(Disclaimer: This transcript is auto-generated and may contain mistakes.) you you you you you you you you you you you you you All right good evening everyone welcome to stronghold Baptist Church if you can grab your hymnals and open up the song 146 Song 146 is shelter in the time of storm song 146 All right church, let's sing this on the first Oh We Oh a shelter Amen let's pray church their only follower. Thank you so much for helping us get here safely and protecting us as we gather here You can protect us throughout this service as well father and be able to allow us to focus on your word And what's being preached tonight board and just be with us here in this place father and I just pray that you fill pastor versions with your spirit father and allow him to Get up and preach with power and boldness and with authority Lord Lord. We pray that the singing gave you glory father and then The praises will be sweet to your ears Lord, and we love you pray these things in the name of Jesus. Amen All right, let's turn to our next song song 208 Song 208 grace greater than our sin song 208 On the first Oh Oh Oh Oh God Great Grace that will harden within Great Or soon And all right great singing this evening at this time, we're gonna go through Our announcements looks I don't have my mic brother Brian, so just keep the other one on You do not have a bulletin raise your hand real high. We'll make sure that we get one out to you If you open up to the first page, you'll see our service times They're Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Wednesday night 7 is our Bible study Of course, we are closing out the book of Isaiah tonight and we'll be starting up with the book of Hebrews next week So make sure you're here for the first chapter of the book of Hebrews. We've got the soul winning opportunities listed there as well as the salvation's and the baptisms for the month of August as Well as for the year and we did have a baptism For August so praise God for that that was good Let's go ahead and count up any salvation today. Salvation's report this week to slip your hand up real quick We'll get those counted up and you won't have any salvation's report. Yes, sir Anything else to report All right, very good keep up the good work preaching the gospel This is what it's all about. We've got the offering totals through the month of July down there at the bottom of the page Prayer requests continue pray for everybody on our list here We found out on Sunday that Lonnie is who has the stage four breast cancer is starting aggressive chemo treatment soon as the tumors have been growing so pray that God will heal her and Just you know reverse what's going on with the cancer and help her body be strengthened with the treatments I also found out this evening a neighbor of mine his grandson has Cancer as well as a neurological cancer his name's Henry and he's one years old so Please pray for him as well. I guess What my neighbor was telling me is that You know, I guess a good thing is they caught it relatively early But it is a fast spreading and it's it's a rare type of cancer He told me the name. I don't recall exactly, you know The cancer is always hard to pronounce anyways But it's one that I'm not familiar with but it is one that is aggressive and the child is very young So, please be in prayer for him as well. And the good news is he said that He's getting chemo treatments as well and the first day and the second day are all are very hard for him But every other day kind of looks like you'd never think there's anything wrong with them So from that perspective, that's great But obviously parents and grandparents have got to be Stressed through the roof and have their anxiety really high in a very stressful situation. So pray for them as well a boy's name is Henry and They're hoping he's getting an MRI later this month that the the tumors that he and they can't even count how many tumors he has They're hoping that they'll be reduced and their plan is to not have to completely eliminate all the tumors But reduce them enough so that his own body can Take, you know, take the action it needs against tumors and be able to consume them and do what the body does I think one good thing is just that sometimes with children because God built us amazingly They're able to with us with the growth and everything There's a lot of different type of healing that could come forth through this just built into God's creation But obviously we're gonna pray that God will spare that little child and help him to heal as well As well, so if you wouldn't mind praying for him we appreciate that Let's see other updates Don't think does anyone have any other Updates for the prayer list or anyone on the list and we also mentioned on Sunday I forgot to add them Josh and Eliza Hill for their move out here That would go well if they're moving from North Carolina to Georgia and that they also would like to conceive and have a child So pray for them, please. I Don't have any updates on steadfast Baptist Church. So continue to pray for pastor Shelley in their church On the next page the August challenge is the visitor challenge So everyone that brings a first-time visitor to church will receive a prize. So Be focused on following up the people when you got soul winning or even just at work or whatever try to See if you encourage someone to come to church it's a great start even Even if they're not saved if you think that they're interested You never know obviously church is geared for saved people But maybe someone here and hopefully here's the other thing too. Okay, I'm gonna say I should say this on Sunday I never say this again Sunday. I just gotta repeat this from time to time Everybody here ought to be One greeting our new visitors like every any visitor no matter what month it is right reading our visitors making them feel welcome and getting to know them a little bit as well as Ask them about their salvation You know We make it a point to go out and preach the gospel and take time off our schedules and put in the work to Do that you can't ask for anything more than people like coming in to church so yes ask about that and Ask about that no matter Who they are don't be a respecter of persons if I bring a visitor or you or someone else brings a visitor or something Don't assume that oh, well, well, it's past versions. He must have given him the gospel or it's past versions He they must be saved or whatever. Like don't think those things it doesn't hurt at all To ask somebody if they're saved and I'll tell you right now the people who are saved Don't get offended by that So If you're worried about someone may be getting offended Well, if they're offended then it's more likely that they're not saved right? I mean obviously it's not 100% but it's just That that's gonna be the case. So and then it's a good thing that you're asking because We want to try to get people saved. It's a whole point, right? So when we get visitors, obviously you're trying to bring bring visitors to church Maybe people be interested people never been to church before or a church like ours or whatever, you know invite them out invite them to church and I said whether they're saved or not invite them here and then as a member of our church greet people make them feel welcome and and Ask about their salvation so he could at least bless them with giving them an opportunity to hear the gospel For coming and visiting our church. I mean, that's we know what a shame that would be if people walk out of here And like they were unsaved but they leave unsaved and and it's because they never heard the gospel while they're here Like we don't want that to happen. This is and this is why I don't preach a gospel message every time I preach Because I need to feed you but we all should be Trying to give the gospel to the visitors that come in So if there's anyone who's unsaved They could Still have that opportunity here the gospel even though we don't do the altar call even though I'm not preaching gospel every single Sermon that I preach right? So that's the way we do things here. Anyways, I'll mention it again on Sunday It's important thing that just needs to be refreshed from time to time Homeschool field trips are starting up again. So we've got the list there Friday, September 9 Friday, October 21st Both of those are 11 a.m. Those are the places there and I forgot to bring Leslie Did you bring a sign-up sheet or no is still sitting on our coffee table? all right, well We'll have it on Sunday. All right Sunday, it will be signing up and it is important. Please sign up Let us know as early as possible as best we have an idea of what to accommodate for what we're gonna do If we need to get tickets and things like that, so Those sheets will be available on Sunday Lord willing I'll remember to bring it Bible memory passage Hebrews chapter 4 1 week 3 of 10 memorizing the entire chapter this time straight through no breaks But I did give you two extra weeks at the end. So you kind of got some extra time to get the entire chapter down Upcoming events. We've got the September 3rd soul-winning marathon in Oxford, Alabama Oxford Alabama is where we will be meeting up. I will get that location Finalized by Sunday. I plan on making a video putting it out there with the details So winning will probably start around 10 a.m. And We'll meet up probably around 9 a.m. And and have an hour to eat some breakfast and light food and do the normal stuff We do get paired up get partnered get maps do all that stuff and and then