Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by ascension using the great adventure Bible timeline. We'll read all the way from Genesis to revelation, discovering how the story of salvationinhabited by demons.Look toward the east, O Jerusalem, and see the joy that is coming to you from God. Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away. They are coming, gathered from east and west at the word of the holy one, rejoicing in the glory of God.The book of proverbs, chapter eleven, verses 21 24 be assured an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered. Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman. Without discretion. The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath one man gives freely, yet grows all the richer and another withholds what he should give and only suffers want.Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory. Oh lord, we love you today and every day. But gosh, God, thank you so much for your word. Thank you for your encouragement that you give to us from Baruch. Thank you for even the connections I think, Lord God, that we get to make today in the book of the prophet Isaiah.And thank you for your willingness to continue to speak to us every single day, even days when we miss, days when we. When we have to pick it back up. Thank you for your faithfulness. Because even on days when we don't listen, even on days when we choose to ignore your voice, you continue to speak and you continue to bring us back to you. Lord God, help us on the.On our worst day. Help us on our worst day right now. Oh, God, we pray for the worst day of our life, that. That even on those in that day, we can hear your voice. And on that day, we can be faithful to your completely unstoppable and faithful love.In Jesus name we pray. Amen. In the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. Okay, so, gosh, here we go.Isaiah. Three chapters in Isaiah. So, you know, we got a little bit going on here. But I love about this. Reckon?Well, I was going to say the judgment on the nations. We love that. I'm not going to say that. But what I'm talking about is chapter 34 talks about the wrath of the Lord, and it's upon the nations, right? So this is the reality that this is not a condemnation of God's wrath on Israel.So chapter 34 is on Edom. Remember the edomites? So this is the people who are against Israel. So even in the book of Woe, right, we're still in the first one to 39. We're going to switch over to the book of consolation in a couple days.But even in the book of Woe, chapters one through 39, here we are in chapter 34, we have so much encouragement. And one of the pieces of encouragement can sound like a condemnation. And it is. But it's a condemnation of the nations. It's a condemnation of Edom.And what it basically means is here's verse eight in chapter 34. For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion, basically saying, yes, there are enemies who have come against my people. And I'm not just here to judge my people. I'm here to stop their enemies. And that is.I think that's an incredible, incredible gift that God just continues to remind us of. So one of the descriptors I want to just highlight, because this is going to happen again and again. It's already happened a number of times, but when it comes to God's wrath or his God's joyous judgment, it talks about places being made into wilderness. So you might have noticed that I said the word porcupine today, and I did, because it talks about the hawk and the porcupine shall not possess it, the owl and the raven, or they shall possess it, the owl and raven shall dwell in it. Basically, when something becomes a wilderness in the Bible, that's not a good thing, that's a bad thing.So we in the west or the 21st century, wherever we are right now, I think we have a little bit of a romantic vision of wilderness. We think, yeah, that wilderness is where you escape to. Wilderness is where, you know, pristine beauty is found. Wilderness is where beauty and gentleness and peace and nature, all these things which, you know, is part of that. But we would leave civilization to go to the wilderness.Whereas in ancient times, not just in the Middle east, but in ancient times around the world, they would see nature, the wilderness, for what it is. It is dangerous, it is uncivilized, it is uncomfortable. It is where you can die. And so, and civilization, right? Culture or cities, towns, that is where you want to live.And so when a place goes from being wilderness to a city that they saw that, that's a great thing because that means you're safer, right? That means you're more protected, that