Church grab your Bibles tonight and turn
to the book of Isaiah chapter 27 tonight
Isaiah 27
and note taking if you're doing that I
hope you are but chapter 2 5 26 and 27
we mentioned when we broke open chapter
25 that those uh two preceding chapters
and this one now these three chapters
make up a familiar uh
prophetic word from the prophet
Isaiah Isaiah 66 books or 66 chapters I
should say in that book it's kind of
like a mini Bible there's 66 books in
the Bible the book of Isaiah is like a
mini Bible and it's quite amazing how it
is laid out that way
but in these 66 chapters many many times
many of the chapters of the book of
Isaiah are dedicated to what we have
been looking at called the millennial
reign of Christ the Thousand-Year reign
of the Lord Jesus Christ Isaiah probably
gives us more details about the
political reign of Jesus when he returns
to earth than any other book of the
Bible and it's all
remarkably
graphic and we have to remember that
Isaiah when we look at a chapter don't
you uh don't you approach a chapter it's
kind of it's different than a new
testament book of the Bible in most
cases when you look at a chapter of
Isaiah for example or Ezekiel or
Jeremiah or Zechariah a chapter you
think that that chapter perhaps was
given by the Holy Spirit to the prophet
in a matter of moments and it and it was
all very well and tidy uh very clinical
and very sterile and boom there it is
and Isaiah might be able to say oh you
know what God just gave me the 27th
chapter of my book I'm going to write
someday but that's not how it works the
chapter division is given to us
by uh the Bible translator so long ago
they gave us these chapters so that it
would be easy easier for us to reference
the Bible Isaiah in the early Jews never
knew of Isaiah chap 27 as being in
Isaiah CH 27 they knew the word like
this the the the word of the prophet
Isaiah where the scripture saith for
example you'd read in the opening throws
of the New Testament where much of
Matthew is quot in the Old Testament the
chapter reference so as we look at
chapter
27 it was the Bible uh makers originally
that and Scholars that divided up and
made this chapter just remember chapter
25 26 27 is one flowing topic of the
Millennium but when he delivers the the
prophecies there are uh paragraphs that
deal with certain areas or events of
time so you could read this and we'll
read it tonight you go whoa wait a
minute I was tracking and now I'm off
base oh that's because there is a point
shift or a a Focus Shift and we'll do
our best tonight to point those out
you're going to have a lot of tips
tonight though because um you're going
to see look at chapter uh 27 look at
verse one uh and I'll just tip you off
to it before we get into this now it
says in that day remember that if you've
been with us since the opening of of
this book that's key language in that
day bible students if you remember
whenever you see in the Bible in that
day it is an announcement it is a uh
verb verbage used to tell you at the
time of the end
when it's all over and things are about
rid to wrap up it's a end times event
the Jews would call it the end of days
type statement we would we would call it
the New Testament era the last days or
the end times announcement in that day
so follow with me if you would chapter
27 verse1 in that day the Lord yah
Yahweh that's the name that's the name
of God yah with his severe sword and
great and strong will punish Leviathan
The fleing serpent Leviathan that
Twisted Serpent and he will slay the
reptile or some of your Bibles
accurately have the word dragon that is
in the sea verse two in that day sing to
her so there's a shift right
now A Vineyard of red wine I the Lord
keep it this is a song I water it every
moment lest any hurt it I keep it night
and day Fury is not in me
who would set Briars and Thorns against
me in battle I would go through them and
I would burn them together or verse five
let him take hold of my strength that he
may make peace with me and he shall make
peace with me verse six now there's a
shift those who come he shall cause to
take root in Jacob Israel shall blossom
in Bud and fill the face of the world
with fruit has he struck Israel as he
struck those who struck him or has he
been slain according to the slaughter of
those who were slain by him in measure
by sending it away you contend with it
he removes it by his rough wind in that
day of the East Wind the East Wind is a
judgment a reference to the Jewish mind
of judgment verse 9 a shift therefore by
this the iniquity of Jacob or Israel
will be covered and this is all the
fruit of taken away his sin when he
makes all the stones of the altar like
chock stones or um like Sandstone
similar that are beaten to dust wooden
images and incense altars shall not
stand yet the Fortified City will be
desolate the habitation forsaken left
like a
Wilderness there the calf will feed and
there it will lie down and consume its
branches when its bows are withered they
will be broken of the women come and set
them on fire for it is a people of no
understanding therefore he who made him
will not have mercy on them and he who
formed them will show them no favor and
it shall come to pass in that day that
the Lord that's his name again yah
yahovah or Yahweh will Thresh from the
channel of the river
to the brook of Egypt and you will be
gathered one by one oh you children of
Israel listen to verse 13 so it shall be
in that day the great trumpet will be
blown they will come who are about to
perish in the land of Assyria and they
who are outcast in the land of Egypt and
shall Worship the Lord in the Holy
Mountain of
Jerusalem difficult prophecy Don't Panic
we'll break it up into chunks it will
make some sense to you amazing you think
it's tough studying this and hearing it
tonight can you imagine Isaiah seeing
this
stuff the Bible tells us that the
prophets of old saw things that they
