I think this chapter 42 in Isaiah would be a very good one for us to study verse by verse.  Would any of you like to do this?

There are some wonderful, deep secrets in this chapter.  Some of these verses are used by the Jesus only people to say Jesus is God and the only one.  But they are misunderstanding the true meaning.

One of these is verse 8-- here it says   I am the LORD; that is my name:  and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

They think this is Jesus saying he is God and He will not give his glory to anyone other than himself.

But this is not Jesus speaking.  That is why one must rightly divide the Scripture.  When LORD is spelled this way:  with all caps -- it is speaking of the Father.   When it is spelled like this --Lord, it is speaking of the Son.

This is God the Father saying to Jesus that He will never give His glory or praise to anyone other than Jesus.  The truth is so much more beautiful than the error.

Jesus is the only one God ever gave all power and authority in Heaven and Earth to.  Jesus is the only one God gave His own glory to -- placing him at his own right hand and gave him to be our God.

Jesus prayed just before his death    Father, glorify me with the glory I had with you before the world was.  God answered this prayer when Jesus ascended to Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God;  having been made to be God by God the Father.  [Heb. 1].

Jo

 I am only picking out some verses at random right now;  and showing  some of the wonderful truths in this chapter.  If any of you desire to, please pick some of these verses and expound on them.  Let's see what we can bring out.

For this message, I will use verse 16 & 17---

16~~~ I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not;  I will lead them in paths that they have not known:  I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight.  These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

v17~~~ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly aashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Here, Jesus is saying that He will lead those who were formally blind, = the Gentiles~~~~~~ by a way we had not known before.  He led us into His Word and Salvation.  He led us into Grace ~~ a way not known before.

The old testament law had been a crooked way;  the old sinful life had been a crooked way;  the old way had been darkness.  But Jesus led us out of the crooked way of darkness into His glorious LIGHT.

He said, I will never leave you nor farsake you.

That is His promise to us in verse 16.

Now, look at verse 17~~~~~~~~~ they shall be turned back,       WHO?    Those who trust in graven images~ what are the graven images?    They have many~~~~   their church buildings:   their santa clause;  their bunnies;  their burning candles;  their crosses;  etc. etc.  They have too many to count.  This also says they will be greatly ashamed~~~~~  yes, their shame shall cover them;  because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God;  but turned to images.

When by their actions they say to these idols, ye are our gods,  they will be the ones Jesus turns  back to the crooked ways of darkness.   They are there now.

Jo

 For this message I will use verse 18----

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Now who is saying this?  The Word is saying to us~~~~

to who?  To those who were blind before;  blind to the truth of God;  blind to the Word;  those of us who were in darkness before*****

to us who were before     DEAF   to the Word of God;  deaf to truth;  walking on in darkness;  but upon us,   GREAT LIGHT  HATH SHINED******

Jesus brought us out of that blindness, that deafness, that darkness   into His truth;  into His marvelous light.

But......... what happened to those others?   They turned back;  took back up those images;  those idols;  and so they became the Laodecians = the ones who are NOW  blind,  naked, deaf,  ashamed;;;;  but their real shame is yet to be manifest..............

 Don't blame me;  Rachel is picking!

  Verse one: ~~~Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mind elect, in whom my soul delighteth;  I have put my spirit upon him:  he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 61:1~~~The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound....

