“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn” (NKJV). ISAIAH 61I got up this morning early to begin my morning route. I disconnected from my cylinder, broke down my machine, prepped a little bit in the bathroom, and then I sat down for a minute at the edge of my bed and sat still. It was just me and quietness. After a while, I was trying to decide what I wanted to read. Do I want to continue in the Book of Matthew or something else? As I was sitting and contemplating, GOD spoke, and I heard this — “Isaiah 61.” I paused for a moment, wondering why Isaiah 61, because for the past year, maybe year and a half, the LORD has had me focusing on reading books in the New Testament. So, I asked, “Why Isaiah 61?” Then the LORD responded, “Because I have something to say.” MY GOD, I thought. GOD HIMSELF wants to speak to me this morning. So, I immediately jumped up, headed to my bathroom to wash up, rushed to my closet to pick out an outfit and undies, grabbed my personal items, and headed downstairs to my reading room. Once I settled down to worship, this is what the LORD had to say to HIS congregation. GOD SPEAKS MY CHURCH ARE CONFUSED BY WHAT THIS WORD ‘LIBERTY’ MEANS. THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND DO ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS WORD LIBERTY MEANS. If you look up the word in its English origin, it means “the power to do as one pleases.” Mankind — and GOD’s people — believe they were created to do whatever pleases them, EVEN IF it displeases ME. The HYPOCRISY! So then, I was instructed to go and understand what the word ‘liberty’ means. PROCLAIM LIBERTY GOD’s Spirit first led me to Isaiah 61:1, which reads: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (NKJV). There it is — that word ‘liberty’ jumping out at me: proclaim liberty. So, let’s first understand it from a worldview point — how the world defines this word ‘liberty,’ a term that far too often, the Church operates in agreement with this world’s perspective. Let’s start by looking at the Pledge of Allegiance. This patriotic statement reads: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Now, you don’t have to agree with what I’m about to say next. It doesn’t matter to me. As a messenger of GOD, I’m only declaring what I’ve been told. It is clear: whenever we recite the Pledge of Allegiance, we are expressing loyalty to who? An inanimate object and a country — the United States. This contradicts the command expressed in Exodus 20, starting with verse 2: “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not bow down to them nor serve them.” This directive is further sealed when we read such accounts as Psalm 115:4–8, where GOD shows us the work of our fruitless worship: “Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; they have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them” (NKJV). The hypocrisy of man — who continues to honor and worship powerless things, things they do not know. Like the objects they have come to find pleasure in, that do nothing but exist — we, the people, have come to be like them as well. Please tell me, how is there liberty in that? WHAT IS LIBERTY To understand what liberty is, we must get our understanding from the ONE who gives both knowledge and wisdom. Proverbs 9:10 says it this way: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (NKJV). So, what is GOD’s perspective of what liberty means? Let’s go back to Isaiah 61:1 and read it again: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (NKJV). You see, liberty has nothing to do with man’s allegiance or loyalty to inanimate objects, or our freedom of choice. It has everything to do with GOD, HIS judgment, HIS days of vengeance. You ask, “How so?” I’m glad you asked. Leviticus 25:10 reads: “And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family” (NKJV). Liberty is directly tied to the year of Jubilee. This Jubilee deals directly with a sabbath for the land, redemption of property, and the redemption of man. This is why Isaiah 61:1 declares: “… to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” Verse 2 follows up with: “… to proclaim the acceptable year (the Jubilee year) of the LORD and the day of vengeance of our GOD.” Did you catch it? Liberty has everything to do with the day of visitation — the day of HIS vengeance. Let’s close this out this way. Isaiah 52:9 reads: “Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem! For the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem” (NKJV). To redeem means GOD has set free all those who are HIS from the oppressive control and hands of the devil and his minions (compare to 2 Corinthians 4:4). Isaiah 34:8 says: “For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.” Isaiah 62:4 reads: “You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.” And finally, Hosea 9:7 states: “The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.” THE DAY OF THE LORD’S VENGEANCE, THE DAY OF HIS RECKONING IS NEAR AND IT WON’T DELAY NOR BE LATE. HE WILL ANSWER THE CRIES OF HIS PEOPLE, HIS CHOSEN REMNANT. HE WILL RECLAIM WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO THEM. HIS PEOPLE, HIS CHOSEN VESSELS WHO HAVE BEEN HELD BACK FOR FAR TOO LONG DUE TO THE HANDS OF A WICKED NATION AND ITS APOSTATE CHURCH, ALONGSIDE ITS LEADERS AND FALSE PROPHETS, WILL SEE THE DAY OF THE LORD AND MOURN. BUT GOD’S PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE, WILL STAND UP AND SHOUT… THIS IS THE DAY OF THE LORD. PRAISE YAH!
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