didn't understand but they were told to
record it down and the Bible tells us in
the New Testament that their prophecies
that they saw they longed to know what
they
meant they longed to find out what it
was all
about we are so blessed you know we we
live on this side of Christ's coming we
live on this side we are so close to in
that day events coming that we can see
even the formation of things listen
several weeks ago someone stopped me in
the
foyer and they said and I I remember it
pretty much verb him they said why do
you you why does this church care about
the land of Israel and the Jewish people
what's with
that well first of all God cares about
the Jewish people and land of Israel he
says so in the Bible the second thing is
according to God in the Bible Israel is
God's Earthly
home clearly from the Bible if God was
ever going to leave heaven and come down
which he
has he says in the Bible that he would
go to the land of Israel where he placed
his name he says that I put my name in
the mountains of
Israel that's interesting
thirdly Israel appears the name of
Israel appears some 2,600 times in the
the Bible is that
interesting fourthly Israel has to be an
existence before Jesus Christ can return
in his second coming according to the
Bible Jesus cannot return unless there's
a real viable Israel did you know that
you say I hope the Lord comes back well
I hope he comes back tonight you call
that the Rapture that's what the Bible
teaches but that's not what I'm talking
about I'm talking about the second
coming of Christ his physical bodily
return to Israel to Jerusalem there's
got to be a Jerusalem under the control
of the Jews and there's got to be a
nation called Israel before he could
return in the second coming I got to
tell you the Rapture could have happened
any time since the Ascension of Jesus
Christ 2,000 years ago he could have
come back there's no prerequisite for
that theologically but the second coming
guess what this is kind of cool to
announce it's theologically absolutely
perfect did you know technically
that Jesus Christ in the second coming
to establish his kingdom that couldn't
have happened prior to May 14th
1948 that had have put chills up your
back there had to be Jews in the land
called Israel in their ancient land and
there had to be a Jerusalem under their
care and that wasn't so until May 14th
1948 you're living now look at you I
don't care how old or young you are if
you're alive right now you're living in
Bible times man Israel's back in the
land and you say well why do you guys
talk about Israel so much because you
know what it's like a barometer that's
telling you which way the wind's
blowing it's
amazing notice with me before we get
going in verse 13 let's just sneak ahead
for a second look at verse
13 so it shall be in that day the great
trumpet will be
blown they will
come who are about to perish in the land
of
Assyria and they who are
outcast in the land of Egypt has he
anyone ever heard of a country called
Egypt raise your hand if you've heard of
a country called Egypt how do you know
how do you know you've heard of a heard
of this country called
Egypt it's on the map there's
archaeological
evidence it's you'd be crazy if you
denied the existence of
Egypt well what about the region or the
the lands of Assyria that's a little bit
harder to answer if you don't know a
little bit about ancient history but
Syria the ancient Assyrian Empire is uh
Syria today Iraq portions of Iran or
Iran portions of Iraq uh probably even
encompassing much or parts of Northern
Jordan the Assyrian
Empire it's it's an actual fact the
Assyrian Empire existed the
Assyrians a ruling people Archen enemies
of of Israel
in ancient
times those are facts those are real
peoples and it's interesting because in
verse 13 it also mentions
Jerusalem that's that also is a
fact if tonight you're here and you're
saying well I don't I I I want to I want
to agree with that person Jack that said
why care well you got to understand
something Egypt is real the Assyrian
Empire is real and Israel is real in
fact Israel is real Israel i s r a e l
Israel is
real okay if you make that bumper
sticker I get
10% the name Israel means that it is he
who prevails with God or he who contends
with God it's Jacob's name Jacob
wrestled with an angel in the Book of
Genesis it turn turns out to be that he
was wrestling with the angel of the Lord
which is known as a theophanes it's when
Christ appears in the Old Testament
before Bethlehem he's throughout
scripture he does that Joshua
encountered Christ pre-birth pre
Bethlehem when Joshua was there is
amazing think about Joshua and all of
his Battle Gear Joshua you didn't mess
with him he was literally a Commando of
the Israeli forces special ops
Joshua and he sees this guy coming up
and Joshua no doubt takes the takes the
military position and he says uh are you
for us or for the
enemy can you
imagine and the person approaching him
says really he says
neither no that ought to call you to
raise that CA you raise your sword right
there he says but I have come as captain
of the Lord's
host Joshua then takes off his sandals
and bows down and recognizes the place
that he's standing is on Holy
Ground last listen the first time you
have that recorded in scripture
is
Moses taking the sandals off because of
the burning bush the encountering of the
Lord on Mount
Si Joshua lays down his weapons in fact
lays down his life and he's got no shoes
he's completely
helpless and he willingly does so and he
acknowledges that I'm in the presence of
the Lord that's called a theophanies
when remember when Abraham was uh
walking or was in the in the tent with
Sarah and it's a it's a hot day they're
taking shelter and and three people come
walking up and Abraham comes out of the
tent and says hey how you guys doing
look completely
human he had no
idea and
um it says that it's the Lord and two
