Devotion 793

“Troubled Times"

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 33

The coming troubled times will only be escaped by those who are dwelling in the blood of the second Adam. They are provided stability in wisdom and knowledge, strength in salvation, and treasure in the fear of the Lord.

The man of sin or the antichrist shall deceive many. But those who have become one with God, one in word, one in spirit, one in blood, cannot be deceived.

Isaiah writes, "Our salvation in times of trouble."

Let's read.

Isaiah 33:1-2 "Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. [2] O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble."

Saved from the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam. This is how we escape the coming troubled days.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 33:3-6 "At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. [4] And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. [5] The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: He hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. [6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure."

Wisdom and knowledge is the Spirit of God in a man or woman. This is the source of stability. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of this wisdom and knowledge. The fear of the Lord brings men and women unto salvation. This Spirit of God. Is accessible to the believer when they have been saved from the first Adam into the second Adam.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 33:7-15 "Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. [8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. [9] The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. [10] Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. [11] Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. [12] And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. [13] Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. [14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? [15] He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil."

The righteous are the only ones that would escape. They that have walked righteously and speak uprightly. They that have been led by His Spirit, they that have inherited His seed. They that are born of God.

1 John 3:9 "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."

 They that are born of God have received the seed, the blood seed of God. Every seed bears its kind. A tomato seed will bear tomatoes and pepper seeds will bear peppers. Adam's blood seed, will bear Adam, and God's blood seed will bear God in man.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 33:16-22 "He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; His waters shall be sure. [17] Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. [18] Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is He that counted the towers? [19] Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. [20] Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. [21] But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. [22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us."

The Lord Jesus Christ is our judge. He's our Lord, our Lawgiver, our King, and our Savior from the blood of the first Adam into His blood.

 We conclude our reading.

Isaiah 33:23-24 "Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. [24] And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity."

 And He is the forgiver of sins. When sin is removed, sickness is removed.  The inhabitants shall no longer say they are sick because they have been removed from the cursed blood of the first Adam to the blessed blood of the second Adam.

Enter into the blood of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we revealed him from the first Adam. He is the answer to the coming troubled days, in Christ!