SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 35:1-10 OBSERVATION: A vision of a better day, when God’s people will make it through the wilderness and reach the ultimate promised land. Prophecy given when Israel was oppressed by the Assyrians. It was a time of brutality, poverty, fear and violence. In many ways it was like the Darfur region today! Broader context…
Author: Norm
Jan 1, 2007 — Isaiah 33:1-24
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 33:1-24 OBSERVATION: Isaiah sees the eventual downfall of their Assyrian oppressors. The sinners (those who are cruel, oppressive) will be defeated while the righteous (those who do what is right and just) will be restored. Is this situation similar to how Europeans felt under Nazi oppressors. How the blacks felt during the civil rights…