ISAIAH LESSON 36


     We will begin this lesson in Isaiah 32:1 "Behold, a king shall
reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment."

     This is speaking of the coming Messiah. It is really speaking of
the 1000 year reign of Jesus as King. The Christians are the princes,
spoken of, that will rule under Him. Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy
[is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second
death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
and shall reign with him a thousand years." Jesus is the Judge of all
the earth.  He is righteousness.  The righteousness of the Christian
is actually the righteousness of Christ. We are clothed in His
righteousness. This is the righteous Branch, spoken of, that will
rule.  Jeremiah 23:5  "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I
will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth."

     Isaiah 32:2 "And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind,
and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as
the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."

     This is, also, speaking of Jesus {man}. No other {man} has ever
been a hiding place from the storm and a covering for us. Jesus gives
us a river of living Water that comes from deep within. He told the
woman at the well, He would give her water that she would not thirst
again. He, also, is the Rock of our salvation. His shed blood even
protects us from God's judgement. We, Christians, are clothed in white
robes cleansed by His shed blood. Revelation 7:14 "And I said unto
him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb."

     Isaiah 32:3 "And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and
the ears of them that hear shall hearken."

     I Corinthians 13:12 "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but
then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known."  We will have eyes to see and ears to hear. We will
have our understanding opened to the things of the Lord. We will never
grow old anymore.

     Isaiah 32:4 "The heart also of the rash shall understand
knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak
plainly."

     This is speaking of a time when all will understand. The fact
that Jesus chose the uneducated to confound the wise in ministry here
on the earth, tells us that He is our understanding. The gospel was
spread by fishermen, and tax collectors, and uneducated men by world
standards. The day, this is speaking of, is a day when knowledge of
God will flourish. Hebrews 8:10 "For this [is] the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I
will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and
I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"  Hebrews
8:11 "And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man
his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the
least to the greatest."  Moses gave the excuse that he could not speak
well, and God asked him who made his mouth? God will empower the
speakers in the day this is speaking of.

     Isaiah 32:5 "The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor
the churl said [to be] bountiful."

     The vile person is someone who seeks to do evil. He will not be
allowed to do this in the reign of Jesus. "Churl" is translated from a
word that means niggardly, or withholding.  Niggardly has nothing to
do with the color of one's skin, but is a statement of someone, white
or black, of low character. People of low character will not prosper
in the reign of Jesus. In fact, they will be ruled over by the
Christians. The word "bountiful" was translated from is used to
describe the wealthy in many other verses. The wealthy will get no
special treatment from the Lord.

     Isaiah 32:6 "For the vile person will speak villany, and his
heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error
against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will
cause the drink of the thirsty to fail."

     This is a description of those who are not truly Christian. A
persons speech reveals what he is within. The vile person speaks the
condition of his heart, that is why it is villany. Villany, in this
verse, means wickedness. "Hypocrisy", in this Scripture, is taken from
the word choneph, which means, moral filth. We see a people whose
morals have turned to filth. The morality of our country {as a whole}
today might be described as such. To utter error against the LORD
would be to bring in false doctrines. The soul hungers after
righteousness.  The verse above is speaking of a person who has been
starving for spiritual food, because it is food for the soul, not the
stomach.  The water, spoken of, is the thirst for spiritual water.
Jesus is the Spiritual Water. He is, also, the Spiritual Bread. The
sad thing, to me, about this is the fact that this seems to be the
people in the church. To be a Christian, in name only, will not be
enough.

     Isaiah 32:7 "The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he
deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even
when the needy speaketh right."

     We discovered, above, that this churl meant someone of very low
character. The person, spoken of here, takes advantage of the poor.
He lies to get his way. You might even say, he was of a fraudulent
character. The poor might be in the right, but it seems they had no
power to overcome this evil person.

     Isaiah 32:8 "But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by
liberal things shall he stand."

     Liberal, in the verse above, is translated from a word that means
generous. The generous person is the opposite of the person in verse
7. You cannot out give God. The generosity of the person in verse 8
will sustain the man.

     Isaiah 32:9  "Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice,
ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech."

     Ease, in the verse above, means haughty, or secure. This is
saying, the women felt secure in their present state, and were not
aware of the coming judgement. Isaiah addresses them directly here to
become more involved. Listen to his speech and take heed. They were
careless, because they were taking everything for granted and not
checking it out for themselves. He was speaking to literal women here,
but the message was prophetic, as well. The church of the Lord Jesus
is spoken of as a woman. The church is the bride of Christ. This is
speaking of the church who is self-satisfied. Look, with me, at the
type of church this is. Revelation 3:14 "And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;"
Revelation 3:15 "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
I would thou wert cold or hot." Revelation 3:16 "So then because thou
art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth." Revelation 3:17 "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:"  This is
speaking of the self satisfied church.

