Going back ti the Origins

Isaiah 11:1-10

It is of utmost importance to store in your mind this truth God keeps His promises!  And 

this was the promise God made to David through His prophet Nathan, “And your house 

and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established 

forever.”  (2 Samuel 7:16 ESV)  So when we see the shoot grow from the stump of Jesse, 

we are reminded that Isaiah used the cutting down of a tree often to describe the judgment 

of God against Judah.  The Davidic line has been cut down but the tree is very much alive, 

and it will be restored and once again bring fruit.  The Holman Christian Standard Bible 

makes this statement in it’s notes on page 1146, “The association of the stump with 

Jesse rather than David indicates that there is a new beginning here, a going back to the 

origins, and a distancing from the later corrupt kings of Judah.”  

We look to this “shoot” and are reminded that our LORD’s earthly dad and His mother both came from the line of David.  Once more we see the grace of God to mankind, as we look to a kingdom that is yet to come.  Do you recall what the angel Gabriel said to Mary: “And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” (Luke 1:30-33 ESV)

The prophet Jeremiah gave this insight into the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.  “You show steadfast love to thousands, but you repay the guilt of fathers to their children after them, O great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD of hosts, great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.” (Jeremiah 32:18-19 ESV)  Often we misunderstand the fear of the LORD, but it is clear God is referring to the Awe of God.

Many of the kings of Judah and Israel were cruel to the poor, but Jesus will show kindness, and unlike the kings and leaders of the past, Jesus will only need to speak for judgment to take place.  When Jesus returns as King the animosity between the wolf and the lamb and the leopard and the goat, the lion and the calf, and cow and the bear will be gone.  It is hard to imagine a people who will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is filled with water.

As my mother would often state, you can put this in your pipe and smoke it, this was mother’s way of telling her children they must accept it as true, no matter if we like it or not.   And when it comes to the Scriptures, you can put it in your pipe and smoke it because it is God’s Word.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice