Isaiah 21:6
6 For thus hath the Lord ['Adonay] said ['amar] unto me, Go [yalak], set [`amad] a watchman [tsaphah], let him declare [nagad]
what he seeth [ra'ah]. KJV-Interlinear
6 For thus the Lord says to me, "Go,
station the lookout, let him report what he sees. NASB
Lack of doctrine
in the soul, produces cowardice.
Doctrine not learned from instruction, means you depend on your own
resources. Bible doctrine in the soul,
learned from instruction, produces courage since that doctrine depends on the
resources of God, not you.
And now Isaiah
is instructed to set or appoint a watchman.
One who will keep a vigilant watch for signs and indications of the
things to come.
This watch is
not for events that are expected immediately.
Watchman, ‘tsaphah,’
means one who stands alert, and keeps a lookout day and night for as long as it
takes. This is a long term vigil. This is a permanent position.
The events of
this prophecy are not expected in the near future, but in the distant future,
relative to Isaiah’s time.
And as we have
already studied, this prophecy is set for the final days of history.
But again, do
people watch? With what do they watch?
A spiritually
negative world has no frame of reference for watching or for keeping a lookout.
But bible
doctrine keeps watch for us.
Jesus Christ controls
history.
Jesus Christ is
the living person of both God and man, in one person, the unique person in all
of existence.
Bible doctrine
is the written person of Jesus Christ.
To learn doctrine is to learn Christ.
To receive
doctrine into your soul is to receive Christ in written form, into your soul
for a permanent station within you.
Bible doctrine
has declared what is to be. We have but
to be aware of it by means of the consistency of our daily study, and more.