means that, you know, human life is thriving. But when something would go from a city to wilderness, we, again, we might think, yeah, that's, that's good. But they would say, no, that's bad. So just so you know, regardless of what your current perspective is on this, when we hear that God is going to make a place a wilderness, that is judgment on that place, that is nothing positive thing.So this, just FYI, but in chapter 35, talks about how the Lord will come to save the people of Israel. And once again, oh gosh, this is so good. Chapter 35, the second half of verse two, it says, they shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. It goes on, strengthen the weak hands, make firm the feeble knees, say to those who are of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance.Here with recompense of God, he will come and save you and goes on what will happen in that, in that day. And it's incredible gift, the arrival of the Lord is this image that is going to be given to us so many more times. It already has been given to us many times. But the prophets will continually talk about the day of the Lord, talk about the return of the Lord, the arrival of the Lord. He will come and save you.Here comes our God. Behold, he comes. And one of the things we get to ask ourselves is, is that something that when I hear it, that the Lord is coming, that I'm filled with excitement and hope or I'm filled with fear and dread? Because I mean, we really have just be honest with ourselves, okay, God is coming. If we were to say, okay, today at the end of this podcast, or maybe give yourself an hour between the end of the podcast and the day of the Lord, the moment the Lord is going to arrive in your life, would we have a sense of hope and excitement, or will we have a sense of dread and a fear?A lot of what determines our response to this is, are two things I would say. One is our image of God. So some of on this journey together and hear these stories and let them become part of our hearts and part of our lives as well. One last note. When it comes to Baruch, Baruch is so positive. I just. If all prophets were positive like Baruch, it would be.I. I don't know if we'd change, but we'd be happy because he's all about encouragement. Man. In chapters three and chapter four, Baruch is just talking about, listen, God is coming again, that he's on his way. That's what the prophets keep saying.But one of the things that he talks about in chapter three is wisdom and wisdom personified. Man, oh, man, this is incredible, because it talks about how people didn't even look for wisdom. They perished through their folly. They didn't even look. They had no idea how to find wisdom.And so what's going to happen? The end of chapter three. Here's what Baruch says. He says, this is our God. No other can be compared to him.He found the whole way to knowledge and gave her to Jacob, his servant, and to Israel, whom he loved. Afterward, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. This is verse 37 of Baruch. Oh, my gosh. What's this?Afterwards, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. If this isn't a type or at least some kind of foreshadowing of the incarnation of the second person of the Trinity, the son of the father who became man and dwelt among us, I don't know. I don't know what is. But that's just a stellar. So incredible.And what a gift to be able to last. Little note here in chapter four, and that will conclude us for today, is in chapter four. One of the things that Baruch continues to say is he does. I mean, he doesn't sugarcoat, he doesn't ignore the fact that Israel has forgotten the Lord and has grieved the Lord. And he keeps saying that.He says, you've forgotten the Lord. You've grieved the Lord. You angered God. You were handed over to your enemies because of this. But then he also goes on to say, but he.This is the big words, right? You've grieved the Lord. You've angered the Lord. You've forgotten the Lord. You've forsaken the Lord, but he.But he remembers you. But he comes to save you. That. Yep, there were others who forgot him, but he will remember you. There were times when you forsook him, but he will save you.And that is so incredible. Therefore, Baruch says, take courage, my children. Cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy. For I have put my hope in the everlasting to save you. And joy has come to me from the holy one.And that is such a gift and such a great word for us today. Let's keep praying for each other. I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Fr.Mike. I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God blessed.

