in nature, not even vast forests and huge mountains, can compare with the *Lord’s greatness. In fact, it was he who created them!... [ Continue Reading ]
People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities. But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares them with the powers of God’s Spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods that mere men have manufactured.... [ Continue Reading ]
The nation long remembered the power of that great *earthquake (see Amos 1:1 and Zechariah 14:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
The only sure *foundation for any human life is God himself. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the country called Israel. During the time of Isaiah, Jerusalem was the capital of the country called Judah. TEMPLE ~ special building in Jerusalem where Jews praised God and of... [ Continue Reading ]