'A Blessing For The Righteous.'
Isaiah 57:1-2.
a) The Righteous People perish.
b) No person takes it to heart.
c) Merciful people are taken away.
d) But no one considers.
e) That the Righteous people:-
1-Are being taken away from evil.
2-Shall enter into Peace.
3-Shall rest in their beds.
4-Shall walk in their uprightness.
(This QT Teaches me A Blessing For The Righteous)
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'Donkeys.'
a) 2 Samuel 16:1. Were used for carrying provisions.
b) 2 Samuel 16:2; 17:23; 19:26. Were for people to ride on.
c) 1 Kings 13:24. Were very faithful to their riders.
d) 1 Kings 13:29. Were used to carry dead people.
e) Job 24:5; 39:5; Hosea 8:9. May be wild wilderness animals.
f) Proverbs 26:3. Wore bridles.
g) Isaiah 1:3. Knows its master's crib.
h) Isaiah 21:7. Pulled chariots.
i) Isaiah 32:14. May have Joy.
j) Jeremiah 22:19. Have burials.
k) Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:7; John 12:15. Jesus Christ the King rode a donkey.
l) Zechariah 14:15. May suffer plague sickness.
m) Luke 13:15. Used as an illustration in the Teachings of Jesus Christ.
(Through this Second one I am amazed at God's Creation: Donkeys)
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Chris.
God in His Word, many times, tells that Righteous People shall be rewarded for their Righteousness. I like the Promise here that they are taken away from evil. This is a Sovereign Act of God. Why should Righteous People have to face evil? There is absolutely no need for it.