inhabited by demons.

Look toward the east, O Jerusalem, and see the joy that is coming to you from God. Behold, your sons are coming, whom you sent away. They are coming, gathered from east and west at the word of the holy one, rejoicing in the glory of God.

The book of proverbs, chapter eleven, verses 21 24 be assured an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered. Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman. Without discretion. The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath one man gives freely, yet grows all the richer and another withholds what he should give and only suffers want.

Father in heaven, we give you praise and glory. Oh lord, we love you today and every day. But gosh, God, thank you so much for your word. Thank you for your encouragement that you give to us from Baruch. Thank you for even the connections I think, Lord God, that we get to make today in the book of the prophet Isaiah.

And thank you for your willingness to continue to speak to us every single day, even days when we miss, days when we. When we have to pick it back up. Thank you for your faithfulness. Because even on days when we don't listen, even on days when we choose to ignore your voice, you continue to speak and you continue to bring us back to you. Lord God, help us on the.

On our worst day. Help us on our worst day right now. Oh, God, we pray for the worst day of our life, that. That even on those in that day, we can hear your voice. And on that day, we can be faithful to your completely unstoppable and faithful love.

In Jesus name we pray. Amen. In the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit. Amen. Okay, so, gosh, here we go.

Isaiah. Three chapters in Isaiah. So, you know, we got a little bit going on here. But I love about this. Reckon?

Well, I was going to say the judgment on the nations. We love that. I'm not going to say that. But what I'm talking about is chapter 34 talks about the wrath of the Lord, and it's upon the nations, right? So this is the reality that this is not a condemnation of God's wrath on Israel.

So chapter 34 is on Edom. Remember the edomites? So this is the people who are against Israel. So even in the book of Woe, right, we're still in the first one to 39. We're going to switch over to the book of consolation in a couple days.

But even in the book of Woe, chapters one through 39, here we are in chapter 34, we have so much encouragement. And one of the pieces of encouragement can sound like a condemnation. And it is. But it's a condemnation of the nations. It's a condemnation of Edom.

And what it basically means is here's verse eight in chapter 34. For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion, basically saying, yes, there are enemies who have come against my people. And I'm not just here to judge my people. I'm here to stop their enemies. And that is.

I think that's an incredible, incredible gift that God just continues to remind us of. So one of the descriptors I want to just highlight, because this is going to happen again and again. It's already happened a number of times, but when it comes to God's wrath or his God's joyous judgment, it talks about places being made into wilderness. So you might have noticed that I said the word porcupine today, and I did, because it talks about the hawk and the porcupine shall not possess it, the owl and the raven, or they shall possess it, the owl and raven shall dwell in it. Basically, when something becomes a wilderness in the Bible, that's not a good thing, that's a bad thing.

So we in the west or the 21st century, wherever we are right now, I think we have a little bit of a romantic vision of wilderness. We think, yeah, that wilderness is where you escape to. Wilderness is where, you know, pristine beauty is found. Wilderness is where beauty and gentleness and peace and nature, all these things which, you know, is part of that. But we would leave civilization to go to the wilderness.

Whereas in ancient times, not just in the Middle east, but in ancient times around the world, they would see nature, the wilderness, for what it is. It is dangerous, it is uncivilized, it is uncomfortable. It is where you can die. And so, and civilization, right? Culture or cities, towns, that is where you want to live.

And so when a place goes from being wilderness to a city that they saw that, that's a great thing because that means you're safer, right? That means you're more protected, that means that, you know, human life is thriving. But when something would go from a city to wilderness, we, again, we might think, yeah, that's, that's good. But they would say, no, that's bad. So just so you know, regardless of what your current perspective is on this, when we hear that God is going to make a place a wilderness, that is judgment on that place, that is nothing positive thing.

So this, just FYI, but in chapter 35, talks about how the Lord will come to save the people of Israel. And once again, oh gosh, this is so good. Chapter 35, the second half of verse two, it says, they shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. It goes on, strengthen the weak hands, make firm the feeble knees, say to those who are of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance.

Here with recompense of God, he will come and save you and goes on what will happen in that, in that day. And it's incredible gift, the arrival of the Lord is this image that is going to be given to us so many more times. It already has been given to us many times. But the prophets will continually talk about the day of the Lord, talk about the return of the Lord, the arrival of the Lord. He will come and save you.

Here comes our God. Behold, he comes. And one of the things we get to ask ourselves is, is that something that when I hear it, that the Lord is coming, that I'm filled with excitement and hope or I'm filled with fear and dread? Because I mean, we really have just be honest with ourselves, okay, God is coming. If we were to say, okay, today at the end of this podcast, or maybe give yourself an hour between the end of the podcast and the day of the Lord, the moment the Lord is going to arrive in your life, would we have a sense of hope and excitement, or will we have a sense of dread and a fear?

