Thursday, March 23, 2023

Isaiah 59:15–19


Jesus is our intercessor. His righteousness is our breastplate. As believers He does not leave us here alone but He gives  Holy Spirit within us.


Holy Spirit is our protector here on earth and He will get us safely home to our Father!


As believers we have the whole armor of God at our disposal…we  just need to employ it. Our faith pleases God. The more that we believe, the more that we can receive, direction. we need to listen to that still, small voice of Holy Spirit inside us.


Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit


1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.


Isaiah 59:15–19

15 So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. 17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. 19 So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. The New King James 


The people’s inability to turn back to God on their own displeased God, but He knew that He alone was able to bring salvation. God is the only one who is able to fully keep His promises and fulfill the obligations of the covenant. 


The breastplate evokes the image of God as the Divine Warrior, arising to do battle on behalf of His people. His armor is symbolic and based on His attributes of righteousness and holiness. The armor of God imagery from Ephesians 6 develops these concepts further. Faithlife Study Bible


Justice refers here to salvation.


God’s salvation does not depend on humans. His own arm figuratively represents the Lord as a warrior. Righteousness refers to the Lord’s victorious salvation 


The Lord’s breastplate and helmet are taken up by His saints in their battle against the devil.  The NKJV Study Bible


The sins of those who profess themselves God’s people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary


Psalm 113:3 

From the rising of the sun to its going down

The LORD’s name is to be praised.


Isaiah 63:5 

I looked, but there was no one to help,

And I wondered

That there was no one to uphold;

Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me;

And My own fury, it sustained Me.


Ephesians 6:14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,


Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;


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