angelic personages with
him and Abraham finds this
out the theophanes the Lord says shall I
tell Abraham what I'm going to have you
guys
do and you know the story because lot is
goofing off down there in Sodom and
Gomorrah and it says that the Lord stays
with Abraham and the two angels go into
Sodom to extract lot in a special Rescue
Mission and you read that portion of
scripture and Abraham makes it very
clear he's actually encountered two
angels and the Lord you see well how can
that be it's a
theophanes or some say christophanies
when Christ appears before
Bethlehem God appeared with Jacob and in
that wrestling match the Bible tells us
that Jacob prevailed against the Lord or
prevailed with the Lord but the Lord
said I've got a go now a't that funny I
have to leave Jacob Jacob leave me alone
I got to
go and Jacob was just
tenacious the Bible says that the Lord
reached out and with his finger touched
Jacob's hip and it was dislocated for
the rest of his life boom I told you I
had to
go and from that time on Jacob's name
God changed his name to
Israel he who contends with God and
prevails it's an interesting word
because the word also means and can mean
the one who resists the one who resists
God and yet submits don't we resist God
and then eventually learn to submit
pretty
amazing so as we look at this tonight I
want you to keep in mind that we're
looking at a message tonight that is
entitled The promisee Keeper and that's
God and that's this is what we're going
to extract out of tonight's study is
that God keeps his promises and listen
the uh the reason why we want to talk
about Israel all the time is because
listen everybody if God blows it with
Israel then God has no commitment to you
if God fails to keep his promise to
Israel he doesn't have to keep his
promise to you if God doesn't come
through biblically as he has written to
the promises of Israel then God owes you
no promises do you understand that if
God fails with all of his promises to
Israel and his covenants to them then he
is under no obligation to even see to it
that you make it to
Heaven if he fails in one area ladies
and gentlemen he's untrusted
worthy if God fails somewhere so all the
things that he has said to Israel will
he fulfill them oh yes he will and you
can be happy about that because it
guarantees his promises will be
fulfilled in your life remember listen I
don't mean you tonight I I I mean any
other church or Christian that might be
viewing this this evening I don't mean
you because you're a bunch of
sweethearts if the if you ever meet a
Christian who is arrogant and looks down
the nose at the Jewish people as though
there's some sort of subhuman or subf
faith people granted they're blind you
understand that they're blind I've had
people boast to me about how stupid and
blind the Jews are and how ignorant and
you shouldn't promote them at all
because they're evil they don't believe
and let me tell you I I am exercising
such a high level of Christian control
at that
moment because there was an earlier day
in my life where the guy would have
woken up in the
ICU why
the Bible tells us that that Satan has
blinded the eyes of those who do not
believe did you know that that's what
I'm talking about you're making my point
Jews are evil they don't believe in
Jesus calm
down the Bible does say that Satan has
blinded those who do not believe except
one people
group Satan never blinded the
Jews do You Know Who blinded the Jews
good answer God did God blinded
them it's part of their punishment for
Disobedience to him so listen chew on
that for a while if you want to condens
send on a Jew remember we are the
Believers who have been grafted in
Romans chapter 9101 warns us that we
better not boast against the root the
the BR the branch we're just Twigs on
that tree they're the tree the root is
Christ are you with me remember that
there's going to be a day when he he
lifts his covering from their eyes not
Satan God has blinded the
Jew remember that pray for them witness
to
them we are commanded to do that pretty
amazing so as we look at this tonight I
want you to be thinking about
promises promises number one as we look
verse one the promisee keeper is that
he's promised to defend the Jewish
people in that day looking to the Future
even from tonight in the 21st century
we're looking ahead in that day the Lord
with his severe sword that's his word by
the way the Lord's severe sword is his
word great and
strong will number one punish Leviathan
we're going to have some fun with this
Leviathan The fleeing serpent Leviathan
that Twisted serpent
and he number two will slay the reptile
or the dragon that is in the sea listen
uh this is amazing portion of scripture
and the one word makes it so uh
Leviathan Leviathan it's ancient uh
Syrian language or Assyrian language
that is used here and it means a monster
of the sea or a monster of the land it's
something listen that devours it's
something that destroys here's where it
gets really interesting and the original
meaning of the word that is used from uh
ancient paganism in isai is lifting this
word up to us it is a thing mythological
thing it is something radically bizarre
not nothing you're going to see at the
zoo that whatever it is again in a
mythological sense it
consumes the world above and the world
beneath listen this is gonna you're
going to start getting connections here
in a
second whatever it is it's mysterious
and it consumes it is known as a monster
it
devastates
okay God is going to destroy or punish
it I should say with his
severe sword or word some of you getting
this God's going to speak a word and a
great Leviathan is going to be punished
when God speaks a word if you know the
Book of Revelation your ears are perking
up
already and he will slay the reptile
that is in the
sea meaning as some of your Bible
translations have the word Dragon you
