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Isaiah 30:1-17  NLT

¹“Destruction is certain for my rebellious children,” says the LORD. “You make plans that are contrary to my will. You weave a web of plans that are not from my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. ²For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt to find help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh for his protection. ³But in trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated and disgraced. ⁴For though his power extends to Zoan and Hanes, ⁵it will all turn out to your shame. He will not help you even one little bit.”

⁶Look at the animals moving slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt-donkeys and camels loaded with treasure to pay for Egypt’s aid. On through the wilderness they go, where lions and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return. ⁷Egypt’s promises are worthless! I call her the Harmless Dragon. ^F80

A Warning for Rebellious Judah

⁸Now go and write down these words concerning Egypt. They will then stand until the end of time as a witness to Israel’s unbelief. ⁹For these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay any attention to the LORD’s instructions.

¹⁰They tell the prophets, “Shut up! We don’t want any more of your reports.” They say, “Don’t tell us the truth. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. ¹¹Forget all this gloom. We have heard more than enough about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’ We are tired of listening to what he has to say.”

¹²This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, ¹³calamity will come upon you suddenly. It will be like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. ¹⁴You will be smashed like a piece of pottery-shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece left that is big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”

¹⁵The Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says, “Only in returning to me and waiting for me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. ¹⁶You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! ¹⁷One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a distant mountaintop.”

 

For the past three weeks and including today I saw on my clock 9:11. The interesting thing is, the Lord has awaken me right on time for me to see this. I ask the Lord to give me understanding on this. At first I thought about September 11 but after reading the chapter in Isaiah 30, I understand now that 911 is God, calling all His servants that are listening to Him, to not only pray but to lift their voices like a shofar and speak what the Father is saying.

 

God has given the message to Jesus who is the dispatcher and Jesus sends the message to us. We, His servants, are the ones who are in the ambulance driving around waiting on the call. He is sending us out to help His people who are in danger.

 

I realize by the Spirit of God that this 911 is not September 11 but a 911 call. If you think back on September 11, the emergency crews received a call after the attacks happened but God is doing the opposite. He is sending out the call before something happens. I write this introduction so that you may understand why I must share this word.

 

So what is the emergency?  

There are those in the church who are in a rebellious state (state of being) which puts them in a state of emergency. To walk in rebellion is to have a heart that is cold and resistance to the will of God. You know what to do but you refuse to do it. As we look at this chapter, God is releasing a warning to the church of today. He says in verse one that destruction is certain for my rebellious children (church).

 

I speak to the church right now. God said that this is certain. You don’t have to wonder, ponder, or guess because I am giving you truth says God. Because of His love for you, He is saying that destruction is at your door because of your rebellion.

These are the other things that are making the church rebellious:

• Plans made contrary to the will of God
• A web of plans woven today not from His Spirit
• The church has gone to find help from those in Egypt, without consulting God
• Putting their trust in Pharaoh’s protection
• A refusal to hear the law of the Lord (The law here speaks of the prophet’s instruction, which is from the Lord)
• The church tells the seers not to see and the prophets to prophesy the right things to them.

I speak once again to the church. The bible makes it very clear that being in this state of rebellion will bring you only destruction, disgrace, humiliation, and shame. In the commentary of my bible, I read this profound statement, “To choose not to obey the Lord is to reject Him, even to despise His message.”

 

For a long time the church has quoted Isaiah 54:17 which says;

But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will succeed. And everyone who tells lies in court will be brought to justice. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

 

This scripture is not for those who are walking in rebellion. Lets look at the verses before this one and I’ll expound on it.

 

Isaiah 54:14-17

¹⁴You will live under a government that is just and fair. Your enemies will stay far away; you will live in peace. Terror will not come near. ¹⁵If any nation comes to fight you, it will not be because I sent them to punish you. Your enemies will always be defeated because I am on your side. ¹⁶I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. ¹⁷But in that coming day, no weapon turned against you will succeed. And everyone who tells lies in court will be brought to justice. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!

 

God would use His children’s enemies as His hand of correction when they were in a state of rebellion. The church has confessed this scripture over and over and over again but has seen no vindication. The reason why is that the church is in a state of rebellion. Vindication is not for the rebellious.

 

Vindication means; the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. ,defense; excuse; justification. God cannot be your defender is you choose in your heart to continually disobey Him. The enemy has tricked the church into thinking that God rewards disobedience. Not so! 

 

I pray that the church would stop listening to the enemy and go back to listen to Jesus. If the church would repent, He said in Isaiah 30:19-22;

 

 ¹⁹ O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. ²⁰ Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. ²¹ Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. ²² And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, ”Be gone!”

 

 My prayer, is that the servants of the Lord who are hearing this same thing about the church, to rise up, pray, speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It’s time for the church to move from rebellion to obedience so that this world can see the real children of God.

 

 

Luke 6:38 – KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 
 
Luke 6:38 – New American Standard
“Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure–pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.” 
 
Luke 6:38 – New Living Translation
If you give, you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use in giving – large or small – it will be used to measure what is given back to you.”
 
Luke 6:38 – Amplified
Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.
 
We received a letter from the IRS announcing that the Economic Stimulus Payment Notice was passed by Congress and President Bush signed it into law. This is called the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
 
The Lord said to me that this natural act was a manifestation of what happened in the spirit we he declared a release on February 15, 2008 (See Deuteronomy 15). According the the scripture above, we are to expect gifts from men who’s hearts God has touched to give and that we are to make room for it. The Lord is saying right now that this is the reason for the change. Yes, we have felt the shifting in our spirits and in the natural but it was only God moving things out so that the new could be brought in. Some of us felt like we were being pruned and torn down but it was only God tearing down the old so that He could build a bigger you. He tore down the business to make it bigger. He brought you out of old relationships, to bring you into a better one. He moved you away from one place to bring you into a bigger place.
 
Psalm 66:11 – Amplified 
You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air].  

Luke 4:18 – Message
God’s Spirit is on me; he’s chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, To set the burdened and battered free, to announce, “This is God’s year to act!”
 
According to the scripture above, what was really passed was “God’s Act of 2008″. This will not end because in the natural it was made into law. Remember, this only mirrors the season that heaven has pronounced; New Beginnings and New Things. All of this is happening in the SPRING.
 
Isaiah 43:18-19 - Amplified

Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 

 

Isaiah 43:18-19 - Message
“Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.
 
These are not just natural gifts but spiritual gifts the Lord will give and He is making room in us for the spiritual gifts. He is stretching us out. The Lord is saying that we have right now a big sign on us that says “Expansion Project 2008″. He had us in the heat or fire only to expand us so that we would have room for more gifts. We were a bunch dough rolled up in a ball and place in the middle of the cooking pan to be placed in the oven. Once the dough is in the oven, it doesn’t rise it expanse. If you place yeast in the dough, it will rise without the heat. That is why, Jesus said to be careful of the yeast of the Pharisees. Those who want to give you their religious schemes that don’t require you to get in the heat or fire.
 
You see God wants to expand us His way so that He can get the glory. He doesn’t want us to just rise but to expand. If we look at the word rise, there is one letter that explains it all, “I”. The religious schemes will cause the “I” to rise. This where we hear the statements, “I did this on my own or Look at what I’ve done to attain these gifts”, but when we look at the word expand, there is no ”I’ to be found.  This expansion will not come out of our own abilities. What God does will last, what the religous system produces will fail.
 
So be encouraged and “Behold, God’s Act of 2008″.