Isaiah's tone has changed again. These chapters don't feel like the others ones to me either. These chapters seem like one metaphor after another.
Lots of talk of the wicked. "The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice or right in their going."
Then talk of Jerusalem as the bride to God's bridegroom.... and a look back to Moses and Egypt.
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59:4 Do not sue to take undue advantage of someone, but only if you have a legitimate claim. It doesn't matter what the law calls a legitimate claim, we all know in our hearts when we are trying to get something we probably don't deserve.
I really like 59:21, 60:1
60:6 is an interesting prophecy concerning the birth of Jesus and the gifts that the wise men brought. And lest anyone say well, that's just using the Bible to support the Bible, consider this: This was written at least 1,000 years before Christ, and was not in a mass produced book. All of this was written in scrolls which only a few people had. So a conspirator would have had to read and scan all of the ancient texts and writing to try and see how in this small detail they could write about Jesus' birth and make it seem as though prophesy fulfilled. Remember there was no such thing as a global community or mass communication then. In fact, even when the New Testament was written there still weren't books. Writings were single scrolls.
In 61 we see that God our Heavenly Father, like our earthly fathers, wants us to be successful and prosperous and blessed...that is a reflection on Him. So this notion that Christians are supposed to be poor to be pious is not true.
63:9 The Lord lifts us up and carries us in our trials. This reminds me of that picture of Jesus carrying a man while He walks along the beach. The man asks Jesus why during his times of troubles did He forsake him because he only saw one set of foot prints in the sand. And Jesus responds and says, When you saw only one set of foot prints, it was then that I carried you.
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