Month: August 2021

Jeremiah Overview for tomorrow

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We are about to read:

  • Jeremiah
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel

(By the way…if you are behind…you really can jump in here, you won’t be lost.  We have been reading 300 years of the same “message”)-Turn or Burn…Get Right or you will be Left….(I crack myself up!)

We are at the edge of the Babylonian Captivity YIKES!!. Until now the prophets have spoken that one day it will happen.  WELL, Jeremiah “the weeping prophet” is going to bring a message to the people that it will happen now.  We will see it through his eyes: from an “outsider’s perspective”.  He does not go with them into captivity.

  • THEN we will be with Daniel when the first captives are taken into exile.
  • THEN the final wave of captives will be taken and we will experience that through Ezekiel.

Jeremiah is a book not written in chronological order.  Try to imagine it this way, he had this huge scroll and after years and years of preaching his messages he would sporadically write them down, not in order, just as they came back to him (I think of him as my ADHD prophet)😝.  He then had a scribe, Baruch,  write them into a book.  It can, however, be divided into 4 sections:

  1. The call of the prophet Jeremiah (Chapter 1)
  2. The Prophecies of Judah (Chapters 2-45)
  3. The Prophecies to the Gentiles (Chapters 46-51)
  4. The Fall of Jerusalem (Chapter 52)

Jeremiah lived about 100 years after Isaiah preached.  Jeremiah was called to be a prophet in 626 BC.  Let me start with the international situation of the day.

  • The three world powers: Assyria, Babylon, and Egypt. (you knew that)
  • For 300 years Assyria (Ninevah is the capital), ruled the world.  But as predicted,  the country is weakening and Babylon is becoming more powerful.
  • Egypt was the world power before the Exodus and they want it again!
  • About the midpoint in Jeremiah’s life Babylon wins,  defeating Assyria (about 610 B.C.) and 4 years later beats Egypt (Battle of Carchemish).

For 70 years Babylonia will rule the world, while the Jewish people are in the Babylonian captivity.

 

Week 37 Study Page - Jeremiah 36-52 — MADISON CHURCH OF CHRIST

Look at this crazy good visual…and smile because it is not clear as mud anymore to see something like this!  I LOVE this visual so if you want to print it click here.

Jeremiah was born into the priesthood, his father may have been Hilkiah the priest, who brought the book of the law to king Josiah, which started the great reform.  So we can assume that Jeremiah was religious, but God also had plans for him.  He called him to be a prophet during the most trying times of the Jewish people.  But God has a plan for all of us and sometimes it is the last thing we want to do.

He was called to be a prophet in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign.  Jeremiah’s reign was never a popular one, like most of God’s men, he was beaten for it.  He is called the “weeping prophet” for his sympathy and concern for the people of Judah for their rebellious and imminent doom.  We will hear his lament in the book of Lamentations.

This book is impossible to read chronologically, the end is in the beginning and the beginning in the end. Jeremiah will use props to engage the people to bring a teachable sermon, for example, an almond rod, a boiling cauldron, a marred girdle, a full bottle, a drought, a potters vessel, a broken bottle, 2 baskets of figs, bands and bars, a field, hidden stones, and a book.  Also, to get people to understand who the coming Messiah is to the world,  Jeremiah will refer to him as a Fountain of Living Water, a Great Physician, a Good Shepard, a Righteous Branch, a King, the Redeemer, and The Lord our Righteousness. ❤

Zephaniah 1-3

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Introduction of Zephaniah | Evidence Unseen

Chapter 1 begins with a conclusion of Judgement on the entire Earth: man, animals, and nature!  We know from our past reads that this prophecy will include the Babylonian captivity with a second embedded prophecy of End Times.

We turn now to the Judgement on Israel.  The most fundamental sin is the first 2 commandments:  Exodus 20:

3 “You shall have no other gods before] me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

During the time of Manasseh, he had made Jerusalem a center of pagan worship.  The people were worshipping false gods such as Baal ‘lord’ and Moloch (they would sacrifice their babies in the fire to the god)

When the Assyrians took Israel in 722 they introduced new forms of worship: sun gods, moon gods, and worshiping the stars (like some people rely on superstitions or astronomy today).

