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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,'1-');">Isa 27</a> - Ordering the Kingdom of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></h2>
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<p>A. In His Kingdom, God blesses Israel.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,1);">1</a>) In the Kingdom of the Lord, Leviathan is defeated.</p>
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<p class="c2">In that day the <span class="c6">Lord</span> with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">In that day</span></b>: This brings us back to the theme of <a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,'1-');">Isa 24</a> through 27 in general, the day when the Kingdom of the Messiah ultimately triumphs and rules.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">The <span class="c6">Lord</span>, with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent</span></b>: The ultimate triumph of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> in the day of the Messiah is expressed in victory over Leviathan the fleeing serpent.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Some make the connection between <b><span class="c3">Leviathan</span></b> and ancient myths of nations near Israel. "The language used draws on mythology; but this need cause us no serious problem. Writers, whether of Scripture or otherwise, frequently use illustrative material, drawing that material from a wide variety of sources: nature, history, mythology, or literature. The use of mythology her simply shows that Isaiah and his readers knew the mythological stories, not that they believed them. If a modern historian referred to a fierce and aggressive nation as 'a great dragon,' would his readers assume he believed in the objective existence of such creatures? Surely not!" (Grogan)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. "The term as used here is normally linked with the Ugaritic Lotan, the chaos monster destroyed by Baal in the Canaanite creation myth...the term may be applied figuratively to monstrous enemies of Israel and of God." (Grogan)</p>
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<p class="c5">iii. While there is an illustrative element here, Isaiah may be more literal than many would like to admit. If Satan could manifest himself as a serpent to Eve in the Garden of Eden, why not also manifest himself as a dreadful sea-dragon?</p>
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<p class="c4">c. What do we know about <b><span class="c3">Leviathan</span></b> from this passage? We know that Leviathan is identified with a <b><span class="c3">serpent</span></b>. We know that Leviathan is resisting God (<b><span class="c3">fleeing...twisting</span></b>; <b><span class="c3">twisting</span></b> has the idea of <i>coiling</i>, as if it were ready to strike). We know that Leviathan is connected with the <b><span class="c3">sea</span></b>. And we know that Leviathan's destiny is to be destroyed by the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. What do we know about <b><span class="c3">Leviathan</span></b> from other passages of Scripture? Leviathan is referred to in passages like <a onclick="return mV('Job',3,8);">Job 3:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',41,'1-');">Job 41</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,14);">Psa 74:14</a>, and <a onclick="return mV('Psa',104,26);">Psa 104:26</a>. These passages reinforce the idea of Leviathan as a mighty, serpent-like creature, connected with the sea, who resists God and will be crushed by the <span class="c6">Lord</span>.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. We are familiar with the reference to Satan as a serpent (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,'1-5');">Gen 3:1-5</a>), but here the picture is of a <i>sea-serpent</i> or a perhaps what we would know as a <i>dragon</i>. This reference may be a <i>literal</i> reference, and at some point in history, either past or present, Satan may manifest himself as monster connected with the sea. Certainly, Revelation uses this imagery in describing the emergence of the Antichrist (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-4');">Rev 13:1-4</a>).</p>
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<p class="c4">d. Essentially, Isaiah prophesies the ultimate defeat of Satan when the Kingdom of the Messiah conquers all (<b><span class="c3">He will slay the reptile</span></b>).</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,'2-6');">2-6</a>) In the Kingdom of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, Israel blossoms.</p>
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<p class="c2">In that day sing to her, "A vineyard of red wine! I, the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, keep it, I water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day. Fury is not in Me. Who would set briers and thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Or let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me." Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">A vineyard of red wine! I, the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, keep it</span></b>: In the days of the Kingdom of the Messiah, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> keeps the vineyard of Israel with special care. He waters it (<b><span class="c3">I will water it every moment</span></b>), He protects it (<b><span class="c3">lest any hurt it</span></b>), He guards it constantly (<b><span class="c3">I keep it night and day</span></b>) against all enemies, forcing them to <b><span class="c3">make peace</span></b> with Him and His vineyard.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Let him take hold of My strength</span></b>: We can only be fruitful when take hold of the strength of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>. As long as we hold on to our own strength, what we really have is weakness.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Poole on <b><span class="c3">let him take hold of My strength</span></b>: "He seems to allude to that history of Jacob's wrestling with the angel of God...which he could never have done but by a strength received from God."</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. "Verse 5 is a neglected OT promise of forgiveness to the penitent. In verse 4 the God of battles is marching against the briers and the thorns with a flaming torch in his hand. He is about to set fire to this rank undergrowth, but before doing so he proclaims the alternative of peace." (Grogan)</p>
