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November 30 - Isaiah 56 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. Sean here.
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  Good to have your company. Thank you for clicking, tapping,
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  pressing, choosing, biometrically, blinking at,
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  telling Siri to or Alexa or any other verb that you've used to
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  bring me into your day. Thank you and hello.
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  Good to see you will not see you.
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  Good to have your company. Here we are.
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  It's a Thursday and we are entering a whole new era, not
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  like in humanity, but in the book of Isaiah.
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  We have entered the last 11 chapters of Isaiah and this a
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  lot of scholars believe this last section, This was the part
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  of Isaiah that was written after the exile, after God's people
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  had been pulled away to Babylon and then sent back by the
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  Persians into their home country of Israel.
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  Well, their previous home country of Israel.
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  And this is where the attention now shifts to rebuilding the
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  promised land once again. And also, there is lots of talk
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  about it not just being them that God saves, but God will
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  save all people, people who come to him.
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  So that is the section we're about to read over the next 11
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  readings. But today we're not quite up to
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  all of that. This is just the next section as
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  God starts to talk about wanting to bless everyone, not just
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  Israel. So join me as we buckle into the
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  last leg of this rollercoaster ride of Isaiah, reading
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  together. Isaiah, Chapter 56.
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  This is what the Lord says. Be just and fair to all.
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  Do what is right and good, For I am coming soon to rescue you and
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  to display my righteousness among you.
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  Blessed are all those who are careful to do this.
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  Blessed are those who honour my Sabbath days of rest and keep
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  themselves from doing wrong. Don't let foreigners who commit
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  themselves to the Lord say the Lord will never let us be part
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  of His people. And don't let the eunuchs say
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  I'm a dried up tree with no children and no future, for this
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  is what the Lord says. I will bless those eunuchs who
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  keep my Sabbath days holy, and to choose to do what pleases me
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  and commit their lives to me. I will give them within the
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  walls of my house a memorial and a name far greater than sons and
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  daughters could give, For the name I give them is an
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  everlasting one. It will never disappear.
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  I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the
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  Lord, who serve him and love his name, who worship him and do not
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  desecrate the Sabbath day of rest, and who hold fast to my
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  covenant. I will bring them to my holy
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  mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my House
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  of prayer. I will accept their burnt
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  offerings and sacrifices, because my temple will be called
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  a House of prayer for all nations.
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  For the sovereign Lord who brings back the outcasts of
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  Israel, says, I will bring others too, besides my people.
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  Israel, come, wild animals of the field.
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  Come, wild animals of the forest.
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  Come and devour my people for the leaders of my people.
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  The Lord's Watchmen. His shepherds are blind and
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  ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs
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  that give no warning when danger comes.
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  They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
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  Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied.
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  They ignore shepherds all following their own path and
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  intent on personal gain. Come, they say, let's get some
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  wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk.
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  Then tomorrow we'll do it again and even have a bigger party.
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  Lord, let us not forget how big your heart is.
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  Let us not confuse your intimacy with us as exclusivity.
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  Your heart is for all people. You want every single person on
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  this planet and whoever will be on this planet to love you and
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  come to you and land in your embrace because they are your
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  beloved children. We all are, as we go about our
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  day-to-day, shape our hearts and give us your lens to see every
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  person we encounter as a precious, dignified, beloved
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  child of yours. And boy, wouldn't that just
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  reshape the way that we engage with people.
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  Thank you for your faithfulness to us and to all.
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  We love you and we are so grateful that you stand ready to
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  forgive, ready to draw back, ready to embrace.
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  Yes, you are marvelous and we love you and we pray all of this
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  in Jesus name. Amen.