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KEY THOUGHT: All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord. [Isaiah 66:123b NKJV]

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Isaiah 66 NKJV
True Worship and False

66 Thus says the Lord:

“Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
“But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.

3 “He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”

The Lord Vindicates Zion

5 Hear the word of the Lord,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
That we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”

6 The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
Who fully repays His enemies!

7 “Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
9 Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.
“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem,
And be glad with her, all you who love her;
Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11 That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”

12 For thus says the Lord:

“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.
Then you shall feed;
On her sides shall you be carried,
And be dandled on her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
So I will comfort you;
And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”

The Reign and Indignation of God

14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
And your bones shall flourish like grass;
The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants,
And His indignation to His enemies.
15 For behold, the Lord will come with fire
And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword
The Lord will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the Lord shall be many.

17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
[a]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall [b]be consumed together,” says the Lord.

18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and [c]Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. 20 Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the Lord out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. 21 And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord,
“So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

24 “And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

Footnotes

a. Isaiah 66:17 Lit. After one
b. Isaiah 66:17 come to an end
c. Isaiah 66:19 So with MT, Tg.; LXX Put (cf. Jer. 46:9)

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Isaiah 66 Commentary

Expand Chapter 66, and you have the Book of Revelation. That is just how rich Isaiah is!

If the LORD gave you a couple of days to represent Him and speak to the entire world, what would be your key lines? Well, Isaiah had 66 chapters to say it. And how awesome!

Using visions, prophecies, sermons, and biographical material, Isaiah, the physical man and his institution, has delivered an amazing volume to us.

He has brilliantly mixed together future events and the past interactions of the LORD with Israel. Blending his own present and his own immediate past together, with his own immediate future, the book is one long complicated collection of tenses.

And when your own material becomes history even before you are done writing, how do you script the last chapter? The LORD shows you a movie of the distant future, and you must inform the world about it. The cinema is a past event, but the contents aren’t. Isaiah navigates such complex waters, but how calmly and expertly!

The opening verse invokes thoughts about the Temple of the LORD at Jerusalem. The LORD had promised His servant David an everlasting dynasty. David, for his part, had pledged to build the LORD a house. The task of building the LORD’s house fell to David’s son Solomon. The LORD would interact with Israel from this base.

What the prophet says here is revolutionary! Of course, Solomon had known the LORD of the universe could not be housed in a house made by humans. Yet the temple remained the central point of Israel’s worship until this announcement. So how will the LORD dwell among His people? That’s the message of the Book of Isaiah.

Without requiring the temple or the palace, Israel’s King would dwell among His own people in a simple and reachable form. Probably to ensure complete simplicity, the Shepherd-King would be born in a manger to an ordinary country couple.

Then the Creator God takes on multiple titles depending on human situations. Optician, dentist, surgeon, cardiologist…, all depending on human sickness!

In the beginning, He created the heavens and the earth. He shall recreate them. He created Adam and Eve. He is creating sons and daughters from among the nations. They are put back in the Garden of peace and tranquility – exactly as originally intended.

Are you listening to God? Do you tremble at the word of the LORD? Let each mortal check his own space!

“Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” Let the world subject this volume to a rigorous check. Take it to the lab and see it for yourself. God is faithful. He keeps His word. Investigate His word for this claim.

Isaiah began by stating the human problem. Yes, it is localized: Judah, Samaria, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Cush, among others. Eventually, it is the entire world. It spans both time and space. No one can intervene except the LORD God Himself. All sorts of functional names are given to Him, each fitting the redemptive role He plays. He is the Mountain, the Branch, Immanuel, the Son, and the Servant with the government on His shoulders…

Jesus Christ is always breaking news on every channel and in every language. He is speaking on every platform. He is speaking to you and me – ever knocking on the door of your heart.

Isaiah ends here. Thanks for loving the Scriptures. Up next is yet another interesting book: Jeremiah.

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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