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1449 - Isaiah 57

Isaiah Chapter 57 Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand, that God is protecting them from the evil to come. For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace, when they die. “But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars! You worship your idols, with great passion, beneath the oaks, and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children, down in the valleys, and among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them, with liquid offerings and grain offerings. They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy? You have committed adultery, on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols, and you have been unfaithful to me. You have put pagan symbols, on your doorposts, and behind your ...

1448 - Isaiah 56

Isaiah Chapter 56 This is what the Lord says: “Be just and fair to all. Do what is right and good, for I am coming soon to rescue you, and to display my righteousness among you. Blessed are all those who are careful to do this. Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest, and keep themselves from doing wrong. “Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord say… ‘The Lord will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say… ‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’ For this is what the Lord says: I will bless those eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy, and all those who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me. I will give them—within the walls of my house—a memorial and a name…far greater than sons and daughters could give them. For the name, that I give them, is an everlasting one. It will never disappear! “I will also bless the foreigners, who commit themselves to the Lord, who serve him and love his name, who worship ...