say okay Jack look unless you're
watching Harry Potter I'm not aware of
any
dragons I understand that that's he's
not talking about Harry Potter either
he's talking about something that's
caused the biblical astute person to
realize wait a minute in
Antiquity uh Leviathan is bad news
number two you don't kill Leviathan
leviathans with a word so something
bigger than a sword and and and Sir
Lancelot and a a castle is going on here
something's up the Lord is going to
speak a word and is going to punish this
Dragon thing that devours both the above
and beneath above the sea and below the
sea and if you're Jewish tonight you
know that the sea is always always in
Jewish writing dangerous and bad and
forboding no way ugly bad mean things
come up out of the sea in the Book of
Daniel and in the Book of Revelation the
Antichrist and his Global Empire Rises
up out of the sea and has multiple heads
the depiction of this
dragon
interesting in fact the Book of
Revelation 12:9 says so the Great Dragon
was cast out that is cast out of the
access to heaven the serpent of old
called the devil and Satan who devours
the whole world and he was cast to the
Earth and his angels Fallen Angels were
cast out with him that's a perfect thing
to write down to your margins here in
verse one it's Revelation 12:9
expositional constancy in Bible
interpretation Dragon who's the Dragon
find out about the dragon by the way the
word also implies that the the Leviathan
is against creation I find that
interesting the
Leviathan the word implies one who
destroys creation one who destroys order
the Leviathan is committed to
chaos and I I today I was just
meditating on that thinking think about
that God is the god of order God is the
god of creation according to the ter the
the definition of Leviathan he is for
chaos and he is for destruction of
creation I find that fascinating because
anything that destroy destroys creation
is not of God if you think about it
people who go around killing little
little uh animals you know and kittens
and and weird those that's weird stuff
man that's sick that's sick in fact you
you want if you know somebody like that
you either want to turn them in or or
get that corrected that is that is
precursor to serial killer kind of
activity man that's sick anybody who
wants to destroy creation something's
wrong arsonists want to burn down
forests and they they they get some sort
of a perverse Jolly out of it sick okay
weird evil Leviathan loves
that isn't that
interesting God created Adam and Eve in
perfect
order Leviathan comes along and creates
disorder among that creation
and you can just go down the list think
for a moment I'm I'm not here to upset
anybody I'm not here to I just want to
make you think think about what works
what is ordered and what is reasonable
and what is practical and what speaks of
God you ought to be able to identify
those things for example the law law I'm
talking about real law good law not
California law I'm talking about real
law law is given by God law is good
Romans 13 says it's good Leviticus tells
us God gave us the law that we could
govern ourselves right William Bradford
wouldn't step off the Mayflower until
they they had enacted a law lest they be
filled with
Mischief it's
good Leviathan is against the
law when it comes to the order in the
law of
nature think about
it Leviathan is a against the natural
laws you look around at what's going on
in the world listen uh Leviathan is
against the the laws of morality
Leviathan is against the laws of logic
the Bible warns us that in the last days
men will promote evil and say that evil
is good and good is evil that's
happening now that's happening right now
I saw it happen yesterday on the
Olympics promoting evil over good
calling good evil and evil good
remarkable Leviathan is for destroying
mankind whatever destroys man he's for
it
mankind God created a a male and a
female to propagate and make a family
think about how reasonable that is
leviathan comes along and says you can
you can do whatever you want you can
have sex with
anything it's it's not about others it's
all about you you see destroy and listen
he lies he lies Jesus made it very clear
Leviathan is the father of Lies he's out
to destroy he'll lie to you and tell you
oh this is good this is so good for you
and it'll wind up killing
you he'll use stuff against you he's out
to destroy
you and listen if you have followed his
agenda it's you you think like he does
now and it's all about me it's for me at
anyone else's cost whatever they have to
pay is fine I don't care as long as it's
for me that's how he
thinks Leviathan The Destroyer
Revelation
20:2 says that he laid hold of the
Dragon the old serpent or the serpent of
old who is the devil and Satan and bound
him for a thousand years that's the
Millennium isn't that great Satan's
going to be bound during the Millennium
how's
that bound up it's G to be a good day
God has promised though in verse one to
defend the Jewish people he's announcing
that I'm going to take care of your
Archen
enemy now Leviathan of course I'm
talking about the devil is the enemy of
us
all but specifically he's got it out for
Israel you read the book of Revelation
the Bible tells us that the dragon was
waiting for the woman to bring and the
woman's Israel the N the the nation that
has 12 Stars around her head is Israel
says the Bible in the Book of Revelation
and the Bible says this is sickly grow
graphic the Bible tells us that the was
waiting for the woman to bring forth her
child that he might consume it but the
child was caught up to heaven it's a
reference to
Christ the
dragon and of course Isaiah is speaking
predominantly of course the prophet to
the Jewish people to the nation of
Israel the second thing we see the
Promise keeper God will keep his promise
to defend the Jewish
people the second thing is that he's
promised to love Israel
