A Commentary on Isaiah, Part 24: The City of God

William Finck
Isaiah 26:1-18
CHR20250314-Isaiah24.mp3

A Commentary on Isaiah, Part 24: The City of God


Describing the words of the prophet in the opening verses of Isaiah chapter 25 as we had discussed them in our last presentation, The Wonder of Seeing, the prophet had explained that when the people saw the destruction of the city, which continues to be a reference to the burden of Tyre that had begun in Isaiah chapter 23, that they would know that God is true, speaking in reference to those who had His Word in the first place. Therefore upon seeing the prophesied judgment, they should exalt God and praise His Name. This evokes the words of the 64th Psalm, attributed to David, where he wrote of men who witness the judgment of God and said: “9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.” So the righteous should be glad when they see, or even understand, the judgment of Yahweh whenever it is executed in the earth. Here in Isaiah chapter 26, the then-future destruction of Tyre remains in view, from Isaiah’s perspective, and now it shall be set in contrast to Jerusalem. However the Jerusalem portrayed here is not necessarily the Jerusalem of Isaiah’s time.

The destruction of ancient Jerusalem had already been prophesied in earlier chapters of Isaiah, and especially in chapters 3 through 5 and chapter 10, but as recently as chapter 22 and the burden of The Valley of Vision. While Yahweh had explicitly protected Jerusalem from the siege of the Assyrians in the time of Hezekiah, which we shall also see here in later chapters of Isaiah, there are also further prophecies of its ultimate destruction. However before that destruction was fulfilled, there were even later promises that Jerusalem would be rebuilt, and that it would remain at least until the coming of the Messiah, which is evident in Daniel chapter 9, whereas here it was stated that Tyre would not be rebuilt. As we have asserted, while there may have been structures at the site of ancient Tyre in later times, it was certainly not the same as the ancient city, simply because the land was occupied once again.

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William Finck

For technical reasons relating to the large number of DDOS attacks which Christogenea has been suffering these past few months, I have had to change the address of our Teamspeak chat server. The new address is ts.christogenea.net. For further information, if it is necessary, see https://christogenea.net/connect. 

If you are accustomed to participating in our Wednesday Night Bible Study sessions, then you will have to make this change in your Teamspeak configuration before connecting. Of course, the server is always open, so this may be tested at any time. 

William Finck on Jerm Warfare: The Importance of Genesis

William Finck
CHR20250307_jermwarfare_wmfinck_20250306.mp3

Below is the video version of the interview presented in the podcast above: 

 
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The following remarks describing the interview in this podcast are from Jerm Warfare. Check out his podcast! 

William's discussion with me this time is about the importance of Genesis to both Christians and Jews, as it relates to a fundamental understanding of historical identity.

Basically, Genesis isn’t linked to Judaism, but Christian and Jewish Zionism has captured it, pushing a false doctrine through a Jewish-only lens.

Moreover, William argues that Genesis isn’t a scientific or historical account of everything but a mix of reality and allegory, best read through a New Testament lens. For example, Adam and Eve weren’t the first humans but the first of the biblical epoch’s ‘Adamic’ race; what happened elsewhere in the world doesn’t matter to the Bible’s story....

This presentation was prefaced by a short video from Lion of Patmos: What are Christians Saved from When They Believe?

A Commentary on Mark by Lion of Patmos Videos: Plastering the Bruises (Mark 1:29-39)

William Finck

Courtesy of Lion of Patmos

In our previous presentation we spent much time discussing how throughout Scripture the origin of unclean spirits both embodied and disembodied is tied to the fallen angels, whose fornication is described in Genesis and the fragments of 1 Enoch. This must be true, because the other races are rejected based on their sperma and genos, and if God is the author of life, then the only way for them to have an origin apart from Him is to be a corruption of that which He created. Their corrupt parentage is most explicitly uncovered in the Gospel and Revelation of Christ, who came to reveal the things kept hidden from the foundation of Society, and also in the epistles of His apostles, most notably Jude and 2 Peter.

As Christ said concerning the racial thorns among the Pharisees, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be uprooted!” And as Solomon said before Him, being inspired by His Spirit, bastard seedlings have “no hope, nor consolation in the day of decision. For grievous are the ends of an unrighteous race.” [ Wisdom 3:18-19 (…)]

Their ends are grievous, but there is hope in the end of the children of Israel, and for the rest of Adam with them. A comfort to the children of Israel and a perturbation to His enemies: that was the principal theme of our previous presentation on Mark, and it is the testimony of the writings in their entire balance.

Now as we continue with the gospel, we will see Christ bringing even more encouragement to the denizens of the village of comfort with many marvels, miracles which show that He was sent by the Father, for as He said, “the works which the Father gave to Me in order that I shall complete them, those same works which I should do testify concerning Me, that the Father sent Me!”
[ John 5:36 (…), also John 10:25, et al] 

Read the essay here. Download the video here or view at the Media site.