LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

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1) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter One

- Isaiah tells about a vision he saw about Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah !

- God tells about sons he has brought up and raised !

- But they have revolted against him !

- Israel doesn’t know God !

- He calls them a sinful nation !

- They are called wicked men, corrput children !

- They have treated God with disrespect !

- They have turned their backs on him !

- The whole head is sick !

- The whole heart is diseased !

- About the whole body, nothing is healthy !

- The land is desolate !

- The cities are burned with fire !

- Israel is compared to Sodom and Gomorrah !

- God has enough of their sacrifices !

- It is detestable to God !

- God is not listening anymore to israel !

- The faithful city has become a prostitute !

- It is time for God to turn his hand against israel !

- Sometimes when I hear some people, it seems to be we are not reading the same Bible !

- It is not possible to be more clear !

- Or people prefer to be deaf and blind !

 

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2) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter Two

Isaiah 2:2

In the last
בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 319: The last, end, the future, posterity

days
הַיָּמִ֗ים (hay·yā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

the mountain
הַ֤ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will be
וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

established
נָכ֨וֹן (nā·ḵō·wn)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

as the chief
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (bə·rōš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the mountains;
הֶהָרִ֔ים (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

it will be raised
וְנִשָּׂ֖א (wə·niś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

above the hills,
מִגְּבָע֑וֹת (mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1389: A hillock

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

nations
הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

will stream
וְנָהֲר֥וּ (wə·nā·hă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5102: To sparkle, be cheerful, to flow, assemble

to it.
אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

- God will take the lead once again and forever !

 

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3) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter Two

Isaiah 2:3

And many
רַבִּ֗ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

peoples
עַמִּ֣ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

will come
וְֽהָלְכ֞וּ (wə·hā·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and say,
וְאָמְרוּ֙ (wə·’ā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Come,
לְכ֣וּ ׀ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

let us go up
וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה (wə·na·‘ă·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the mountain
הַר־ (har-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the house
בֵּית֙ (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the God
אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Jacob.
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

He will teach us
וְיֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ (wə·yō·rê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

His ways
מִדְּרָכָ֔יו (mid·də·rā·ḵāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

so that we may walk
וְנֵלְכָ֖ה (wə·nê·lə·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in His paths.”
בְּאֹרְחֹתָ֑יו (bə·’ō·rə·ḥō·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan

For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the law
תוֹרָ֔ה (ṯō·w·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law

will go forth
תֵּצֵ֣א (tê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from Zion,
מִצִּיּוֹן֙ (miṣ·ṣî·yō·wn)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

and the word
וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇar-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

from Jerusalem.
מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (mî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

- Here we are told that people will be taught directly by God !

- He will teach people his ways !

- God’s knowledge instead of man’s knowledge !

- God’s word instead of man’s basic world !

- The creator of the universe instead of miserable human governments !

- A world of stability instead of a world of perpetual instability !

- No limits vs a world of perpetual limits !

 

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4) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter Two

Isaiah 2:4

Then He will judge
וְשָׁפַט֙ (wə·šā·p̄aṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

between
בֵּ֣ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and arbitrate
וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ (wə·hō·w·ḵî·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

for many
רַבִּ֑ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

peoples.
לְעַמִּ֣ים (lə·‘am·mîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

They will beat
וְכִתְּת֨וּ (wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3807: To bruise, violently strike

their swords
חַרְבוֹתָ֜ם (ḥar·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

into plowshares
לְאִתִּ֗ים (lə·’it·tîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 855: A hoe, other digging implement

and their spears
וַחֲנִיתֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (wa·ḥă·nî·ṯō·w·ṯê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2595: A lance

into pruning hooks.
לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת (lə·maz·mê·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4211: A pruning knife

Nation
ג֤וֹי (ḡō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

will no longer
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

take up
יִשָּׂ֨א (yiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the sword
חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

against
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

nation,
גּוֹי֙ (gō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

nor
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

train
יִלְמְד֥וּ (yil·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

anymore
ע֖וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

for war.
מִלְחָמָֽה׃ (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

- God will guide the nations !

- And above all there won’t be anymore wars !

- Can you imagine what it means for humanity !

- The history of humanity is filled with wars and violence and poverty and death !

- It will be time for a completely different time !

- Time for real progress !

- Time for perfection !

- Time for a perfect world !

- Time for eternal life !