head out so that is the plan and I'm really looking forward to this event. If you are able to make it at all for any length of time Please consider going out here with us on that Saturday. It's Labor Day weekend and Let me know again as early as possible if you're planning on coming to this and you already know like yeah I'm really gonna need a hotel for either Friday night or Saturday night or both. Let me know in advance I don't know. I didn't look up the hotels there yet in that area sometimes they can they can fill up like even in Macon when we went I think it was like Easter weekend and You wouldn't think it's kind of like well I mean, how could the hotels be filled up and make it the hotels were filling up and making like it wasn't easy and And you know to do all that so the earlier you can let me know about this the better Maybe I'll get a sign-up sheet for that or if you just email me or text me Message me somehow have it in writing then I could always go back to it when I know because I'll make that note and be able to go back and And get you signed up so the earlier the better because I get these things booked early just in case there's any problems later on Birthdays anniversaries, what is today's date the 10th? So nobody today But miss nice has a birthday coming up on August 15 Taylor on August 18th, and you can see the rest there for the rest of August That is about it for our announcements, so I'm gonna turn the service back over brother Peter is gonna lead us in our next song Right church if you can open up your hymnals to song number 174 So 174 my Jesus I I I Me On the last Hey I'll see In a church at this time we collect our Wednesday night offering which goes to the missions Ushers All right church and while the offering plates are being passed around if you can open your Bibles to the book of Isaiah chapter 66 That was Isaiah Chapter 66 and as we do customary here at stronghold Baptist Church We're gonna read the entire chapter mess brother Jesse if he can please do that for us Isaiah chapter 66 the Bible reads Thus saith the Lord the heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool Where's the house that he built unto me and where's the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made and all those things have been sayeth the Lord but to this will man will I look even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and Trembleth at my word he that kills an ox is as if he slew a man He that sacrificed a lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck He that offers an ablation as if he offered swine's blood He that birthed incense is as if he blessed an idol yay They have chosen their own ways and their soul delighteth in their abominations I also will choose their delusions and will bring their fears upon them because when I called None didn't answer when I spake they did not hear But they did evil before mine eyes and chose that in which I delighted not Hear the word of the Lord he that tremble at his word Your brethren that hated you that cast you out of for my name's sake said let the Lord be glorified but he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed a Voice of noise from the city a voice from the temple a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies Before she traveled she brought forth before her pain came. She was delivered of a man child Who has searched as a thing who hath seen such things Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion traveled she brought forth her children Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth to save the Lord? Shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb sayeth thy God But Joyce II with Jerusalem and be glad with her all you that love her But Joyce for joy with her all you that mourn for her That you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her Consolations that you may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory for thus saith the Lord behold I will extend peace to her like a river and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream then shall he suck ye shall be born upon her sides and be dannelled upon her knees as One whom his mother comforts So will I comfort you and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem? And when you see this your heart shall rejoice and your bone shall flourish like an herb and The hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants and his indignation toward his enemies For behold the Lord will come with fire and with his chariots like a whirlwind To render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire For by fire by a sword where the Lord plead with all flesh and the slain of the Lord shall be many They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse shall be consumed together saith the Lord For I know their works and their thoughts it shall come And I will gather all nations and tongues and they shall come and see my glory and I will set a sign among them and I will send those that escape them onto the nation to Tartish pole and ludd that draw the bow to two ball and javon to the isles of far off that have not heard my thing Neither have seen my glory and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles and they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses and chariots and litters and upon mules and upon swift beasts to my holy mountain Jerusalem saith the Lord as the children of Israel bring an offering and a clean vessel into the house of the Lord and I will also take Of them for priests and for Levites saith the Lord for as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before me saith the Lord So shall your seed and your name remain and it shall come to pass That from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord and they shall go forth and Look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me for the worm shall not die Neither shall their fire be quenched and they shall be in the pouring unto all flesh brother Lindsay if you would pray Amen All right Wrapping up the book of Isaiah and as we when we started off going through the book of Isaiah I made this reference or is this uh, I Don't know suggestion something that I had heard but never fully studied out for myself I still never fully doubt studied out for myself that the book of Isaiah is kind of like a mini Bible where if you line Up each chapter it lines up with the book of the Bible and its corresponding order So like Isaiah chapter 1 will line up with with Genesis and then Isaiah 66 would line up with the book of Revelation and I think people who notice this or take note of that Obviously chapter 66 here is very heavy new heaven new earth new Jerusalem You know these things these concepts are coming up Very heavily in this chapter as they were also in the in the previous chapter as well. So I don't find a 100% Correlation with that there were a few times During our study during my study that I was looking occasionally I think back and be like, okay Well, what number are we on now? What book of the Bible is that and I just go and read it and you know If something didn't jump out at me, I was just okay. Well, whatever I'm not gonna I'm not gonna spend a whole lot of time in that like I said, it's something I've heard It sounds interesting. It seems kind of cool. There's definitely some places where you can see a correlation But others I've looked at and I've just been like, I don't know to me if something seems like it's gonna be a stretch To try to make it apply Don't don't make something fit if it ain't there it ain't there. I mean if there's a lot of cool Correlations great. Hey, the Bible has a lot of correlations between itself. Anyways, you know, I don't have to make something up to To preach just preach what we see in the Bible now, I'm not saying it's not there either I just didn't see it. So Not not for every chapter right? I mean there's some we definitely do this is one of those right? So last book of Isaiah last chapter of Isaiah Really lines up. Well with you could see easily how that could match up with the book of Revelation So let's jump into this right here. There's a lot again Just like last chapter was really dense with with lots of stuff. This is also very similar to verse number one Bible says thus saith the Lord the heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool Where is the house that you build unto me and where is the place of my rest this concept to come up before in the Bible when You know King David wanted to build a house for the Lord The same type of thing comes up God saying look I created everything He says here the heaven is my throne. I mean you look up at the expanse of heaven He's like I sit on you're like that's my throne and the earth we I mean the earth for us is huge From our perspective because we're so small in comparison how gigantic this earth is He's like yeah, that's just I just kicked my feet up on that. That's my my footstool now I'm gonna say this I've said this once before because I actually heard a claim one time and it's hesitate bringing it up, but It's out there, you know people who believe in his flat earth nonsense, I think I think they're dwindling I haven't heard very much about it at all But when we see language like the heavens my throne and the earth is my footstool It's obviously figurative Okay, while we do take the Bible literally We do like for what it says When we say that though It has to imply that we're also Using common sense and Reading comprehension that the Bible does have places where analogies are