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December 11 - Isaiah 61 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. Sean, here it is Monday.
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  It's the beginning of a new week and you have invited me in to
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  your routine. Thank you so much friend.
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  It's so good to be here with you virtually because, well today
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  more than other days, I'm not actually quite as with you as
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  otherwise would be. Because this week my eldest and
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  I and A friend, we are headed far, far, far into the southwest
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  corner of Tasmania to hike all the way back out.
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  And this is a 7 day hike slash adventure slash terrifying
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  proposition that we are undertaking.
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  So I have gotten a little bit ahead of time and recorded the
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  podcast for this week before I've left.
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  So as you listen to this, think of me far away in the wild,
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  massaging my feet, climbing mountains, affording rivers, and
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  it will be stupendous. It will be fantastic, and I will
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  tell you all about it next week. But this week is the final week,
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  the final full week. I should say that we will be
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  spending in Isaiah. There's just a couple more
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  chapters that we will read next week.
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  This is the final section of this epic journey with Isaiah.
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  This is the part where God speaks to His people through
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  Isaiah about what it will be like to be His people, what is
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  the destiny of His servants. This will speak about grand
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  forgiveness and anointing and final judgements, all wrapped up
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  with what it will look like in the future for God and his
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  people in the fullness of time, with today God promising to
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  bring comfort and a new covenant for his people.
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  So with all that being said, it is time, friend, for you and I
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  to sit before the throne of the Majestic one and hear what He
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  has to say to us as we read together.
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  Isaiah 61 The spirit of the sovereign Lord
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  is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news
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  to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the
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  broken hearted, and to proclaim that captives will be released
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  and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who
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  mourn that the time of the Lord's favour has come, and with
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  it the day of God's anger against his enemies.
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  To all whom mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for
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  ashes, A joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise
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  instead of despair in their righteousness.
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  They will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for
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  his own glory. They will rebuild the ancient
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  ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago.
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  They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many
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  generations. Foreigners will be your
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  servants. They will feed your flocks and
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  plough your fields and tend your vineyards.
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  You will be called priests of the Lord Ministers of our God.
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  He will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their
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  riches instead of shame and dishonour.
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  You will enjoy a double share of honour.
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  You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your
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  land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
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  For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
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  I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and
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  make an everlasting covenant with them.
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  Their descendants will be recognized and honoured among
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  the nations. Everyone will realise that they
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  are a people the Lord has blessed.
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  I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God, for He has dressed
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  me with clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of
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  righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed
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  for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.
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  The sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the
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  world. Everyone will praise him.
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  His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with
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  plants springing up everywhere. You have provided for us, Lord,
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  in the most extravagant way, as our King and our Saviour.
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  Here we see toward the end of this reading that you have
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  dressed us with clothes of salvation, draping robes of
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  righteousness over us. This is not salvation that we
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  have earned A righteousness that belongs to us, but it's yours.
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  You smother us with these wonderful gifts of goodness.
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  Thank you, Father, for your generosity shown to us, your
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  children. It blows our minds that you
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  would call us your children and be so generous with us.
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  But we accept it and we thank you.
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  Arms spread wide in gratitude and praise to you.
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  And we can do all of this only through the saving name of
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  Jesus. Amen.