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The Bible Recap

Day 208 (Isaiah 44-48) - Year 4

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

0:13.1

Today's chapters reiterated a lot of the themes we read about yesterday.

0:17.0

First, that God chose Israel to be His people and that they will continue to be His people

0:21.2

throughout the generations.

0:23.0

Second, that He is the One True God and anyone who worships idols is foolish and sinful

0:28.5

and wasteful because the idols they're worshiping are handmade and will ultimately be destroyed.

0:34.4

Third, God points out His sovereignty over all things.

0:39.2

While He has chosen Israel, there are some whom He has given undisturbing hearts and

0:43.6

closed eyes.

0:45.2

This is His judgment on their idolatry.

0:47.9

We first saw this in 6, 9, 10 and it shows up repeatedly in Isaiah and is even quoted by

0:53.6

Jesus in the New Testament, but part of being sovereign means that even those whose hearts

0:58.7

are far from Him are still used to service purposes.

1:02.5

We see this with King Cyrus again today.

1:05.0

Even though he wasn't a follower of Yahweh, God still uses him for His glory.

1:09.4

In 4428, God says, he shall fulfill all my purpose.

1:14.5

Chapter 45 starts out with a long passage about Cyrus, reminding us that we serve a God who

1:19.2

makes even His enemies' plans bend to His will.

1:22.9

God is the one who equips Cyrus, even though Cyrus doesn't know him.

1:26.5

God is working through Him.

1:28.4

God is doing the heavy lifting here, breaking the doors of bronze and cutting the bars of

1:31.9

iron, creating darkness and calamity, bringing rain and light and fruit, and ultimately,

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