used where Symbolic symbolism is used where hyperbole is even used where idioms are used where there's other expression used then just Literally saying every single thing is absolutely literal No, it's not but what we say when we say we believe by literally it means we're not gonna make Excuses for anything that the Bible says we're not gonna take something that the Bible clearly states a commandment of the Lord and try To say it means something else or you need to understand something different and go to some extra biblical Context and and try to explain away what the Bible clearly says That's what we mean when we say that we take the Bible literally Because there are so many people out there that don't that want to allegorize Everything and just look at the whole thing as a super high level and not ever get into the details of like what God's Word actually says So when we look at this the heaven is my throne the earth is my footstool he's The Lord's expressing how gigantic he is now He's so huge. He's infinite right. I mean God can't be contained by space God created space God created matter God created time God created the reality as we know it today But he existed before As God is from everlasting and to everlasting so God encompasses everything that's part of one of the characteristics of God being Omnipresent Right means everywhere God can't be contained Being omniscient is all-knowing and being omnipotent having all power. That's that's God. That's that's who the Lord is But He's expressing here because people Will tend to think really highly of themselves right Well, I'm gonna do this for you God and kind of in some instances may want to lift themselves up now David did not have that prideful heart of trying to lift himself up in his Grand sacrifice for the Lord his heart was right and that he wanted to honor and show Reverence to the Lord and have a place that could be called You're like the Lord's house and and have this great temple and he's looking at the tabernacle going, you know, it's just a tent we ought to honor the Lord with something greater and more magnificent and more solid than than just a tent and And you know, he's like I live in a house and other people that you know, we're settled now We're no longer wandering in the wilderness. We're in the promised land where we're supposed to be. Let's can we God can we set up a temple? Let's let's you know I want we want to set up a place for you and the Lord even says the fact that it was in his heart That was a good thing But God explains I don't need that. I don't need a house. I don't need you guys doing anything for me I don't you know, I'm too big anyways It's not like some house is gonna contain me or whatever But because it was the right intention right motive and God gave the approval for it it went forward but what we're gonna see here The people that we're going to be looking at there's again a contrast like we saw last week. There's this great contrast between the people of God who Practically by definition are the contrite and humble People because they've received Christ as their Savior they're not trusting in themselves or not lifted up in themselves That you know would be a cause of their damnation like others are Who don't accept Christ because they think that their own works can save them and their own deeds are going to? Save them and take care of them. So What we're seeing here God is saying right at the very beginning. Hey, the heavens my throne the earth is my footstool Where is the house that you build on to me? And where is the place of my rest? I don't need rest I don't need a house You know, I'm massive and well, but my point about the Flat Earther so I had someone say that Because God referred to the earth as a footstool. They said well, what what's the shape of a footstool? Because we have these here and I'll bring this up for illustration purposes just for the benefit of people who might watch online this is this is awesome because this is This was so here's a footstool, right? Here's our footstool and The implication was look. I mean, this is this is this is flat So if the by if the God is calling the earth his footstool, then it must be flat, right? Then that means that the heaven is in the shape of a chair Right before love were if we're gonna look at this To determine the shape of these things Well, I mean if he's calling the earth a footstool well, I thought the earth though, I mean this footstool rocks. I Thought the earth is unmovable. I Mean that's what they'll say about the earth orbiting and and you know turning on an axis Oh, no, I can't do that because it's unmovable. Well Have you seen our footstools? I Mean it's a dumb example, right? It's but but this is when people When they get something in their mind and it becomes More of an exercise of trying to see that one thing everywhere and Just miss applying everything then and be careful about that. No matter what the belief is. Okay Right or wrong? Yeah, the Earth's not flat Okay, it actually isn't flat at all there's I mean there's mountains and there's valleys and there's water and the water is not flat either because you know what there's land underneath the water too and That dips right and and I there's so many things. I don't want to go off on that whole thing but um Just don't be deceived I I Saw this picture recently my wife got a new phone and it's got this amazing camera on it and There's a kids were swimming and it's like there was a splash and you could see all these Droplets of water like really clearly in the picture super cool And it just reminded me of another one of those those proofs because they're like water always finds its level Water can't curve and all this other stuff. It's like have you ever seen a drop of water? water can't curve Like if water just falls or drops it actually goes into a sphere Like naturally you don't have to try to do that when when the kids splash and you see the photograph the still shot of all Those drops of water. They're spherical So Well water can't bend or curve. Yes. In fact, it actually does in its most basic form out in the air Whatever anyways, I don't want I'd really I wasn't even really going in. I don't want to go down that rabbit trail at all It's kind of it's really dumb Obviously what the Lord's saying here. Hey, there is my throne. There's my footstool on this great massive being What can you do for me? Right? I don't need a house. I don't need anything from you I'm the creator of everything verse 2 says for all those things. That's mine handmade So if you're gonna make something for the Lord He's like, what are you gonna make that I didn't already give you that made that too for you to make Like I made all the wrong raw materials. All the supplies are there for you. I made that I Made the trees that you're gonna cut down and use for lumber. I made the rocks that you're gonna use for your foundation I Already made all that And all those things have been said the Lord But to this man will I look Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word and this is where he's contrasting The person who wants to do this great thing for God to impress God Versus the person he's like know who I'm really interested in is this poor and contrite spear contrite just means you're humble You're lowly, right? You're not full of yourself. He's like that's who I care about. That's who I'm seeking I don't want the person all puffed up that wants to do all these grand things for me. I Want the lowly person who's just willing to obey me? Who's just willing to? Show that hey God you are that great and glory and magnificent glorious and and I am nothing and I'm just a creation and I'm a weak sinful person, you know That's who God is looking for the humble and hard God's not impressed with the great men of the earth They have all these great accomplishments Verse three He's gonna continue on here now referring to people who do these great sacrifices and notice that all these people here he's wrenching they are religious people and Not only are they religious, but they're even religious to the Lord Right the true God But they don't see him as the true God and they're not even his children But they will claim his name as being who they're serving So this is extremely important not to be overlooked at all It's gonna be very critical as we get into this text a little bit further verse 3 he that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man he that Sacrificed the lamb as if he cut off a dog's neck he that offers an oblation as if he offered Swine's blood he that burneth incense as if he blessed an idol So he's referring to these people doing these various things that in His law and the way that you would worship and serve the Lord in the Old Testament These are all things that would be good and that you should be doing Right and that God would be pleased with if you are following these things and observing his statutes killing the ox right for an offering Sacrificing a lamb again a Passover lamb or some other you know sacrifice that would be a good thing Offering an oblation again another offering these are all things that would be good burning incense again great things But he's saying when these people do it They are not received because it's not about the physical act of Making the offering or something that God Cares about it's about your heart Towards him That is Ultimately what matters now there were of course? Rules and laws that God put into place about the offerings and the sacrifices And he didn't want people