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Isaiah 35 1 10 sermon writer12/24/2023 ![]() Even in the midst of troubled lives and troubled times we are called to hold that image of a peaceable kingdom. This passage, however, is a broad stroke of an image of hope that empowers us to walk into the future in the midst of our present reality. An image that some may believe is a fairytale, pie in the sky, a far-fetched romantic notion, an idealized moment as captured by Edward Hicks in his famous painting entitled “The Peaceable Kingdom. “Bobby!” exclaimed his startled mother, “is that really the way your Sunday School Teacher told that story?” Well, no,” said Bobby, “but if I told it her way, you would never believe it.”Īnd how true that is of this Isaiah passage. Quick as a flash, Moses radioed headquarters on his walkie-talkie to send bombers to blow up the bridge and saved the Israelites.” After they had all crossed, they looked back and saw the Egyptians coming. When they came to the sea, Moses called for the engineers to build a pontoon bridge. May God add a blessing to our understanding of these words.Īsked what he had learned at Sunday School, the ten-year old began, “Well, our teacher told us about when God sent Moses behind the enemy lines to rescue the Israelites from the Egyptians. ![]() On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,Īnd the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den. The calf and the lion and the fatling together,Īnd the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,Īnd with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. ![]() His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)Ī shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. ![]()
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