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Hi everyone,
reading another thread here today, Marlbron posted some excellent scripture that really hit me, and I wanted to share it with you, along with some reflections:
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isaiah 11)
"When God's judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants thereof learn righteousness."
God's judgments are what man is longing for. In order for man to learn to do right, God must show him what is right. God's judgment is for our good.
Man cannot judge. And when he judges, he judges incorrectly, because he bases his judgments on what he sees and hears.
But God's judgment looks into the heart. It doesn't stop at what man says or does, but the intentions.
Man must learn discernment; to know what is right, even in situations where what is "declared" right is in reality wrong. The flesh/devil uses many subtle tactics to get man off track; but the Spirit of God within us is never fooled.
Hi everyone,
reading another thread here today, Marlbron posted some excellent scripture that really hit me, and I wanted to share it with you, along with some reflections:
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isaiah 11)
"When God's judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants thereof learn righteousness."
God's judgments are what man is longing for. In order for man to learn to do right, God must show him what is right. God's judgment is for our good.
Man cannot judge. And when he judges, he judges incorrectly, because he bases his judgments on what he sees and hears.
But God's judgment looks into the heart. It doesn't stop at what man says or does, but the intentions.
Man must learn discernment; to know what is right, even in situations where what is "declared" right is in reality wrong. The flesh/devil uses many subtle tactics to get man off track; but the Spirit of God within us is never fooled.
May we learn to walk according to the Spirit!
Thoughts?
Blessings,
brian
Man's judgment is based on our biaisis, what we see or hear, what we perceive. God's judgment is true as God sees us through and through.
That chapter 11, is a reminder of what Christ told us in John 16
It should be clear that the Promised Comforter is the Holy Spirit who is God the Father himself, the owner of the vineyard himself. begs the question why people are not asking to know if this personality is on earth or not. he already is!
Hi everyone,
reading another thread here today, Marlbron posted some excellent scripture that really hit me, and I wanted to share it with you, along with some reflections:
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isaiah 11)
"When God's judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants thereof learn righteousness."
God's judgments are what man is longing for. In order for man to learn to do right, God must show him what is right. God's judgment is for our good.
Man cannot judge. And when he judges, he judges incorrectly, because he bases his judgments on what he sees and hears.
But God's judgment looks into the heart. It doesn't stop at what man says or does, but the intentions.
Man must learn discernment; to know what is right, even in situations where what is "declared" right is in reality wrong. The flesh/devil uses many subtle tactics to get man off track; but the Spirit of God within us is never fooled.
May we learn to walk according to the Spirit!
Thoughts?
Blessings,
brian
Man's judgment is based on our biaisis, what we see or hear, what we perceive. God's judgment is true as God sees us through and through.
That chapter 11, is a reminder of what Christ told us in John 16
It should be clear that the Promised Comforter is the Holy Spirit who is God the Father himself, the owner of the Vineyard himself. Begs the question why people are not asking to know if this personality is on earth or not. He already is!
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Are we able to judge, not according to what men tell us, but according to what is right? Do we have our noses in a book, or are we wide-eyed awake to see the oppression around us?
Are we waiting to see satan in the future, or can we discern him working all types of division, wars, hatred, oppression and destruction all around us already?
It is the words we speak which are the rod and sword! Are we speaking words of Life and Truth, which bring liberty to the captives? Or are we speaking words of lip-service and parroting of what others have told us? Are we on shaky ground, or on the Rock of experience of the Spirit of God (Jesus) within us?
13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Can we see from this, how that God "cuts off" by removing the envy? God's means of destroying are not the destructions of man's doing..
Lovingkindness, joy, mercy: the destroying weapons of the LORD!
Blessings,
brian
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