just doing whatever they wanted there are specific things that God wanted to be done if Someone wanted to bring an offering or a sacrifice, but the offering and sacrifice is just in and of themselves You know it's the pagans that just want to you know you think about the mythologies and and you know the the Multi various gods and things that people worship. It's like oh, I just want to placate this God So we'll just do this for them Or do you know make some other sacrifice or do some great thing oftentimes people would want to make their own name great So they would make some great Idol some great big statue so that they would be remembered right and that When God sees those things and the people who are yeah, they're bringing ox But it's not because they care about the Lord's not because they care about the the things of God in their heart it's just they're just doing it for whatever their own purposes and He says he that killed an axe. It's like he slew a man So when God sees that not only is he not impressed with it. He's like It's you know it's the same as when the Bible says you know let their prayer let a prayer become sin When the Bible is in the book of Psalm Psalm 69, I think we're just talking about Judas like let it Let his prayer become sin Where people are looking to the Lord and God's so angry with them? He's like you know oh, yeah, they're giving me a sacrifice, but it's like they're killing somebody That's how much God hates it their their hypocrisy and their heart is not in it at all But they're trying to put off like they're a godly person when they do those things those those the rituals or the the Sacrifices it's actually worse for them than if they did nothing at all Says yay, they have chosen their own ways and their soul delighteth in their abominations. That's the real problem They've chosen their own ways they don't care about the ways of God. They don't care about the things of God They care about their own ways, and they just love their abominations all the things that God hates yeah They'll go off, and they'll bring the sacrifice They'll bring the sacrifice of fools But they love their sin and their sinful ways and just doing whatever they want This is typified in the type of person that wants to live Like hell every day of the week But then bring in their offering or say their penance or say they're our fathers and Hail Mary's to to make things right again But they really don't care about observing the laws of the Lord or doing anything right in God's eyes They're just gonna go and they're gonna make their little sacrifice and just say okay. Well. I made everything okay, and God sees that and it makes him angry Now the person who is contrite The person that is humble the person that is repentant these Are ways of your brain or sacrifices that God then would be pleased with? But your heart has to be right because the sacrifice in and of itself does nothing It does nothing the blood of bulls and of goats is impossible to save it never has been It never washes away your transgressions. It never did in the Old Testament It doesn't now, but it was a way to bring your sacrifice to show your humility to show your repentance under the Lord We've got I've sinned make that admission and then symbolize that sin payment of Jesus Christ That takes that away from you It's accepted though when your heart is right These people are religious people and the outwardly But inwardly they love their abominations. They don't want it. They don't want to do anything different They make the sacrifices they go to the temple they'll invoke the name of the Lord But we see how God views their sacrifices God views it as killing somebody a man God views it as cutting off a dog's neck Offering swine's blood and you know swine is prohibited as an unclean beast That's not something that you would offer unto the Lord They were blessing an idol right those are all the way that even though they're doing the right thing physically This is the way that God views their actions verse number four Alright, so it says here the condor yay. They have chosen their own ways now look at verse number four I also will choose their delusions So they walk in the same place So they wanted to choose their ways, so I'm going to in turn choose their Delusions things that are going to delude them trick. They'll just deceive them and say well. God would never do that. Yes. He would Yes, he would Now he does it's not that these people never had a chance they did as We're gonna see it's it's just like and we're not gonna go back and look at last week We kind of covered the same type of thing Proverbs chapter 1 hey I've stretched out my hand and no man regarded and we're gonna see the same type of thing here these people have their chance They have their opportunity that God loved the whole you'll forgot so loved the world He gave his only begotten son same thing for these people But for everybody there can get a point where he just says you know what no no I've had it with you now I've given you your opportunities You knew of my laws you knew of my ways you loved your abominations you set up your idols Still while invoking my name Making me angry says you know what you've chosen all that for yourself now. I'm gonna choose your delusions I'm gonna choose the things they're going to deceive you and Will bring their fears upon them? Because when I called none did answer so look God called he did his job He called they didn't pick up They're like no one's home. I don't feel like coming to the don't feel like coming to the door whatever I Called none to dancer when I spake they did not hear But they did evil before mine eyes and chose that in which I delighted not they chose they made the decision Now this alone ought to make people tremble with fear God choosing delusions and bringing fears upon you God Doing that that hot that that ought to instill fear. I mean you start thinking about God actually doing these things And as we continue even more The wrath and the fury of the Lord like if people will just take a second and just think about what we're seeing here Think about what we're reading and the world could just stop and think about an almighty all-powerful God What are you gonna? Do? What do you do? You're gonna build something for the Lord? He doesn't need that He doesn't want that you can offer up some great sacrifice and still just love to do your abominations think everything's just okay. No Not the way it works You want to keep choosing your own ways and keep choosing your idols to keep choosing these other things God says you know I'm gonna choose your delusions, and I'm gonna bring their fears upon them I Tried to call I tried to help them they didn't want it Verse five hear the word of the Lord you that tremble at his word see there are people that do tremble at his word We ought to tremble at his word and think here about them a cool man I don't want to be I don't want to be in that situation having an almighty God Bringing my fears upon me. I mean people are fearful for so many other just silly things out in the world But imagine God bringing fear upon you bringing your fears on you Now look at this in verse five we're look at this real closely Hear the word of the Lord you that tremble at his word So he's speaking to the people who are righteous people who tremble at the Word of God to people who actually are listening whose Heart is in the right place Your brethren that hated you Now he's talking to I mean obvious here is talking about people who were physically brethren Like the children of Israel there was the saved and the unsaved children of Israel Your brother and that hated you that cast you out for my namesake So why are they casting him out? Because of the Lord's namesake because the righteous people are claiming the name of the Lord, and they're saying no thus saith the Lord No, we got to follow his commandments, and we got to do this, but your heart's got to be right We got you know they're preaching the righteousness of God. They're preaching the judgment of God. They're preaching all the right things and for that reason They're being cast out by their brethren for his namesake But look at what they say it says your brother that hated you because you're out said Let the Lord be glorified Notice they're both God saying you were cast out for my namesake and here they are invoking the name of the Lord Let the Lord be glorified But He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed So you got two groups of people claiming the name of the Lord is what's going on here One is righteous and the other one's wicked It's no surprise we got the same thing today We got a lot of people claiming the name of Christ as being their Savior Christ is being their God Christ is being their point of worship yet you have some people Who are going to claim the name of Christ casting out other people's name as evil and wicked and reprehensible and Would say oh? Well Christ be glorified Right And They say that to the people who tremble at the Word of God and They cast them out for his namesake But he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed so God is coming back, and you know who's gonna be Who's gonna be joyful the ones that were cast out for his namesake? And you know who's gonna be ashamed the ones who are claiming the name of the Lord But not righteously Matthew 20 you don't have to turn there. I'm just gonna read this for you There's a couple places you could turn if you were to Luke chapter 6 Where This is the same exact