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ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JUDGMENT V. 1-7 A REMNANT SHALL BE SAVED V. 8-10 THE WICKED SHALL BE DESTROYED V. 11-16 THE GLORIOUS NEW CREATION V. 17-25. READ: ISAIAH 65:1. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JUDGMENT V. 1-7 A REMNANT SHALL BE SAVED V. 8-10 THE WICKED SHALL BE DESTROYED V. 11-16 THE GLORIOUS NEW CREATION V. 17-25
READ: ISAIAH 65:1 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘ To a nation that was not called by My name.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: ISAIAH 45:22-23 22 "Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. 23 I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? WHO WAS NOT CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 63:19 19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never called by Your name.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 20:31-32 31 For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you. 32 What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.' NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: HOSEA 1:10 10 'Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,'There it shall be said to them, 'You are sons of the living God.' NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? WHAT DID PAUL SAY: READ: ROMANS 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 WHAT DID PAUL SAY: READ: ROMANS 9:22-26 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved." 26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,‘ There they shall be called sons of the living God."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 1 "I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,‘To a nation that was not called by My name. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? WHAT DID PAUL SAY: READ: ROMANS 10:20-21 20 But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me;I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me." 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? WHAT DID PAUL SAY: READ: EPHESIANS 2:11-13 11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh — who are called Un-circumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands — 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:1 WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? WHAT DID PAUL SAY: READ: EPHESIANS 2:17-18 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. NKJV
READ: ISAIAH 65:2-3 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick;
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2-3 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEIR FATHERS? READ: PSALMS 78:5-8 5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, 7 That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; 8 And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 81:11-12 11 "But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me. 12 So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: PROVERBS 1:24-26 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 1:2-3 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; 3 The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master's crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 2 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD? READ: ROMANS 10:21 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:2 WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING ABOUT? JEWS? GENTILES? HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 7:12-15 12 "But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I set My name at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. 13 And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer, 14 therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. 15 And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren — the whole posterity of Ephraim.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20:3-5 3 "You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image — any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: EXODUS 20:23-25 23 You shall not make anything to be with Me — gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peaceofferings, your sheep and your oxen.In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you. 25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 12:2-4 2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. 4 You shall not worship the LORD your God with such things. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:21-22 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? READ: ISAIAH 1:13-15 13 Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies — I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. 14 Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? READ: ISAIAH 3:9 9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it.Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 19:13 13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to other gods."'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? READ: JEREMIAH 44:16-18 16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! 17 But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and saw no trouble. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:3 3 A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; WHO PROVOKED THE LORD? HOW? READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:4-6 4 "I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests — 5 Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom; 6 Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him." NKJV
READ: ISAIAH 65:4-5 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4-5 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? JEWS? GENTILES? WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? HOW DOES THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? JEWS? GENTILES? WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 20:6 6 And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:10-11 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM? READ: ISAIAH 8:19 19 And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM? READ: ISAIAH 14:9-11 9 "Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations. 10 They all shall speak and say to you: 'Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us? 11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.' NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE GRAVES & TOMBS? WHAT DID THE LORD FIND IN THE GADARENES READ: LUKE 8:26-28 26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demonsfor a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!" NKJV (MARK 5:1-5)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 11:7-8 7 And the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8 Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:4 4 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? READ: ISAIAH 66:17 17 "Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardensAfter an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? JEWS? GENTILES? WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SAYING? READ: JUDE 17-19 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 19 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SAYING? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 20:7-10 7 O LORD, You induced me, and I was persuaded; You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I am in derision daily; Everyone mocks me. 8 For when I spoke, I cried out; I shouted, "Violence and plunder!“ Because the word of the LORD was made to me A reproach and a derision daily.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SAYING? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 20:7-10 9 Then I said, "I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name.“ But His word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not. 10 For I heard many mocking: "Fear on every side!" "Report," they say, "and we will report it!“ All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, "Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, And we will take our revenge on him." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SAYING? READ: LUKE 5:29-30 29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" (MATTHEW 9:10-11) READ: LUKE 7:39 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner." NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE SAYING? READ: LUKE 18:10-13 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men — extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:21-22 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: PSALMS 18:7-8 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:5 5 Who say, 'Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!‘ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND? READ: EZEKIEL 38:18-20 18 "And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "that My fury will show in My face. 19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, 20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.' NKJV
READ: ISAIAH 65:6-7 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 6 "Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay — Even repay into their bosom — 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,“ Says the LORD, "Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:6-7 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT 6 "Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay — Even repay into their bosom — 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,“ Says the LORD, "Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom." WHO IS HE SPEAKING OF? WHAT IS WRITTEN CONCERNING HIM? HOW WILL HE REPAY THEM? WHEN?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 65:6 6 "Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay — Even repay into their bosom — WHO IS HE SPEAKING OF? WHAT IS WRITTEN CONCERNING HIM? READ: PSALMS 50:3 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. NKJV