{"id":68794,"date":"2020-01-21T10:52:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T08:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=68794"},"modified":"2023-08-14T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T07:36:55","slug":"points-to-ponder-isaiah-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-isaiah-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Points to Ponder – Isaiah 65"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. A narrative frame.<\/em> There are more than a few connections between the last two chapters of Isaiah, and its beginning, chapter 1. The linguistic connections serve to sharpen the differences: Who is asking and answering? God or the people? Who is ignoring whom? And what does God truly desire? Worth looking into…<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Those who sit in tombs, and eat pigs.<\/em> The image that verse 4 describes is not a caricature. It is a picture of the cultic worship of the god of She\u2019ol, and part of the practice of serving the dead.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Servants of the Lord.<\/em> In prophecies from previous chapters we met \u201cIsrael, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend\u201d (Is. 41:8). It was clear that all Israelites are part of the chosen crowd. In today\u2019s chapter a different picture arises. The servants of God are a group within the nation. Not everyone. Is this perhaps a foretaste of the sectarianism that will become the norm in second temple times?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The ultimate blessing.<\/em>\u201dThey shall build houses and dwell in them, They shall plant vineyards and enjoy their fruit.They shall not build for others to dwell in, Or plant for others to enjoy\u201d (verses 21-22). The blessing is to complete what you began to do, for lives that have been interrupted in the middle are a curse (see for instance Deut. 28:30). The desire for a blessed world such as this is also one of the conditions for being released from going off to war: \u201cIs there anyone who has built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his home, lest he die in battle and another dedicate it\u201d (verses 5,6,7).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. If this vision sounds familiar\u2026<\/em> If the vision of peace between predators and prey reminds you of something, then you have a good memory! 54 chapters ago, in Isaiah 11, \u201cand the wolf shall dwell with the lamb.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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