Dynamics of Reality
Isaiah 28-30/Luke 13-14
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OT
30:18 But the LORD still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for him to help them.
NT
14:8-9 “If you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t always head for the best seat. What if someone more respected than you has also been invited? The host will say, ‘Let this person sit here instead.’ Then you will be embarrassed and will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!“
OT Flash Points
Woe to Ephraim (Samaria)
Israel is led by drunks
A veil of deep sleep is over them
Soon it will prosper
But purifying judgment is first
In returning & waiting on Me, you are saved
Your strength is in quiet confidence
As opposed to arrogance – false confidence
NT Flash Points
Everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled
Everyone who humbles themselves will be exalted
Get in or get out!
Following Me is in exchange for everything else
Perspective
The disposition of sin entered the world by one man
In the Cross, the human race was redeemed