Continuing: in the previous post we discusses the consistently calming small (not through the powers of this world (airways)) voice of the LORD, heard by those who are looking (watching and listening) for Him. We saw this in the context of Elijah’s hearing the voice through the wind, earthquake, and fire; culminating in his understanding the voice (counsel of God) as sufficient. In this understanding and the like aspects of Isaiah 7 thru 9 we saw the finale being to replace the leaders with those of God’s choosing.
We saw the reason for replacing them written in Isaiah 9 and also mentioned to end chapter 8 as the people cursing their king and their God, and looking upward [to heaven for deliverance.] It goes onto say they look at the land and see darkness and distress and are driven [led] further into darkness. We are told in chapter 9 exactly where the problem occurs as it first mentions those in power knowing there is a problem but thinking they can rebuild what they have broken down while excluding the LORD from the process, [not laying His counsel as the foundation.] We then read of the LORD cutting off the leaders and the prophets that teach lies [saying God says, when in fact He didn’t say anything to them.]
Isaiah 9
8 The LORD sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted upon Israel.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart [their failed reasoning],
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turn not unto him that smites them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
As we saw yesterday, the still small voice of the LORD’s counsel (the subject of Isaiah 8) is leading toward replacing the failed leadership culture.
Psalms 126
1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD has done great things for them.
3 The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
When Psalms 126 speaks the LORD turning His people being sorrow turned to joy, it is telling of the destruction of those attempting to destroy His people and His culture. A deeper look at this phase and it coming quickly is our focus today.
The book of Esther tells of those who plotted to destroy God’s people and they themselves being hung on the very gallows they built for this purpose. The commemoration of this deliverance is called Purim. The name is said to mean, lot; as in something cast to make a decision. The actual Hebrew word Purim derives from is puwr, meaning to crush. It is only used twice, once translated “naught,” the other as “utterly take.”
In the context of today’s discussion it is the upcoming vote with the intentioned outcome by those in power to totally end the Christian culture that is the foundation of the nation. In the Esther example we read of this ending with the opposite result and what these men planed for evil was returned upon their own heads. In Chapter 9:22 we are told of these days of morning being turned into joy. In the days of Esther it is when a nation was born (remembered – recognized) from obscurity into favor, and the enemies were brought to naught.
Esther 9
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
In yesterday’s post we saw this rejoicing as our being (I and the LORD’s children He has given me) being born. This is both referred to as the sign in Isaiah 8:18; then in Isaiah 9:6 as the child being born, upon whose shoulder the government of God’s nation will rest.
Isaiah 8
18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwells in mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? [Or should they keep looking to these counselors of death to find the living?] for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 9 tells of the new way outside the establishment. The Establishment that has been in power seeks to continue in what is defined as leading us to destruction. This is the reality of our time and the decision we are faced with.
The Isaiah 8 passage above tells of the same establishments: the corrupted Democrat party decayed into communists now infesting the government with its complicit Republican twin, and the news media as the wizards that peep their message; the church with its false prophets and their lies inspired by familiar spirits; all expert manipulators with their words meant to do so.
Isaiah 9
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted upon Israel.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
13 For the people turns not unto him that smites them [the establishment], neither do they seek the LORD of hosts [His counsel].
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
One of the two places the Hebrew word puwr is used is in Psalms 33:10 translated as “naught.” There it tells how the LORD turns our sorrow into joy. Before we read we should understand an important point: the reasons given for sorrowing are meant to manipulate those hearing into hopelessness. This manipulation is the same advice and prognostication that with time has been proven false or misleading in every degenerate cause they’ve engage in. They are wrong about everything, merely ignoring the evidence their destructive ways have had on society, as they go their same way to the next story, as sociopaths do. (Sociopath meaning: extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior, and a lack of conscience.)
Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O your righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses [where this shewbread has been kept].
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to naught: he makes the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioned their hearts alike; he considers all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host [(a voting) army]: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in HIS HOLY NAME.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
In John 16:20 & 21 the LORD tells us of this time when our sorrow shall be turned into joy. He then goes on to define it as when a child is brought into the world. He is speaking of this time and Church as One, and the government being on Our shoulders. Yes, this is a call to vote for the outsider and to rid this nation of the corrupted establishment. We are not electing a head of our Church – we must elect the one the LORD has provided. Amen! Vote Trump! (And NO, I do not care what you think about it.)
John 16
1 These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where go you?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
16 A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he says unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot tell what he is saying.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.
23 And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speaks thou plainly, and speaks no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knows all things, and needs not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that you came forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