Chapter 1 goes deep.  There are technically 3 oracles of judgement.  First judgement will come upon the nobles, the traders and the wealthy.  They have abused their power.  The second oracle (verse 10) is the businessmen:  The fish gate and the New Quarter were the “financial district” where the merchants would come in. (Nothing hits them harder than in the wallet)

 

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By verse 13 we see judgement on those that relied on their wealth for security.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”

intense huh!!

Chapter 2- God begs us to seek Him!  He calls Judah to repent and then speaks of the Judgement of the foreign nations.  Philistia is the first nation mentioning specifically the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Ekron. (Gath isn’t mentioned because it has already been destroyed)

Map of the Territory of the Philistines (Bible History Online)

However, God uses the judgement of the evil nations to make a land for the Remnant people when they return.

7 That land will belong
    to the remnant of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.

Moab and Ammon:  OK…let’s see who has a memory??  Where did these nations begin?  Who can remember without cheating?

Chapter 2 ends with Cush (Egypt) and Assyria.   We have mentioned several times the three world powers surrounding Israel.  He will destroy Cush and Assyria, leaving Babylon as the instrument to take Judah in captivity…THEN He will deal with Babylon.

Empires Attack the Promised Land — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Chapter 3

The charges against Judah:

  • Jerusalem is corrupt
  • They have forsaken the Lord
  • Their leaders are evil

BUT!!!   Why does God discipline His chosen people??  Why does a parent?  To correct them and bring them back.  Starting in verse 9 you see a Restoration of the nation brought our of captivity.

17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

He loves us

20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring you home.
I will give you honor and praise
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[l]
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

Many see this book as wrath.  I see Love.

 

Zephaniah Overview for tomorrow

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It is hard sometimes to see the overall theme in the Prophecy books.  The key is to look at God’s character, not the people.  Amos, Obadiah, and Nahum were all about God’s judgment; Isaiah was about God’s Salvation, Jonah about God’s Love, and now Zephaniah is about God’s Restoration.  “The great day of the Lord is near” v 1:14 .

Zephaniah:  the first verse is:

The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:

So what do we know? If he was the great-great-grandson of Hezekiah he has seen Jerusalem at its best, fall to its worst, and then again at its best with Josiah.

So Zephaniah speaks from experience and will bring a strong message to the people.  He prophesied in the days of King Josiah, born probably while Manasseh was king, I remember he was a BAD king because I use the middle 3 letters in his name as a reminder. 😂

So the little we do know about Zephaniah was that he was royalty, a prince most likely, in the line of Judah.  Fifty years have elapsed since the prophecy of Nahum, and three descendants have taken the throne since Hezekiah, all wicked and idol worshiping.  Social injustice is at an all-time high, the rich are wealthy and the poor are starving.  Idol worship is practiced by most.

Zephaniah will speak of a Loving God, yet a Strong God.  Zephaniah will also speak of the doom to come to Nineveh that Nahum prophesied.   Moreover,  Zephaniah will speak directly of denouncing idolatry.  Remember back when Josiah became king and smashed down the altars and idols.

This book will end very differently than the way it will begin.  It begins in sorrow but ends in Glory.  Zephaniah will tell:

  • That the faithful remnant will be delivered from captivity
  • That the Gentile nation will be converted (Yay!)
  • That one day everyone will worship the Lord, not just in Jerusalem.

Enjoy the read tomorrow…

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2 Kings 22-23, 2 Chron 34-35

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On April 9th we read about the Hebrews asking for a king!  116 days ago!!

The Lord WARNED them that it was not what they needed, they needed God to be their King.  They said no thanks, and God gave them what they asked for to show them they were wrong.  That was in 1046 BC.  500 years has passed and we are about to read the last 5 kings of Judah.

