Jerusalem the Burdensome Stone Isaiah 9 Then and Now Our Counsellor Lord Yeshua/Jesus or Your Stumbling Block

Jerusalem the Burdensome Stone

Isaiah 9 Then and Now

Our Counsellor Lord Yeshua/Jesus

or Your Stumbling Block

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

Act 2:1-8 KJV  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  (2)  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  (3)  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  (4)  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  (5)  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.  (6)  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.  (7)  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?  (8)  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Act 2:9-13 KJV  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,  (10)  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,  (11)  Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.  (12)  And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?  (13)  Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

Act 2:14-21 KJV  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:  (15)  For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.  (16)  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;  (17)  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:  (18)  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:  (19)  And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:  (20)  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:  (21)  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Act 2:22-28 KJV  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:  (23)  Him, being delivered by the determinate counselG1012and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:  (24)  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.  (25)  For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:  (26)  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:  (27)  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.  (28)  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

Act 2:29-36 KJV  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.  (30)  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;  (31)  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.  (32)  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.  (33)  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.  (34)  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,  (35)  Until I make thy foes thy footstool.  (36)  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

The Mystery of Israel's Salvation

Rom 11:25-28 KJV  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.  (26)  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:  (27)  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.  (28)  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

Rom 11:29-32 KJV  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.  (30)  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:  (31)  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.  (32)  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Rom 11:33-36 KJV  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!  (34)  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellorG4825?  (35)  Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?  (36)  For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

G4825

σύμβουλος

sumboulos

soom'-boo-los

From G4862 and G1012; a consultor, that is, adviser: - counsellor.

Total KJV occurrences: 1

G1012

βουλή

boulē

boo-lay'

From G1014; volition, that is, (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose: - + advise, counsel, will.

Total KJV occurrences: 12

Hello again friends we are continuing to move forward with our word studies from Isaiah 9. We were able to exhaust the word wonderful in our last look Lord Yeshua/Jesus’ life and ministry. We will not waste any time as we will be exploring our second highlighted word.

For to Us a Child Is Born

Isa 9:1-7 KJV  Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.  (2)  The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.  (3)  Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.  (4)  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.  (5)  For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.  (6)  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.  (7)  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

WonderfulH6382, CounsellorH3289,The mightyH1368GodH410, The everlastingH5703FatherH1,The PrinceH8269of PeaceH7965. 

In our last get together we explored in detail what the word wonderful tells us about our Lord and Savior Yeshua/Jesus. About His very life and ministry down to the very territories He visited. This journey will tell us some things about our Counsellor we hope to demonstrate. So we will get right into this next word study.

CounsellorH3289

Before we get going we should mention this word counsellor is a specific word. As in our previous study this word is found 14 times throughout scripture. 

H3289

יָעַץ

yâ‛ats

yaw-ats'

A primitive root; to advise; reflexively to deliberate or resolve: - advertise, take advice, advise (well), consult, (give take) counsel (-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.

Total KJV occurrences: 80

For our purposes we will explore some passages regarding the specific word counsellor. We will no doubt uncover some history as we go so we’ll get started. We will find some counsellor’s were not very wise in their behavior. The following passage is about a coup attempt. A son trying to take over his father’s kingdom. 

Absalom's Conspiracy

2Sa 15:7-12 KJV  And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.  (8)  For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.  (9)  And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.  (10)  But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.  (11)  And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.  (12)  And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

2Sa 17:23 KJV  And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

This is a great example of a counsellor undeserving of the position. A man who should have been there for David turning. Not a wise thing to do. An obvious connection our Lord Yeshua/Jesus would be involving a king and a conspiracy. We always suggest reading the entire account and you will discover a couple of examples of terrible counseling. 

Our next passage has a couple of interesting things as well.

1Ch 26:13-17 KJV  And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.  (14)  And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellorH3289, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.  (15)  To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.  (16)  To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.  (17)  Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

1Ch 26:14 KJV  And the lot eastward fell to ShelemiahH8018. Then for ZechariahH2148his son, a wise counsellorH3289,they cast lots; and his lot came out northwardH6828.

