Isaiah
30:24
24 The oxen ['eleph] likewise and the
young asses [`ayir] that ear [`abad] the ground ['adamah] shall eat ['akal] clean [chamiyts] provender [baliyl], which hath been winnowed [zarah] with the shovel [rachath] and with the fan [mizreh]. KJV-Interlinear
24 and the oxen and the donkeys that work
the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and
fork. ESV
Continuing from
the previous verse, Isaiah describes how phenomenal the prosperity will be.
Typically in an agricultural setting, crops are planted and harvested, and the
best of the seed, and the best of the harvest is held back for sale, or for
storage and future sale, or for future planting.
The best of the
crop is certainly not fed to the animals.
However, in the
scenario being described, the harvest will be so abundant, and the prosperity
so phenomenal, that even the animals will be eating the best of the best foods.
Donkeys that ear
the ground, is a phrase describing their work in pulling a plow. And the oxen and
the donkeys, are the working beasts of the ancient farm. They would be
typically fed what was available, and certainly not the best of the crop.
However, in the
millennium, everything will change. The burdens of life from the past and
present will no longer be in effect. Because, we now have a description of the
abundance that will become available to those who have already turned their
lives to Christ, and who have survived, by the grace of God, the disasters of
the tribulation.
God is truth. Anything
that is not God related, is false.
Turning to God
through Christ, by way of doctrine, is turning toward truth, and the ultimate
success that it provides.
Turning away from
God, is turning toward the false, and certain disaster and failure.
Life does not
exist only in this physical world. If you have noticed, the generations of the
past are no longer here and yet time marches on. When we are gone, time will
continue tomorrow, next year, and on and on, and our presence is not required
for the continuation of time.
Therefore, it is
wise not only to plan for this life, but more so for the next.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
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complete yourself beyond your imagination.
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