concept is referenced in the New Testament Matthew 24 verse 8 the Bible says all these are the beginning of sorrows Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake And notice me on Matthew 24 is talking about end times events This is talking about you know right before this is talking about wars and rumors of wars, but the end is not yet and then There's gonna be tribulation and the you know it says these are beings of sorrows Then they're gonna deliver you up to be afflicted and shall hate you and you should be hated of all nations for my name's sake So the reason why I'm even pointing this out is because as we continue as I 66 We're gonna read about the new heaven new earth. We're gonna read about that new Jerusalem We're talking about end times events as well in Isaiah 66 So it matches up perfect with Matthew 24 when he's talking about them being cast out for his namesake And then his return in Isaiah 66 as well Says let the Lord when he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed Luke chapter 6 verse 22 the Bible says blessed are ye when men shall hate you and when they shall Separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil for the son of man's sake Rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy for behold your reward is great in heaven for in the like manner Did their fathers unto the prophets? We don't have to worry about that Hey, if we're serving the Lord in truth in righteousness in a contrite spirit in humility and in truthfulness We've got nothing to fear we can expect people To claim the name of the Lord to claim the name of Jesus Christ and persecute Because that's what they've done all throughout history to the people who really followed the Lord That's what happens But Jesus says rejoice Because you are going to be the one full of joy And they're going to be the ones that are ashamed when the Lord comes back. Let's keep reading in Isaiah 66 Let's go back to Isaiah 66 verse number six the Bible says a voice of noise from the city a voice from the temple a Voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies Before she traveled She brought forth Before her pain came she was delivered of a man-child Who hath heard such a thing Who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth saith the Lord shall I cause to Bring forth and shut the womb saith that God now Before we even continue here. I just want to explain what's going on He's talking about he says before she traveled she brought forth now every time it's all about burying children right just on the surface right before getting in a deeper meaning on his are talking about burying children a Woman doesn't Bear a child without going through travail pain labor Right, so he's saying before she traveled she brought forth before her pain came. She was delivered of a man-child Like well, wait a minute. How can that be verse 8 says who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as I am travailed she brought forth her children, so He's saying as soon as the the the travail came the pain came Then she brought forth her children now as a side note One of the things that we see throughout history and in Scripture as well is that oftentimes when Christians get persecuted? That's when they really start to bring forth and do a lot more for the Lord You might think it's the opposite and for some people maybe it is the opposite Well, they'll shut up and just go silent and not want to say anything But many times it causes it causes people to get kind of stirred up and get motivated When they see how bad things are to just be like, okay Well, you know, what's the point now and if you're already being persecuted why not? Right because the enemy is merciless Anyways, the enemy is implacable like Romans 1 says yeah, you know the enemy they're not gonna stop Look at the way the world treats people who try to stand up for any type of righteousness That's against what the world says. It's not enough to even apologize They're gonna try to still come after you and destroy you and and grind you to nothing That's what they're gonna do. So if you already know that why don't you say well forget it Why not just stand for the truth then why not just say okay, you're gonna persecute me I'm just gonna go even harder then and Yeah, we'll bring forth and then we'll bring forth a lot more. Oh, you don't like that. We're winning people to Christ Well, guess what? It's our persecuting. We're gonna do a lot more. We're gonna ramp things up even more We're gonna ramp up the service even more And Then he says in verse 9 is shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth like like am I gonna have This whole labor and everything happen, but then just like shut the womb Cuz like that's not the way it works Right when the Trivail comes when everything comes it sees it all the way through every time Said the Lord shall I cause to bring forth and shut the womb said that God he's like he's like that that never happens Just like it never happens that someone just gives birth and there's no travel and there's no pain. There's nothing, you know It also doesn't happen that God doesn't bring forth after the traveling after the pain It always comes away says he says rejoice ye with Jerusalem and be glad with her all ye that love her Rejoice for joy with her all ye that mourn for her. So there's going to be travel. There's going to be persecution There's going to be the time that comes but then we're gonna be brought forth as it were when Christ comes back and Have that new body and be caught up together with Christ together in the air And we're gonna have that joy and we're not gonna be ashamed the ones that were Persecuting and claiming the name of the Lord. They're gonna be ashamed We will not be ashamed. Yes, there's gonna be travel but you know what God always brings forth So don't worry about the travel just like the the the woman in labor. That's like why I get myself into this Oh, man, I want this to stop. I just just make it stop. I don't want this pain anymore, right? but it always ends because then she brings forth right it always that it always stops and Then you kind of forget about the pain. He's like, oh man, you're so happy now Because the the child is brought forth, I mean it happens every single time I've seen six of them There's that travail it's a worse thing in the world when the travail is there And you don't want to continue you don't want it You know, it's just like but then they get through it and then it's great And that's a likening to how it's going to be when Christ returns because there's going to be travel There's going to be persecution There's going to be all this hard times to where people might just want to quit or get you always be like man I can't handle this anymore and Then boom Christ comes and then it's just like joy Great that's salvation. He then do it to the end like wow, it's awesome. There's Christ And he says rejoice he with Jerusalem be glad with her all you that love her Rejoice for joy with her all you that mourn for her look at verse 11 that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations Being consoled after going through the travail or going through the difficult time now You just have goodness to look forward to It is like a new birth our bodies will be translated into new bodies we'll have something that's brand-new We already have the spirit, but there's going to be that new life a new birth And I love this next phrase here the second part of verse 11 that you may milk out Man I can't wait to milk out I Can't tell you exactly what that verse means but in my mind that sounds like I just think of a baby Who's just been like just? eating and eating and eating and eating all the most present just like left over with like milk just like drooling down his face and Just completely satisfied not a care in the world and super comforted Now as you get older it could be harder to think about these times But I could still have a vague vague vague vague memory if I think really hard about it about a time when I was real Young in the comfort that you have like in your mom's arms The solace the serenity you don't have you know kids don't have The stress and the cares of the world that when you start getting older you become an adult and you have a lot more Responsibilities and a lot more things and you're the one watching out for making you know making sure everyone's protected And fed and everything else as a child you're the one on the receiving end and especially a really young child Right the infants the babies that I mean They're you just put them in mom's arms They could be upset crying everything and then comfort solace in that that feeling of being completely cared for All your needs met not a care in the world This is what I envision Finally being with Christ It's all good, it's all taken care of all of our consolations we've been through a lot now you're just going to be consoled and comforted and you could just milk out and Be delighted with the abundance of her glory and It makes sense to have such a great Illustration and feeling of total peace and comfort and satisfaction Because it is the exact opposite of how horrible the wrath and consuming fire of the Lord is on the other people on the children of the devil It Is the perfect opposite and I think we hear a little bit more about the negative side and Probably for good reason and that would be because it's a good motivator To help people to realize man. I don't want to face that at all But the goodness can't be understated