THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT. Isa. 51:12 Divine assurance in the face of great opposition. The fear of a man. There is a reference here to the antichrist {I cannot bring myself to use caps on him} He will cause great chaos in the religious world in the end of the age. His tactics are fear and oppression. He is past master at publishing propaganda. Mark 13:22 If it were possible he would deceive even the very elect of God. It is an imperative that we have the Word of God jammed into our hearts in order to be able to compare his words with the Word of God.
JEHOVAH ELOHIYM. Isa. 51:15 The LORD, the self-existent, the eternal. He is both very existence and very eternity. Without Him their neither would nor could be existence or eternity. One of the compound names of the LORD as found in the scriptures. It is of interest to see that Elohiym is plural, El is singular. Once again we find a statement in the Word that shows the Lord to be a Triunity. The LORD of hosts is another of the compound names of Jehovah. He is LORD in relationship to a mass of people, to the army of the Lord. Even concerning an appointed time. Jesus came the first time at the time appointed and He will accomplish His final acts at the time that has been predetermined. Don’t worry, He is right on schedule. v.16 The WORD the sword of the Lord in the mouth of Zion. We overcome by the WORD of our testimony. Under the shadow of His Almighty hand. Powerful covering and protection. A planting for the New Heavens and a foundation for the New earth. Zion to be the instrument of a people who will inhabit that which the Lord will develop in the New Creation. The Lord has a purpose in all that He does and He wants and will have a race of people who have been made like unto Himself.
WILL THERE BE A REBUILT TEMPLE? This is what the Lord has to say. Isa. 66:1 Most assuredly He should have something to say if it is to be His dwelling place. WHERE????? That place built by man does not exist, neither will it be built, with the blessing of the Lord being manifest in it. HEAVEN is His throne. Would He leave heaven to dwell in a dwelling on His footstool? Where does the Lord claim to dwell today? 2 Cor.6:16 Ye are the temple of the living God. This is His dwelling place, here He reveals Himself to His people, His church. Trust not in lying words, saying the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD. Jer.7:4 The whole of Jeremiah seven gives the Divine requirements necessary for such a building. Outside of a work of salvation being wrought there is no possibility of mankind meeting the criteria required. If it could be done, what would be the need of a temple made by men, when the redeemed are the temple of God? Where is the place of His rest? The Lord has chosen Zion, this is the fulfillment of His desire, here He will dwell eternally. Ps.132: 13-14. Those attracting the attention of the Lord are the humble, the broken of spirit and they who have reverence to the WORD. Isa. 66:2 These are people after the very heart of God.