Be Comforted - Feeling Secure in the Arms of God

Bible Study

We are studying the Book of Isaiah (the prophet) alongside with a book entitled "Be comforted, Feeling Secure in the Arms of God" by Warren W. Wiersbe

Monday, 4/25/2016 - Morning Devotion
Exercise: MaxWorkout Level 1

CH1

Sir Winston Churchill was once asked to give the qualifications a person needed in order to succeed in politics, and he replied:  "It is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year.  And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."

Because God's prophets were correct all of the time, they didn't have to explain away their mistakes.  "If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true," wrote Moses, "That is a message the Lord has not spoken" (Duet. 18:22).
"To the law and to the testimony," wrote Isaiah, "If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them" (8:20).  Isaiah was a man who had God's light, and he was not afraid to let it shine.

Before we examine the text of Isaiah's prophecy, let's get acquainted with the background of the book so that we can better understand the man and his times.

THE MAN
The name Isaiah means "salvation of the Lord," and salvation (deliverance) is the key theme of his book.

Isaiah 1:1-5
Isaiah 1:1-5Amplified Bible (AMP)

Rebellion of God’s People
1 The vision of [the prophet] Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning [the kingdom of] Judah and [its capital] Jerusalem, which he saw [as revealed by God] during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have reared and brought up sons,
But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away.
3
“The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,
And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],
My people do not understand.”
4
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
5
Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?
You [only] continue to rebel.
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint and sick.

(..to be continue)..