either. We should try not to understate it But even in my explanation it probably is understated Because how great it is and you compare that with how horrible the opposite is. Let's let's jump down here. Look at verse number 12 Bible says for thus saith the Lord behold. I will extend peace to her like a river and The glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream then shall you suck you shall be born upon her sides and be dandled upon her knees as one whom his mother comforted so will I Comfort you that's that comfort right and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem you're gonna have a safe haven a safe city. You're gonna have that New Jerusalem where everything is just gonna be great verse 14 and when you see this your heart shall rejoice and your bones shall flourish like an herb and The hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants and his indignation toward his enemies The sheep and the goats the servants of the enemies There's two completely opposite things going on here the servants. Hey, you're gonna know the hand of Lord You're gonna see rejoice your bones are gonna flourish I mean everything's gonna be great but then there's indignation toward his enemies verse 15 says for behold the Lord will come with fire and With his chariots like a whirlwind To render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh in the slain of the Lord shall be many People need to understand this one great truth. There is no middle ground There is not know well, I mean, I don't I don't really know if I like the You know the Bible and the God and in that right, but I definitely don't like this wrath and fury stuff either Alright, I think I'd rather just go and and live off by myself somewhere and you guys can do your thing and I'll just go That's not an option It's not an option If that's what you want and guess what You're going with the rest of them And God is coming back and God is going to come with fire Turn if you were to second Peter chapter 3 second Peter chapter 3 We're gonna read almost this entire chapter second Peter chapter 3 Again, this is speaking about and times second Peter 3 I'm not gonna take too much time going through this but I do want to read it because it's Completely relevant and fits in perfectly with this chapter While you're turning there, I'm just gonna read real quick the story of Elisha. I brought it up again recently Because we see in this story here and Isaiah 66 the Lord will come with fire and with his chariots like a whirlwind God, this isn't just figurative language. The Lord does have chariots. He's gonna bring Now there's a lot of figurative language But this we have evidence of the Lord's army and the Lord having chariots in his army Having chariots in his army in second Kings chapter 6 verse 15 stay in second Peter 3 if you got there yet second second Kings 6 verse 15 the Bible says and when the servant of the man of God was risen early and Gone forth behold and hosts compass the city both with horses and chariots and his servant said unto him alas my master How shall we do and he answered fear not for they that be with us are more than they that be with them This is Elisha and his servant his servant sees all that this whole army just surrounded him Like what in the world are we gonna do now? I mean we're we're stuck He says don't fear. Don't be afraid Verse 17 says Elisha prayed and said Lord. I pray thee open his eyes God let him see let him see what what is going on here that he can't see And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw and behold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire roundabout Elisha That's the Lord's army Those are the angels and their chariots of fire and see when God comes down This was they were here as a defense to defend Elisha, but they're still there to battle in war Against the enemy if they have to they are there to protect Elisha, and who do you think's gonna win in a fight? The armies of this world or the armies of the angels I Don't care what kind of tanks you have they got chariots of fire And you can't even see them so good luck trying to hit them right, I mean you're not gonna know what hit you But they are real they were there he's like God let him see it's real So look at verse number three second Peter chapter 3 the Bible says Knowing this first that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lusts and saying where is the promise of his coming? For Since the fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation For this they willingly are ignorant of that by the word of God the heavens were of old and the earth Standing out of the water and in the water Whereby the world that then was being overflowed with water perished But the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store reserved unto fire Against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men God promised never to flood the world again and destroy the earth with water But the next destruction is coming by fire Verse 8 but beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord is a thousand years and a Thousand years is one day. Why does he say that because the people in the end times? He's saying there's gonna say well, where is the promise of his coming, huh? I Mean it's been thousands of years and this gives us the exact time frame Hey one day is as a thousand years a thousand years as one day just so that you could understand, you know When people are gonna be looking for and mocking the coming of the Lord, it wasn't gonna be after a few hundred years It's gonna be after a few thousand years right a couple thousand years because I mean at least one He's saying don't think that Lord slack We made this promise just because you think a thousand years is a long time to God It's not and the people are gonna mock and say oh who did that old book all that Bible or those people? They didn't even have indoor plumbing and everything else and you're gonna believe that book and everything You know and they're gonna mock and they're gonna ridicule the Word of God We know what God's not slack concerning his promise. The Lord made the promise and he is coming back and he says one Days is a thousand years It's like okay. It's been two thousand years. Okay. It's like two days to God That means nothing. So if someone made a promise two days ago, I just automatically going well Why are they oh, is he really gonna keep his promise? I mean it's been like two old days already But that's not you know, that's how it is to God. It's like I just made that promise 2,000 years is nothing to God And he's reminding him that here and telling them instructing him look don't think that the Lord is slack God's not slack. He when he says something he'll perform it. He'll do it. He's faithful and just Lord is not slack concerning his promise verse 9 as some men count slackness, but it's long-suffering to us We're not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance The only reason why this amount of time has gone by at all Anyways, it's because God just wants people to get saved. He really is giving people opportunity and he's being very long-suffering and Merciful in not coming in judgment and just allowing for more time and allowing for more time and allowing for time But there's gonna come a point where God still then says that's it And you don't know exactly when that day is going to be The Bible says here in the next verse verse 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in The which the heaven shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat Now I just want to throw this out there because there was a time when I was a little confused about this verse When I read the element shall melt with fervent heat I Took that to mean to I was thinking about like man going all the way down to the molecular level of like everything just being Completely wiped out in a new heaven a new earth But see that doesn't make sense or line up with the timing of the day of the Lord Because that comes before the new heaven and new earth because you still have after the day of Lord That's when God's pouring out his wrath on the earth You still have the millennial reign of Christ and then the new heaven and new earth, right? So This wasn't making sense To me because he's talking about a thousand years one day talking about people and mocking this This is talking about the second coming of Jesus Christ Which the day of Christ and the day of the Lord come on the same day Which that's another sermon. Maybe I'll preach that sometime soon. I don't remember last time I brought that subject up, but We Covered that during this Isaiah chapter didn't we the Isaiah Bible study anyways Go back and I forget what chapter that was. It would've been early on maybe chapter 14 But the day Lord will come as a thieving night in which all heaven saw it so the elements melting with fervent heat It's just something's getting burned up It's not that I want everything just happens it just has to be completely 100% annihilated But things are going to be destroyed severely in the day of the Lord right just elements the Elements are as things that compose greater things Right getting melted with fervent heat and it's going to be a lot of fervent heat because the Lord's coming the fire Right just talking about that destruction And it says the earth also in the works that are there and shall be burned up Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God Where in the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat Nevertheless