Read: Isaiah 12:1-14:32; 2 Corinthians 13:1-14; Psalm 57:1-11; Proverbs 23:9-11
Isaiah 12 is a praise for those who have gone from death to life and finally found their salvation in the Lord. This is the song of the redeemed.
Isaiah 13 is just the opposite. It is the decree on the enemy. It is God’s judgment on the world that rejected his love. These horrible things actually happened at that time to the Medes and the Persians and they will happen again in the end of time. When God issues a decree of judgement on sin, he always issues a decree of reconciliation and restoration of those who repent during the hard times.
The next to be judged were the Babylonians. We are working down the statue that Nebuchadnezzar saw in Daniel 2.
In the New Testament, Paul had to deal with powerful opposition in Corinth. They were demanding that he prove that the things he said was from God. He told them that God establishes everything he says by two or three witnesses. In other words, they would get confirmation of the things he was telling them. He encouraged them that the spirit of God was inside them and they could hear him just like he could.
Paul gave them his final words and told them to aim for perfection and strive for unity and peace.
We join with Paul in praying that the grace and love of Jesus to be in us and that we would fellowship with Your Spirit.
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