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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Isaiah 45:18
For thus saith the LORD
that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made
it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to
be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
For further study - Isaiah 45:1-25
I hope you have some time to spend in this forty-fifth chapter of Isaiah. This is an excellent chapter of God's prophetic Word that reveals prophetic events that will happen, some of them only 150 years after they were given.
Other prophecies contained within the verses of this chapter will be
fulfilled in the future, certainly future from Isaiah's day but also
future from today.
The chapter also confirms that God is the creator of all things, which
gives Him the authority to reveal the future, the Creator can tell you
what His creation will face at a future date.
There is no way I can point out everything I would like for you to see
in this devotional reading for today. I'll hit some "high points" but
please spend a good amount of time reaping a harvest of great truths
from what I do not cover.
I must bring to your attention the name "Cyrus", verse 1.
This is the man, Cyrus, the leader of the Medo-Persian Empire, that
allowed Zerubabbel and fifty thousand Jews to return to Jerusalem after
the Babylonian Captivity.They returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple by permission of Cyrus and with funding from Cyrus as well.
Isaiah pre-wrote history that was fulfilled 150 years after he penned the prophecy, as found in Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1-4. The record of the fulfillment of this prophecy is found in Ezra 1 and 2.
Notice the verses that confirm that God created the heavens, the earth and all that in them is, verses 7-8, 12 and 18. The Lord gives testimony to "who He is" also in this chapter, verses 5-6 and 21-22.
This is a message from the one and only true God, through His spokesman,
the Prophet Isaiah. God makes a commitment to save and give an
everlasting salvation to the Jewish people, verses 17, 22 and 25.
This is a prophecy that is yet to be fulfilled. Current events indicate
we are in the process of moving toward the fulfillment of that
prophecy.
Let me conclude my thoughts with verse 19,
what a blessing this chapter is to the Jewish people, the "technical
recipients" of these promises. It is also a blessing to us who are
Christians who receive a "spiritual blessing" from these truths.
But you know, of course, that the entire book of Isaiah, in fact, the
entire 66 books of the Bible are the spiritual "milk and meat" that we
need on a daily basis. That's why the statement that God made about not
speaking in "secret" is so good.
We all have His Word available to us so that we can receive the
blessings from our time of reading and study of it. Dear Friend, join me
as we "feast" on the "Word of God".
PRAYER THOUGHT: Thank
you Lord, for Your Word that You have spoken openly to me and all who
will read it. It is a blessing Lord, to have the Creator of all things
communicate with me daily.