- With no limits and the possibility for continuous learning !

- A knowledge we can’t even imagine in this limited world !

 

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5) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter Two

Isaiah 2:5

Come,
לְכ֥וּ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

O house
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jacob,
יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

let us walk
וְנֵלְכָ֖ה (wə·nê·lə·ḵāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in the light
בְּא֥וֹר (bə·’ō·wr)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

of the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Isaiah 2:6

For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You have abandoned
נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה (nā·ṭaš·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5203: To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon

Your people,
עַמְּךָ֙ (‘am·mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jacob,
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

because
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they are filled
מָלְאוּ֙ (mā·lə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

[with influences] from the east;
מִקֶּ֔דֶם (miq·qe·ḏem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

they are soothsayers
וְעֹֽנְנִ֖ים (wə·‘ō·nə·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6049: To act covertly, practise magic

like the Philistines;
כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (kap·pə·liš·tîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

they strike [hands]
יַשְׂפִּֽיקוּ׃ (yaś·pî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5606: To clap the hands, of satisfaction, to be enough, of excess, to vomit

with the children
וּבְיַלְדֵ֥י (ū·ḇə·yal·ḏê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

of foreigners.
נָכְרִ֖ים (nā·ḵə·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

- First, Israel is invited to go back to God !

- Second, we are told why !

- It is because God has abandoned them !

- Third, we are told why !

- That’s the usual pattern of Israel !

- They do everything in opposition to God !

- Then he rejects them !

- Then they try to go back to him !

- As a matter of fact, each time they go away from God, the connection reduces and ends to nothing !

- There is only one way to build a strong relationship to God !

- That’s to keep being faithful !

- Like all the faithful servants of God !

- It’s easy to follow this way because they give us the key !

- But Israel and humanity prefer to go the other way !

- That’s free will !

- The consequences are logical !

- The price to pay exorbitant but logical !

- To end with human stupidity !

 

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6) LOOKING FOR ISAIAH

Chapter Two

Isaiah 2:7

Their land
אַרְצוֹ֙ (’ar·ṣōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

is full of
וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א (wat·tim·mā·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

silver
כֶּ֣סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and gold,
וְזָהָ֔ב (wə·zā·hāḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

with no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

limit
קֵ֖צֶה (qê·ṣeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7097: End, extremity

to their treasures;
לְאֹצְרֹתָ֑יו (lə·’ō·ṣə·rō·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

their land
אַרְצוֹ֙ (’ar·ṣōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

is full of
וַתִּמָּלֵ֤א (wat·tim·mā·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

horses,
סוּסִ֔ים (sū·sîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

with no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

limit
קֵ֖צֶה (qê·ṣeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7097: End, extremity

to their chariots.
לְמַרְכְּבֹתָֽיו׃ (lə·mar·kə·ḇō·ṯāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4818: A chariot

- One word : WEALTH !

- It is CANCER!

- You have it but when you realize you have it it’s too late !

- It goes faster and faster !

- And out of control !

- It is everywhere !

- Human history is full of it !

- Human cancer !

- And it keeps renewing itself all the time !

- It only means CONSTANT DESTRUCTION !

 

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- May I ask a question to everybody ?

- I will let people time!

- Then I will answer too!

- There is no trap!

- WHAT IS ALL THE BIBLE ABOUT EXCEPT THE FACT THAT IT IS GOD’S WORD ?

- There may be different answers depending on the elements we have!

 

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- Coming back to Isaiah 1:9, it says if God hadn't left survivors, Jerusalem would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah!

- Thus The people are not better than those of Sodom and Gomorrah!

- On the contrary, they are worse because they are supposed to be God's people!

- They are supposed to be taught by God!

- So they are supposed to know!

- But they do as if they don't know anything!

- They know everything God did for them!

- Yet they do as if he hadn't do anything!

 

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- Coming back to Isaiah 1:10, they are called rulers of Sodom, people of Gomorrah!

- Usually rulers control and decide everything!

- So they have no excuses!

- And in fact, here they are not compared, it says they are!

- So they do the same things as Sodom and Gomorrah do!

- That's free will!

- Mankind does the same!

- Many people say they believe in God but according to their behaviors, they show they don't care exactly like Israel and Judah!

- So whatever the Bible say about Israel and Judah can be applied to mankind!

- They do their best to do the same!

- That's free will!

- Ithey go to the restaurant!

