WEBVTT - Isaiah 2

0:00:02.700 --> 0:00:06.720
<v Speaker 1>Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your

0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:13.260
<v Speaker 1>walk with Christ, please visit us at BibleStudyHeadquarters.com. You're listening

0:00:13.300 --> 0:00:16.910
<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

0:00:17.390 --> 0:00:21.329
<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 2 and we'll be

0:00:21.390 --> 0:00:26.520
<v Speaker 1>reading from the New English Translation. Here is the message

0:00:26.550 --> 0:00:30.140
<v Speaker 1>about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah, son

0:00:30.180 --> 0:00:34.610
<v Speaker 1>of Amoz. In the future, the mountain of the Lord's

0:00:34.700 --> 0:00:39.000
<v Speaker 1>temple will endure as the most important of mountains and

0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.520
<v Speaker 1>will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations

0:00:42.580 --> 0:00:47.080
<v Speaker 1>will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, Come,

0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.100
<v Speaker 1>let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the

0:00:50.190 --> 0:00:53.630
<v Speaker 1>temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach

0:00:53.710 --> 0:00:58.430
<v Speaker 1>us his requirements and we can follow his standards. For

0:00:58.490 --> 0:01:02.800
<v Speaker 1>Zion will be the center for moral instruction. The Lord

0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:08.179
<v Speaker 1>will issue edicts from Jerusalem. He will judge disputes between nations.

0:01:08.819 --> 0:01:12.380
<v Speaker 1>He will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat

0:01:12.420 --> 0:01:16.600
<v Speaker 1>their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.

0:01:17.700 --> 0:01:20.890
<v Speaker 1>Nations will not take up the sword against other nations

0:01:21.030 --> 0:01:25.209
<v Speaker 1>and they will no longer train for war. O descendants

0:01:25.270 --> 0:01:30.590
<v Speaker 1>of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord's guiding light. Indeed,

0:01:30.750 --> 0:01:35.500
<v Speaker 1>O Lord, You have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob.

0:01:36.180 --> 0:01:40.479
<v Speaker 1>For diviners from the east are everywhere. They consult omen

0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:45.100
<v Speaker 1>readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around.

0:01:45.819 --> 0:01:49.120
<v Speaker 1>Their land is full of gold and silver. There is

0:01:49.180 --> 0:01:53.020
<v Speaker 1>no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses.

0:01:53.420 --> 0:01:56.840
<v Speaker 1>There is no end to their chariots. Their land is

0:01:56.900 --> 0:02:00.620
<v Speaker 1>full of worthless idols. They worship the product of their

0:02:00.740 --> 0:02:05.520
<v Speaker 1>own hands. what their own fingers have fashioned. Men bow

0:02:05.580 --> 0:02:08.900
<v Speaker 1>down to them in homage. They lie flat on the

0:02:08.940 --> 0:02:13.650
<v Speaker 1>ground in worship. Don't spare them. Go up into the

0:02:13.750 --> 0:02:18.169
<v Speaker 1>rocky cliffs. Hide in the ground. Get away from the

0:02:18.250 --> 0:02:23.190
<v Speaker 1>dreadful judgment of the Lord, from His royal splendor. Proud

0:02:23.250 --> 0:02:27.060
<v Speaker 1>men will be brought low. Arrogant men will be humiliated.

0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.620
<v Speaker 1>The Lord alone will be exalted in that day. Indeed,

0:02:32.130 --> 0:02:35.690
<v Speaker 1>The Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment.

0:02:36.220 --> 0:02:39.519
<v Speaker 1>For all the high and mighty, for all who are proud,

0:02:39.780 --> 0:02:43.919
<v Speaker 1>they will be humiliated. For all the cedars of Lebanon

0:02:44.260 --> 0:02:47.859
<v Speaker 1>that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks

0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.690
<v Speaker 1>of Bashan, for all the tall mountains, for all the

0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:56.470
<v Speaker 1>high hills, for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

0:02:57.550 --> 0:03:01.590
<v Speaker 1>for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:06.900
<v Speaker 1>Proud men will be humiliated. Arrogant men will be brought low.

0:03:07.419 --> 0:03:11.370
<v Speaker 1>The Lord alone will be exalted in that day. The

0:03:11.410 --> 0:03:15.530
<v Speaker 1>worthless idols will be completely eliminated. They will go into

0:03:15.610 --> 0:03:19.210
<v Speaker 1>caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground,

0:03:19.669 --> 0:03:23.530
<v Speaker 1>trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and

0:03:23.770 --> 0:03:27.910
<v Speaker 1>His royal splendor when He rises up to terrify the earth.

0:03:28.900 --> 0:03:32.040
<v Speaker 1>At that time, men will throw their silver and gold idols,

0:03:32.860 --> 0:03:36.000
<v Speaker 1>which they have made for themselves to worship, into the

0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:40.160
<v Speaker 1>caves where rodents and bats live, so they themselves can

0:03:40.210 --> 0:03:43.710
<v Speaker 1>go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the

0:03:43.830 --> 0:03:48.290
<v Speaker 1>openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful

0:03:48.370 --> 0:03:51.770
<v Speaker 1>judgment of the Lord and His royal splendor when He

0:03:51.850 --> 0:03:56.870
<v Speaker 1>rises up to terrify the earth. Stop trusting in human

0:03:56.950 --> 0:04:01.220
<v Speaker 1>beings whose life's breath is in their nostrils. for why

0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:10.080
<v Speaker 1>should they be given special consideration? Let's pray. Lord, we

0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.210
<v Speaker 1>thank you for your word, and we thank you for

0:04:12.230 --> 0:04:14.050
<v Speaker 1>the privilege to be able to look at it today.

0:04:14.590 --> 0:04:16.710
<v Speaker 1>We thank you, Lord, for the prophetic things that are

0:04:16.770 --> 0:04:19.710
<v Speaker 1>revealed to us in the book of Isaiah, things that

0:04:19.730 --> 0:04:22.740
<v Speaker 1>you have promised that you will bring to pass. And Lord,

0:04:22.770 --> 0:04:24.760
<v Speaker 1>you remind us that there will be a day when

0:04:25.170 --> 0:04:27.800
<v Speaker 1>You will bring peace to this earth. When your son

0:04:27.860 --> 0:04:32.280
<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ rules and reigns on this earth, idolatry will

0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:36.260
<v Speaker 1>come to an end. Peace will reign. Men and women

0:04:36.300 --> 0:04:40.670
<v Speaker 1>will live and walk in righteousness. Lord, we look forward

0:04:40.730 --> 0:04:44.010
<v Speaker 1>to that day. And in the meantime, Lord, we pray

0:04:44.050 --> 0:04:46.130
<v Speaker 1>that we would not be people who give our hearts

0:04:46.210 --> 0:04:48.290
<v Speaker 1>over to idols, but that we would trust in you

0:04:48.470 --> 0:04:50.870
<v Speaker 1>and that we would walk with you in every context

0:04:50.910 --> 0:04:53.760
<v Speaker 1>of life. We love you, Lord. We thank you for

0:04:53.779 --> 0:04:55.810
<v Speaker 1>your presence with us. And we thank you for these

0:04:55.900 --> 0:04:59.310
<v Speaker 1>words of encouragement from your word today. We pray this

0:04:59.450 --> 0:05:02.320
<v Speaker 1>all in Jesus' name. Amen.