we according to his promise look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness Wherefore beloved seeing that you look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him in peace without spot and blameless let's go back to Isaiah 66 because I want to get through a few more things. I'm running a little bit late on time. I Don't want to expound too much on 2nd Peter 3 But it fits in perfectly with what we're seeing here with the Lord coming with fire One more reference I'm going to bring up here is in Hebrews chapter 12 You could stay in Isaiah 66 look again at Verse number 15 for behold the Lord will come with fire and with his cherries like a whirlwind to render his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire for by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh and the slain of The Lord shall be many Hebrews 12 26 the Bible says whose voice then shook the earth But now he hath promised saying yet once more I shake not the earth only but also heaven and this word yet once more Signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved let us have grace Whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear again Lining up with 2nd Peter chapter 3 The earth is going to be ended up being destroyed with with a fire and a consuming fire and the elements melting and everything else Ultimately, that's just gonna be dissolved. It's gonna go away But we don't care about that because we're ultimately looking for a new heaven and a new earth is our final Destination is Living there in eternity with the Lord in New Jerusalem new heaven new earth new body New soul new spirit, you know all these things All in union and all in harmony with the Lord And then it says for our God is a consuming fire a famous verse in Hebrews 12 People Can't forget who the Lord is I've said this over and over again the book of Isaiah Read these things and you know, these are the reasons why the atheists hate the God of the Bible It burns them up Right pun intended it burns them up because God's coming with fire and they don't like that But here's the thing though Here's where they're where they actually have it right and a lot of other so-called Christians get it wrong Because they hate that God does these things and they and they're gonna mock it and say how could a God do these things? And how could a God be have this wrath and and hurt people so much and and have give people Delusions and all this other stuff that God is going to do. They'll just be you know Incredulous that that there could be a higher being that would do these types of things and how could a guy I don't Want to serve a god that would do these types of things But then you have Christians that want to just ignore it completely and just be like, oh no God's not like that Yes, he is Don't deny who God is don't try to say he's something he's not now Of course, we already see that great loving side of God and the comforting and the joy and everything. That's awesome Just don't forget the other side of God Don't forget that God is not just one thing God has wrath as much as he has love God has hell as much as there is a heaven There is a balance there Verse 17 they that sanctify themselves and Purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst and this is referring to the groves the gardens the Place at the holy places that they set up that God didn't tell them that God told him not to do Again, it's referring to them doing these things that are abominable these things that are exact opposite the way God told to do it They sanctify themselves They purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse Shall be consumed together Seth the Lord Cuz these people are gonna be destroyed they're gonna be consumed Look at verse 18 for I know their works and their thoughts. I Mean a fearful thing you would home out the God bringing forth the wrath and the fury God not only knows your actions. He knows your thoughts Let that instill some fear in you That That oughta and silk beer and every single one of us We have so many thoughts during the day and just I mean Obviously, it's it's great to have control of your body and not be able to Allow yourself to commit things but our minds We'll go farther and and you know and it's the battle where we have these struggle between the flesh and The spirit and and it is extremely important to prevent yourself from from going forth and committing these sins and stuff But just remember God knows all your thoughts So before you're gonna think about how great of a person you are and and get lifted up in yourself Just remember You know, hey great if you're not committing things and going for and doing things, but don't forget God knows your thoughts, too and then That's for the same people. But what but the wicked people Who are already he knows their works and he's saying I know your thoughts too man that ought to make your skin crawl If you're some wicked person that that lies in wait and does wicked things to people That not only does God see what you do because if they're trying to hide up their stuff that they do but God knows their thoughts And I'll throw this out there even though I'm running a little day on time I Had so I was talking to this is quite a while ago. I was talking to someone a Normal person out soul winning they were not saved I was trying to give him the gospel They brought up the subject of homosexuality I was trying to explain because they kept bringing it up and wanted to talk about it So, you know, it's kind of talking about the reverberate doctrine It's like look this is what God says about these people that showed him Romans 1 and he says yeah But you know, like I don't see that in them Fair enough, right? It's a good point You say okay, but I don't see that in them and you might know somebody say well, I don't see that in them I said but how much time do you spend with that person? How many hours of the day two three So how many hours of the day are there that you don't spend with them? On top of that You don't know what's going on up here At all God knows the thoughts The predators that are that are looking for the children we don't know I mean I met a guy That was a predator and shook his hand. I Didn't know but what was going on up here Well that was revealed thankfully that was revealed Had it not been revealed I never would know There's wicked people out there all the time that have the eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin God knows their works and their thoughts it shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues and They shall come and see my glory and this is this is a great gathering of God's people To see his glory says verse 19 and I will set a sign among them and I will send those that escape of them unto the nation's To Tarshish pole and ludd that draw the bow to two ball and jay van to the isles of far off That have not heard my fame neither have seen my glory and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles Prophesying the the preaching of the gospel going forth into all the world and preaching the gospel to every creature, right? This is that Declaring the glory of God among the Gentiles, which we see end up being fulfilled in the New Testament and Then it says in verse 20 and they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of All nations upon horses and in chariots and in litters and upon mules and upon swift beasts to my holy mountain Jerusalem said the Lord as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord now this is I I think on the surface we could kind of see the illustration of what's happening in a physical sense of you saying oh Yeah, I'm gonna send here and and we're gonna just create all the people out They're gonna be on mules on wagons and just bring them all back here But one of the things that jumped out of me as I was studying this passage is as the children of Israel Bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. What happens at the rapture? Well, the people are raptured up from all over the world right out of all places God's God's people are going to be gathered together and our bodies will be changed. This is our vessel We have impure unclean vessel right now in this flesh But that vessel is gonna be made clean and we're gonna be brought into the house of the Lord Seems like a pretty good illustration to me about that event going forward right here in isaiah 66 20 Let's keep reading here verse number 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levite set the Lord for as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before me set the Lord so shall your seed and your name remain and it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another and from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the Lord and they shall go forth and Look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me For their worms shall not die Neither shall their fire be quenched and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh now this Last verse is really interesting to me because we see all these references to the new heaven and new earth we see these references to Jerusalem and no matter what time frame you you want to put this in and apply this to whether it be the millennial reign of Christ or the new heaven of the earth, which is where I would apply it is Is seeing that there in this this time of great comfort and everything else Obviously what this is talking about is that people in hell I mean the worm dying not and if neither the fire being quenched is found in one