July 9

Isaiah 5-8
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”  A warning specifically for Israel, a warning and a prophecy for people of all time.  This very thing is happening in America and has been for quite some time.  We, just as Israel, need to come to a reckoning.  We must start calling that which is evil evil, discouraging people from following the ways of darkness.  Isaiah 8:20: “Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.”  I have found that when I proclaim light in this world of darkness that there are many who refuse to consult God’s instruction.  People who wear the name of the Lord reject His word, choosing to follow mankind’s reasoning instead.  The very people who are calling that which is evil good and good evil.  They are the dark spots in our festivals of light, the tare that will be weeded out in the final judgment.