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(24) so their root shall be as rottenness, Isaiah says, this root that was hidden under the ground for so long, is going to be exposed, and God is going to expose all the unrighteousness!

Do you understand that there is coming a day when all your rottenness will be exposed?

Do you realize that what you are underneath everything is who you really are? In the root lies the strength of the tree, it is what makes stand or fall. If your roots are rotten, you will fall eternally!

(24) and their blossom shall go up as dust: That which is most beautiful in that day will be turned to dust! That which we brag about and are so prideful and arrogant about will turn to ashes on the great and mighty Day of the Lord.

(24) because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. The Law of God is what judges us. If you go your own way, you will be judged by the Law of the Lord of hosts which we all have cast away. Do you understand that in your own works you are nothing more than that which God’s Law condemns you to be: You who take God’s name in vain are blasphemers! You listen to it on the television and you do not turn away. You are blasphemers if that is the case. Turn away from that had do not despise the Law of the Lord, or the Word of the Holy One of Israel! Will you continue to tell lies to yourself and others? When will tear down your idols? You say, I have no idols! You are lying to yourself. What is it that takes all of your time? Do you know when you say YES to one thing you are saying NO to something else? What are you saying YES to? Are you saying NO to God by saying YES to other things? What about the Word and Prayer

25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. Isaiah sees bodies lying in heaps on the streets from the Assyrian army. These people rejected the Living God, and now they have no protection. Do you realize what you do when you give into sin in your life? Do you know what you are doing when you reject God’s way for your life? You are given over to the world for it to do with you as it pleases! You don’t want that. Like the Assyrians, the world will have no mercy and leave heaps of carcasses in the streets. They will tear you to shreds and wait for more.

(25) For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. This portion of verse 25 is full of dread and fear. What God says here is even after the world has torn you up and had its way with you, you STILL have to deal with GOD! God’s hand is still stretched out, and He will grab you on that Day of Judgment. If you think the world has torn you to shreds, think of what God says in Psalm 50:22 “Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.” Consider hell and it’s consequences now, before God tears you in pieces, and then there will be NO ONE who can deliver you from that place of torment.

(26) And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, If you continue to reject God, He will put a bulls eye right on you! He will lift up the flag pole of his wrath, and say to all the enemies of God, “this person is yours!” Israel was once protected by God from all the nations round about, but now God is saying, “Come and get ‘em!” Its open season—destroy Israel! Perhaps you say, I would never reject God! I just am not as religious as other people. Do you realize that by choice and “by nature” you and all people in this world are “the children of wrath” (Ephesians 2:3). You are already flagged for God’s judgment! As Christ said in Luke 13:3, “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

(26) and will hiss [WHISTLE AS IF CALLING TO BEES] unto them from the end of the earth The idea here is that God is going to whistle, that is what the word “hiss” means. God is going to call for judgment, and like a swarm of bees, you are going to be covered in an inescapable position. God promises that once He calls you for judgment “they shall come with speed swiftly.” He says “Behold!” Everyone look at this! Take note! You are going to die swiftly! You will be taken in a way unexpected to you! That is the way of the wicked. The godly are always watching, but the wicked are always caught off guard, caught red-handed in their sins!

27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: Now Isaiah starts describing the Assyrian army. A weary army is an army that is easily defeated. These Assyrians are rested and ready to slaughter! Though they come from a long way, they are filled with adrenalin—they do not slumber nor sleep. They have been thinking about this. They are dressed in their uniforms tightly and with everything in order. The point is that God has raised up the Assyrians to punish these pretenders, these apostates who say they know the Lord, but will be ultimately damned.

Listen to the fearful words of the author of Hebrews in chapter 10, beginning with verse 25, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to

The Bible says that those who seem to receive the truth, and then turn their back on God and go back into the world, “there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries”—there is nothing for that person except Judgment Day! That person is eternally damned! These are people that have never been saved and cannot be saved.

Back in Isaiah 5:28, we read further about the Assyrian army that is coming… It says this is a group “Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: The horses hoof in days of old were not shod, and so these horses were like flint, which is an unusually hard substance. These horses could travel long distances. The Assyrian chariots had two wheels, and they stirred up dust like a whirlwind. The point is that Judgment Day is looming, it is apparent and obvious! It’s as plain as a cloud of dust hovering over the horizon. We see the army, we see them with their bows bent and ready, but we want a little more of our carnal ease. We need to repent and ask God, who is the only one that can stop this army, for MERCY! (continued...)

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