     Isaiah 32:10 "Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye
careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not
come."

     Isaiah says, wake up and realize what is about to happen. To be
called a careless Christian is quite an indictment. As we said in the
verse above, this is spoken to physical women, but it is, also,
speaking to the church. Complacency in the church will cause a great
falling away and not produce fruit for God the Husbandman.

     Isaiah 32:11 "Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye
careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon
[your] loins."

     This is just a strong warning of the things to come to those who
do not take the things of the Lord seriously. He is saying, "You
should be afraid". Sackcloth has to do with repentance and mourning.
This is actually a call to repentance for their luke-warm attitude.

     Isaiah 32:12 "They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant
fields, for the fruitful vine."

     "Teat" is the breast of a woman. In this case, it would be
speaking of wanting to be a babe in Christ who feeds on milk and
honey. Their lamenting is for the church which is no longer growing.
They are longing for the bountiful crop of believers the vine (church)
once produced.

     Isaiah 32:13 "Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns
[and] briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:"

     This is speaking of the wickedness in the church, when the
judgement of the Lord will come. The statement (my people) lets us
know this is speaking of the church. When the church stops teaching
the Word of God (Bible) and just lets the church go on its own, it
does not bring fruit, but briars and thorns.

     Isaiah 32:14 "Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the
multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for
dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;"

     The world and all of its people are in a desperate condition,
just before God pours out His Spirit.

     Isaiah 32:15 "Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be
counted for a forest."

     The very same time is mentioned in Acts, and in the following
Scripture. Joel 2:28  "And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I
will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions:"  We see in this that, the Lord will pour His
Spirit on all flesh. There will be a time when God will open the
understanding of the people, and they will produce much fruit. The
church will be fruitful. It will be so fruitful, it is compared to the
forest.

     Isaiah 32:16 "Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and
righteousness remain in the fruitful field."

     This fruitful field is speaking of the church. The church is
righteous, because we have taken on the righteousness of Christ. The
church shall reign with Christ over the world, with Christ as Judge.

     Isaiah 32:17 "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and
the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

     Where righteousness dwells, there is perfect peace. This
quietness and assurance comes when the King of Righteousness reigns on
the earth.

     Isaiah 32:18 "And my people shall dwell in a peaceable
habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;"

     The 1000 year reign of Christ upon the earth will be a time of
perfect peace on the earth. We will not even have to lock our doors at
night, because of the perfect peace we will live in at that time.

     Isaiah 32:19 "When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and
the city shall be low in a low place."  Isaiah 32:20 "Blessed [are] ye
that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the
ox and the ass."

     This speaks of a time when the water flows and the seed grows
that is planted. It, also, speaks of a time when the Word (seed) that
was planted in many lands will be fruitful and produce believers.
There will be those saved from all nations of the world. The ox and
ass speak of work. There are many missionaries who have worked like
beasts of burden to plant the gospel in many lands. They will truly be
blessed of God.











































                          Isaiah 36 Questions


1.  What is the first verse speaking of?
2.  Who are the princes, in verse 1, speaking of?
3.  Quote Revelation chapter 20 verse 6.
4.  ________ is the Judge and is Righteousness.
5.  Quote Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 5.
6.  Who is the Righteous Branch?
7.  Who is the (man) in verse 2?
8.  Where does the river of living water come from?
9.  Who is the Rock of our salvation?
10. What protects the Christian from God's judgement?
11. Quote 1 Corinthians chapter 13 verse 12.
12. We will have eyes to _____ and ears to _______.
13. What time is verse 4 speaking of?
14. Quote Hebrews chapter 8 verses 10 and 11.
15. Who was the gospel spread by?
16. Who will empower these people to speak?
17. Who is the vile person?
18. What does "churl" mean?
19. Does niggardly refer to a black person? Explain.
20. "Bountiful", in verse 5, could be referring to whom?
21. What does the word that "hypocrisy" was translated from mean?
22. How do we know verse 6 is speaking of spiritual food?
23. What kind of character is the person in verse 7 said to have?
24. What does ease, in verse 9, mean?
25. Who is Isaiah addressing directly?
26. Who is Isaiah speaking to prophetically in verse 9?
27. Which of the 7 churches in Revelation is the church in verse 9,
    like?
28. What will complacency in the church cause?
29. What can you associate sackcloth with?
30. What is the "teat" in verse 12 speaking of?
31. What makes the author believe verse 13 is speaking of the church?
32. Quote Joel chapter 2 verse 28.
33. The fruitful field, in verse 16, is speaking of whom?
34. The work of righteousness shall be __________.
35. When Christ reigns on the earth, what will be the state of our
    habitation?
36. What is verse 19 and 20 saying about the blessed?