forever in that day sing to her this is
God singing to
her a Vineyard of red
wine it's a good thing to the lord it's
beautiful the families gathered together
even in Israel today I don't know what
they do I don't know they don't have the
alcohol Hang-Ups that our country has or
the alcoholism I don't know and is it is
it intoxicating wine I'm not going to
get into that it just says a Vineyard of
red
wine the family's gathered around it's a
joyful moment he announces I the Lord
keep it what
Israel the context is Israel I water it
every moment this is a comfort to me if
God has promised to water Israel every
moment how much more for you and I when
the Bible tells us that we have been
brought in now to the Commonwealth of
Israel that the promises given to Israel
are also us as we've been grafted in
we've get to have that the church gets
to enjoy the benefits of what God first
spoke to
Israel we've been grafted in doesn't God
don't you don't you as a Believer can
you attest to the fact that God seems to
water your life every moment every
moment I don't understand everything
that happens in my life sometimes it's
like this doesn't feel like water every
moment but he's in
control he's in
control and I know this is spiritually
speaking but there's actual realities to
this I wish we could all and I know you
would say yeah me too do this but I wish
I could bundle you all up and take you
to Israel especially to up to um the
areas of the Golan Heights where the
hoola Valley would be to our left
remember we're looking up there stand up
there the hoola Valley was just to our
left we're high up on the Golan and
we're looking over
to the
Israeli Lebanese border and we're
standing on that mountain we're looking
at this area and it's Emerald
grain and it's it's almost like your
eyes are messed up it's like wait are
you kidding kiding me did somebody take
a tractor and plow down couple 50 60
miles right there at that point you look
and it goes from emerald green within a
mile it's all
brown and you I'm you're not going to
believe me but you're you got to check
this out you're looking at that and and
you know what it is it's the
Border you got to be kidding me no you
can watch sometimes clouds roll in and
it rains on the is Israel side I'm not
kidding and it's like
what and you say I don't believe you I
told you you wouldn't believe me just
Google Earth it and take a look it's
freaky
weird he says he Waters it lest any hurt
it I keep it night and day the Bible
tells us in another place that he who
keeps Israel neither Slumbers nor sleeps
how's that for an alarm system the
almighty
god wow Fury is not in me I like that
Fury is not in Me God says I don't want
to I don't want to be upset that's not
in my
heart who would set Briars and Thorns
against me in battle that's like a joke
are you kidding who could do that who
would go through
them I would burn them together or let
him take hold of my strength that he may
make peace with me and he shall make
peace with me he has promised to love
Israel forever God sings them a song The
covenants in the Old Testament
those are unbreakable
covenants God says I'm going to keep
them and when we studed the book of
Isaiah tonight here in the 21st century
we're looking ahead to events that are
yet forthcoming the amazing thing is you
and I are in an amazing spot right now
because as I said since May 14th
1948 to today we're living in Bible
times the clock is ticking God is about
to do a work and you watch for those of
you who doubt the Bible let me throw
this out to you mark it down Israel will
become more and more of a news item as
the weeks and as the months and as the
years go
by it's the way it's been and it's going
to
increase God loves Israel and he says
forever in that day he'll sing to her
thirdly the promisee keeper the Lord he
promised to bless the Earth by or
through Israel verses 6-13 God is
promised to bless the world through
Israel isn't that funny isn't that
ironic the world right now if the world
could vote they would vote Israel off
the
island if the world could tonight they
would cut Israel out of the map we all
know this anti-Semitism is growing
radically it's bizarre Germany right now
as a government is trying to cril
they're trying to cut the rise of
anti-Semitism among the young people in
Germany did you know know in German in
schools in Germany they teach the
Holocaust you see wait Germany teaches
the Holocaust to the German people yes
you want to know why the Germans do not
want to be involved in another Holocaust
it didn't go well for them in the first
time and they don't want to be involved
in in a second one and they believe
educating their youth will keep that
from happening great great effort but
something's not
working there's a great rise of
anti-Semitism in the world
but he's promised to bless the
Earth through Israel man that doesn't
make any sense I know but watch God do
it plus Israel you know now we have to
be careful right now Israel is the size
of Lake Michigan I
think and the Israel of the Millennium
is not the size of uh New Jersey or Lake
Michigan you guys the Israel of the
Millennium will be the Israel
borders that would promis to
Abraham if the United Nations is
listening right now I hope so because
they won't be able to sleep after they
hear this Israel's not going to go away
they're they got Great Tribulation
coming they got a the Antichrist is
coming to ruin their lives terribly yes
all that's true but here's the deal when
Jesus
returns he's going to establish the
promised borders
that he gave to
Abraham have you ever looked at those
borders they're
massive there's a hint about it tonight
it's going to be from the Euphrates
River do you know where that is in Iraq
it's going to go from the Euphrates
River all the way down
to where the Sinai or the Suz
Canal toward
Egypt it's going to engulf it's massive
the millennial promises that God said