Now, do you see from this verse that God is saying of Jesus, "my servant~~~~I have put my spirit upon him?????

~~~~ For this message I will use verses  4, 5, &  6~~~~

v4~~~~ He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth:  and the isles shall wait for his law.

This is saying that Jesus, the one sent by God and anointed by God, will not fail ~~~~~ he will not be discouraged

until he sets judgment in this earth.  He will yet bring righteous judgment into the whole earth.  I am so thankful to know this.

Verse 5 is speaking of God the Father who created the heavens, and spread forth the earth, that he gives breath unto the people upon it and spirit to all who walk here.

Verse 6--I the LORD [the Father]~ ~ have called   THEE~~~~  who?  Who is He talking about that He called?

Jesus, of course.~~~~~~~~~ I have called thee in righteousness;    God will hold Jesus' hand;  God will keep Jesus, and give Jesus for a covenant of the people,  for a light of the Gentiles:........

Now, if you doubt that this is speaking of the Father calling Jesus;  and God holding Jesus' hand;  then you must find out who it is saying will be a COVENANT of the poeple:   WHO  is it saying  is a  LIGHT  of the  GENTILES???????   

If you disagree ~~~  then tell us who is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD   except Jesus????   I know of no other.

God sent Jesus to be the Saviour of the World.  Jesus came here as God's servant.

In this message on Isaiah 42, I will show that the blind and deaf servant of God could be no one except Jesus Christ.

 For my last post on this particular 

aspect of this message:  I told you in the beginning I had something to tell you about this thing of the blind servant:  well, it is this:

As I began to really start to receive the revelation of the word, many years ago,  I found this Scripture.  I knew this  HAD  to be Jesus,  and no one else.  So, I did as I always do when I want to learn something;  I began to pray for the answer to this.  I knew in my heart this had to be Jesus; but I could not see any way Jesus could be blind and deaf.

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Almost always when I pray and search for an answer to something out of the word, God gives me the answer immediately;  or not very long after I ask.

But in this case, He did not answer;  and He did not answer;  and He did not answer.   I sought for this answer for several YEARS.

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Now, you cannot appreciate the answer as I did;  for it was given to you soon.  But for me, who had waited for years, when the answer came, I was overjoyed to say the lease.

The way it happened is out of the ordinary.

At the time,  I had a weekend job, helping a woman with her invalid husband.  They watched T.V.  I did not;  so she let me use her Bible to read as they watched T.V.

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On a Saturday night, I was reading in Psalm 38;  not looking for anything;  just reading where the Book had opened.  I do this most of the time; unless I am studying something in particular.

Well, as you can see,  the ANSWER  was there!!!!  Unexpectedly, God had answered my prayer;  which I had about forgotten.

Well, I just began to worship and praise the Lord right there in front of those unbelievers --- well off people.

The lady asked me,  well what is the matter?

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So I told her how I had been seeking this answer for years;  and had just now been given this.  I told her all about it;  and she said,  ''well, that is nice".

Imagine that ?  Having no more Spiritual discernment and desire than that?

Well, as Jesus said,  this is the  CHILDREN'S  MEAT.  ONLY THEY CAN EAT IT.

Praise God!  I have enjoyed doing this message;  hope more of you will at least read it. 

God bless you all.

Jo

 I posted this chapter for it has several verses which go along with the above message.

Look at verse 9~~~I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

This chapter is one of Jesus' prayers to God in the Garden of Gethsemane.  There are many of His prayers recorded in this Book of Psalms;  and most people are unaware of this.

Also read verse 2~~ I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;  and my sorrow was stirred.

See, these two verses again comfirms that this is Jesus who is blind, deaf, and dumb.  Now, isn't is astonishing to find out that Jesus was blind, deaf, and dumb???

He held his peace because He already had the answer from God that it was time for Him to die.  He did not even try to get out of it.  He was through with his praying for deliverance.  He now accepted it that this is the will of God~~~ not my will, but thine be done~~he had said.

another thing I had known in my spirit for a long time; but did not know a Scripture to prove this,  is found in verse 11-

I had known in my spirit that when you see someone turn ugly and decrept looking for no seeming cause, that it was because of much sin in their life;  and God was doing this as a result.  I had even told this to some people; yet did not know of proof.

Then that night at the ladies house, as I read in Psalms, I found this verse and saw the proof.  Just read verse 11 and you will see this.

 I want to bring in the part of Psalms 40~~~~  for in this is the resurrection of Jesus. I think it is only fitting to finish this message with His deliverance and victory,  don't you?

Verse one~~~  I waited patiently for the LORD;  and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

v 2~~ He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, and of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

v 3~~And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:  many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Now, at first one may think this is in no way showing the resurrection;  but let's just examine it and see.

Verse one~~  shows Jesus as he is the three days and night in the heart of the earth = hell.  He is praying to God the whole time he is in Hell.  There are those prayers recorded in another Psalm.  I will try to find it and show you someday.  The reason people miss the truth and the beauty of Psalms is because they think it is about King David.  But, no!!!  It is all about Jesus.  You can learn many things about Jesus in the Psalms and the prophets than is not revealed in the New Testament.

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God heard those prayers he prayed while in hell.   This is said in verse one.

Verse two--- This shows the resurrection = when Jesus was brought up out of hell;  and up out of the human flesh = [the miry clay].  When His feet were set upon a rock = when God set Him at His own right hand.  He established Jesus' goings by giving Him rulership over the whole creation.

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Verse 3~~~~~~~ God put a new song in the mouth of Jesus.  This signifies His Heavenly ruling instead of His earthly ministry.  A new song in Scripture represents a new move of God.   Jesus now has a new message.  He is now a member of the God Kingdom = ONE  WITH  GOD.

If you believe Jesus was God while in the human flesh,  you will never see these glorious truths and mysteries and find these glorious secrets in the Word.  These are greater treasures than all the gold, silver or anything else in this world.