Empty Ritualistic Religion in Jerusalem (29:1-24)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 24 : Empty Ritualistic Religion in Jerusalem (29:1-24)

Chastening and Deliverance (29:1-8) – THE CITY OF GOD WAS THE CITY OF PRIDE – JERUSALEM THE ‘ALTAR-HEARTH’ (‘ARIEL’) – THE LORD ENCAMPED AGAINST JERUSALEM – GETTING THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE – JUDGMENT, THEN REDEMPTION – THE LORD’S ENEMIES ARE AS A DREAM – Blindness and Sight (29:9-14) – JUDICIAL BLINDNESS – THE DANGERS OF ‘DEAD ORTHODOXY’ – GOD’S PROPHETS: THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IN A NATION – THE WORD OF GOD A CLOSED BOOK – THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM AND THE SOLUTION – GOD IS GREAT IN BOTH MERCY AND JUDGMENT – Spiritual Transformation (29:15-24) – WOE #3 : THE FOOLISHNESS OF THINKING THE POTTER DOES NOT SEE THE CLAY – GOD WILL OVERTURN THOSE WHO OVERTURN JUSTICE – DESTRUCTION OF THE ‘MIGHTY’ WHO OPPRESS THE WEAK – THE TRUE SEED OF ABRAHAM REVEALED… – …AND THE LORD WILL BE PRAISED