Friday, September 19, 2014
Isaiah 11:1-12
1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
OBSERVATION QUESTION
1) Who, or what, is the Branch that Isaiah is referring to in this passage? (v.1)
2) What will this Branch be like? (v.2-5)
3) How will the Lord's creation respond when the kingdom is established? (v.6-8)
4) Why will these things happen? (v.9)
5) Who shall be recovered from the lands of their enemies? (v.11)
6) Who will be gathered from the "four corners of the earth"? (v.12)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) Are you doing anything, at the present time, to prepare for the day when our Lord's kingdom is established on the earth? If so, please describe something that you are doing now to prepare the way for the Lord.
8) What has the Lord assigned you to do to bring peace on earth where you live?
9) Who in your life needs to know about our Lord's return?
PRINCIPLES
10) The Lord has assigned His people to rule on earth as the time of His return draws near.
11) Jesus has ordained that we be His ambassadors on earth until He returns.
12) Ambassadors are representatives of the place of their citizenship.
13) Our citizenship is in heaven.
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