Out of the darkness, a great light
Isa 9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
The tribe of Zebulan, the sixth born of Leah and Jacob. Jacob's blessing to Zebulan:
Gen 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Gen 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Gen 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
The tribe of Naphtali; Jacobs blessing to Naphtali:
Gen 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Judg 5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
The northern tribes of Zebulan and Naphtali will be the first to be invaded by Assyria, at the sea of Galilee.
Isa 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
This is similar to Isaiah 60:1:
Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
and Mat 4:16
Mat 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Out of the darkness, a light will arise. In the region of Galilee the Savior will come. Jesus spent most of his ministry near the Sea of Galilee. God would bless this region: the first to be invaded and the first to see the Messiah.
Joy in the Messiah
Isa 9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Thou, Messiah, looking to the future of his coming to Galilee with great numbers following him.
Mat 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
They bring joy before thee as at a feast of harvest or at the time of victory when the treasures of the enemy are divided.
Isa 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Gideon defeats the Midianites
Judg 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judg 7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Judg 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
As Gideon broke the pitchers, Jesus would break the yoke of sin.
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Isa 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
The broken pitchers and trumpets brought confusion to the enemy.
James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Garments
Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jude 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Blood
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Fire
1 Cor 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
The Names of Jesus
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
A prophecy concerning Jesus Christ, spoken 700 years before he came. Here is a wonderful list of the names of Jesus. A child is born, not an angel; God is now, I AM. The child is born by faith 700 years before he was born. By faith we believe the report that he was born over 2000 years ago, and is the Living Word of God, come into a human body. When he returns again he shall rule the nations.
A Governor
Mat 2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Mat 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Mat 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
King of Kings
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
His name shall be called Wonderful
Psa 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Counselor
Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father
Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Jesus is not the Father, but is one with Him.
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
The Prince of Peace.
Mark 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Luke 1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Jesus shall reign forever
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophecy that an everlasting king would come from David's lineage.
Psa 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
2 Sam 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
Psa 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. God came in a man; Jesus shall reign, forever, amen.
Unrighteous Pride
Isa 9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isa 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Because of unrighteous pride, God would allow Israel to be defeated by it's enemies. Ephraim was the largest tribe in Israel, so often it is referred to in place of Israel. Samaria, was the capital of the Northern kingdom of Israel.
Isa 9:10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
They did not seem to understand or care that God had judged them, they had plans to rebuild.
Was God judging America by letting the twin towers fall by an enemies terror? I see that there are plans to rebuild, bigger than ever. Should we not seek God as a nation, instead of rejecting him?
Isa 9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
God would send enemy nations, one after another until there would be no Israel. Is God send America warnings? Storms, strange weather, earthquakes. calamities? Should we not fall on our faces before God? Many only complain and look to government, an evil and selfish generation, looting, and taking from others in time of distress. God bless those who come to help, to show Christian love in helping those in need. Still we must trust in the Lord each minute of every day. Israel would not repent and seek God, so God allowed the enemy to come in.
9:12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Four sections, from Isa 9:8 through 10:4, conclude with; For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Woe to a people, when the God of love becomes angry, because of continued sin.
Isa 3:9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Leaders Cut Off
Isa 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
The people do not respond to God's chastening, they ignor him and go their own way.
Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Isa 9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Isa 9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isa 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
The LORD will cut off, remove as branches from a tree that which does not produce fruit. The head, the elders and leaders, lead in error. The prophets are false, speaking lies for truth. The leaders listen to the counsel of men pleasing prophets, instead of the truth. They needed to humble themselves, repent and seek the mercy of the LORD.
Isa 9:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
The whole nation of people were as the leaders, false and corrupt.
Looking back to America and the Viet Nam war. The leaders of America may have led in error, but the rebelling people were no better. They spoke folly and were hypocrits. The young men returned from war with dishonor from the loud mouthed drug using rebels. They turned against the Christian religion and the traditions of the Fathers and became idolaters of lust and foolish religions.
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Uncontrolled Fire
Isa 9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
Israel's wickedness is out of control, destroying everything in its way.
James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Our words can bless or destroy, we also need to watch our behavior.
Isa 9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
The wickedness of the people makes God's wrath, the fire greater. They will consume one another because of their sins. Sin begat's sin and under the law, God must punish the sin.
Gal 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Jesus is the way of grace and love. The law condemns. We try to always walk in the Spirit, avoiding the confusion and strife of the flesh and the devil.
Isa 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
God will not restrain their behavior and they would become more and more violent against one another and against Judah. One way God judges, is to move aside and let free will sin continue until they destroy themselves. They then cry in anger where is this God. I do not see him, why has he let such evil happen? God does not do evil, our choices are evil and lead to destruction, yes even of the innocent children. People sin and then blame God, the blame game. God does not play games, He withdraws from sin. If they would repent and seek God the evil would be done away with.
Isa 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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