Daily Devotional, Year 2 – NOVEMBER 8 (Silly Women, Part 2: “The Seven Women of Isaiah 4”)

By admin On February 9th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – NOVEMBER 8

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Silly Women,

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Part 2:

“The Seven Women of Isaiah 4″

To read Part 1, click here…October 9th (Silly Women)

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“And in that day seven women

shall take hold of one man, saying,

We will eat our own bread,

and wear our own apparel:

only let us be called by Thy name,

to take away our reproach.”

Isaiah 4:1

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This above verse from Isaiah has mystified theologians in the past.

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But God has opened our eyes in these last days to understand many of the allegorical statements found throughout the Bible.

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Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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WOMEN = CONGREGATIONS

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But this verse from Isaiah is a relatively easy-to-understand parable if we have already grasped the meaning of “women” in the Bible. In other words, the Jesus speaks of women as symbolizing congregations…

“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,

which took their lamps,

and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.”

Matthew 25:1, 2

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Here above, Jesus is comparing His professed people to ten virgins, five wise, and five foolish.

And the allegory of women symbolizing God’s Church is quite often used throughout Scripture.

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Brooklyn Museum – The Wise Virgins – James Tissot – Wikimedia – public domain

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“7” THE NUMBER OF GOD’S REST

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And so, today’s opening verse from Isaiah is, likewise, no exception! The number “7” symbolizing “Heavenly Rest” is making reference to God’s spiritual rest.

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Therefore, these seven women are the essence of churches called to enjoy God’s heavenly, spiritual rest.

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US Navy – Chaplain Lt. Jason Gregory reads Bible on weather deck – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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“THE MAN, CHRIST JESUS”

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Now, Isaiah 4:1 reveals that these women want to take hold of one man…“And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man…”

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Well, just what “one man” does every congregation want to take hold of? “The man, Christ Jesus”, of course! (see 1st Timothy 2:5)

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Mega Church – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons – Share-alike License 3.0

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HEAVENLY BREAD & APPAREL

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But these seven women are willing to wear their own clothes and eat their own bread, yet still be called by Christ’s name…We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel…”

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So, what on earth could this be speaking of?

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**Well of course, to be a true church of Christ requires eating the “Bread of Life”, Jesus (John 6:35).**

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And to be a genuine church of Christ requires the “garments of Salvation.” (Isaiah 61:10)

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Woman with Bible – Braet von Überfeldt – 1866 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THEIR OWN BREAD AND APPAREL

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But these seven women (churches) only want to eat their own bread (merely church doctrines/traditions), and wear their own earthly apparel, and yet still be called by this man’s name (Christ’s name).

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Audience hands – cropped & altered – Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain

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PAUL FORETELLS OF TOTAL APOSTASY

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Well listen to Paul as he foretells of total apostasy of the churches…

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;

but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,

and shall be turned unto fables.”

2nd Timothy 4:3, 4

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Yes, Paul here foretells of the day when the churches will no longer tolerate the true Gospel, but must be pampered with the titillating sermons about earthly prosperity,

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SILLY WOMEN OF 2ND TIMOTHY 3:6

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Thus, we have world-loving churches today, who are spiritually like the silly women of 2nd Timothy 3:6, “led away with divers lusts”, only desiring to wear Babylonish apparel and eat their leavened bread of deceit, while drinking from the broken cisterns of the world.

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Brooklyn Museum – The Foolish Virgins – James Tissot – US Public Domain

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END-TIME EXODUS

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But the hour has come in which God is now calling His faithful ones out of Babylon, the City of Confusion, the apostate churches…

“And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her, My people,

that ye be not partakers of her sins,

and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

Revelation 18:4

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Yes, there is an end-time Exodus which is now occurring.

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Women Walking at Sunset – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License

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GOOD NEWS!

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**And yet, there is some very Good News! Yes, God is giving us some extra time, to prove to all Heaven and Earth (and to ourselves, also), that we really mean business with Him.**

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Yes, God has allowed just enough time for us to really get busy and study, and pray, and contemplate the precious words of Jesus!

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And if ever there was a time to fall prostrate before Him and plead for mercy and grace to become a true follower of Jesus, it is at this present fearful hour!

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And those who still have an ear to hear, be they pastor, priest, or parishioner, must study things truths out, and plead for a willing heart to respond accordingly.

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David’s sorrow – Wikigallery – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to put on Thy garments of Salvation. And feed me daily, yea hourly with Thy heavenly Manna, and Thy fruit of the Spirit, and of the meat of Thy Word….

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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FIVE WISE VIRGINS STARS

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This constellation was identified on May 22nd, 2014. It is simply five stars, two from the Serpens Constellation, and three from the Hercules Constellation.

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What gives this constellation impetus and significance is that it appears as five evenly positioned stars, in a slight oval pattern, as if they were sitting in a meeting, listening, or perhaps watching someone.

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Second, they appear to be gathered in front of The Crown of Revelation 12 Constellation. (just below Corona Borealis in this Wikipedia star-chart, in which the editor of this site sketched in these two constellations)

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ABOVE STAR-CHART – Summer constellation – Five Wise Virgins Stars & The Glorious Crown – Corona Borealis – signsofheaven.org – Not for profit uses! – Wikipedia Star chart with constellations drawn in by this website.

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GATHERED AROUND GLORIOUS CROWN!

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The position of these stars is significant in a number of ways. The first, being that these Five Wise Virgins are gathered around the 12-star Crown of Revelation 12. And the obvious message here is, that these wise virgins represent the faithful portion of God’s Church. And as wise virgins, they understand the importance of winning the glorious crown of victory, which Jesus promised.

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Listen… “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,

but one receiveth the prize?

So run, that ye may obtain.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.

Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;

but we an incorruptible.”

1st Corinthians 9:24, 25.

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And so, God is showing us the difference between the wise and the foolish in His Church. While the wise are gathered around this crown of victory, the foolish are nowhere to be found.

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Corona Borealis/Bootes & Five Wise Virgins

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TOMORROW:

NOVEMBER 9 (When My Body Becomes My Torture Chamber)

Rembrandt – Sick Woman Lying in Bed – Probably Saskia – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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END OF THE CHURCH AGE STUDIES ON AUDIO

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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING AUDIO BIBLE STUDY BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING.

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