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July 26 - Isaiah 11 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is a Wednesday.
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  It is the 26th of July 2023 and here we are ready to read
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  another chapter of the Bible together.
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  Thanks for inviting me into your day.
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  Thank you for pressing play because you and I have got an
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  amazing chapter to read Today. Let's find our context.
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  This is while the nation of Judah stands and they have not
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  yet been carried away by the Babylonians.
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  They still are there in their pre exile stage not doing the
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  right thing and God is full of judgment for them and the
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  decisions they are going to make that are going to ultimately
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  lead to their downfall. But in the midst of all this, he
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  plants the seed of this idea of a Messiah who is going to come
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  and save them. And when so much later in the
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  story, Jesus arrives and claims to be this Messiah, they do not
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  buy it at all. But this is the biblical basis.
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  This is where they hope for the Messiah stems from.
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  It's what God speaks to his people through Isaiah, largely
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  in the chapter we're about to read today when they talk about
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  there is going to be a seed of David who comes and saves them.
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  This is hopeful stuff for people surrounded by doom and gloom.
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  So let's read it. Let us find this hope as we read
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  together. Isaiah Chapter 11
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  out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot.
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  Yes, a new branch bearing fruit from the old root, and the
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  Spirit of the Lord will rest on him.
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  The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
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  counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the
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  Lord. He will delight in obeying the
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  Lord. He will not judge by appearance,
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  nor make a decision based on hearsay.
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  He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the
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  exploited. The earth will shake at the
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  force of his word, and one breath from his mouth will
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  destroy the wicked. He will wear righteousness like
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  a belt and truth like an undergarment.
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  In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together.
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  The leopard will lie down with the baby goat.
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  The calf and the yielding will be safe with the lion, and the
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  little child will lead them all. The cow will graze near the
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  bear. The cub and the calf will lie
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  down together. The lion will eat hay like a
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  cow. That baby will play safely near
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  the whole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its
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  hand on a nest of deadly snakes without harm.
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  Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain.
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  For as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with
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  people who know the Lord. In that day, the heir to David's
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  throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
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  The nations will rally to him, and the land where he lives will
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  be a glorious place. In that day the Lord will reach
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  out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his
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  people, those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt, in
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  southern Egypt, Ethiopia and Elam, in Babylonia, Hamas and
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  all the distant coast lands. He will raise a flag among the
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  nations and assemble the Exiles of Israel.
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  He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of
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  the earth. Then at last, the jealousy
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  between Israel and Judah will end.
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  They will not be rivals anymore. They will join forces to swoop
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  down on Felicia to the West. Together they will attack and
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  plunder the nations to the east. They will occupy the lands of
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  Edom and Moab, and Amman will obey them.
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  The Lord will make a dry path through the Gulf of the Red Sea.
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  He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River, sending a
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  mighty wave to divide it into 7 streams so it can easily be
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  crossed on foot. He will make a highway for the
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  remnant of his people, the remaining coming from Assyria,
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  just as it did for Israel long ago when they returned from
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  Egypt. Ah Lord, you are a good God, and
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  we read this perfect description of Jesus and everything that he
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  has done for us. What an incredibly complete and
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  rounded picture of restoration and saving.
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  It just couldn't be more perfect.
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  And when we read that the earth would shake at the force of His
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  word, this is what happened. Jesus speaks and the whole world
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  is changed. You reveal your heart for us
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  through Him, and we cannot remain unaffected by this.
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  The God of the universe comes here to prove and to show your
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  love for us, your lowly people. Thank you for that love.
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  Thank you for your saving plan, and thank you that we are indeed
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  saved and restored to you. So we thank you for Jesus, and
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  it's in His name that we pray. Amen.