Isaiah 17:10
10 Because thou hast forgotten [shakach] the God ['elohiym] of thy
salvation [yesha`], and hast not been mindful [zakar] of the rock [tsuwr] of thy
strength [ma`owz], therefore shalt thou plant [nata`] pleasant [na`aman] plants [neta`], and shalt set [zara`] it
with strange [zuwr] slips [zamowrah]: KJV-Interlinear
10 For you have forgotten the God
of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore
you plant delightful plants And set them with vine slips of a strange god. NASB
Sooner or later, trouble
or problems or judgment come into everyone's life, because they have forgotten
Christ, pretend to know Christ, or have substituted something else for
Christ. The ultimate judgment will come
with the ultimate disregard, and that will occur in the final days of history.
But this principle
applies to everyone's life, regardless of when they live in history.
The God of your salvation
is Jesus Christ. There is none other.
The rock of your
strength is bible doctrine.
Jesus Christ is the
rock or the foundation of stability of all that exists. Bible doctrine is the written Christ, or the
rock consisting of the written word, which when you learn it, puts that rock or
foundation inside of your soul.
Doctrine in your soul
is your strength.
This is why learning doctrine
is so very important, for without it, you have no real inner resources, only delusion.
Pleasant plants and
strange slips is a reference to alternative philosophies, or religions, or belief
systems.
When the Israelites
took over the promised land, they eventually intermarried with the locals and
adopted their cultures and religions, blending their rituals and beliefs with
their own. This intermingling is the
adding of pleasant plants, or a garden of worldly pleasantries, wherein the
worlds enticements and philosophies and rituals were mixed in with the
Israelite belief system.
Slips is a reference to
branches that are added or grafted into the main plant, and thus here is a
reference to the compromise of true doctrine with grafted in false doctrines.
So, when you disregard
God and doctrine, then you by default, graft in false ideas into your life and
viewpoint. The disregard sooner or later
takes control of your life and subjects you to horrendous judgment in order to
bring you back to truth.
In the final days of
history, all of this disregard, will reach a peak and thus the ultimate
judgment that will end in a horrible outcome for a very spiritually negative people.
And, this principle applies
to each individual throughout history. Each
person will face their maker when removed from this world. And when you face Christ, then you will know
for certain if your current views are right, or if you have wasted your life on
delusional views.
But why wait until it
is too late, when you can know now and do something about it? But then, do you really care to know? Or, are you stubborn and prefer your
delusion?
