Isaiah’s primary concern is of the weariness and discontent of exile, but also of the conscious need of the individual. The only way we’re going to be able to comprehend His covenant promises, specifically referencing the Davidic covenant is to listen, Shema to the Torah covenant.
Isa 55: Alas…woe to every one that thirsts, come to the mayim; and he that has no money; come, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money for that which is not lechem? And your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat that which is tov, and let your being delight itself in fatness.
Isa 41:18, the miraculous fountain opened by יהוה for the relief of His people; “wells of salvation,” – ch. Isa 12:3 find their fulfillment in Jn. 7 the water libation ceremony.
Jn 4:10, Jn 6:35, Jn 7:37, Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17, and Pro 9:1
The people were in danger of losing their nationality, and with it their religion and their own souls through devotion to selfish and material aims.
This is the fate against which the prophet warns them in verse 2 and the salvation he offers is a personal interest in the new covenant, or membership
The religious life is a receiving without spending, the worldly life is a continual spending without lasting profit or satisfaction.
Why do you spend money for that which is not lechem? And your labor for that which does not satisfy?
What are we spending our time pursuing? So much nonsense and wasted time. The text urges us to look to seek and to find the true satisfaction only found in יהוהs provision rather than in worldly pursuits.
Listen diligently to Me, and eat that which is tov, and let your being delight itself in fatness.
The only way we’re going to be able to comprehend His covenant promises, specifically referencing the Davidic covenant is to listen, Shema to the Torah covenant.
Incline נָטָה, natah – to stretch out or extend. We need to stretch ourselves, extend ourselves out of the cursory NT read into the deeper waters of the Torah, Prophets and Writings to apprehend these promises.
The “sure mercies of David” is the fulfillment of יהוהs covenant through Yahusha.
John 4:13-14: Yahusha offers the living water that satisfies spiritual thirst, fulfilling the invitation to come to the waters.
John 6:35: Yahusha declares Himself the bread of life, offering true sustenance and satisfaction.
Matthew 11:28-30: Yahusha invites the weary and burdened to find rest and fulfillment in Him, echoing the invitation of Isaiah 55.
Hebrews 13:20: The eternal covenant through the blood of Yahusha aligns with the “everlasting covenant” mentioned in Isaiah 55:3.
Our deepest spiritual needs are met when we turn to יהוה for fulfillment in life.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me: listen, and your being shall live; and I will make an Everlasting Brit with you, even the sure chesed of Dawid.
The Last Words of David, 2 Sa 23:5 (“an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and secured”)
Psa 18:50 (shewing lovingkindness…to David and to his seed for ever)
Psa 89:28 (“or ever will I keep my lovingkindness to him, and my covenant is sure to him)
The great promise to which all these passages point, 2Sa 7:8-16.
4 See, I have given Him as a witness to the people, a Leader and Commander to the people. 5 See, You shall call a nation that You knew not, nations that knew You not shall run to You because of vuvh Your Elohim, and for the Kadosh-One of Yisrael; for He has lifted You up.
Look at the connection in Isaiah 55:4 with the title The Prince of Life which is applied to Yahusha in the Brit Chadasha.
Isaiah 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Acts 3:14-15: “But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom Elohim raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.”
Peter refers to Yahusha as the Prince of life in the context of His crucifixion and resurrection. Just like in Isaiah 55:4, where the Messiah is given as a leader and witness to the people.
Acts 5:31: “Him Elohim has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.”
The emphasis is on Yahusha’s exaltation and His role as the Prince and Savior, a mirror image of the leadership and redemptive role described in Isaiah 55:4.
Hebrews 2:9-10: “But we see Yahusha, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of Elohim, might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”
Yahusha – the captain (or leader) of salvation, perfected through sufferings, totally aligns with the idea of a leader and commander given to the people in Isaiah 55:4.
Hebrews 12:2: “Looking unto Yahusha, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of Elohim.”
Yahusha – the “author” (or leader) and finisher of faith, reinforcing the Isaiach concept of Him being a leader and commander – Isaiah 55:4.
The parallels between Isaiah 55:4 and the New Testament passages come to light when you view the role fulfilled in the life and death of Yahusha as the Prince of Life.
Ultimate leader and source of life, fulfilling the prophetic vision of Isaiah.
Yahusha, the Prince of Life, fulfills the role of the promised leader and commander of verse 4.
His life, death, and resurrection are the ultimate testimony to Isaiah’s vision of יהוהs redemptive plan – the fulfillment of the Messianic prophecy – Yahusha’s central role in salvific history.
The resurrection not only validates Yahusha’s leadership but also offers hope and life to all of us who follow Him, inspiring us to a deeper and richer faith and obedience.
6 Seek vuvh while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his derech, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him make teshuvah to vuvh, for He will have rachamim upon him; and to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon.
8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your halachot My halachot, says vuvh. 9 For as the shamayim are higher than the earth, so are My halachot higher than your own halachot, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
יהוהs thoughts rise above those of man as much as the heaven is higher than the earth.
The point the prophet is making is the thoughts and ways of יהוה are His purposes of redemption, which are too vast and marvelous to be measured by the narrow mind ness of man.
Isa 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from יהוה, and my judgment is passed over from my Elohim?
Jer 29:11 I know the thoughts that I have towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Mic 4:12. But they know not the thoughts of יהוה, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
We can’t just repent we have to have to have repentance yoked with an expectant hope!
10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the shamayim, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give zera to the sower, and lechem to the eater:
11 So shall My Word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing where I send it.
12 For you shall go out with simcha, and be led back with shalom: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the eytzim of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress eytz, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle eytz: 10 and it shall be to vuvh for a Name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 55:12 the joyful exodus from historical Babylon and prophetically from Mystery Babylon, heed the call in Revelation to “come out of her, my people.”
Historically this is a prophetic promise of the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. The entire creation is seen as rejoicing in יהוהs redemptive act, the natural world, natural law celebrates the liberation of YHWH’s people and works on our behalf when we match its frequency, its energy, its 7 laws.
Vibration: everything has a vibration, whatever you resonate with is what you’re going to draw into your life.
Relativity: everything is relative. If you’re looking at a problem and hyper-focusing on it, it can start seeming overwhelming and like that problem is everything in your life – maintain perspective.
Cause and Effect: thought mixed with emotion – you empower yourself by balancing horse (emotion) and rider (your thinking).
Polarity: Everything has an opposite. You can’t have a burning desire for something without a way to achieve it.
Gestation: it takes time for something to come into form. things may move slowly, but they can move faster and faster as you progress in faith.
Rhythm: Get in rhythm with the space you inhabit. You know you’re in rhythm when you’re not rushing or doubting or being fearful; you’re riding the terrain and feeling things out and adjusting.
Transmutation: the transmutation period is when things you are working on are going adrift or feeling uncomfortable. Feeling like you should give up, stop, or go back. A transmutation period of feeling very messy and uncomfortable is natural in anything big you’re trying to do or change in your life.
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