We highlighted Shelemiah and Zechariah for a reason. The name Shelemiah

H8018

שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ    שֶׁלֶמְיָה

shelemyâh    shelemyâhû

shel-em-yaw', shel-em-yaw'-hoo

From H8002 and H3050; thank offering of Jah; Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites: - Shelemiah.

Total KJV occurrences: 10

H2148

זְכַרְיָהוּ    זְכַרְיָה

zekaryâh    zekaryâhû

zek-ar-yaw', zek-ar-yaw'-hoo

From H2142 and H3050; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty nine Israelites: - Zachariah, Zechariah.

Total KJV occurrences: 43

It’s a message in itself to say that ABBA Father remembers the thank offering. He commanded and remembers the greatest offering of all Lord Yeshua/Jesus. Our last word is northward.

H6828

צָפֹן    צָפוֹן

tsâphôn    tsâphôn

tsaw-fone', tsaw-fone'

From H6845; properly hidden, that is, dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown): - north (-ern, side, -ward, wind).

Total KJV occurrences: 153

H6845

צָפַן

tsâphan

tsaw-fan'

A primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk: - esteem, hide (-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret (-ly, place).

Total KJV occurrences: 32

The reason we feel this is interesting is because the words have a meaning of obscurity or if you would permit enigmatic. This describes our Lord and Savior Yeshua/Jesus Himself. One could bring to mind the fact that Lord Yeshua/Jesus broke that veil between ABBA Father and us. 

CounsellorH3289

1Ch 27:32 KJV  Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:

2Ch 22:2-4 KJV  Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.  (3)  He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellorH3289 to do wickedly.  (4)  Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellorsH3289after the death of his father to his destruction.

We see that the counsel leaders receive can direct their actions. The Bible tells us so in the passage above. This is just 1 reason we feel that ABBA Father calls His Son Counsellor in the capitalized. He is not capable of providing bad counsel. How many times in the books of Kings and Chronicles we see the phrase “he did evil in the sight of the Lord“. By our search we see the phrase 5 times in the books of the Kings and 2nd book of the Chronicles. We will not develop this right now. In other words those particular rulers and there were many all had people around them cheering them on apparently. 

Now our journey through the word concerning Lord Yeshua/Jesus as Counsellor. We come to a very notorious passage we recently explored in the grand scheme of things. That passage comes from Isaiah 3.

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

Isa 3:1-4 KJV  For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,  (2)  The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,  (3)  The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellorH3289, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.  (4)  And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

We explored how all the things that ABBA Father took away from Jewish society are also disappearing here in America. The bread and the water is the removal of the Holy Spirit. Then ABBA Father starts chipping away at all things that run that society. 

If you think America is making bad decisions as of late then you might want to ask the question who or what is giving counsel to our leadership? We referred to it a little while back as a spirit of buffoonery. 

God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

Rom 1:18-22 KJV  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;  (19)  Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  (20)  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  (21)  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  (22)  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Friends this is where we are at with the people leading the political way in America. When Christians start turning things over to people that think god is a monkey’s rear end we are forgetting the spiritual warfare to what is actually going on. Any one who believes there is no difference in creation and evolution is in biblical error to put it mildly. Let’s look at the very next verse .

Rom 1:23 KJV  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Now let’s put a couple of verses together.

Rom 1:22-23 KJV  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  (23)  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

While we are at it let’s just go ahead and check out Webster’s 1828 dictionary for the definition of a counselor.

Counselor

COUNSELOR, n. 

1. Any person who gives advice; but properly one who is authorized by natural relationship, or by birth, office or profession, to advise another in regard to his future conduct and measures. Ahithophel was Davids counselor. His mother was his counselor to do wickedly. 2 Chr 22. In Great Britain, the peers of the realm are hereditary counselor of the crown.

2. The members of a counsel; one appointed to advise a king or chief magistrate, in regard to the administration of the government.