Last 5 Kings of Judah

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Click here if you want to print this one.  But I will post it again this week.

2 Kings 22 “Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.”  Ok…so you know I need my trusty line graph to prepare myself!  So Manasseh and Amon were his father and grandfather….terrible role models. BUT Josiah comes on the scene at a mere 8 years old so obviously, he wasn’t old enough to follow in their footsteps.  He shoots straight up to the “revival” section…BUT we can see he is the LAST good king…

It saddens me that since Hezekiah the Temple has to be repaired again after the damage Manasseh and Amon did making alters to foreign gods in it.  Young Josiah puts the task to repair the temple when the Book of the Law was found.  WHAT???  I honestly didn’t realize it was lost.

Who remembers when I used to repeat Deuteronomy 17 over and over…What was a King supposed to do??

The King must:

  1. He must be the one the Lord chooses
  2. He must not multiply his horses for military purposes
  3. He must not acquire many wives
  4. He must make a copy of the Law and have it with him at all times.  He will read it every day.

So imagine finding the Book of the Law (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) and reading ALL that they are not doing according to God’s plan and then realizing that the King should have been reading it every day.  (Kind of like me finding my dusty Bible)

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Entering stage left is a prophetess!  Yaaaasssss!  Huldah.  BUT her message was bittersweet.  Judah will be destroyed, but I will wait till after your death to do it.

Chapter 23- It takes 20 verses to describe how many pagan altars Josiah had to demolish in the Temple area.  The only thing he left from the “yester-year” were the bones of the prophets that disobeyed God’s commands in 1 Kings 13.

Josiah makes an atonement for their sins:

20 Josiah slaughtered all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

This was the same atonement that was made when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai to find the people worshiping the golden calf!.

Exodus 32:  27 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’” 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

NOW let’s start putting all the pieces together.  ALL those prophecy books…all the splintered facts we have…they all fit.  Remember I was talking about the world powers in the prophecy books…who can remember them??

Map of Middle East at 3500BC | TimeMaps

Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon.

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

And then finally we read about the next 2 kings…who did evil in the eyes of the Lord…

  • Jehoahaz King of Judah
  • Jehoiakim King of Judah

2 Chron 34-35-  SOoooo I was a little lazy and read only kings before I wrote this and then I listened to 2 Chronicles.  It’s been a while since we read these side by side and I forget that I like the detail from the Chronicler.  Just know when you read it you are reading it from the Priestly view so you will definitely see more of the Temple’s “workings”.

Thank you for all the encouragement.  I love you guys.-  Patricia Szymanski

Nahum

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The book of Nahum.

The Overview I posted last night is really the post for this read. This is a very interesting book, one that I actually cycled through twice because it really gave us a clear picture of God’s character.  People who don’t know God would read this book and the anger and vengeance would be the theme for them.  However, I know Him and that is not what stood out to me.   I see His Hand of protection for those that are His.  As you read this, depending on the season of your life God may highlight it as historical reading, after all, this entire account is recorded in the Babylonian Cuneiform Tablets

FOUR OLD BABYLONIAN CLAY CUNEIFORM TABLETS | CIRCA 1900-1600 B.C. ...

You can also see the Final Battle where The Lord will take down Satan and his army.  Or you may need this as a personal read if you are under attack.

Have a great day and know that God is jealous for you…so put Him first.

Nahum Overview for tomorrow

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Jerusalem in the context of the Middle East cities of Nineveh and ...

The theme of this book is the destruction of Nineveh.  I know you recognize the name, Nineveh.  But from where?  Jonah!  Jonah about 150 years ago saw Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, repent before his very eyes.  However, much time has passed and they did not stick to their conviction. These people were not just backsliders; they deliberately rejected God.  So now what?  God needs to judge a sinning world.

