Isaiah 3 Listen Carefully
One of the key reasons we are studying these prophecies is so that we could know what to do. Noah didn’t just get the word that the world would be destroyed in a flood he was also told in a very detailed way what to do about it. In the same way this chapter gives us a very detailed account that we need to listen carefully to. Whenever you give people instructions that they need to follow you will say “listen carefully”, it is like saying “do exactly what I say”.
1 Listen carefully, the Lord God of hosts is removing from Jerusalem and from Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water; 2 The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing], The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder, 3 The captain of fifty and the man of honor, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
The Lord God of hosts is removing them. That is first and foremost. Think about the rapture, who is God taking? Enoch, Noah, Joshua and Caleb, Ruth, Esther and Mordecai, Daniel and the three men, etc. He is removing the first fruits. These are men of faith, you can’t be “brave” without faith. These are the joints of supply, those that feed and water, and those who support, care, and pray for others. These are they that judge righteous judgement, they speak forth the word of God (prophesy), they speak beforehand (prophesy) and they have the wisdom of years. They are honorable, counselors, experts in their field, and eloquent in their speech. In the twinkling of an eye they will be gone. Now what happens when you realize those ten spies who gave you the evil report have caused you to be cursed? They will be gone as well. The Lord describes it as gathering the wheat into the barns and casting the tares into the fire. Talking heads, politicians, religious leaders, everyone who led people astray they will also be revealed and they will also be removed.
4 And I will make mere boys their princes, And capricious (impulsive, unpredictable) children will rule over them.
BLM, Antifa, AOC, the Squad -- children will rule over you. This is a curse and an insult. Tucker Carlson is doing a special on the key people in the Biden administration and they appear like capricious children.
5 And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The boy will be arrogant and insolent toward the elder And the vulgar (common) toward the honorable [person of rank].
Do you really think they will stop with tearing down Abraham Lincoln’s statue or George Wasthington? They will be arrogant, insolent and vulgar towards every person of honor and rank. If you are left behind after the rapture then what exactly is your honor and rank based on, certainly not based on faith in the Lord Jesus. You mocked and derided the Jesus freaks and deplorables because you were too high and mighty to believe in things like the rapture. Well, you will reap what you have sowed.
6 When a man takes hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, And this pile of ruins will be under your control,” 7 He will protest on that day, saying, “I will not be a governor; For in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; You should not make me a judge and ruler of the people.”
After seeing what they did to Trump anyone want to be president? Consider Biden, it is an embarrassment and shame the way they prop that old man up for ridicule and mockery. How could anyone want to be a ruler after seeing what they are doing. Everyone you know will be bankrupted trying to hire lawyers to represent them during the Mueller investigation, they will impeach you twice in an attempt to remove your retirement income, and they’ll try to remove your Secret Service detail so that you are an easy target to be assassinated. Any takers? The whole nation will be chanting F*** Joe Biden at sporting events, they have two thirds of the country saying they want you to leave, it is just ridicule and mockery.
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their words and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.
I have seen enough in the news to know this is true. The words and actions of the leaders of this country are against the Lord. They have rebelled against His glorious presence and they defiantly provoke Him. Their judgement has been proclaimed, it will be executed.
9 Their partiality testifies against them, They display their sin like Sodom; They do not even hide it. Woe (judgment is coming) to them! For they have brought evil on themselves [as a reward].
No one can deny that their partiality testifies against them and that they display it without even attempting to hide it. Used to be the news would attempt to be “fair and balanced”, no more. FTX was a money laundry scheme for the Democrats. They send a hundred billion dollars to Ukraine, then Ukraine sneaks 20 billion into FTX (digital currency that can't be traced) and then the "owner" of FTX is the single biggest donor to the Democrats by giving that money (US tax dollars sent to Ukraine) to their campaigns. Are they ashamed when this gets exposed? No, they give the owner an award, they have him on all the major shows. It was fraud, it was criminal and it will help bring down our entire financial system, but no, they don't hide it.
10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions. 11 Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him, For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
Are you listening carefully? No one is talking about being a “prepper”, or moving to a cabin in the wilderness, or buying up guns, or investing in gold. It will go well with the righteous. It will go well with those who have been washed in the blood of Jesus and are standing on His redemption and not trusting in themselves that they are righteous. On the other hand it will go very bad for the wicked. But what about those in the middle, those who have not received the salvation once for all given to us but on the other hand they are not wicked either. I don’t know, why are you still trying to straddle two worlds? Why are you trying to trust in your own righteousness? I don’t see any mention here of those people who “are good people”. Rather it is black and white, you have righteous and you have wicked. Do you think if you look the other way when the righteous are oppressed that you are a “good person” because you didn’t physically oppress them? Good luck with that.
12 O My people! Children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. O My people! Your leaders lead you astray And confuse (destroy, swallow up) the direction of your paths.
You mocked, ridiculed and insulted Christians. You said they had a mental problem, you said they needed to be deprogrammed, you said that their faith in the Lord was a crutch that you didn’t need. You were strong, they were weak. OK, you can dish out the insults, let's see how well you are at taking the abuse.