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​ISAIAH 1:1-5
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they have gone away backward.
 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
King Uzziah, the son of Amaziah, reigned fifty two years during the time of Zechariah, who was given understandings in the visions of God. The Lord comes upon Isaiah , who is the son of a prophet, and gives him a prophetic vision. The Lord reveals himself and wants the prophet to speak a word concerning Judah and Jerusalem (The bride/capital of the promised land). This particular word is covering the reign of four kings at that time.
The Lord Jesus has stated that he has seated us in heavenly places and that our conversation is heard in heaven. So, here the Lord commands His people seated in heaven and in earth to hear what the spirit of the Lord has spoken. The Lord is speaking as our father and as one who chastens a son. The Lord is angry with a backsliding nation who he has sanctified and called after His name. He has fed with holy bread. He has given the bread of life. He has given us His Holy Spirit. He has given gifts to all men. Regardless of how the Lord has favored His chosen, he says they have rebelled. Yet, he loves us enough to not be silent to us.
Psalms 28:1
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock: be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down in the pit.
Therefore, the Lord is saying I still care enough to tell you how much you have angered me, but I refuse to cast you away. He asks the question, “Why should we be stricken anymore?” He is allowing things to come upon us to correct our iniquity, but in our hearts we are sometimes not convicted of our sins. We have allowed ourselves to become spoiled, and assume that because God is our father we can get around the process of accountability. We cannot allow our consciences to be seared where we cannot receive the chastening of the Lord in truth. We must fear him with a reverent fear and seek to abide in His word. He said, “Why should He chasten when we act like we don’t even recognize him in the working.” The ox knows His owner and so does the ass. Yet when something happens to us to bring forth repentance and to get us to inquire of the Lord, we blame it on the adversary. We say the enemy is warring. We don’t examine self to be sure our actions are pleasing the Lord God, who created us. For the Lord to say the head is sick is to say that we are like in the days of Noah and like the days of Sodom and Gomorrah when he said he needed to bring forth destruction because every thought of man was to mischief (See Gen 6:5)
The Lord uses Isaiah to prophesy as a young prophet. He’s just learning how to walk in the prophetic. The Lord God shows him kings, who have had humble beginnings, and who did righteousness in the sight of God, besides Ahaz. The Lord teaches us His expectations of holiness. We must not allow vanity to creep in.
Phil 2:5-8
Let his mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
The Lord seeketh such to reign as joint heirs with Him. He desires true worshippers that love Him the most.
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