Nineveh is the capital of Assyria. (Modern day Iraq)  The Assyrians were a huge and cruel nation.  They were warriors that built their kingdom on their pillage from other countries.  Their morals were horrible.  The Assyrian kings kept a detailed record of their conquests and made art of their brutalities to hang on their walls.  They spread complete fear throughout the land in order to keep the nations in line to pay them taxes.

Archaeologists have uncovered some of their documentation: here are the people of Nineveh:

  • Cut off their hands and fingers. Others cut off their noses, ears, and fingers.
  • Put out many of their eyes. Skin them alive and put their skin on the walls of the cities they conquered.
  • Cut off their heads and put them on stakes and line the roads to their city.
  • Swing babies by their ankles and crack their heads against a stone wall.
  • Formed pillars of their corpses.
  • Impaled men on stakes against their city gate.
  • Cut off their privates as a lesson for all lands.
  • Cut off their testicles and tore out their privates like seeds
  • They skinned men alive
  • Cut out their tongues
  • Gauged out their eyes for fun
  • Dismembered their bodies
  • and then made mounds of the skulls as decorations in their empire

To name a few!

God sent Nahum to predict the final doom on Nineveh’s empire.  You have to know how this must have sounded.  Picture this most powerful nation in the world, the world leader (interesting).  Assyria for the past 300 years has built an empire so big it was a fortified city.  The walls were 100 feet high, wide enough for 4 chariots to run side by side on.  The city circumference was 80 miles (close your eyes and picture how far 80 miles is from your house).  It had a moat that was 140 feet wide and 60 feet deep.  It had hundreds of towers for its protection.

Talk about feeling safe and complacent.  But what is a city without the Lord in it? Again…I say interesting!

When you read this story think of it personally and nationally today.  Nineveh was overthrown for its sin.  Her great wealth and power could not save her.  A person or a nation that deliberately and finally rejects God has a very fatal ending.

2 Chronicles 32-33

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No, you are not nuts….we have read this before.  2 Kings told this story, then Isaiah, now the Chronicler…..I chose to listen this morning to the read since I didn’t have to underline or take notes. (for once)

recap:

After the Kingdom divided we have:

  • 10 tribes-North called Israel
  • 2 tribes-South called Judah
  • The king of Assyria: Sennacherib attacked and deported the Northern tribes. (722 BC)
  • Now it is year 701 BC (Sennacherib attacks Lachish and sets towards Jerusalem)

Israel - Ancient History Encyclopedia

Hezekiah (King of Judah)- You knew that!  Aren’t you amazed with all you have learned…You got this…

Says:

7 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. 8 With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.

BUT… Sennacharib (king of Assyria…but you knew that too) says:

15 Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

So guess who showed up!  The Lord!!

20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to heaven about this. 21 And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king.

Army Of Sennacherib Drawing by Gustave Dore

BUT even though Hezekiah did everything right…No one in the Bible is without fault except Jesus…NO ONE.  Hezekiah became prideful.

26 Then Hezekiah repented of the pride of his heart, as did the people of Jerusalem; therefore the Lord’s wrath did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.

(BUT it will happen in 150 years)

Chapter 33-Manasseh

So we read about him yesterday and what a HORRIBLE king he was BUT God is in the business of restoration!   My favorite story in the Bible reminds me every day: Jesus said in Matthew 9

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice. ’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Manassah-13 And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God. ❤️❤️❤️

Then we have King Amon….😵  Another bad king…

2 Kings 20-21

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Ok, so I say this is an easy read today BUT if you had just opened your Bible to these chapters 1 year ago it may not have been so easy….BUT not it is)

Oh visuals….how I missed you!!  Review above.  Where did we leave off?

So this reading is going to be VERY familiar…we read it in Isaiah 37-39 so we can read it in 2 Kings and recall where we are in History.

Hezekiah is king.  He restored the Temple.  Consecrated the furniture.  Cerebrated the Passover Feast….Life is Good!!  God blesses Judah’s faithfulness with riches.

Promised Land | Selah

Well, life is good for the southern nation,  Judah. But Israel has been taken captive and the capital has been taken over by Assyria.

