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LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 63
ISAIAH 63:7 – 66:24 - PART 2
Okay, now then, back to the things at hand - Isaiah 65 verse 1.
2. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a (What kind of people?) rebellious people," Now, this is Israel! They’ve had the Word. They’ve had the prophets. They’ve had the temple. Isaiah 65:2
Samuel was the last of the judges, but this last verse just typifies ancient Israel almost from day one. Judges 21:25
Okay, back to Isaiah because I want you to see that God has mercifully put up with the human race from day one because Israel was, you know, the covenant people. They should have been a people of obedience. Isaiah 65:3
Idol worship. They didn’t even build altars the way God instructed them to build altars, because when Israel was taught how to build an altar, they didn’t use brick, they used what? Hewn stone. Isaiah 65:4
Isaiah 65:5a
Isaiah 65:5b
"These are a smoke in my nose, (Not the smoke of incense, as God appreciated in the temple worship. Isaiah 65:6-7
Now verse 8, this is an interesting little verse.
Isaiah 65:8a
Well, the ones that weren’t producing - the dead ones. One cluster of grapes. Don’t destroy that good little cluster of grapes. Isaiah 65:8b
Don’t destroy the vine. Isaiah 65:9-10a
elect (The remnant again. (Now, we come to the promises of this coming Kingdom.) 10. And Sharon…" Isaiah 65:10a
"And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, (In other words, Sharon is going to revert back to that beautiful productive valley of grass and water for the flocks of Israel.) and the valley of Achor..." Well, you remember Achan? The Valley of Achor became a curse to Israel. Isaiah 65:10b
Isaiah 65:11-12a
"But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink-offering unto that number. Isaiah 65:13-15a
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servant shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty, behold my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14. 15. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall (What?) slay thee,…" All right, now then, let’s drop quickly down into verse 17.
Isaiah 65:17
"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former (That is the old earth.) I personally feel he’s talking about the renovated earth for the millennial reign. Now, you’ve got to remember the thousand-year reign of Christ is the Kingdom economy, in which Christ will rule and reign from Jerusalem. Now remember, it’s going to be heaven on earth because Satan has been locked up. Revelation 20:7-9
Now, you come into chapter 21 and John prophetically sees a new heaven and a new earth. I don’t think it’s the new heaven and new earth that Isaiah’s referring to. Revelation 21:1a
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were (What?) It’s going to be an earth of tremendous production. Isaiah 65:19-20a
Isaiah 65:20b
All right, verse 21, it’s going to be a Kingdom of tremendous activity.
Isaiah 65:21-22a
Which was Israel’s history. Isaiah 65:22b
Isaiah 65:23-24
(Now, the next verse is a perfect parallel with John’s gospel chapter 14.) Now, I think I’ve got time. John 14 verse 13. Now, this will all become a reality in this Kingdom economy, when Christ is ruling and Satan is locked up. The Lord is speaking, and He says:
John 14:13-14
Okay, back to Isaiah, quickly now, the last verse in chapter 65, and this is a perfect parallel for Isaiah chapter 11.
Isaiah 65:25a
Isaiah 65:25
All right, now let’s go into the final chapter of Isaiah, and remember that Isaiah is 66 chapters long and our Bible is 66 books. Isaiah 66:1
"Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: (Now, what is that a significance of ? The earth is just His footstool. It’s just a little marble out of all of God’s creation. where is the house that ye build unto me? Isaiah 66:5a
"Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you,…" The little remnant has been hated by the majority. Isaiah 66:5b
Now, that reminds me of a verse in Peter. I Peter 2:6
Disappointed.
Now, when will the mass of the so-called religious people be disappointed? Isaiah 66:7
Israel. What’s the man-child? Christ’s birth at Bethlehem.
Isaiah 66:8
Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? The moment Christ returns they’re going to come into the glory of that promised Kingdom.
saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb? saith thy God. 10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her,…" Isaiah 66:15-16
16. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many." Now, we’ll close with verse 18.

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