this will be the Border Abraham has
never been realized it came close under
the reign of Solomon but not totally
Solomon had the biggest piece of it but
not all of it there will not be the full
realization of that territory until a
greater than Solomon
comes and when he comes the full promise
will be realized under his government
how fun and cool and you say that's not
going to be fun because I don't believe
yeah that's going to be hard for you if
you're an
anti- Semite and you don't believe in
the Bible I get that but please don't
misunderstand me I'm not saying that
everything Israel does today is good and
right that's not what God asked us to um
to support them for he asked us to pray
for
them he asked us to share the gospel
with them they're his chosen
people can they drive you crazy they can
drive you crazy are they hard to talk to
very hard to talk to
uh are they um are
they
uh scary brilliant people scary
brilliant people more Nobel Prize
winners have been Jewish than any other
race in the world did you know
that they're scary
smart they're very independent and
self-reliant and very
stubborn and I think God's trying to
send us a picture that he's going to
save them only he could save
them but he's promised to bless the
entire Earth through
Israel I love how it just flies in the
face of CNN Fox and the UN and everybody
else and verse six says Those Who come
so you had to mark that those who come
whoever they are we don't know yet we're
just asking what who could these be he
shall cause to take root in Jacob look
at this those who come he go shall cause
to take root in Jacob
Israel shall blossom in Bud and fill the
face of the world with fruit that's yet
coming that's going to be the future the
amazing thing is Israel today has come
from nothing to one of the great fruit
fruit producers in the world today
Israel it's
remarkable I remember being in
Russia in the dead of
winter and all these amazing uh
fruits and flowers for sale on Chaos on
the street corners in the middle of in
the middle of winter all these amazing
flowers and fruit and you think where
did they get this and you go up to can I
ask you where in the world did you get
this it's Russia it's 20 below zero how
did you do
this and they'll tell you Israel this
comes from Israel planes come every
other the day from Israel with this
stuff isn't that amazing but here in the
Bible it says that Israel you see I I
don't believe the Bible okay but can you
entertain this for a moment Israel you
can the land is so fertile you could
spit and something might
grow you said thought it was all Rocky
you should see what grows between the
Rocks when last time we were in Israel
little bananas little bananas and I'm
thinking we don't have little bananas
like that in California we got giant
bananas we don't make these wimpy
ones American bananas are
huge and I bit into that little
thing and I almost had like a
psychedelic trip man of flavor it's like
what you know what it's called it's
called a b
Apple they've made it the taste looks
like a banana smells like a banana you
bite into it and it's like taking a bite
of a banana and an apple the exact same
time banapple I said what is this it's a
banapple and then I humbly we don't have
those in
California little tiny thing packed with
amazing flavor they engineered that I
don't know why you just don't eat a
banana and apple but they thought in one
bite why why take two bites when you can
take one bite I'm telling you that's how
they think very
efficient you could have two pieces of
fruit and one
fruit but the Bible says they're going
to be so much a blessing they're going
to bless the entire Earth with fruits so
you say I don't believe that but I'll
write it down and I'll wait and see and
you keep your eye on Israel's fruit
production even though they got a lot of
hardship coming and difficult days ahead
of them when Jesus
returns that country is going to produce
fruit for the entire world and we in
California ought to appreciate that more
than anybody else in the planet I hope
you guys all know I don't know how it is
today because I've kind of Fallen away
from the data but California used to be
when you go up to Selenas youve ever
been to Selenas if you haven't we should
take a field trip up there and give
glory to God and I'm I'm not joking when
you get up into selus your jaw will drw
because you'll drive for miles and it's
artichokes you drive for miles and it's
berries you drive for miles and its
lettuce you drive from miles in its
cucumbers you drive from miles in its
celery you drive have you ever been
there it's absolutely amazing just in
from Monteray you know what you know
that's where John Steinbeck wrote The
Grapes of Wrath did you know what what
the Selenas is known that Valley it's
known as the I heard it over here the
the salad bowl of America some say the
salad bowl of the world
amazing California crazy crazy Place
California largest almond
producer uh I heard recently largest
almond producer in the world surpassing
uh Israel and uh
turkey California rice did you know that
we are one of the major rice producers
in the world California isn't that
weird it's
amazing but we should app
California listen there's going to be a
day when Israel takes the
lead God will do that those who come
though this is what we're talking about
those who come get your pen ready
because we got to fly we're going to
give you a bunch of verses you're ready
now remember I'm I'm feeling really
sarcastic and Sassy tonight so I'm
approaching I'm approaching this from
the from the um position of a of you're
you're a big skeptic I appreciate big
Skeptics see I don't believe this stuff
okay good listen those who come who
could that possibly be Isaiah
43:3 Isaiah 43:3 for I am the Lord your
God the Holy One of Israel your savior I
gave Egypt for your Ransom Ethiopia and
sheba that's Saudi Arabia
today the Saudi uh Saudi region Sheba in
