Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children’;But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, ‘No one sees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’ Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know.
Isaiah 47:8-11
You may notice that we’ve started using the NKJV. A big shout out to Manny for opening my eyes to some of the inconsistencies in several of the other popular translations.
Today’s verse needs little commentary. It speaks for itself. But, if you’ll indulge me, I’ll make a couple of quick points.
For starters, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely. Does that sound like any particular country you know?
Or how about, I am, and there is no one else besides me. This statement speaks of being your own god, making your own rules. The US has no need of a Higher Power to tell us what is or isn’t marriage. And likewise, we can allow convenience to dictate when life begins. Recently we’ve learned that convenience has allowed abortion profiteers to extract human body parts from murdered non-humans. Now if that isn’t a multitude of sorceries, I don’t know what is.
The ruling majority in Washington have trusted in their wickedness; and their knowledge have warped them. Warped, that just about sums it all up doesn’t it?
Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. The Federal Reserve was able to postpone our day of reckoning through monetary policy and printing money out of nowhere. We’ve nearly doubled the M2 money supply since the last crisis and rates are close to zero, so there is very little we could do to stem the tide if we were to experience another 9/11 type event or another market downturn like 2008. We’ve put it off for about as long as we can.
And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know. If you’re still thinking about getting prepared, stop thinking and start doing. Pray up, store up, team up, and train up. Every day, I get up and I’m supprised that God has granted this nation another day with which to poke him in the eye and mock his Holy World. Shemitah is right around the corner. We’ll see if He lets us continue to lay in our beds of comfort and luxury past that date.
Come back every Sunday for a new Prepper Bible Study! The most important prep of all is knowing GOD. Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die.” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day.
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Mark
