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Deliverance for Jerusalem

1 Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision. 2 Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion. 3 For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price. 4 For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause. 5 Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name. 6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I. 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling! 8 The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion. 9 Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem. 10 The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. 11 Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord. 12 For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you. 13 See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high. 14 As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men. 15 So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears. — Isaiah 52 | Bible in Basic English (BBE) The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 46:6; Exodus 6:3; Exodus 12:11; Exodus 12:33; 2 Samuel 12:14; Psalm 44:12; Psalm 67:2; Psalm 98:4; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 24:14; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 53:2-3; Isaiah 62:6; Matthew 4:5; Luke 2:30; Romans 10:15; Romans 2:24; Romans 15:21; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 5:14; Philippians 2:9; 1 Peter 1:18; Revelation 18:4

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Isaiah 52: The Fourth Servant Song

The only way for guilt to be removed is for something definite to happen, a definite cleansing by a power strong enough to tackle the stain of sin, by the only One Who understands and can bring about real justice and true mercy. #Isaiah52 #ServantSong

If Only Wishes Were Nickels The rest of this chapter reminds me of a movie I watched with one my daughters years ago, when she was in college and had come home for the weekend. The film we chose was about a woman who was trying to find some meaning, some joy in her life. In the course of her pursuit, she betrayed and terribly hurt the people who were closest to her. She was sorry about hurting…

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Isaiah 52:7 (NKJV) - How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

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these pics are so funny to me because pj did not get the memo. he even threw in the surfs up but still did not point. "hey lets all point and not tell pj." sick fucks. lmfao.

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Stumbling in the Dark

All of us, deep down, want the light. All of us need the light. But sometimes we resist the light, or run away from it, or shut our eyes to it.

Pieter Brueghel, The Blind Leading the Blind (1658). Note to reader: This is a post from 2021, revised to include comments on the moral blindness of admitting fascism into our political life. Jesus was walking out of Jericho, surrounded by a big crowd. Like all such crowds, it was a mix of the curious and the adoring. Jesus was at the height of his popularity. He stirred people’s imaginations…

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Not ... in a Hurry (Original Christian Song: Robin Calamaio)

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Battling Anxiety Day 622

Tagging @jrob64 @snowbellewells

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But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed

Daily Verse First reading – Isaiah 52:13-53:12 The Suffering and Glory of the Servant13 See, my servant will act wisely[a];he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[b]—his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human beingand his form marred beyond human likeness—15 so he will sprinkle many nations,[c]and kings will shut their…

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Christ's Breakthrough

“His Abide”  Reading  Reflecting Responding To God’s Word while Walking it Out Context: Matthew 27: 1-66 Focus:  Matthew 27:51-52 “At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.” Matthew 27: 51-52 Definition: Breakthrough – a military…

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The Relationship Between Farming and Holiness

Analogies are helpful and here is a good one from a godly leader who now lives with Jesus. Jerry Bridges was a long time staff member with the Navigators, a discipleship ministry that started in the military but has expanded in to worldwide discipling movement.   Wise words from Jerry Bridges and his classic book The Pursuit of Holiness. Here’s the analogy that Bridges uses: “Farming is a joint…

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Our Daily Homily

by F.B. Meyer

Devotional for January 6th

Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. - Isaiah 52:11

The chosen people are at the end of the seventy years’ captivity; the time of their deliverance from Babylon has arrived. Their Almighty Deliverer, throwing back the loose sleeve of his robe, to leave his arm free, makes ready for an unusual exercise of power. There will be no need of haste as when the people fled at night from Egypt. They may not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for their Divine Leader would precede them, and his escort would be their rearguard.

This is the summons to us all who may have been in captivity to Babylon in any form. We are to arise and depart, shaking loose the bonds of our captivity. Let us follow the cloudy pillar of God’s presence guiding us continually, and let us not be always looking behind, as though dreading the recurrence of past sins and mistakes. They shall not pursue those whom God has delivered; or, if they do, they shall not overtake. It is an unspeakable comfort to those who have sinned to know that the old temptations and forms of bondage are intercepted by the presence of the Eternal God, just as his cloud intercepted Pharaoh’s host.

The one matter about which we must be scrupulously careful is our cleanliness. Of old, Cyrus entrusted Ezra with the holy vessels which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple. Their custodians needed to be holy. We, too, have to bear the sacred trust of God’s holy Name and Gospel. His day, his Book, the doctrines of evangelical truth, his honor, are among the vessels which we are to carry through the world. We, too, must be holy, cleansing ourselves of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit; coming out, and not touching the unclean thing.

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Isaiah 52: Beautiful Are The Feet

God knows every story, and God’s timing is perfect for every person. You and I are too finite to fully grasp the magnitude of this truth. But we are able to at least trust God with it. #Isaiah52 #BeautifulAreTheFeet

God knew God’s people had suffered terribly. God knew they had drunk to the dregs God’s purifying wrath over their sin, and it had been intensely painful. The consequences of the people’s sin were a terrible thing. And the cup God had given them was to last seventy long years. But, Isaiah prophesied, the time of their suffering would come to an end. God would now pass that cup of wrath to the…

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Isaiah 52:10 (NLT) - The LORD has demonstrated His holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.

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Isaiah 52:11 Depart And Be Clean

Depart! Depart! Go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her, be clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord. Isaiah 52:11 Most people who get themselves in a place that is filthy dirty and filled with a heavy stench they desire to get out of there as quickly as possible. People like to be clean and be in a place that is clean to be kept from getting the filth on…