your place since you were precious in my
sight you have been honored this is God
speaking and I have loved you therefore
I will give men for you and people for
your life fear not for I am with you
remember he speaking to Israel but
remember you don't believe this you're
just reading with me I will bring your
descendants from the East has that
happened yes and is it happening tonight
yep and gather you from the
West yep isn't that interesting America
Jews in Canada and America are moving
back to Israel but they've never lived
there
before they say we're going back see oh
you used to live there no we just feel
like we should move to Israel look
what's happening in
France there's a mass Exodus of Jews
leaving France right now and France is
freaking out because it's affecting
their economy verse six I will say to
the north give them up by the way that's
a military it's the it's the only one
out of the the west and the East but God
says I will command the north give them
up he'll tell them
when the wall fell down in the Soviet
Union
600,000 Jews who were born and raised in
Israel left Russia and moved to Israel
because Mr gorbachov had to tear down
that
wall could that be related all we know
is some 600,000 Jews moved to Israel
from the
north and to the South do not keep them
back
bring my sons from afar and my daughters
from the ends of the Earth has that
happen what about Amos 9:14 I will bring
back the captives of My People Israel
and they shall build the waste cities
has that happened and inhabit them boy
has that happened they shall plant
Vineyards and drink wine from them some
of Israel's wine labels are the best in
all of Europe they shall also make
Gardens and eat fruit from them I will
plant them in their land whose
land God says it's their land land and
no longer shall they be pulled up from
the land I've given them says the Lord
uh your God by the way Amos 9 he says
once they're in there they're not
getting out listen this is going to
drive people crazy in the world they
want Israel to leave they're not going
anywhere God says they're not
leaving un can make all the plans they
want they're not
going God says it's not going to happen
Zechariah 12:2 you guys okay we got to
hurry I mean you're fine I'm the one
that needs to hurry Zechariah 12:2
behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of
trembling unto all the people Nations
around them and they that is the nation
shall be uh in The Siege both against
Judah and against Jerusalem he's talking
about a future battle and in that day I
will make Jerusalem a burdensome Stone
to all the nations all that burden
themselves with it shall be cut in
pieces though all the people or the
nations of the earth be gathered
together against it wow that should be
your policy for your country before we
do anything else we better check out
this verse in the Bible don't mess with
Israel
Joel 3:1 for behold in those days and at
that time when I bring back the captives
of Judah and Jerusalem I will also
gather all nations and bring them down
to the valley of Jehoshaphat Kidron
Valley that you you you already know
where that is if I point it out you'd
see it all the time and I will enter
into judgment with them there on account
of my people my Heritage Israel whom
they have scattered the Gentiles have
scattered among the Nations they have
also divided up my land
interesting give land for peace is the
Cry of the politics of the world they
have cast lots for my people Jeremiah
31:3 the Lord has appeared to Old of me
saying yes I have loved you with an
Everlasting Love Therefore with loving
kindness have I drawn you again I will
build you and you shall be rebuilt o
Virgin of Israel you shall again be
adorned with your tambourines and you
shall go forth in the dances of those
who Rejoice you shall Plant V vines on
the mountains of
Samaria and the planter shall plant and
eat them as ordinary food if you go to
the mountains of Samaria today there are
literal Vineyards there it's as though
Farmers looked at the verse and went and
planted grape Vineyards I've seen it
been there with my own
eyes
amazing God keeps his promises
and he'll keep his promises to you
because he's going to keep his promises
to Israel here's a parenthetical insert
by the way that's a it's something that
the Holy Spirit drops in right in the
middle of the
prophecy he says verse 7 has he struck
Israel as he struck those who struck him
the answer is
no or has he been slain according to the
slaughter of those who were slain by him
no in other words God destroys his
enemies but Israel he
spanks he chastises he disciplines verse
eight in measure by sending it away you
contended with it he removes it by his
rough wind in that day of the East Wind
verse n therefore by this the iniquity
of Jacob will be covered interesting
somehow Israel's sins are going to be
dealt with and this is all the fruit of
taken away taking away his sins when he
that is Jacob makes all the stones of
the altars like like s stone that are
beaten down or beaten to dust wooden
images and incense altars shall not
stand in other words there's going to be
a day coming when Israel will turn from
its paganism and seek God and Israel
itself is going to take its pagan
practices and you name it the things
that they've allowed is Jews are very
spiritual people but they don't believe
in God they say isn't that weird if you
it's kind of a shock when you go to
Israel you see a Jew oh you want to hug
them you believe in God they'll often
tell you I don't believe in God I
believe in cabala I believe in horoscope
I believe in zodiac I believe in in uh
new age I believe in Gaia Mother Earth I
believe everything else but you don't
believe I don't believe in
God why don't you believe I'm I'm a
Christian I'm come all the way here I
thought I I thought everybody here would
believe in God I thought you guys would
