Devotion 789
“The Lord Shall Pour Upon You The Spirit Of Deep Sleep"
Reference: Isaiah Chapter 29
Just as the Lord gives His Spirit to the believer in the form of spiritual gifts, the Lord likewise can give the unbeliever a spirit of deep sleep and blindness. The unbeliever will read but not understand. The word of God will be a sealed book to them because of their unbelief.
It is a problem in our world today. It is only faith in the Lamb that was slain that unseals this Book, the Word of God, the Scriptures to the believer.
Isaiah writes:
Let's read.
Isaiah 29:1-6 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. [2] Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. [3] And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. [4] And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. [5] Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. [6] Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire."
The Lord will shake Jerusalem to bring them to repentance. This string runs through the whole Word of God. He seeks individuals to bring them to repentance. He shakes nations to bring them to repentance, and if they refuse to repent, He destroys them, like the flood of Noah, like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. If the nation repents, He receives them and transforms them like Nineveh when they responded to the words of Jonah.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:7-8 "And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. [8] It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, He eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."
When Jerusalem repents and is received by the Lord, then the enemies of Jerusalem will become the enemies of God. When we become one with God by exhibiting our faith in the blood of the second Adam, our enemies become the enemies of God, and our friends become the friends of God.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:9-12 "Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. [10] For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. [11] And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: [12] And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned."
The Lord fights the battles for the believers. He brings confusion to the enemy's camp. The believer need not fight his or her own battles, but remain faithful to the Lord and allow Him to fight our battles.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:13 "Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:"
The Lord doesn't look at our words but at our hearts. He doesn't want our words. He wants our hearts in unity with Him. So that His heart beat becomes our heart beat. We become His hands and feet on earth; one with God.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:14-22 "Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. [15] Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? [16] Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? [17] Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? [18] And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. [19] The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [20] For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: [21] That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. [22] Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale."
He made a covenant with Abraham, and He kept that covenant throughout the generations: Isaac, Jacob; Israel.
He has established a new covenant in Christ and will keep that covenant with anyone who has entered this new covenant by expressing faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, the second Adam.
We conclude our reading.
Isaiah 29:23-24 "But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. [24] They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine."
When Israel has repented and turned to God by expressing faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Then those who erred in spirit shall God bring understanding. They shall see the word of God through Jesus Christ, the son of God. The doctrine of the blood of God shall be understood.
Turn your heart to the Blood of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we revealed him from the first Adam. He looks not to our words, but our hearts, in Christ!
Reference: Isaiah Chapter 29
Just as the Lord gives His Spirit to the believer in the form of spiritual gifts, the Lord likewise can give the unbeliever a spirit of deep sleep and blindness. The unbeliever will read but not understand. The word of God will be a sealed book to them because of their unbelief.
It is a problem in our world today. It is only faith in the Lamb that was slain that unseals this Book, the Word of God, the Scriptures to the believer.
Isaiah writes:
Let's read.
Isaiah 29:1-6 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. [2] Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. [3] And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. [4] And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. [5] Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. [6] Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire."
The Lord will shake Jerusalem to bring them to repentance. This string runs through the whole Word of God. He seeks individuals to bring them to repentance. He shakes nations to bring them to repentance, and if they refuse to repent, He destroys them, like the flood of Noah, like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. If the nation repents, He receives them and transforms them like Nineveh when they responded to the words of Jonah.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:7-8 "And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. [8] It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, He eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."
When Jerusalem repents and is received by the Lord, then the enemies of Jerusalem will become the enemies of God. When we become one with God by exhibiting our faith in the blood of the second Adam, our enemies become the enemies of God, and our friends become the friends of God.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:9-12 "Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. [10] For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. [11] And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: [12] And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned."
The Lord fights the battles for the believers. He brings confusion to the enemy's camp. The believer need not fight his or her own battles, but remain faithful to the Lord and allow Him to fight our battles.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:13 "Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:"
The Lord doesn't look at our words but at our hearts. He doesn't want our words. He wants our hearts in unity with Him. So that His heart beat becomes our heart beat. We become His hands and feet on earth; one with God.
We continue our reading.
Isaiah 29:14-22 "Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. [15] Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? [16] Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? [17] Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? [18] And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. [19] The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [20] For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: [21] That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. [22] Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale."
He made a covenant with Abraham, and He kept that covenant throughout the generations: Isaac, Jacob; Israel.
He has established a new covenant in Christ and will keep that covenant with anyone who has entered this new covenant by expressing faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, the second Adam.
We conclude our reading.
Isaiah 29:23-24 "But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. [24] They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine."
When Israel has repented and turned to God by expressing faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Then those who erred in spirit shall God bring understanding. They shall see the word of God through Jesus Christ, the son of God. The doctrine of the blood of God shall be understood.
Turn your heart to the Blood of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we revealed him from the first Adam. He looks not to our words, but our hearts, in Christ!
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