Isaiah 19:24 (RSV)
In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
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Isaiah 19:25 (RSV)
whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,
and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage.”
whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,
and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage.”
Isaiah 20:1-2
20 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
20 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, “Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet.” And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
Isaiah 20:3 (RSV)
the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
Isaiah 20:4 (RSV)
so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians captives and the Ethiopians exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah 20:5 (RSV)
Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.
Then they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast.
Isaiah 20:6 (RSV)
And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”
And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”
Isaiah 21:2 (RSV)
A stern vision is told to me; the plunderer plunders, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
A stern vision is told to me; the plunderer plunders, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam, lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.
Isaiah 21:3 (RSV)
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
Paul was trained to believe in an external, historical past of Israel. To him David was the king of kings. But when God revealed his son in him, Paul claimed he did not see anyone as flesh and blood. What man, believing in the historicity of scripture, could understand what Paul was talking about, when he was the one who formerly tormented anyone who would not accept the historicity of the Old Testament! But, when discussing the Messiah, Paul confessed that he could no longer believe in any historical character of the Old Testament. (The New, of course had not been written yet).
Through revelation Paul knew who the Messiah was and who the Lord was. Seeing himself as the Lord, the one the world believes to be Jesus, Paul knew that what the world believed to be a mighty king was his only begotten son who was never flesh and blood. He knew the entire episode took place in the spirit and said:
“When it pleased God to reveal his son in me, I discussed it not with flesh and blood.”
To see Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, or any of the characters of scripture as men of flesh and blood and external to yourself in the pages of history, is to see truth tempered to the weakness of your soul, because until the revelation takes place, you are unable to stand the force of the light of revelation. There is nothing more difficult than to give up a fixed idea, especially concerning religion or politics. Born into a certain religious group, your mother taught you what she was taught by her mother. The school and church you attend confirms your mother’s words and you believe that the characters of scripture lived in time and space and left behind a record of their physical existence, when it isn’t so at all.
Through revelation Paul knew who the Messiah was and who the Lord was. Seeing himself as the Lord, the one the world believes to be Jesus, Paul knew that what the world believed to be a mighty king was his only begotten son who was never flesh and blood. He knew the entire episode took place in the spirit and said:
“When it pleased God to reveal his son in me, I discussed it not with flesh and blood.”
To see Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, or any of the characters of scripture as men of flesh and blood and external to yourself in the pages of history, is to see truth tempered to the weakness of your soul, because until the revelation takes place, you are unable to stand the force of the light of revelation. There is nothing more difficult than to give up a fixed idea, especially concerning religion or politics. Born into a certain religious group, your mother taught you what she was taught by her mother. The school and church you attend confirms your mother’s words and you believe that the characters of scripture lived in time and space and left behind a record of their physical existence, when it isn’t so at all.
Isaiah 21:4
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Isaiah 21:5 (RSV)
They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes, oil the shield!
They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes, oil the shield!
Isaiah 21:6 (RSV)
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
For thus the Lord said to me: “Go, set a watchman, let him announce what he sees.
Isaiah 21:7 (RSV)
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.
When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently.
Isaiah 21:8
Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.
Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.
Isaiah 21:9 (RSV)
And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”
And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”
Isaiah 21:11
A prophecy against Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
A prophecy against Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Isaiah 21:12 (NIV)
The watchman replies,
‘Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.’
The watchman replies,
‘Morning is coming, but also the night. If you would ask, then ask; and come back yet again.’