Isa. 65:1

1 I am sought [darash] of them that asked [sha'al] not [lo'] for me; I am found [matsa'] of them that sought [baqash] me not [lo']: I said ['amar], Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [gowy] that was not called [qara'] by my name [shem]. KJV-Interlinear

1 I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name. NASB

In this chapter, Isaiah describes and contrasts those who had access to God, but did not see the value in what He had to offer, verses those who did not have such direct access to God and yet sought after, all that God has to offer.

This initial contrast is between the Jews and the Gentiles. But, you can make a broader application of this principle in comparing all peoples who are capable of hearing the Word of God, and yet many ignore or reject it, verses those who hear and pursue it.

Isaiah then wraps up the chapter with a few descriptions of life in the Millennium, when Christ s rule will replace mans rule.

For thousands of years, man has ruled the planet. We studied in Revelation 17, the seven empires of mans rule. These empires exclude our dispensation, our Church Age, or the Age of the Royal Family.

Our dispensation is one in which we have no contact with God through visions or dreams or even direct conversation. Ours is one in which we have only the written word of God, the completed scriptures. All of the other dispensations have direct contact with God through conversation, dreams and visions.

In the ages before ours, God was rejected to the point of the Cross. Those people had tremendous advantages with regard to their access to God. They received information directly from God, or His angels.

Our dispensation, which technically began in 30 A.D., at the Feast of Pentecost, really did not get its full transition until 96 A.D., when John completed the writing of the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible. Then, from that time on, our access to God has been restricted to the written word. We have no other means of access to God.

The Jews had their chance. They had direct access to God, yet they rejected Him. Instead of accepting His word, they tried to re-write it to their own standards. Judaism is the religion, which rose up out of their negative ashes. Ashes, which we have already studied, is the burning of the Temple, their Temple of faith, which should have been constructed within their individual souls. But, their negative attitude in effect destroyed their own spiritual life, bringing them as a people, great suffering throughout the course of history.

Even though their actions and attitude are historical, their pattern of thought and attitude apply to every generation in history. It applies to you, if you are not much interested in the Word of God, or if you have a better idea of how life should be lived as opposed to that which the Bible teaches.

The Jewish people had Gods direct ear for many centuries. They turned Him down.

You have access to God during your lifetime. What will be your attitude?

Some folks think that the events in the Middle East are Prophetic, but they are not. Ours is a dispensation of the raising up of the Royal Family. Ours is a dispensation of the formation of, or the preparation of, the nations for the last and final years of their rule. Ours is a dispensation of historical trends.

During our dispensation, evil will raise up its head and try to take control of history. That is the case in the world today. Islam is one of the worst religions in history. However, evil s time is not until the Tribulation, it is not meant to rule in our dispensation. God prevents evil when it tries to go back to the empire days, but those days have past, and there is but one empire remaining. That is the revived Rome, which will come into existence until immediately after the Rapture.

Our dispensation is run by God the Holy Spirit. Our dispensation is one of trends in history whereby nations will rise and fall, and people will spread out across the world inhabiting it all. Our dispensation is one of an increase of human knowledge, and simultaneously an increase in the understanding of Gods wisdom.

Our dispensation is one in which God is not directly connected with life, and yet God is still able to control history. Our dispensation is one in which the gentiles, to whom God did not call, but of whom gentiles and all peoples of the world sought after and found God, through only His written word. Without dreams, without visions, without direct conversation with God, ours is a dispensation of positive volition to the one we have never seen nor heard.

Some require proof. That is a sad state. What proof do you have that we breathe air? Can you see it? And yet, we all accept it as fact. What proof do you have that the sun will rise again tomorrow? And yet, we all accept it without question. What proof do you have that you will be alive next week? And yet, we all presume that we will be here. What proof do you have that radio waves will bring music and news to your radio? And yet we all accept these things of technology. What proof do you have that your ways are better than that offered by God? And yet, you, who have been on this earth for maybe just a few decades, presume that you know better.

As this chapter develops, we will see that those who accept God into their lives, and pursue their spiritual lives, will reap huge rewards both in this life, but especially in eternity.

Those who reject God, will discover that they are, or have been the biggest fools ever. They will not reap rewards but great disappointment.

We all have the opportunity to seek out and find God for our lives. Through the written word of God, through the Bible, God calls to each one of us, and yet few respond because they allow their arrogance to get in their way. Arrogance is the foundation of all rejection of God.

The Old Testament is a history of this action and reaction toward God. It is a pattern of attitude, which we can all learn from, through our study of the scriptures. We should of course learn from, and avoid their mistakes.

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