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<p class="c4">c. The result is blessing for the <span class="c6">Lord</span>'s vineyard: <b><span class="c3">Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit</span></b>. This will be ultimately fulfilled in the Kingdom of the Messiah, but if we yield to the care of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> right now, He will care for us as His precious vineyard right now, and we will enjoy the blessings of that care (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',15,'1-8');">Jhn 15:1-8</a>).</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Whereas the vineyard in chapter 5 was overrun by thorns, not a brier or thorn can be found in this vineyard." (Wolf)</p>
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<p class="c1">3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,'7-9');">7-9</a>) In the Kingdom of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, Israel receives mercy.</p>
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<p class="c2">Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him? Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him? In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind in the day of the east wind. Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altar like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him?</span></b> The <span class="c6">Lord</span> shows His mercy to Israel, in that even though the <span class="c6">Lord</span> struck Israel when Israel went astray, He did not strike Israel as severely as He did the other nations that went astray.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">The iniquity of Jacob will be covered</span></b>: The <span class="c6">Lord</span> shows His mercy to Israel in that He covers their sin. This is ultimately fulfilled in the Kingdom of the Messiah, when <i>all Israel will be saved</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Rom',11,26);">Rom 11:26</a>).</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">When He makes all the stones of the altar like chalkstones that are beaten to dust</span></b>: The <span class="c6">Lord</span> shows His mercy to Israel in that He destroys their idolatrous altars and images, forcing them to worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span> only.</p>
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<p>B. In His Kingdom, God makes the nations submit to Him.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,'10-11');">10-11</a>) In the Kingdom of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, the city of man lies desolate.</p>
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<p class="c2">Yet the fortified city will be desolate, the habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; there the calf will feed, and there it will lie down and consume its branches. When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; the women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">The fortified city will be desolate</span></b>: The city of man, representing the world system, will be made desolate by the judgment of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>. Knowing this, why would we put our hope, our confidence, or our expectation in the world system?</p>
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<p class="c4">b. The city of man, the world system, will be made so desolate that it will resemble a <b><span class="c3">wilderness</span></b> with bare <b><span class="c3">branches</span></b>, useful only for <b><span class="c3">fire</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "In [Isaiah] <a onclick="return mV('Isa',10,'33-34');">10:33-34</a>, God goes into battle against the great trees, lopping the boughs from them with his axe. Here the undergrowth feels the shriveling heat of his anger." (Grogan)</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">He who formed them will show them no favor</span></b>: This is the terrible judgment against the city of man, against the world system. We want the <b><span class="c3">favor</span></b> of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, we long for His <b><span class="c3">favor</span></b>. But the worlds system, the citizens of the city of man, will be shown <b><span class="c3">no favor</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,'12-13');">12-13</a>) In the Kingdom of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, He is worshipped in Jerusalem.</p>
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<p class="c2">And it shall come to pass in that day that the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will thresh, from the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; they will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, and they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span> in the holy mount at Jerusalem.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. The <span class="c6">Lord</span> will be worshipped by His own regathered people: <b><span class="c3">You will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel</span></b>. They will come from the nations (<b><span class="c3">Assyria...Egypt</span></b>), and they will come to <b><span class="c3">worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span> in the holy mount at Jerusalem</span></b>.</p>
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