Posted on 03/31/2020 11:58:50 PM PDT by Norski
Prayers for our Nation in this time of crisis, praying for President Donald Trump and that he will have understanding and courage and wisdom, and that his administration will daily seek the Lord for help . .with humility,
Prayers to rebuke this scourge going across the land,
While I cannot pretend to know the entirety of its meaning, in my spirit I have been reminded of this verse multiple times now, so just wanted to share:
“From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.”
Isaiah 28:19-20
Amen ^/\^
Amen
Please hear us all, O Lord. Please lead and guide us all during this difficult time. Amen.
Amen, Norski
Joining in prayer for the spiritual battle before us for the soul of our nation.
May this current crisis draw us close to God, our healer of mind, body, and spirit.
May the evil machinations of the wicked be frustrated.
May revival spark in our hearts and healing blanket our land.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Amen and amen.
Amen. In agreement. Thank you.
We put on the full armour of God every morning, and upon those whom we love, and those whom are our enemies, that we may bless them. And upon our leaders. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
Thank you. Two or more agree. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
“Lead us to repent as a nation”. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
(Ephraim is a name for Israel) Drunken leaders. Leaders whom have made a covenant with death and hell.
I do not understand the bed and blanket reference myself, but have asked for understanding.
Note: It may be a good idea to read the whole chapter slowly several times. Isaiah is one of the major Old Testament prophets. He is saying what God told him to tell Israel, when they backslid. Jesus Christ is the cornerstone.
In its entirety:
Isaiah Chapter 28
1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
5 ¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
7 ¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 ¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. 20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
23 ¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. 28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Two or more are agreed. In Jesus’ Name, amen.
Please, according to the confession and prayers below, forgive us and our leaders and our nation, and help us to "turn from our wicked ways" and heal our land.
Amen to your Beautiful, Powerful Prayer, Dear Servant of Jesus Christ.
Joining you in Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise.
Amen to everyone’s prayers.
Yes, Amen. Joining in prayer.
Thank you Norski,
I believe its referencing discomfort even to those who only witnesses (hear) the reports, that no one will be left untouched on the whole Earth, a consumption (economic and physical like the way TB was a scourge)
I believe the covenant with death is the end time division of the restoration of Israel, which I believe is impacting the Holy Laws and Ordinances, Gods set times referencing the Jubilee enacted over the Land (for Israel, not Christians we are set aside and called out already by our Jubilee in him . .forever)
I also believe that division is the reason that the end of the Age comes when it does come at some point in the future,
The Heavenly Court goes into session as told to Daniel, which is what (I believe) we see occurring in Revelation Chapters 4-7 where they judge (Sanhedrin) and cast their thrones down (Crowns)
In his name
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