Worrying about the future is a “Confusion Headache”! The Prophet Isaiah 29:17-24 shares God’s Cure, which is realizing that God controls the future.
Seven hundred years Before Christ, the people of Israel were worried. Isaiah let them know: “Thus says the Lord God; ‘But in a very short time, Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard and the orchard will be regarded as a forest!” And, in a few hundred years, the nation of Babylon would become an “orchard” while the house of Israel would be a “forest”.
Then, Isaiah prophesied that the Israelites would return to their God: “On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book; and out of the gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see.” That Prophecy came true twice: first in the blessed time after God’s “garden” of Jerusalem was rebuilt by those returning from Babylon, and when the Prophesied Messiah came and made the entire World His Catholic “garden”.
Another Prophecy follows: “The lowly will ever find joy in the Lord, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.” For 2,000 years, the poorest of the “poor” have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to find “joy in the Lord”!
Then, Isaiah predicts: “For the tyrant will be no more and the arrogant will have gone; all who are alert to do evil will be cut off, those who ensnare his defender at the gate, and leave the just man with an empty claim.” Since that Prophecy, countless tyrants have come and “are no more”; the “arrogant” souls have all gone to hell; and all who “are alert to evil” have gotten rich, rejected Catholic Sacraments, and are “cut off” from “the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven”.
Then, the Promise of Salvation is Prophesied for those blessed to Be Catholic! “Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of the house of Jacob who redeemed Abraham, now Jacob will have nothing to be ashamed of, nor shall his face grow pale.”
The Catholic Church, Herself, is then Predicted: “When His children see the work of My hands in His midst, they shall keep My name holy; they shall reverence the Holy One of Jacob, and be in awe of the God of Israel.”
And! The Promise of Salvation to all who are blessed to Be Catholic is clear: “Those who err in spirit shall acquire understanding, and those who find fault shall receive instruction.”
We see that Isaiah’s Prophecy reflects the predictions of the Psalms written 300 years earlier that come true for every Catholic. Psalm 27:1-4 and 13-14 include: “The Lord is my light and my salvation… my life’s refuge… One thing I ask of the Lord, this I seek, to dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of my life that I may gaze on the loveliness of The Lord and contemplate His temple.”
That Prophecy describes every Catholic who obeys The Church-Creating Word from He Who Fulfilled Isaiah’s Prophecy 40:10, “Behold, the Lord shall come with Power!” and Who Spoke One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church Into Being with His Church-Creating Word to His First Catholic Pope!
“And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.”
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “The reason for God’s Creation / takes form in His Catholic Nation.”
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