Isaiah 44:23, “Sing, O heavens, for YHWH has done it…break forth into singing, O mountains…for YHWH has redeemed Jacob and will display His beauty in Israel.”Matthew 27:51, “And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.” Since this picture did not grow out of a journal entry and was instead the product of post-reading musings, […]
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Isaiah 40:10-11, “Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm rules for Him…He will tend His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom…” I really love this passage from Isaiah because it–like many other places in scripture–sets before us both
Isaiah 66:14, “…by fire YHWH will enter into judgment, and by His sword, with all flesh; and those slain by YHWH shall be many.” I tend to emphasize the revelation of God’s identity at the cross–as I think the authors of the New Testament do as well. However, the Name of God revealed in
Isaiah 65:13-14, “Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall go hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame; behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall
“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence–…to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
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Isaiah 2:12,17, “For YHWH of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up–and it shall be brought low…and YHWH alone will be exalted in that day.” The idea for this picture actually came from my reading in 1 Corinthians this morning. As I was reading
Isaiah 61:1,2, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me…to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.” It seems that the proclamation of the year of YHWH’s favor and day of His vengeance form form something of the center
Isaiah 59:2, “…your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you…” Isaiah 55:7, “…let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion on him; and to our God for
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Isaiah 58:10, “If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as noonday.” Isaiah 58 is always a challenging chapter for me. It’s terrifying to see that God’s people thought that they had an intimate relationship
Isaiah 51:6, “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.” This
Isaiah 50:6, “…I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.” 2 Thessalonians 1:9, “(those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel) shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord…” (ASV) As I continue through Isaiah in the mornings, I came across the words of the
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