- But it's not God's table!

 

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  Isaiah 1:13
  
  
  
  - Worthless offerings!
  
  
  
  - Your incense is detestable!
  
  
  
  - Iniquity!
  
  
  
  - Everything is negative!
  
  
  
  - Nothing is positive!
  
  
  
  - Absolutely nothing!
  
  
  
  - How is it possible to live in such a way?
  
  
  
  - Hell on earth!
  
  
  
  - Human hell!
  
  
  
  - Free will!
  
  
  
  - Man's creation!
  
  
  
  - Man's destruction!
  
  
  

 

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Isaiah 1:14

- I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts!

- They have become a burden to me!



- I am weary / disgusted of bearing them!



- I hate / a burden / I am weary / disgusted!



- This vocabulary is extremely strong and negative!



- It is a good sumary of what “God's chosen people” has done against God!



- And what God thinks about them!



- It doesn't seem to do worse!

 

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Isaiah 1: 15



- God doesn't listen to their prayers because their hands are full of blood!



- Is it possible to find words more explicit?



- God doesn't listen to their prayers anymore!



- End of the story!



- It reminds me of God calling for Samuel when there was nothing from God in Israel!



- And we are not speaking about a minority!



- We are speaking about a whole people!



- Thus the Bible tells us how Israel went away from God!



- Apparently the message hasn't been of any use for mankind!

 

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Isaiah 1:16-20



- God once again tells them to change their bad attitude!



- And he will be on their side!

- But if they refuse, he will destroy them!


- Once again we see God's patience!



- The problem with man is that he gets used to God's patience!



- He thinks that God can accept everything!



- That's the same with mankind!



- And each time when he acts violently to put an end to such a situation, that's a big surprise!



- But it shouldn't be so because human history is a repetition!



- And the Bible keeps warning again and again!

 

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- Isaiah 1:21- 23



- Jerusalem is compared to a prostitute!



- A city full of murderers!



- The rulers are rebels, friends of thieves!



- Looking for bribes and rewards!



- They don't care about the fatherless and the widow!



- There is absolutely nothing positive!

 

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Isaiah 1:24



- I will be relieved of my foes and avenged myself on my enemies!



- They have become God's enemies!



- What about mankind!



- God's feelings are strong and powerful!



- After the expression of one's feelings comes action!



- I would say feelings concentrate on his actions!



- It was bad for Israel and Judah!



- It will be bad for mankind!



- But it will mean freedom for the faithful ones!



- And renewal for the earth!

 

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Isaiah 1:25



- I will turn my hand against you!



- I will thoroughly purge your dross!



- I will remove all your impurities!

- It's not going to happen peacefully!



- It is going to be violent!



- They are too corrupted!



- And God did his best to put them back on the right track!



- But each time it is more difficult!



- Look at mankind!



- That's why a deep cleaning is necessary!



- And then God won't tolerate any opposition!

 

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Isaiah 1:26



- In this verse, God says that Jerusalem can become a city of righteousness again but for that they should change!



- What a patience!



- But they don't care!



- It is the same with mankind!



- They should be scared!



- Anyway, they will be scared when it is too late!



- The more they wait the more they will be scared!



- And the flood is nothing compared to what will happen!

 

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Isaiah 1:27



- Jerusalem will be restored!



- After all they have done!



- But yet they won't understand!



- In fact, they never understood!



- No difference with mankind!



- It seems to be a competition for the worst!



- And Jerusalem would be restored twice and destroyed twice!



- And God knew it!



- He knew they wouldn't change!



- Poor men!

 

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Isaiah 1:28



- If Jerusalem would be restored, rebels and sinners will pay!



- In fact, the verse starts by but which indicates that whatever may happen, there is a price to pay!



- Everyone has to pay the price according to his deeds!



- But they don't care!



- When time comes, it will be too late to care!

- They may care but it will be of no use!



- Mankind has always been short sighted!



- That's why it is strange to imagine that one day they will get perfection!



- But with God everything is possible!



- So those who will survive may see it!

 

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Isaiah 1:29



- Can they be ashamed of their spiritual prostitution!



- Once you get corrupted!



- It is difficult to leave it for righteousness!



- Especially when you have been doing it all your life!



- That's what human history tells us!



- Paul was an exception but he was told by Jesus in a vision!



- But when you think of the apostles, they needed to be told again and again!



- And when everything is corrupted, it is even worse!