Listen to Pastor Nick read the Firestarter and Isaiah 22:20-25.

Reckless abandon to one’s own methods and disdain for God’s help guarantee a headlong descent to destruction. Hezekiah’s tunnel is a parable of the ways in which our own plans, apart from God, push us to where we alone want to go. We can be like Balaam who refused to listen to his donkey block his path to evil in Numbers 22. The world adopts v. 13 – “Let us eat and drink,
 for tomorrow we die.”

The siege of Jerusalem in 701 B.C. anticipates the future destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple over a hundred years later in 589. The Book of Lamentations echoes the sounds of grief.

The messianic figure of Eliakim comes as a ray of divine energy. John uses verse 22 as the power of the risen Christ in the Book of Revelation 3:17. “He shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open.”

  Groan and grieve freely as the Spirit moves.

Isaiah 22

Mondays are dedicated to the reading of the Hebrew Prophets.
In the season of Pentecost this year we read Isaiah 13 – 27; Lamentations 1 and 2 in the Ninth Week.

What are “Bible Breaths”? Learn More…
Example: When You open, no one shuts. v. 22

For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook.  You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information.