QT 25 Oct 17, Isa 52:1, God will restore things as he originally planned for things to be

Wk	Date	Passage	Key Verses(s) [Optional]	Basic Thing(s) Taught	Personal Insight(s) & Application(s)	Prayer Response
7	10/25	Isa 52:1-6	Isaiah 52:1 (ESV) — 1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.	God is telling Jerusalem that things will not always be as they appear. There will be a time of rejoicing again. Jerusalem will not be trampled by Gentile sinners but rather by saints. Things will be different. God will rule and righteousness will prevail. Right will not be scoffed at, and wrong will not be honored. Life will be restored to a manner that is healthy for our souls.	I struggle looking at the world around me and seeing the foolish choices that we make. We work so hard to prove that God does not exist, and yet there is more than sufficient evidence. Certainly the knowledge we have gained of our DNA is amazing. But Jesus visited the earth. His words, his message, his miracles, and his empty grave are more than sufficient evidence. To the person who argues otherwise, his argument is not an argument but an attempt to excuse himself from judgment.	Father open our eyes to truth. The enemy has clouded our minds with untruths. The enemy has create a word view, Babylon, that makes truth seem like babel. We think we are so modern and so clever, and yet we are such poor thinkers today. Have mercy on us, please have mercy on us.