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November 28 - Isaiah 54 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, It's Sean here. Good to have your company.
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  I hope you are doing well on this Tuesday morning If you were
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  married to me. You are spectacular and it is
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  your birthday. Happy birthday to you.
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  And for the rest of you, if it is your birthday, Oh snap.
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  How good's that? But if it's not your birthday,
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  happy unbirthday to everyone. I hope it is a marvelous day for
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  everyone all and sundry. Because today is the day that we
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  get to read another chapter of God's Word together.
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  Who knew that was going to be a thing, right?
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  But here we are. We are going to keep reading.
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  We are today reading where Isaiah writes all about the
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  future glory of Jerusalem. And this is not just Jerusalem,
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  the city that his people will soon be returned to, as the
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  Babylonians give way to the Persians and the Persians send
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  them home. But this is also a glimpse into
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  all of our eternal future, where Isaiah writes about our eternal
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  home, what God is going to prepare for us.
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  So cool things, exciting things, wonderful promises.
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  Let us read them all together as we read together.
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  Isaiah chapter 54 Sing.
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  O childless woman, you who have never given birth, break into
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  loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, You who have never
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  been in labour for the desolate woman, now has more children
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  than the woman who lives with her husband, says the Lord.
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  Enlarge your house, build an addition, spread out your home,
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  and spare no expense, for you will soon be bursting at the
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  seams. Your descendants will occupy
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  other nations and resettle the ruined cities.
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  Fear not. You will no longer live in
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  shame. Don't be afraid.
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  There is no more disgrace for you.
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  You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the
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  sorrows of widowhood, for your creator will be your husband.
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  The Lord of Heaven's armies is His name.
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  He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all
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  the earth. For the Lord has called you back
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  from your grief, as though you were a young wife abandoned by
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  her husband, says your God. For a brief moment I abandoned
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  you, but with great compassion I will take you back.
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  In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while,
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  but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the
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  Lord, your Redeemer. Just as I swore in the time of
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  Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so
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  now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.
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  For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, But even
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  then my faithful love for you will remain.
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  My covenant of blessing will never be broken, says the Lord
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  who has mercy on you. O storm battered city, troubled
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  and desolate. I will rebuild you with precious
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  jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.
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  I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of
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  shining gems, and your walls of precious stones.
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  I will teach all your children and they will enjoy great peace.
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  You will be secure under a government that is just and
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  fair. Your enemies will stay far away.
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  You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.
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  If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent
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  them. Whoever attacks you will go down
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  in defeat. I have created the blacksmith
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  who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of
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  destruction, and I have created the armies that destroy.
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  But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will
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  succeed. You will silence every voice
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  raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by
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  the servants of the Lord. Their vindication will come from
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  me. I, the Lord, have spoken,
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  Jesus, You have earned for us a safety and a victory and a
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  jubilant life ahead that is without compare.
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  We read Isaiah's words that you gave him long ago, and the
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  glorious sweep of your provision and justice and kindness is
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  total. Thank you that you really do
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  have complete control of our future and have beautiful,
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  brilliant plans for us to be held so profoundly in your hand
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  forevermore. We are so grateful for that
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  provision for us. Let us live in exultant
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  expectation for that day to arrive, and in the meantime we
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  will love you and wait patiently and expectantly.
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  In your name we pray Jesus. Amen.