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After our death, our spirit will immediately be in the presence of the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:8 the final
resurrection of our heavenly bodies will come after Jesus returns.

Chapter 27 - Main Idea: The Lord shows His great power as a warrior
and a vine keeper, so His people will fill the world with fruit, for His
glory.

This chapter opens with an awesome battle between the Lord and an ancient
enemy, Leviathan. Obviously, any battle that involves the Lord is no battle at
all, but it is symbolic of the struggle between the awesome goodness that is God and the despicable evil
that exists apart from God.

Who or what is Leviathan? This scripture paints a picture of a twisting, writhing, serpent. Leviathan is a
Canaanite myth, and Isaiah using the name here doesn’t mean that he is accepting it. He is using it to
illustrate God’s victory over the chaos of sin.

God ‘conquers’ this beast with ‘His severe sword’. Hebrews 4: 12 All of this illustrates God’s power to
defeat His enemies, even though there will be times that it appears evil is winning.

V. 2-5 These verses depict Israel/Jacob as an abundantly fruitful vineyard that God protects and waters
continually. ‘Fury is not in Me’…His anger does not last against us even when we fail Him.

Briers and thorns will be no more…interesting that these are the very things promised to Adam and Eve
after the fall. Genesis 3: 18 Even though there was anger, God implores us to take ‘hold of My strength’
and to ‘make peace with Me’.

V. 6 Those who choose to make peace with God will blossom and bud and fill the ‘face of the world with
fruit’.

V. 7-9 Here, God contrasts the punishment of Israel with the fate of those who attacked her. The
attackers would be like ‘chalkstones’ that are beaten to dust or wooden images that will not stand.

In V. 8, by sending ‘it’, Israel away, and sending rough winds, the iniquity of ‘Jacob’ was removed.

All this illustrates the good effects of punishment.

V. 10-11 The fortified city, the ones that appeared strong, will be desolate. Livestock will roam where
the city once stood. Women will not fear to scour the remains of the city.

This is because the people who once occupied these cities had no understanding of the One True God.

V. 12-13 ‘In that day’ refers to the last day, and in that day the Lord will ‘thresh’, will separate the wheat
from the chaff. The wheat will be gathered into God’s presence, but the chaff will be burned. Matthew
3: 12

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