Today’s Reading:
Isaiah 28
Isaiah 29
Isaiah 48
Isaiah 59
Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the Lord, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?”
Isaiah 29:15-16 NASB1995
I heard the Spirit of the Living God of Truth, Justice & Righteousness say,
The words and instructions of the Lord are precise. I see everything. Everything. Absolutely everything. Nothing comes as a surprise to Me. Nothing is difficult or worrisome to Me. I see it all, and I Am above it all. The wicked traffic and operate in the shadows. They believe the substance of what they are doing cannot be seen. They believe that the reality of who they are and what they have done and are actively doing will not be something that can be grasped or ascertained. I tell you My dears, I see it all. Their shadows do not conceal them from Me. Though they don’t fear Me or pursue Me or My ways, it is incontrovertible that I knit them together too in their mother’s womb. I know them fully and completely, and for their whole, full life, they will give an account.
You felt secure in your wickedness and said, ‘No one sees me,’ Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’ But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly. “Stand fast now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling. You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. Behold, they have become like stubble, Fire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before! So have those become to you with whom you have labored, Who have trafficked with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his own way; There is none to save you.
Isaiah 47:10-15 NASB1995
The wicked may have some trepidation about man, about justice, about being found out — though they live in the space of arrogant belief that they are unknowable, unfindable, untouchable and beyond the law. But what man can do to them is nothing compared to fierce, penetrating, piercing, unrelenting fire of My judgement. Woe to him who calls good evil and calls evil good. Woe to him who causes one of My little ones to stumble. He will never enter My rest. Repent now, before it’s too late. The clock is ticking, and the shadows and the fog that cover your wickedness, your sin, and your dirty deeds of treachery are thinning. The bed you have made for yourself is too short. Your covering will not cover you.
According to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense. So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west And His glory from the rising of the sun, For He will come like a rushing stream Which the wind of the Lord drives. “A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 59:18-20 NASB1995
My judgement is near. Regardless of whether man is allowed the opportunity to judge these wicked ones and their wicked deeds, My judgement is inescapable, incontrovertible and final. Repent, for the time of judgement is at hand. Come under the covering of Your Father. Come under and be marked by the blood of the One who died to save you, King Jesus. He is your only hope. He is your only escape. He is your only rescue. All else is sinking sand.
How to Respond
- Purify yourself before the Lord.
- Pray, Holy Spirit search me and see if there is any path of pain within me. Help me to live purely, honestly and justly before You. Thank You Lord for Your judgement and Your justice, because it is mercy to the oppressed. I pray for the repentance and salvation of even the most vile and wicked ones on Earth, because You said that is Your will that none should perish but that all should have everlasting life.
- Declare, Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a pact. The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.” Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed. I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place. Your covenant with death will be canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you become its trampling place. — Isaiah 28:14-18 NASB1995
- Decree, The judgements and the ways of the Lord are perfect. The time for the wicked is drawing short, and the Lord will be their final judge. Regardless of whether man has the opportunity — the Lord will judge fully and fairly. Jesus is the only way to escape the accounting for their wicked deeds. May every one of them repent and turn to the Lord, so King Jesus can have the full measure of what He sacrificed to obtain.
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