What is
protection – what does it mean by unprotected
Isaiah 5: 1
Isa 5:1 Now
will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My
well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isa 5:2 And he fenced it,
and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and
built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he
looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it
brought forth wild grapes.
Isa 5:3 And
now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between
me and my vineyard.
Isa 5:4 What
could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild
grapes?
1.
The problem was not with the place or the care or the protection He gave
2.
The
problem was with the grape
3.
It
brought forth wild grapes.
Isaiah 5:5 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to
my vineyard: I
will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
What
happen once the hedge is taken away?
Isaiah 5: 5 - 11
Isa 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break
down the wall thereof, and it shall be
trodden down:
Isa 5:6
And
I will lay it waste: it shall not be
pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I
will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it.
Isa 5:9 In mine
ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth
many houses shall be desolate, even
great and fair, without inhabitant.
Isa 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
Isa 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the
morning, that they may follow strong
drink; that continue until night, till
wine inflame them!
Separated for
protection
1.
God
is sending plagues on the Egyptians.
2.
The
Fourth plague - Flies
3.
Separated
for protection.
Exodus 8: 22
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy
people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. {swarms...: or, a
mixture of noisome beasts, etc}
22 And I will sever in that day the land of
Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall
be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of
the earth.
23
And I will put a division between my people and thy
people: to
morrow shall this sign be. {a division: Heb. a redemption} {to morrow:
or, by to morrow}
sever
- pâlâh - paw-law'-
to distinguish
- put a difference, show marvellous, separate, set apart, sever, make
wonderfully.
division - p@duwth, ped-ooth' - distinction; deliverance - division,
redemption.
to
morrow
- mâchâr - maw-khar'
- the morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely hereafter:
- time to come, tomorrow.
Exodus
11
5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of
Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the
maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there
was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue,
against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference
between the Egyptians and Israel.
Exodus
12
1
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron
in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month
shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the
year to you.
3
Speak ye unto all the congregation of
Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every
man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
{lamb: or, kid}
4
And if the household be too little for
the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to
the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your
count for the lamb.
5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a
male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
{of...: Heb. son of a year}
6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it in the evening. {in...: Heb. between the two evenings}
7 And they shall take of
the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the
houses, wherein they shall eat it.
Exodus
12
8
And they shall eat the flesh in that
night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall
eat it.
9
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all
with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance thereof.
10
And ye shall let nothing of it remain
until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall
burn with fire.
11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins
girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat
it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt
this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and
beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the
LORD. {gods: or, princes}
13
And the blood
shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I
will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I
smite the land of Egypt. {to destroy...: Heb. for a destruction}
14
And this day shall be unto you for a
memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations;
ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Exodus
12
15
Seven days shall
ye eat unleavened
bread; even the first day ye shall put away
leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first
day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel.
20
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all
your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
token - 'owth, oth
a signal, as a flag, beacon,
monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc. -mark,
miracle.
A token - an evidence that they had complied with the
Lord's directions, and were under his protection.
We believe that the death and the
blood of the lamb can save you from destruction.
1.
The
redemption of man from the bondage of sin and eternal death, and the conferring
on him everlasting happiness.
2.
The
act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger or great calamity.
3. Deliverance
from enemies; victory. Exodus 14.
Exodus 14:13 - And Moses said
unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he
will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall
see them again no more for ever.
Isaiah 52: 11 - Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out
from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye
clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Depart – Out of Babylon (Jews in exile)
Deliverance
from Babylon as an earnest and pledge of higher deliverances
Babylon is
the emblem of whatever is proud, arrogant, wicked, and opposed to God
Long
residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it
Lot's wife, by lingering too near the
polluted and doomed city, became a tragedy
Touch no unclean thing - Carry not along with you any of
their superstitions or idolatries.
Ye - And especially your priests and Levites, who minister
in holy things, and carry the holy vessels of the temple, keep yourselves from
all pollution.
Revelation 18: 4 - And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Come out of her, my people:
The reasons for this are two:
(a) They might not participate in her sins; and
(b) They might not be involved in the ruin that would
come upon her.
Exodus 23:31- And I will stretch your bounds
from the Red Sea even to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the
river. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you
shall drive them out before you.
2 Corinthians 6:14 - Be ye not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:17 - Wherefore come out from among them,
and be ye separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
Separate - aphorizō - af-or-id'-zo-
to set off by boundary, that is,
(figuratively) limit, exclude, appoint, etc.: - divide,
separate, sever.
1. Those who will have the promises
of God fulfilled to them must come under the conditions of these promises
2. If they are not separate-if they
touch the unclean thing, God will not receive them
3. Therefore He will not be their
God, nor shall they be His people.
Come out from among them:
1. From among idolaters, unbelievers
and vicious world.
2. These words are taken, by a slight
change, from Isaiah
52:11.
3. Paul applies the words to
illustrate the duty of Christians in separating themselves from a vain,
idolatrous, and wicked world.
Numbers 33
50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are
passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and
quite pluck down all their high places:
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell
therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
55 But if ye will not drive out the
inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass,
that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns
in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I
shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
Notes:- Do unto you, as I thought to do
unto them - expel and destroy you.