A lot of what determines our response to this is, are two things I would say. One is our image of God. So some of on this journey together and hear these stories and let them become part of our hearts and part of our lives as well. One last note. When it comes to Baruch, Baruch is so positive. I just. If all prophets were positive like Baruch, it would be.I. I don't know if we'd change, but we'd be happy because he's all about encouragement. Man. In chapters three and chapter four, Baruch is just talking about, listen, God is coming again, that he's on his way. That's what the prophets keep saying.But one of the things that he talks about in chapter three is wisdom and wisdom personified. Man, oh, man, this is incredible, because it talks about how people didn't even look for wisdom. They perished through their folly. They didn't even look. They had no idea how to find wisdom.And so what's going to happen? The end of chapter three. Here's what Baruch says. He says, this is our God. No other can be compared to him.He found the whole way to knowledge and gave her to Jacob, his servant, and to Israel, whom he loved. Afterward, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. This is verse 37 of Baruch. Oh, my gosh. What's this?Afterwards, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. If this isn't a type or at least some kind of foreshadowing of the incarnation of the second person of the Trinity, the son of the father who became man and dwelt among us, I don't know. I don't know what is. But that's just a stellar. So incredible.And what a gift to be able to last. Little note here in chapter four, and that will conclude us for today, is in chapter four. One of the things that Baruch continues to say is he does. I mean, he doesn't sugarcoat, he doesn't ignore the fact that Israel has forgotten the Lord and has grieved the Lord. And he keeps saying that.He says, you've forgotten the Lord. You've grieved the Lord. You angered God. You were handed over to your enemies because of this. But then he also goes on to say, but he.This is the big words, right? You've grieved the Lord. You've angered the Lord. You've forgotten the Lord. You've forsaken the Lord, but he.But he remembers you. But he comes to save you. That. Yep, there were others who forgot him, but he will remember you. There were times when you forsook him, but he will save you.And that is so incredible. Therefore, Baruch says, take courage, my children. Cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy. For I have put my hope in the everlasting to save you. And joy has come to me from the holy one.And that is such a gift and such a great word for us today. Let's keep praying for each other. I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Fr.Mike. I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God blessed.

on this journey together and hear these stories and let them become part of our hearts and part of our lives as well. One last note. When it comes to Baruch, Baruch is so positive. I just. If all prophets were positive like Baruch, it would be.

I. I don't know if we'd change, but we'd be happy because he's all about encouragement. Man. In chapters three and chapter four, Baruch is just talking about, listen, God is coming again, that he's on his way. That's what the prophets keep saying.

But one of the things that he talks about in chapter three is wisdom and wisdom personified. Man, oh, man, this is incredible, because it talks about how people didn't even look for wisdom. They perished through their folly. They didn't even look. They had no idea how to find wisdom.

And so what's going to happen? The end of chapter three. Here's what Baruch says. He says, this is our God. No other can be compared to him.

He found the whole way to knowledge and gave her to Jacob, his servant, and to Israel, whom he loved. Afterward, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. This is verse 37 of Baruch. Oh, my gosh. What's this?

Afterwards, she appeared upon earth and lived among men. If this isn't a type or at least some kind of foreshadowing of the incarnation of the second person of the Trinity, the son of the father who became man and dwelt among us, I don't know. I don't know what is. But that's just a stellar. So incredible.

And what a gift to be able to last. Little note here in chapter four, and that will conclude us for today, is in chapter four. One of the things that Baruch continues to say is he does. I mean, he doesn't sugarcoat, he doesn't ignore the fact that Israel has forgotten the Lord and has grieved the Lord. And he keeps saying that.

He says, you've forgotten the Lord. You've grieved the Lord. You angered God. You were handed over to your enemies because of this. But then he also goes on to say, but he.

This is the big words, right? You've grieved the Lord. You've angered the Lord. You've forgotten the Lord. You've forsaken the Lord, but he.

But he remembers you. But he comes to save you. That. Yep, there were others who forgot him, but he will remember you. There were times when you forsook him, but he will save you.

And that is so incredible. Therefore, Baruch says, take courage, my children. Cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy. For I have put my hope in the everlasting to save you. And joy has come to me from the holy one.

And that is such a gift and such a great word for us today. Let's keep praying for each other. I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Fr.

Mike. I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God blessed.