other place in Scripture ultimately with these Words like specifically obviously this concept is taught in many places in Bible But just the I mean like this real real real real close The the usage of these words worm dying not neither shall the fire be quenched Jesus made this reference when he was speaking about hell in Mark chapter 9 Mark chapter 9 verse 43 Bible says and if thy hand offend thee cut it off for is better for thee to enter into life Maimed than having two hands to go into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched Where their worm diet not and the fire is not quenched I mean literally using the same exact words as we see in Isaiah 66 I think I mean and since these are like the only references with these with this phrase like these these exact words Obviously the concept so there but like it's so tied together He's talking about hell in Isaiah 66 24 Okay, and we continue on if thy foot offend thee cut it off is better for you I don't Halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell in the fire that never shall be quenched where the worm dieth Not in the fire is not quenched and if an eye offend thee pluck it out is better for thee to enter in the Kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire where the worm dieth Not in the fire is not quenched the fact that he's bringing up this phrase. I think three times. He's driving home that point and Comparing the entering the kingdom of God entering that New Jerusalem versus being cast out into hell Where the where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched He's tying this into Isaiah 66 and shedding the light on that now what I find so interesting about this is I Think based on this passage We know that the that that death and hell are cast in the lake of fire We know that there's refer a reference to outer darkness We know there's these references this place of the ultimate final destruction I think that we are going to see that place That that will be visible to those who are alive or those who have everlasting life those who are going worshiping the Lord and Here's the thing last week We covered this you know that that the former things are going to pass away And they're not going to come to memory and things like that We will have a different perspective in the new heaven and new Earth without the without the flesh In a glorified body being able to serve the Lord perfectly we'll have a much better Understanding of how things are because right now you could think about that going like oh, man. That doesn't sound very pleasant at all Right to think about like what if my loved one? What if my mother or my father or my brother like I'm walking Into the New Jerusalem, and I'm seeing them burning in hell Like that that sounds like I would be very upset and Sad right I mean that this is this is a normal course of thinking about this But I think there's going to be a better of more Full understanding and if we think about it now even you could you could kind of get it Obviously we have connection with our family right and we love them and and that's right It's the right feeling to have and have that connection with your family here on Earth but that connection still is Is a physical one that's going to be done when this flesh is gone We have that Connection that remains on the spiritual side because our spirits going to remain in our spiritual family Those are going to be the ones we're connected with those that are born again our brothers and sisters in Christ That are born of this this flesh is going to be completely gone So that's one aspect of it number two well I think we're also going to just have a better understanding and knowledge that God has been righteous with everybody's life and Their ability to get saved well while we really love people and don't want to see them hurting and everything else We have to remember and understand even the sweet old lady the grandmother Okay, God's given her opportunities to understand the gospel and get saved And no matter what your love for these people are Everybody is judged individually They have their whole life experience Okay that they're responsible for We share short portions of time with people on this or even family members, right? even family members you You could have people who? in One sense, you know as I was talking about the like the the homos or whatever the reprobates Oftentimes people were deceived. They don't even know them the same thing happens with family members Sometimes family members are just could be one on one hand could be deceived and just like just not even know What the person's like? But even if they're not just some total reprobate righteous But there are a normal person you still have to remember because we always in our family You just want to look at the good side of everybody right and especially your own family members you don't want to think about the bad things that they might have done in their past and in their life and All their thoughts and everything else But I think that'll be more Parents than in the new heaven and new earth then when you look at the people it's like look they all had their opportunity They all had their chance God is long-suffering and merciful and we're gonna understand the Lord a lot better as We're entering into the new heaven and new earth as we're entering into that new Jerusalem we have a much better understanding We're not gonna have that same Feeling of affection that we would get being in the flesh and seeing someone I don't even know that we could necessarily pick out a soul or you know And like know who they are and have a remembrance of them either so that that might just be gone Anyways of going like oh I know that person because the memory of the things that are that are gone like that's gonna be done away and I think there's just gonna be a looking at it as just as it is and as it should be as hey, these are all the people that rejected Christ and That's what that's what they'll be are all the people who just didn't accept Christ and the Bible says That they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me And that's what they are they're carcasses we turn our carcasses as dead people right and these people are dead, but they still exist It's an eternal state of death For the worm shall not die. Neither shall the fire be quenched and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh they're gonna be viewed on in disgust and hatred and Understanding that that is the righteous place for them and We'll have that full understanding, you know people now say well how could a loving God send people to hell Well for the same reason that a loving God can bring people in the heaven There's a great heaven that we don't deserve at all, but we get And then there's a horrible hell That we do deserve So and that's just kind of an interesting thing It's something you might not think about like wow, we're in heaven. We call it heaven. It'll be the New Jerusalem, right? There's still gonna be a an observation of that second death of that hell and Maybe it's just gonna serve as a constant reminder like that, you know The choice is made and Maybe always, you know, I don't know Well, I'm gonna stop at that I'm not gonna I'm not gonna conjecture right now because I haven't thought about that enough so Great great series right book of Isaiah is packed full of doctrine packed full of good stuff lots of prophecies Even here in Isaiah 66 you kind of might get the feeling of a little bit of jumping around of like Well, it's just all about the rapture It's talking about the New Jersey, you know, like like it's not it's not on the perfect timeline that we understand things But that's the way a lot of the Old Testament prophecies were given Because it was darker sayings. It was harder understand and God revealed more and he continued to reveal more I mean all throughout history God has revealed more unto his people to give us a much clearer understanding Which we still see through a glass darkly, but then face to face Right, we have this understanding and we still we're kind of like wrapping our head around everything, right? But you know what? There's gonna be that day of clarity we're gonna see God face to face and we're gonna be going to Jerusalem and just being in the presence of God Almighty and hearing Everything directly from him and then when we have that clarity, like I said that being able to witness things like like hell It won't be a trouble Because we'll have that clear view and understanding of the truth and the righteousness of all of it Let's borrow I just have a word of prayer to Heavenly Father Lord We thank you so much for this great book of the Bible We thank you for the instruction and the wisdom we can learn from the book of Isaiah Lord I pray that you please help us to just open up our understanding Lord continue to teach us and guide us I pray that that you'd ultimately just grant us wisdom and Lord Please please instruct us if there's anything that I said tonight. That was untrue Lord I pray that you you'd help the people here not to receive those things and those things that are true dear Lord That you'd help us all to remember those and apply those truths and to build upon them dear Lord We love you and it's in Jesus name. We pray. Amen All right, we're gonna turn on one last song before dismissed brother Peter, please lead us Oh So number 44 will work till Jesus comes So On the first I Jesus Christ And before Jesus I He gathered church great singing so much for coming you guys You