3. One who is consulted by a client in a law case; one who gives advice in relation to a question of law; one whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients.

Privy Counselor, a member of a privy counsel.

H3289

יָעַץ

yâ‛ats

yaw-ats'

A primitive root; to advise; reflexively to deliberate or resolve: - advertise, take advice, advise (well), consult, (give take) counsel (-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.

Total KJV occurrences: 80

We often refer to the passage of Romans 1:18-32 as every prophecy preacher’s dream. It answers all the questions someone might have about things like evolution, same sex and behavior. It answers to us why Lord Yeshua/Jesus is a must for our answers and salvation. 

Comfort for God's People

Isa 40:1-5 KJV  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.  (2)  Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.  (3)  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  (4)  Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:  (5)  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

The Word of God Stands Forever

Isa 40:6-8 KJV  The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:  (7)  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.  (8)  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

The Greatness of God

Isa 40:9-15 KJV  O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!  (10)  Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.  (11)  He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.  (12)  Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?  (13)  Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellorH3289 hath taught him?  (14)  With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?  (15)  Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Just like the word Wonderful the word counsellor points us to passages of scripture describing the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. One of the most important things we can take away from the definitions above is that the true sense of counseling comes with a family situation. Although we all belong to ABBA Father His 1 and only Son is Yeshua/Jesus. 

The Futility of Idols

Isa 41:21-29 KJV  Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.  (22)  Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.  (23)  Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.  (24)  Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.  (25)  I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.  (26)  Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.  (27)  The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.  (28)  For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellorH3289 , that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.  (29)  Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

The Scroll and the Lamb

Rev 5:1-4 KJV  And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.  (2)  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?  (3)  And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.  (4)  And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

The Mountain of the Lord

Mic 4:1-5 KJV  But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.  (2)  And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  (3)  And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.  (4)  But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.  (5)  For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

Mic 4:6-13 KJV  In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;  (7)  And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.  (8)  And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.  (9)  Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellorH3289 perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.  (10)  Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.  (11)  Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.  (12)  But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.  (13)  Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

In this case with Micah we see that the lack of good counsel can lead to terrible things. This is a prophecy that concerns the Lord Yeshua/Jesus’ 2nd coming. So now once again we are pointed in a direction toward Him. 

The last OT reference to the word counsellor is found in Nahum 1. We recently explored how ABBA Father chose to spare Nineveh of destruction in the book of Jonah. In this passage we see a different outcome.

Nah 1:1 KJV  The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

God's Wrath Against Nineveh

Nah 1:2-7 KJV  God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.  (3)  The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.  (4)  He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.  (5)  The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.  (6)  Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.  (7)  The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nah 1:8-15 KJV  But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.  (9)  What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.  (10)  For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.  (11)  There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor H3289.  (12)  Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.  (13)  For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.  (14)  And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.  (15)  Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Many references here to our Lord Yeshua/Jesus are found. Sennacherib is the leader at this time in Assyria. We will be exploring some things about all this in Isaiah 10 provided ABBA Father let’s things continue long enough. 

In the NT 2 of the 3 references are passages describing the man who claimed Lord Yeshua/Jesus’ body. 

Jesus Is Buried

Luk 23:50-56 KJV  And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:  (51)  (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.  (52)  This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.  (53)  And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.  (54)  And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.  (55)  And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.  (56)  And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Again we feel that this word counsellor as we see in scripture points us toward the Messiah Yeshua/Jesus. He is the ultimate Counsellor that can only give good advice. As a matter of fact it’s good advice to believe in Him. 

Mat 10:25 KJV  It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Have No Fear

Mat 10:26-33 KJV  Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.  (27)  What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.  (28)  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.  (29)  Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.  (30)  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  (31)  Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.  (32)  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.  (33)  But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

This is why we ask the question is Lord Yeshua/Jesus your counsellor or will He be your stumbling block regarding salvation. 

The River of Life

Rev 22:1-5 KJV  And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.  (2)  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  (3)  And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:  (4)  And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.  (5)  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Rev 22:7 KJV  Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

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