Isaiah 48 Humans poop

seekeroftruth

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Isaiah 48:1 "Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and come from the line of Judah,
you who take oaths in the name of the Lord
and invoke the God of Israel—
but not in truth or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city
and claim to rely on the God of Israel—
the Lord Almighty is his name:
3 I foretold the former things long ago,
my mouth announced them and I made them known;
then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn you were;
your neck muscles were iron,
your forehead was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,
of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood;
from of old your ears have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous you are;
you were called a rebel from birth.
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For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath;
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.

10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?
I will not yield my glory to another.
12 “Listen to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:
I am he;
I am the first and I am the last.
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.
14 “Come together, all of you, and listen:
Which of the idols has foretold these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally
will carry out his purpose against Babylon;
his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed in his mission.
16 “Come near me and listen to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;
at the time it happens, I am there.”
And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me,
endowed with his Spirit.
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention to my commands,
your peace would have been like a river,
your well-being like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would have been like the sand,
your children like its numberless grains;
their name would never be blotted out
nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Leave Babylon,
flee from the Babylonians!

Announce this with shouts of joy
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;
say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.
22 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

a. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

This is from bible-studys.org.

This message is addressed to the “house of Jacob,” which includes both “Israel” and Judah.” Both are criticized for calling on God’s name but refusing to live by His laws. “I have chosen” (tried), “thee in the furnace of affliction” refers to God’s merciful judgment, which has burned away their dross.​
Verses 1-2: “Swear by; the name of the Lord … not in truth”: The people were normally Israelites, but their hearts were far from God. This hypocrisy was common all through Israel’s history even to the time of the Lord Jesus. (Matt. 23:3, 13-39).
The Lord predicted events that have happened as He predicted them, so the people would not ascribe these events to other gods.
The idols didn't make them do it. Their wickedness made them do it. A certain comedian in our time has a saying that the devil made him do it. No, the devil did not. His sinful nature made him do it.
“Refined … chosen”: Since Isaiah’s time, Israel’s testing’s have included the Babylonian captivity and present worldwide dispersion from her land; unlike silver purged in the furnace, the purging of Israel is not complete, and they are not refined. But God keeps up the afflictions until they are, so His name is not defamed through the destruction of Israel.
The nation will by purged (Zech. 13:1). God’s plan is such that He alone, not man or man made idols, will receive credit for Israel’s salvation (Romans 11:25-27, 33-36). The adversaries of God are never to be given legitimate reasons for scoffing at God and His work.
“Him … he … his arm … him … him … his way”: Beginning with (verse 6), the prophet began to write of the new things. Babylon is the final one (of Rev. 18), and the instrument of God’s judgment is Messiah.
The pronouns refer to Jesus Christ whom the Lord will anoint to defeat the final Babylon at His second coming and bring Israel to her land and kingdom. That it is not Cyrus is also clear from the statement, “The Lord loves him,” which is too strong to apply to the pagan king, but not to God’s Beloved, the Lord Jesus.
Way back in Eden.... God said He was going to correct the situation caused by Adam and Eve. God created everything.... every single molecule of the universes was constructed by God. God also controls time.... so He knows what's going to happen before humans even conceive of the human who would think up the idea..... so when God said He was going to clean up the mess humans made.... He knew what the mess was going to be.

Way back in Eden.... Christ was looking over his shoulder, according to John 1:1-5. So when humans started to stink..... Christ was there gagging along with God.

God told the people.... through the prophet Isaiah..... hundreds of years before it happened.... that Cyrus was coming to get them out of Babylon. God also told the people.... through Isaiah.... that God was going to send His Son, Jesus of Nazareth [as humans would know Him],the Messiah. Humans had been poisoned. Humans were dying.... Christ would bring the antidote.

When I first read this.... I highlighted the verses that popped out at me.

God.... through the prophet..... carefully predicted that a human named Cyrus the Great would send the descendants of Jacob[Israel] back to rebuild the Temple destroyed by the Babylonians. He told humans so they wouldn't [couldn't really] give the credit to those shiny little idols or wooden bobbles or baby killing statues or astrological projections.

So now..... humans being humans..... are blaming the devil for everything......

Humans poop. Those precious little babies can cause a parent to consider running right out of the room gagging...... but parents stay.... and wipe the poop away.... powder the butt and then put on a fresh diaper.... all clean... all hug worthy. The devil didn't make the baby poop. The devil didn't make the baby poop stink..... it's just the way things are.... Humans poop.

God has had a plan to clean up the poop.

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