Friday, September 21, 2007

Isaiah 8

What a wonderful and alarming life Isaiah lived. Imagine being the wife of this prophet. Isaiah takes a tablet with a cryptic phrase written on it down to be notarized.  Then she becomes pregnant ans bears a son. What a joy that God has given them a son to carry on their father's name. Eight days after his birth, the baby is circumcised, and the new father pronounces his son's name. What must Mrs. Isaiah have said when she found out the boy's name was the phrase Isaiah had copyrighted 9 months earlier? But then she heard her husband speak a revelation from the Lord of Hosts: I will deliver the Kingdom of Judah from those rulers they fear. And this son will be a reminder that God is ALWAYS with his people.
It took me about 10 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart

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