Chapter 1 of Isaiah: Summary: Current state of Judah and Jerusalem, the Lord Pleads Repentance, Predicts Destruction This is the only chapter that I don’t consider a prophecy for the last days, but in my view this is about ancient Jerusalem and what led them to crucify their Messiah. If we compare this to Jacob 5, this chapter is about the dying of the natural olive tree: Jacob 5: 4 And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and he saw that his olive tree began to decay; and he said: I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not. 5 And it came to pass that he prunedit, and digged about it, and nourished it according to his word. 6 And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the main top thereof began to perish. Why did it perish? What was going on? Current State of Judah and Jerusalem Isaiah 1: 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Lord pleads repentance Isaiah 1: 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The Lord predicts destruction Isaiah 1: 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. What happened? Jacob 5: 9 Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I will cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.

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Isaiah 63: 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? 📷 - Brent Borup Studio

How do you receive revelation? What was the epiphany that helped you the most?

Do you already see the sifting happening before our eyes? 👀

Remember that you have a privilege and a right to seek His power more fully in your own life as you align yourself with His will.

Just a reminder…

How was Judas Iscariot allowed into the quorum of the 12 apostles of Jesus? How could Jesus let that happen? Is it possible Jesus didn’t know? No. We know that Jesus knew that Judas walked among them. Jesus knew that Judas would betray him. And yet… That’s where I want you to ponder for a moment. Is it possible that evil among the righteous serves the purposes of God? Does the adversary sewing tares among the wheat happen beyond the foresight of almighty God? No. What purpose does it serve, then? If you can recognize that God has a purpose beyond our understanding, and allows evil to rise among the righteous, the wild branches among the natural branches of the olive tree. Jacob 5 gives us the answer if you can look at it from a different perspective, and see it as an allegory of growth, and fruit. The Lord of the vineyard allows the growth of the wild branches on the tree to preserve the roots. He doesn’t remove the wild branches at first, and only grafts in the natural branches which replace the worst of the wild branches. As long as the tree produces good fruit, the Lord of the vineyard allows the wild branches to remain among the natural branches. So don’t panic that wild branches are grafted next to natural branches, tares sewn among the wheat, goats among the sheep, foolish virgins. Worry about producing fruit. Serving, lifting, teaching, ministering, blessing. Worry about taking the Holy Spirit as your guide. Seek to become the servant who tends to the vineyard according to the directions of the Lord of the vineyard.

Matt 7: 21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Does the doctrine of the priesthood distill upon your head as the dews from heaven? D&C 121: 45 Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven. What time does the dew appear? First thing in the morning. So when should you seek revelation? Also first thing in the morning.

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Do you want to find fault one with another? Or do you want to be healed?

Do you want to be taught? Or do you want to be heard? 🤔

Do you want to know “What lack I yet?” Or do you want to be given vanity metrics? 🤔

Do you want to learn? Or just to be told you did a good job? 🤔