The Song of Joy from the midst of Tribulation
(When the whole world face the pandemic covid-19)
The globe is facing the reality of tribulation, and this brings to incite fear, worry, and anxiety to an extent that cannot be controled. It seem to rob us of peace and joy and tomorrow is uncertain for many, and to a certain extent for the whole world! Scorching sun seem to hit, and there seem to be no shade or shelter. When we face trials and tribulations, when we face reality of life where do we find our peace and joy?
Where is our shelter, shade and security when the scorching sun hits us?
God's Word says, "Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low," Isaiah 25: 5. (KJV). Mathew Henry writes on the above verse as follows:
Thou shalt, or thou dost, bring down the noise of strangers; thou shalt abate and still it, as the heat in a dry place is abated and moderated by the shadow of a cloud interposing. The branch, or rather the son or triumph, of the terrible ones shall be brought low, and they shall be made to change their note and lower their voice. the observation according to Mathew Henry goes as follows:
(1.) The oppressors of God’s people are called strangers; for they forget that those they oppress are made of the same mould, of the same blood, with them. They are called terrible ones; for so they affect to be, rather than amiable ones: they would rather be feared than loved.
(2.) Their insolence towards the people of God is noisy and hot, and that is all; it is but the noise of strangers, who think to carry their point by hectoring and bullying all that stand in their way, and talking big. Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, Jer. 46.17. It is like the heat of the sun scorching in the middle of the day; but where is it when the sun has set?
Now, our shade, shelter, and security can be found in God alone.
(3.) Their noise, and heat, and all their triumph, will be humbled and brought low, when their hopes are baffled and all their honours laid in the dust. The branches, even the top branches, of the terrible ones, will be broken off, and thrown to the dunghill.
(4.) If the labourers in God’s vineyard be at any time called to bear the burden and heat of the day, he will find some way or other to refresh them, as with the shadow of a cloud, that they may not be pressed above measure.
We are called to praise God, for what He has done in the past, and for His goodness, for what He is going to do, and the trust we have as His children that He is going to restore all things.
Freud was wrong!
Freud was wrong and he said, "Finally, there is the painful riddle of death, for which no remedy at all yet has been found nor- probably ever will be." This is in total contrast with what God has spoken through Isaiah the prophet. Isaiah the prophet gave the triumphant declaration as, "He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation" Isa. 25:8-9.(KJV).
For You have done wonderful things!
Isaiah spoke of the judgment to come upon the world, and especially in the Great Tribulation.
During that time, those who have come to trust in the LORD will praise Him, even in the midst of His righteous judgment. "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; for the majesty of the LORD they shall cry aloud from the sea"Isa. 24:14. (KJV). This song shows the kind of heart that praises God in the midst of tribulation, even in the midst of the Great Tribulation. We as adopted heir of God, we are called to Praise Him.
'Song of joy from the midst of tribulation'
This should be the 'Song of joy from the midst of tribulation' for God's people. Any one who is reading can become a child of God, because of the finsihed work on the Cross. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16.
Thou shalt, or thou dost, bring down the noise of strangers; thou shalt abate and still it, as the heat in a dry place is abated and moderated by the shadow of a cloud interposing. The branch, or rather the son or triumph, of the terrible ones shall be brought low, and they shall be made to change their note and lower their voice. the observation according to Mathew Henry goes as follows:
(1.) The oppressors of God’s people are called strangers; for they forget that those they oppress are made of the same mould, of the same blood, with them. They are called terrible ones; for so they affect to be, rather than amiable ones: they would rather be feared than loved.
(2.) Their insolence towards the people of God is noisy and hot, and that is all; it is but the noise of strangers, who think to carry their point by hectoring and bullying all that stand in their way, and talking big. Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, Jer. 46.17. It is like the heat of the sun scorching in the middle of the day; but where is it when the sun has set?
Now, our shade, shelter, and security can be found in God alone.
(3.) Their noise, and heat, and all their triumph, will be humbled and brought low, when their hopes are baffled and all their honours laid in the dust. The branches, even the top branches, of the terrible ones, will be broken off, and thrown to the dunghill.
(4.) If the labourers in God’s vineyard be at any time called to bear the burden and heat of the day, he will find some way or other to refresh them, as with the shadow of a cloud, that they may not be pressed above measure.
We are called to praise God, for what He has done in the past, and for His goodness, for what He is going to do, and the trust we have as His children that He is going to restore all things.
Freud was wrong!
Freud was wrong and he said, "Finally, there is the painful riddle of death, for which no remedy at all yet has been found nor- probably ever will be." This is in total contrast with what God has spoken through Isaiah the prophet. Isaiah the prophet gave the triumphant declaration as, "He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation" Isa. 25:8-9.(KJV).
For You have done wonderful things!
Isaiah spoke of the judgment to come upon the world, and especially in the Great Tribulation.
During that time, those who have come to trust in the LORD will praise Him, even in the midst of His righteous judgment. "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; for the majesty of the LORD they shall cry aloud from the sea"Isa. 24:14. (KJV). This song shows the kind of heart that praises God in the midst of tribulation, even in the midst of the Great Tribulation. We as adopted heir of God, we are called to Praise Him.
'Song of joy from the midst of tribulation'
This should be the 'Song of joy from the midst of tribulation' for God's people. Any one who is reading can become a child of God, because of the finsihed work on the Cross. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" John 3:16.
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