Read Isa 7:20-25
God is going to use the Assyrians to be his hand of judgment on Judah. They will be like a barber shaving off the hair from the bodies of God's people. Hair is a picture of covering and to shave off a Jew's beard caused him great shame and dishonor. It reduced them the position of a slave. Isaiah said that they would be exposed from head to feet and their pride will be no more. Where there used to be abundance there will be lack. They won't be able to squeeze a harvest from the land. Their blessings will turn to curses. In the garden, when God cursed Adam and Eve and the serpent, he also cursed the land. We are very closely related to the land we live in. When God blesses a nation he blesses the land. When he curses a nation, he curses the land. That is why we are to pray that God will heal our land. (2 Chr. 7:14) God blessed the land of Israel and set it aside for his people. When they obey they gain more of this land and God's spiritual clock starts. When they disobey and are forced to leave the land then the spiritual clock stops. In 1948 Israel came back to the land and the spiritual clock started ticking. They seem to be losing land right now so we need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the courage for Israel to fight for their land. Land has never been gained through negotiating peace. Peace must be won through fighting and contending for.
Lord, we pray the Israel will stand up and fight for their land and see your salvation. Help us not to negotiate our peace with the devil. He never plays fair. God has called us to be warriors who don't faint in adversity. Let's get back our land.
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