Isaiah .. In The Past And Today

Isaiah .. in the past and today

Prophet Isaiah is a well known figure and recognized prophet, a servant of The MOST HIGH. His legacy lives on centuries after his death, much beloved and admired. Almost everywhere you go, you will meet an Isaiah named after this beloved servant of The MOST HIGH. He is the prophet behind one of my favorite scriptures, Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a CHILD is born, unto us a SON is given; And the government will be upon HIS shoulder. And HIS NAME will be called WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, ALMIGHTY GOD, The Everlasting FATHER, PRINCE of Peace . Of the increase of HIS government and peace, there will be no end..”

Isaiah, it is said and rumored, probably exited this world through the hands of Manasseh, a king so wicked that The MOST HIGH passed judgment on Jerusalem and Judah, saying HE will “….wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish , wiping it and turning it upside down..”2 Kings 21:11-15. And so The MOST HIGH handed over HIS beloved Judah to her enemies. Because of one man, a man so wicked, he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood from one end to another. 2 Kings 21:16. Probably, the blood of Isaiah flowed among this blood. Some say that the reference in Hebrews 11:37 of people of GOD who were sawn in two also refers to Isaiah.

It is interesting to note that this Manasseh was born to King Hezekiah after Hezekiah pleaded with The MOST HIGH for his life. Interestingly, Isaiah communicated the message to King Hezekiah of his, Hezekiah’s, impending death and also communicated the message of the extension of his life for a further fifteen years. After this, prophecy, three years later Manasseh was born.

Just a question, should King Hezekiah just have accepted the message from The LORD and just died instead of living to produce a child who brought judgment to a whole nation? I’m just asking. Food for thought.

The Bible is clear that one of Manasseh’s descendants, King Josiah tried his best to steer Judah back to the right path but “….Nevertheless, The LORD did not turn from the fierceness of HIS great wrath, with which HIS anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked HIM..” 2 Kings 23:26.

And so, like that, Judah went into captivity together with the grandeur of The Temple King Solomon built.

Let us look at the things that Manasseh did which provoked The LORD.

i. He built places for people to worship idols, in high places and in physical places altars where the common people could access.

ii. He made idols. 2 Kings 21:3. See in Isaiah 44:8-20. See Isaiah 44:9 “ Those who make an image, all of them are useless.” He even put these idols in the House of The LORD. 2Kings 21:7. Nowadays, in the houses of GOD, there are physical idols and mental idols. Ideological idols which we worship and adhere to so strictly.

iii. He worshipped the host of heaven. (Nowadays, some of these ancient hosts of heaven are given fancy names and presented to our children in what are labeled as fictional stories. Teaching children to depend on strange spirits and demons camouflaged as genies with lamps, strong men and gods of the seas with their mermaid daughters and characters with hammers who fall in love with foolish human women.)

iv. He served the host of heaven. (Most likely demonic entities)

v. He built altars in the house of The LORD and in the two courts of the house of The LORD.

vi. He made his son pass through fire, a form of evil dedication, a satanic ritual.

vii. He practiced soothsaying.

viii. He used witchcraft. Openly taught and promoted nowadays with characters like Sophia the great and her wand. Children see nothing wrong with it, but why should they if the parents see nothing wrong with it and are using love charms and spells and wearing bracelets and lockets called lucky charms and rabbits foot and reading horoscopes and consulting astrologers and having their fortunes read and Christianizing Halloween etc. Beloved, wake up and smell the coffee.

ix. He consulted spirits and mediums. Beloved, you are not supposed to entertain these spirits at all costs. This is one of the actions that caused King Saul to fall out with The MOST HIGH.

x. He seduced the people to do evil.

xi. He even outdid the Amorites who lived before him in evil 2 Kings 21:11. Nowadays, we Christians are even outdoing the world in evil and causing The NAME of The LORD to be blasphemed among the gentiles. Romans 2:24. In Ezekiel 36:23, The LORD prays HE will sanctify HIS great NAME which has been profaned among the nations. Even the nations we call pagan wonder why women walk naked, why we don’t practice restitution. Why we are so selfish and how we permit such filth on our airwaves. When they, the so called heathens and pagans, try to regulate their content, we scream “human rights violation!” and send our armies and non-governmental organizations to install human rights and rescue people from oppressive regimes.