Saturday, July 28, 2012

Listen To Me My People!


Isaiah 51:

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
And the quarry from which you were hewn;
Look to Abraham , your father, and to Sarah , who gave you birth.
When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many.

The Lord will surely comfort Zion [His Church today]
And will look with compassion on all her ruins;
He will make her deserts like Eden
[When He takes the Woman of Revelation 12 into the desert and safety],
Her wastelands like the Garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in Her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

Listen to Me, My people; hear Me, My nation [His Church today]:
The law will go out from Me;
My justice will become a light to the nations
[As it has throughout all of human history].
My righteousness draws near speedily [The Day The World Will Be Judged],,
My Salvation is on the way [The Second Coming Of Christ Jesus],
And My arm will bring justice to the nations.
The islands will look to Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath;
The heavens will vanish like smoke,
The earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants die like flies.
But My Salvation will last forever,
My righteousness will never fail.
Hear Me, you who know what is right,
You people who have My law in your hearts:
Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
The worm will devour them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
My Salvation through all generations.

Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O Arm of the Lord;
Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old.
Was it not You who cut Rahab [Egypt] to pieces,
Who pierced that monster through?
Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep,
Who made a road in the depths of the sea
So the Redeemed might cross over?

The Ransomed of the Lord will return.
They will enter Zion with singing
[When the Lord establishes His Kingdom in Jerusalem on Mount Zion
For the thousand years of the Millennium];
Everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

I, even I, am He who comforts you [The Church Of God].
Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass,
That you forget the Lord your Maker,
Who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth,
That you live in constant terror every day
Because of the wrath of the oppressor [Satan], who is bent on destruction?

For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
They will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
For I am the Lord your God,
Who churns up the sea so that its waves roar--
The Lord Almighty is His Name.

I have put My words in your mouth
And covered you with the shadow of My Hand.
I who set the heavens in place, Who laid the foundations of the earth,
And Who say to Zion [The Church Of God],
You are My people. (Isaiah 51)

Today, the Lord could not speak to us more plainly!
He is the Sovereign, Self-Existent God
Who imparted “faith” to Abraham the man of “faith”
And to all those who, after Abraham, came into that same “faith.”
God watches over and comforts His people continually;
He strengthens those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
His Salvation--the ultimate manifestation of it--
The second coming of Christ Jesus, is on the way.
Soon, the heavens will vanish like smoke,
The earth will wear out like a garment
And the inhabitants of the earth, those who rejected God's Christ, Jesus,
Will die like flies.

But for the Redeemed; those who know what is right,
Those who have the Law of God written in their hearts,
There will be Salvation from God that lasts forever.
The ransomed of the Lord will return to Zion with singing;
Everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
These are those with the Word of God in their mouths;
They are covered with the Shadow of God's Hand.
To these God says: You are My People!

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
Save yourself from this corrupt generation! (Acts 2:40)
As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!

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