Isaiah 8:10
10 Take [`uwts] counsel [`etsah] together, [`uwts] and it
shall come to nought; [parar] speak [dabar] the word, [dabar] and it
shall not stand: [quwm] for God ['el] is with us. KJV-Interlinear
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"Devise a plan but it will be thwarted; State a proposal, but it will not
stand, For God is with us." NASB
There are only two
possible positions that you can have in life.
You are either for God or you are against God.
There is no third or
modified position possible.
Truth is pure. You either adhere to truth or you do not.
A lie is a lie by any
standard.
A lie mixed with truth is
still a lie. You cannot compromise or modify
truth and retain its purity.
Truth mixed with a lie is
a lie. You cannot take a truth and then
tilt it just a little bit. It becomes a
lie.
Only truth holds up when
it is pure truth, with no compromise, with no suggestions of convenience, with
no good intentions, or sincerity.
The only way to possess
truth is to study, and learn and do this while in fellowship, and then gain an
understanding, and repeat this process over and over, again and again, until
you develop wisdom. This whole process
then builds up your faith, or the muscle of your soul, and that equates to your
spiritual power.
To take counsel, means to
devise, discuss, make plans with disregard to Gods truth. Anything against Gods plan, meaning that
promoting some alternative history timeline, namely yours instead of Gods, is a
faulty and defeated effort.
To speak the word, which
too is against Gods will, is taking your plans and putting them into action.
All foreign nations that
oppose Judah, as is in this case, are taking counsel against Gods plan not only
for Judah and Israel, but for history overall.
God has established the
dispensations or era’s of time. Each
dispensation has certain and specific attributes that must occur during that
era, and this has been true since the time of Adam all the way through to our
current dispensation.
But humanity has tried
many times to circumvent Gods plan, and establish many empires. All have failed.
Back in Isaiah’s day, the
countries to the north will try to destroy Judah. And even with some semblance of military
success, Judah and the people of Judah, will not be destroyed.
Likewise, in the final
days of history, the entire world will rise up against Israel, and especially
the ultimate target, Jerusalem, and try to destroy it completely. In this attempt, much of Israel will be
destroyed, but in the final minutes and hours, Gods plan will win the battle and
the day, and all the counsel and planning of history will fail completely.
This same principle is applicable
to your individual life. You can be
stubborn throughout your life, you can do things your way, you can pursue that
which you see fit, but in the final analysis your efforts, regardless of how
you feel about them, will end in failure.
And that end comes dramatically when God removes you from this world and
allows you to see what you refused to see during your life, namely your
stupidity.
So what is it that you
need to be doing? Well we already stated
it just a few paragraphs above, study and learn and so forth.
The most prevalent false
counsel that is pursued in this world and in all of history, is the exact
opposite of this process.