like you know kind of glow in the dark
believing in God and what's the deal why
don't get it number one Ezekiel says
they would come back into land in
unbelief and number two they don't they
don't believe right now the veil's over
their eyes and then when you ask them
why do you not believe in God and that's
when the fun
begins I don't believe in God because
where was God when we were going through
the Holocaust I'll give you one word
that will disprove the existence of God
tell me what is it
Hitler how could hit if God is real how
could and where was he oh I get it I get
it time out I get it it's not that you
don't believe in God you don't like what
God has
allowed you're all upset with
him you don't
disbelieve you don't approve of
him you see that's true for maybe some
of us tonight I don't believe God exists
how come there's a lot of evil in the
world well how do you
know you can't discern evil unless you
know that there's good so I'd flip that
right back in your own head we know that
God exists because there is good
right think of
that in Psalm 130:7 the Bible says oh
Israel hope in the Lord for with the
Lord there is Mercy and with him is
abundant Redemption and he shall redeem
Israel from all his iniquities Psalm
130:7 is the answer to verse 9 he's
going to do it ladies and gentlemen
verse 10 and 11 I'll just paraphrase it
for time sake he's talking about now he
shifts back to the present day of
Isaiah's day there's famine drought
throughout the land and the land is
languishing and perishing verse 12 and
it shall come to pass in that day that
the Lord will Thresh from the channel of
the river that's the
Euphrates to the brook of
Egypt the Thousand-Year Millennial Reign
city limits or national limits of Israel
and you you will be gathered look at
this everybody remember we don't believe
the Bible tonight we're very we're
Skeptics and you will be gathered one by
one oh you children of
Israel it's not Palestine it's not
Canada it's not Chino Hills it's
Israel you will be
gathered that's what is called Zionism
you want to you want to see people get
nasty on the internet just look up
Zionism people freak out did you know
that God is a Zionist you know what
Zionism means Zionism means this it is
defined as the regathering of the Jewish
people back into their ancestral land
promised uh by God to Abraham this will
eventually have its full completion when
God gathers the whole house of Israel to
himself at what is referred to as the
end time or the tribulation period or as
the Jews hold the end of days Zionism is
Israel's regathering into their land did
you know that that's what it means you
mentioned Zionism today and people want
to beat you up they don't know what it
means it's interesting God's a
Zionist God is a Zionist I'm going to
bring my people back into their land
that's what it means he's going to move
them back
home man we're out of time where did the
time
go oh
no no what time is it really I'm kind
hard time see that clock I think it's
7:30 still
right
um just this we have to end this we have
to we're just there verse 13 so it shall
be in that day a great trumpet will be
blown wow a great
trumpet will be blown that's a reference
to Joel chapter 2:1 15 blow the trumpet
in Zion consecrate a fast call a solemn
assembly gather the people consecrate
the congregation assemble the elders
gather the children even the nursing
infants let the bridegroom leave his
room and the bride her
chamber that's
key in that day a great trumpet will be
blown to gather the nation of Israel
together isn't it interesting for those
of you we don't have the time but go
back and look at Isaiah 26: 20 to 21
about the the bridegroom scooping up the
bride and putting her in her wedding
Chambers while he comes out of that
place to punish the inhabitants of the
Earth because of their
sin when Israel is restored at the end
of the tribulation period he's going to
go get his bride remember the Bible says
that his robe is splattered with
blood isn't that something he gets her
the bride of Christ he puts her on horse
white horses plural and he leads the way
and the Bible tells us that out of his
mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword that
with it he should strike the nations in
judgment and he's going to show up the
Bible tells us in the in the Eastern Sky
he will gather together the forces in
Armageddon the Antichrist and he's going
to speak one word a severe sword will
come out of his mouth and Destroy with
one word the
Antichrist with the breath of his mouth
it
says he's going to deal with
Leviathan that Wicked serpent the
devil wow this is deep stuff
man I better end because I could totally
abuse you all night we have so much
still to go and it's too
bad I don't like I don't like a clock
like
that father we come tonight and your
word
is your word is beyond us we're grateful
for that
God it's as though Lord our shoes should
be off tonight
in this this amazing
chapter and how awesome is it that we
worship The God Who Knows No Limits of
time or
space told this man Isaiah 3,000 years
ago these
prophecies and here we are tonight in
the 21st century Israel's on the map the
Jews have come back from all over the
world the land is
prospering
the world
is becoming
unhinged we see the signs of your
coming wow thank you God for being so
absolutely
amazing and father I pray that tonight
as messed up as this study has been for
us to go through and disjointed I I pray
that we'd leave tonight with a real
reverence for the depth of your word
that there's no greater commentary on
the Bible than the
Bible May the truth that you keep your
promises warm our hearts tonight keep us
safe in our souls and our
minds those that are struggling tonight
hurting pain sorrow illness
disease broken
hearts
wounded your promises come in like
light coming through a
window you're so good
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