Joshua 23
1 And it came to pass a long time
after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round
about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. {stricken...: Heb. come into
days}
2 And Joshua called for all
Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and
for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3 And ye have seen all that the
LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD
your God is he that hath fought for you.
4 Behold, I have divided unto you
by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from
Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea
westward. {westward: Heb. at the sunset}
5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from
out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God
hath promised unto you.
6 Be
ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book
of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside there from to the right hand or to
the left;
7 That ye come not among these
nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their
gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto
them:
8 But cleave unto the LORD your
God, as ye have done unto this day.
9 For
the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for
you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. {For the
LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive}
10 One
man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that
fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto
yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of
these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with
them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13 Know for a certainty that the
LORD your God will no more drive out any of these
nations from before you; but they shall be
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes,
until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath
given you.
14 And, behold, this day I am
going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your
souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD
your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing
hath failed thereof.
15 Therefore
it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the
LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things,
until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God
hath given you.
16 When ye have transgressed the
covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served
other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which
he hath given unto you.
Deuteronomy 7:1 - 5
1 When the LORD thy God shall
bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out
many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites,
and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And when the LORD thy God shall
deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou
shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4 For they
will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other
gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee
suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with
them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down
their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. {their images: Heb. their
statues, or, pillars}
1. The LORD hath driven out you great
nations and strong, and no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day
(Joshua 23: 9)
2. One man of you shall chase a
thousand (Joshua 23: 10)
3. Be ye therefore very courageous to
keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye
turn not aside there from to the right hand or to the left (Joshua 23: 6)
4. Neither shalt thou make marriages
with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter
shalt thou take unto thy son. (Deuteronomy 7: 3) …. For they will turn away thy
son from following me ((Deuteronomy 7: 4).
1. God will no more drive out any of
these nations (Joshua 23: 13)
2. They shall be snares and traps
unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes (Joshua 23: 13)
3. As all good things are come upon
you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things (Joshua 23: 15)
4. Ye shall perish quickly from off
the good land which he hath given unto you (Joshua 23: 16)
Leviticus 26:
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my
covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will
even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall
consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in
vain, for your enemies shall eat it. {over: Heb. upon}
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when
none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your
heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not
yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I
will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
{contrary...: or, at all adventures with me}
22 I will also send wild beasts
among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and
make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send
the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake
your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight:
and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor
you.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth
desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness
into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf
shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall
fall when none pursueth. {shaken: Heb. driven}
37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.
2. Ye shall sow your seed in vain,
for your enemies shall eat it. (vs.16)
3. Ye shall be slain before your
enemies (vs.17)
4. They that hate you shall reign
over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. (vs.17)
5. And if ye will not yet for all
this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
(vs.18)
6. And I will break the pride of your
power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: (vs.19)
7. And your strength shall be spent
in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of
the land yield their fruits. (vs. 20)
8. I will bring seven times more
plagues upon you according to your sins. (vs.21)
9. I will also send wild beasts among
you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make
you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. (vs.22)
10. I will punish you yet seven times
for your sins. (vs.24)
11. I will bring a sword upon you,
that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together
within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be
delivered into the hand of the enemy. (vs.25)
12. Women shall deliver you your bread
again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (vs.26)
13. And ye shall eat the flesh of your
sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
14. And I will destroy your high
places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of
your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. (vs.30)
15. And I will scatter you among the
heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate,
and your cities waste. (vs.33)
16. As long as it lieth desolate it
shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
(vs.35)
17. Ye shall have no power to stand
before your enemies. (vs.37)
Judges 1: 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the
inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron. {drave...: or, possessed the mountain}
Could not:
1. Terrified by the chariots, they
did not trust in God and use the proper means.
2. Viewing difficulties with an eye
of sense only, men often despond, when, should they use proper means in
dependence on God.
Strange! Were the iron chariots
too strong for Omnipotence? The whole of this verse is improperly rendered.
What Really Happened in Judges 1
1. The Lord was with Judah, and
therefore he slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath. Here then is a
complete period
2.
The
remaining part of the verse either refers to a different time, or to the
rebellion of Judah against the Lord, which caused him to withdraw his support.
3.
Therefore the Lord was with Judah, and these were
the effects of his protection; but afterwards, when the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, God was no longer with them,
and their enemies were left to be pricks in their eyes, and thorns in their
side, as God himself had said.
Judges 2:
2 And
ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down
their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
3 Wherefore
I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as
thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And
it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the
children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
6 And
when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto
his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And
the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the
elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that
he did for Israel. {outlived: Heb. prolonged days after}
8 And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten
years old.
9 And
they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount
of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. {Timnathhares: also called,
Timnathserah}
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after
them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 And the children
of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them
out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
LORD to anger.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand
before their enemies.
15 Whithersoever they went out,
the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as
the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
Leviticus
26:
40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with
their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked
contrary unto me;
41
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the
land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they
then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
42
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac,
and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the
land.
2Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness?
2Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate,
saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you.
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