THE SERVANT OF THE LORD

(Isaiah 42)

BEHOLD My Servant, Whom I uphold;

My Elect, in whom My soul Delights!

I have put my Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth Justice and Right,

And reveal TRUTH to the Nations. [Matt. 3:16, 17.]

He will not cry or shout aloud

Or cause His voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed He will not break,

And a dimly burning wick He will not quench;

He will bring forth Justice in TRUTH. [Matt. 12:17-21; 7:29.]

He will not Fail or become Weak, or be Crushed and Discouraged

Till He has established Justice in the Earth,

And the Islands and Coastal Regions

Shall hopefuly wait for and expect His Direction and Law. [Rom. 8:22-25.]

THUS SAYS GOD, THE LORD,

He Who spread abroad the Earth and that which comes out of it,

He Who give breath to the people on it

And spirit to those who walk in it:

I the Lord have called You, the Messiah,

For a Righteous Purpose and in Righteousness;

I have taken You by the hand and have kept You;

I have given You for a Covenant to the people [Israel],

For a LIGHT to the Nations;

TO OPEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND,

To bring out the Prisoners from the Dungeon,

And those who sit in Darkness from the Prison. [Matt. 12:18-21.]

I AM THE LORD; that is My Name,

And My Glory I will not give to another,

Nor My Praise to Graven Images.

BEHOLD, the former things have come to pass,

And New Things I now declare;

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Sing to the Lord a New Song,

And His Praise from the end of the Earth!

You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,

The Islands and Coastal Regions and the Inhabitants of them sing

[A song such as has never been heard in the Heathen World]!

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,

The villages that Kedar inhabits;

Let the Inhabitants of the rock [Sela or Petra] sing,

Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

Let them give Glory to the Lord,

And declare His Praise in the Islands and Coastal Regions.

THE LORD WILL GO FORTH AS A MIGHTY MAN;

He will rouse His Zealous Indignation and Vengeance like a Warrior;

He will cry, yes, He will Shout Aloud,

HE WILL DO MIGHTILY AGAINST HIS ENEMIES.

[THUS SAYS THE LORD]

I have been Still, and Restrained Myself;

NOW I WILL CRY OUT LIKE A WOMAN IN TRAVAIL,

I WILL GASP AND PANT TOGETHER.

I WILL LAY WASTE THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS,

And dry up all their herbage;

I will turn the rivers into islands,

And I will dry up the pools.

[This speaks of The Great Tribulation]

And I will bring the Blind by a way that they know not;

I will lead them in Paths that they have not known.

I will make Darkness Light before them,

And uneven places a plain.

THESE THINGS I HAVE DETERMINED TO DO FOR THEM,

And will not leave them Forsaken.

THEY SHALL BE TURNED BACK,

They shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in Graven Images,

Who trust in Graven Images,

Who say to Molten Images, You are our gods.

HEAR, YOU DEAF; AND LOOK, YOU BLIND, THAT YOU MAY SEE!

WHO IS BLIND, but My servant [Israel]?

Or deaf as My messenger who I send?

Who is Blind as he who is at Peace with Me

[Who has been admitted to Covenant Relationship with Me]?

Yes, who is Blind as the Lord's servant?

You see many things,

But you do not observe or apprehend their True Meaning.

His ears are open, but he hears Not!

It was the Lord's Pleasure for His Righteousness sake

[In accordance with a steadfast and consistent purpose]

To Magnify Instruction and Revelation and Glorify them.

But this is a people Robbed and Plundered;

They are all of them Snared in Holes, and Hidden in Houses of Bondage;

They have become a Prey with no one to deliver them,

A Spoil with no one to say, Restore them!

[This shows the condition that will ensue as Punishment

FOR ISRAEL'S NOT RECOGNIZING THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH

AND THE DAY OF THE HIS VISIT AMONG THEM. Luke 19:41-44.]

WHO IS THERE AMONG YOU WHO WILL GIVE EAR TO THIS?

Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

Who will give up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil,

And the kingdom if Israel to the Robbers?

DID NOT THE LORD, HE AGAINST WHOM WE OF JUDAH HAVE SINNED

And in Whose ways they of Israel would not walk,

Neither were they Obedient to His Law or His Teachings?

THEREFORE HE POURED OUT UPON [ISRAEL]

THE FIERCENESS OF HIS ANGER AND THE STRENGTH OF BATTLE;

And it set him on fire around about,

Yet he knew Not [The lesson of Repentance

Which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach];

IT BURNED HIM, BUT HE DID NOT LAY IT TO HEART.

(Isaiah 42, AMP)

Today, are the Servants of the Lord more Perceptive than was Israel?

Have they received the Direction and Law of Christ?

Is Not a Great Apostasy Underway? (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

Will there not be a TURNING AWAY from the FAITH? (Matt. 24:10)

Christ Jesus warned us all:

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man.

(Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

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!