The Kingdom of Righteousness
1 See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The mind of the rash will know and understand,
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
5 No longer will the fool be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the fool speaks folly,
his mind is busy with evil:
He practices ungodliness
and spreads error concerning the LORD;
the hungry he leaves empty
and from the thirsty he withholds water.
7 The scoundrel’s methods are wicked,
he makes up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But the noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands.
My Understanding: I like happy beginnings!! It sure is nice to read about Jesus Christ, our King, reigning in righteousness and having rulers who rule with justice, and reading about people caring and loving and protecting one another, instead of all these messages about judgment, destruction, wickedness, deceit, lies, adultery, betrayal, treachery, and a traitor who betrays his own nation. It is so nice to have a message about a refuge in a storm and streams of water flowing and having our thirsts for God satisfied completely with his abiding presence in person – face to face. Oh, how wonderful that will be! How my soul longs for such a day when we no longer have to fight off the evil one and his hordes that come against us to attack us, but we will be at perfect peace and rest in God’s eternal kingdom.
I love reading about how the eyes of those who had once been blind will now be able to have spiritual eyes to see the things of God, which their darkened minds had kept them from seeing before. I love hearing messages about how the spiritually deaf, who had previously refused God’s messages, would now have their ears open to be receptive to hear God’s voice speaking to them. I love hearing and reading about how one day the mind of the rash will know and understand all that God had been trying to teach him or her. And, I delight in knowing that one day soon the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
These are wonderful truths and promises for those who love God and who have been called according to his purpose. And, all this will happen one day when Jesus Christ returns for his bride and we reign with him on the earth for 1,000 years and then when we are with him forever in glory. Who doesn’t want to hear such awesome messages of hope, healing and restoration? I certainly do!!
A Wicked Time
Yet, the Bible teaches that before that glorious and wonderful day can be fulfilled, a very wicked and evil time, more evil than we can possibly imagine, will be upon the earth. This will be a time when everything will be turned upside down, for evil will truly rule the earth. I believe that time is getting very close. During this time the fool will be called noble and the scoundrel will be highly respected. The fool will speak with folly, for his mind is busy with evil. He practices ungodliness and he spreads error concerning the Lord. The spiritually hungry he leaves empty and from the spiritually thirsty he withholds the waters of living water. The scoundrel’s methods are so evil and wicked. He makes up evil schemes to destroy the innocent with lies. I believe God is showing me that this kind of evil is going on right now in our churches and families and government in the USA.
Even when the plea of the innocent (needy; poor in spirit) is just, the scoundrel still goes about to destroy the innocent with his lies and deception and false and trumped up charges against the innocent in order to get rid of those who stand as a threat against evil, i.e. this is primarily talking about evil men (and women) plotting the deaths and demise of God’s chosen ones, his bride, his saints who are his lights in this dark world. Remember that the Bible says that men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. Yet, God will bring them into the light of his judgment where all their evil deeds will be exposed and they will be shown for what they are. I believe there are lives right now in the USA that are in danger of being put away and out of sight and/or killed or falsely accused with trumped up and made-up evidence, because they expose the evil deeds of darkness, and the evildoers do not want their evil deeds exposed. So, they are plotting evil on their beds in order to conquer those who would expose them as the liars, thieves, deceivers, manipulators, plotters of evil, murderers, and adulterers that they truly are.
But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands!! Amen!! His day will come when he will be with his Lord forever in the messianic kingdom reign of Christ. Nonetheless, the scoundrel, unless he repents of his sin, will face the fires of hell for eternity. This is a sober thought, but one we cannot deny or skirt around. We serve a loving God, but he is also a righteous and just God and he will not leave the guilty unpunished. Yet, if the evil man or woman repents of their evil ways and evil deeds, God’s grace is sufficient to save them and to bring them safely into his eternal kingdom, because it is by God’s grace that we are saved, and not of ourselves; not of our own fleshly works lest any man should boast and take pride in his own salvation, thinking that he did something to earn this grace of God. None of us are deserving of God’s grace. We have all sinned and have fallen short of the relationship with God that he originally designed for man to have with his creator in perfect fellowship. Yet, Jesus Christ became our perfect sacrificial Lamb to pay the price for our sins with his life and his blood on a cruel cross so we could go free.
Muted Trumpet / An Original Work / October 14, 2011
Softly He speaks gently to us,
Giving us His messages, and
He waits patiently for us to
Respond to His words.
Will you listen to Him speaking?
Will you waken from your sleeping?
He is calling; hear Him whisper
His truth unto you.
Jesus speaks His words unto us,
So that He might live out through us,
Giving light to all who need Him,
So they can obey.
He gave His life to die for us,
So that from sin He would free us
To walk humbly in obedience
Unto Him each day.
Hear the trumpet clearly calling.
He died to keep us from falling.
Won’t you listen; heed His call to
Turn to Him today?
Hasten to Him calling to you.
Turn from sin and follow Jesus.
He loves you so much He gave you
Life eternally.
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