Hezekiah, the king of Judah is given a message that he will die.  It is time for Judah to begin their judgment as prophesied in Isaiah.  We know Babylon will take them captive.  However, a sign was given that the sun’s shadow will go back 15 steps as a sign that he will also push back time for Judgement.  The diplomats of Babylon come and visit Hezekiah (after his battle victories, Babylon was probably seeking an ally against Assyria (totally Game of Thrones going on here!) and Hezekiah shows him all they were blessed with…(was he showing off God or his wealth??)

January 21, 2020 The Danger of Frenemies, and the Future- Isaiah ...

and then the Lord says:

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. 18 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

(a Eunuch is a man that has been castrated so that he can be a slave or employed to work in the palace without fear of having a “date night” with the ladies in the palace).  If you think about it symbolically,  God was making “Judah a Eunuch” by cutting them off from the land they were to prosper and populate. (No visual needed 😂)

Chapter 21:  Hezekiah’s son becomes King…Manasseh.  Oh the apple fell far from the tree!!

He goes down in history as one of the WORST kings!  How can you remember this??  Manasseh!

  • Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king
  • He did evil in the eyes of the Lord
  • He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed
  • He also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done.
  • He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 
  • He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem, I will put my Name.”
  • He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. 
  • He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
  • Manasseh led the people astray so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. 13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies; 15 they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.”

😢

And then we have Ammon…like father like son….

Isaiah 64-66

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These are the last chapters in Isaiah so they will mirror the last chapters in the Bible.

Today we start mid-prayer with the words “Oh that you would rend the Heavens”- In this prayer, they are wanting the Lord.  They are praying for Him to COME.

BUT these people are sinners so how can they be Saved??

Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.
    How then can we be saved?

Salvation is knowing you are a sinner and cannot save yourself.  Not through religious ceremonies, not through ancestry, not through good deeds (trust me I try).  We must understand that through true confession and repentance we are Saved.  I don’t say that lightly: we tend to have true “rationalization”.  True confession you will actually put your car in reverse and go the opposite direction of whatever you confessed.

8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
    We are the clay, you are the potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.
9 Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.

Chapter 65- Judgement and Salvation are coming.  If you are reading this split-screen you will see that God is talking to the Remnant People in captivity as He promises a return to Jerusalem but you will also see the message to us as we are His current Remnant people and will bring us to a New Jerusalem.  We are reminded in this chapter that God promises Salvation BUT He also promises Judgement on those who do come to Him.

6 “See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps—
7 both your sins and the sins of your ancestors,”
    says the Lord.

VERSE 13-16 are so amazing.  Do you remember all those times I posted pictures (hey, I haven’t posted a picture in a while…sorry, I forget) anyway, I posted pictures of a threshing field (Jerusalem was built on a Threshing Field).  The “thresher” would separate the wheat from the chaff.  The useful grain from the useless grain.

Well reread 13-16…He separates!

Verses 17-25 Does not need a commentary from me.  I know you can see it!

LAST CHAPTER IN ISAIAH- Can I get an AMEN!!

In the Old Testament, the Temple was viewed as His throne- We know that the Earth is His throne.  We see a compare and contrast as to how the Lord Views True Worship:

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
    and who tremble at my word.

Compared to:

But whoever sacrifices a bull
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense
    is like one who worships an idol.

Now you might be confused because we read for months that His people were to bring forth sacrifices.  These people were trying to atone for their OWN sin through legalism. The “act” of worship absent of God’s precepts in their life, justice, love, service, and fear of the Lord.

God is just.  As we end today we see the gate of Heaven is open to ALL that call on Him regardless of their sinful lives.  However,  if God is rejected, just like He promises Salvation,  He also promises Judgement.  He never kept that a secret.  We all have access to a Bible (and in countries that don’t He makes a way for the rocks to proclaim His name).

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats, and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.

22 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

And we are done with Isaiah , the Bible within the Bible.