Isaiah 21:8
8 And he cried [qara'], A lion ['ariy]: My lord ['Adonay], I stand
[`amad] continually [tamiyd] upon the watchtower [mitspeh] in the daytime [yowmam], and I am set [natsab] in my ward [mishmereth]
whole nights [layil]: KJV-Interlinear
8 Then the lookout called, "O Lord,
I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at
my guard post. NASB
Lions are often
painted or sculptured onto buildings as symbols of watchmen or lookouts. They are fierce and foreboding, and even when
seemingly asleep, their eyes miss nothing.
Isaiah is the fierce lion watchman.
Bible doctrine is the lion of fierceness and alertness and watching
constantly and continually throughout history.
Doctrine is
constant, unchanging, and reliable. It
keeps watch by day, and by night.
Bible doctrine
keeps the watch in storms, in prosperity, in times of trouble, in times of affluence,
in times of positive volition toward truth, and in times of apostasy.
And even when
there is nothing to be seen on the horizon, and even when the days turn to
months, turn to years, turn to centuries, turn to millennia, Bible doctrine is
at its post watching, waiting.
For the prophecy
is true and real.
And when all
others fall away because so much time has passed and nothing is fulfilled, when
all others have long forgotten what awaits them in the future, when all others
have given up and turned to other more enticing philosophies, Bible doctrine
remains faithful, obedient, and unwavering at its post.
Who else has
such dedication?
