Land for Sale in the Pacific
Greetings in the Lord~ Today's word comes from Isaiah 22 and John 6, and a bit from James 3:17-18. Isaiah 22 is a vision from Isaiah, where he describes an uproar in Jerusalem with the people running scared, even their leadership has run for the hills---the city is being overrun by enemies! However, he says they were not struck down in battle, but by famine and disease; apparently the preparations they made to withstand the seige were not successful. Ultimately, Isaiah was sad because he saw them give up without any fight. However, the point of Isaiah's vision was not about the surprise attack, per se, rather, Isaiah spends time telling us about how the people had made provisions for the fight, how they had reinforced the walls, built reservoirs so they would have water, and checked to make sure their arsonal was full and weapons ready. So what is the point of the vision then, and why was it such a crushing defeat? Answer: they had not ask...