Isaiah 9:10
10 The bricks [labenah] are fallen
down, [naphal] but we will build [banah] with hewn stones: [gaziyth]
the sycomores [shaqam] are cut down, [gada`] but we will change [chalaph]
them into cedars. ['erez] KJV-Interlinear
10 "The
bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores
have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars." NASB
The attitude continues
with spiritually negative people. They
assume they are better than what they actually are.
They over compensate
within their own minds despite all of their flaws.
And ultimately they are
delusional, never learning, never figuring it all out.
Bricks are made of mud
and clay and will waste away over time.
Hewn stones are a more
solid material for construction and will last a much longer time than mud
bricks.
Sycamores are abundant
but less desirable than cedar trees.
Cedar is more beautiful, endures better, has a fresher scent.
And so the people of
Ephraim knew very well the dismal and decaying state of their country. And especially after it has been
destroyed. But their arrogance continues
and their belief is that they can still, on their own, and without Gods help,
do better – stone instead of brick, cedar instead of sycamore wood.
We will build. We will
change them.
And all that they change
is the material, or rather presume that they will be around to make that
change. And the change in the material
of construction will be sufficient to improve their lives overall.
Now, since Adam was
created, mans soul has not changed.
Your soul and mine, have
human life, mentality, emotion, a frame of reference, categorical thinking,
memory centers and so forth. But too, we
all have the sin nature ingrained not in our soul, but in our physical bodies.
What has changed in that
regard from Adam’s time up to our current time?
Nothing.
We all sin. We all have weaknesses. We all require instruction and learning and
understanding. We all have our basic
wants and needs.
Eve sinned because of her
indifference. She simply did not pay
attention. Adam paid attention but knowingly
rejected Gods warning. Both were guilty
of arrogance. Cain committed murder. And
so the sin activity continued from way back then, up to our current day. Not much has changed in the human soul in all
of our history.
Technology has certainly
changed from mud to steel, from walking to flying, from speaking to the
internet.
So we have certainly
improved on our bricks of life, but those bricks and technological improvements
have not changed the human soul. We can
just do things faster, but we all still lack the basic ingredients in the soul
that are necessary for eternity.
And so, Bible doctrine is
what Adam needed, and it is what you need too.
All of the silk or cotton
or electronic gadgets that you have, will not improve your self-completion as a
person, because that requires a transformation of your soul, which is internal
within you.
