Thursday, August 11, 2011

Thurs.'s Devo Destruction to Fruit

Read Isa. 10:28-34
God is on a trip through the regions to judge the arrogant and proud who refuse to acknowledge his lordship. He starts in Ai, the second city Joshua faced when he entered the promised land. They arrogantly thought they could take it with 3,000 men but when they were sorely defeated they went to God for an answer. He told them they had transgressed and discovered that Achan had taken some of the forbidden booty from Jericho, so they were cursed till they brought this to light and disciplined him. After they settled that sin they went back and destroyed Ai and left it in ruins which is the meaning of the word: ruins. God next went to Migron which means to yield up and to cast down. I guess what ever sin they yielded up to God he was coming to cast down. From here God send out carriages which were heavenly apparatuses filled with artillery. He sends out a warning to Gallim, Laish and Anathoth. The only mention of the first two towns were in 1 Sam. 25. Saul had promised his daughter Michal to David in exchange for Phillistine foreskins which David delivered. But instead of getting the girl, Saul deceived David and changed his mind and gave his daughter, Michal, to Phalti whose father was Laish whose father was Gallim. (A picture of deceitful leadership.) Anathoth was a city in the land of Benjamin that Jeramiah prophesied would be brought evil from God. The word itself means "affliction". Jeramiah is told to buy this land of Ananthoth back and redeem it. Going on to verse 31: Madmenah which means a "dunghill" is removed. The people of Gebim unite to evacuate. Gebim means a "cistern or a pit". God will remain at Nob which means "fruit" and shake his hand against the pride of Jerusalem (his house). In all this God is saying that his spirit is going out through the land and bringing down the high and lofty. He is allowing to remain all that are fruitful for his kingdom. Lebanon is the last mentioned to fall. Lebanon is known as the white mountain because it has snow on its cap all year round. It is a picture of the way man tries to make himself appear righteous by wearing the right outward appearance but whose heart is hard as stone. It is a picture of the leadership since it is a tall mountain. God's judgment always begins in the house of the Lord then filters out to the rest of the world.
Lord, let you judgments be righteous on this land and bring about a cleansing so that the end might be fruit.

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