![]() ![]() God was wise enough to devise a plan for creation where His victory was ensured. That is why God mandated the law of Jubilee.Īs we will see in the next verse, wisdom is one of the seven Spirits of God. ![]() God’s judgments are temporary, because they are rooted in divine love. It is only when we misunderstand God’s judgments that we become confused, thinking that God’s judgments are rooted in hatred against sinners. God is love, and even His judgments are motivated by love. There is no law against love because all laws come out of God’s nature. ![]() ![]() Those who think that some of God’s laws (especially the judgments of God) are based upon hatred or carnal vengeance do not understand that the entire law hangs on the two great commandments of love for God and love for one’s neighbor. Love, of course, is the greatest fruit, and the law is built upon its foundation. There is no law prohibiting the fruit of the Spirit from being manifested. 5:22, 23,Ģ2 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control against these things there is no law. This branch will indeed be fruitful, the prophet tells us.īut what kind of fruit was this branch to bear? Perhaps the best description of fruit is found in Gal. This prophesied branch ( netser) “ will bear fruit.” The prophet has already introduced us to this terminology in Isaiah 4:2, saying, “ In that day the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be His pride.” The purpose of a branch was to bear the fruit of a tree. Yet the Assyrian threat at the time had confronted men with the choice of believing the promise of God or believing the dire political “reality.” Such situations test men’s faith in God’s word in every age, and we are not exempt from such trials of faith even today. Isaiah understood God’s promise that David’s descendants would rule forever. Isaiah spoke of this “ shoot” as a future event, the coming of the Messiah. David was the original “ shoot” or twig coming out of Jesse. The branch was Jesse, the father of David. Isaiah’s metaphor was that of a green shoot ( choter, “rod, twig, branch”) growing out of the trunk ( geza) of a tree. Isaiah 11:1 says,ġ Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: 11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.Isaiah 11 gives us a glimpse of the future when the Messiah was to come through the lineage of David. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." 9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 7 In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 6 Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. ![]()
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