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Dr. Arnold Murray, DRE Newsletter #242 - January 1999
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God utilizes woes to express danger in
His Word. The woes only apply to His enemies. w1}£ IlIU£li
I day Spiritually speaking, there is very little latter
rain today. The latter day rain is symbolic
They are a forewarning to those that don't of God's truth that brings the harvest to maturity.
do things Father's way. The woes don't apply Father only provides the truth of the latter rain
to those that love and serve Him. Knowledge of the woes to those that are earning it.
is paramount to all. The last three trumps are woe trum­
pets. They are very bad news for certain people. The woes ISAIAH 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is
are but the fulfillment of prophecy to those that serve God the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant
plant: and He looked for judgement, but behold oppres­
and know His plan. Let's begin our study of the woes in sion; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
JhJ.1 ~great 1390k of Ipaiah.
God looks for righteousness in His vineyard; however,
ISAIAH 5: 1 Now will I sing to My wellbeloveda song all He sees is oppression that causes crying. Look around
of My beloved tOUChing his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath
a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: you, friends.

Make a note of Luke 20 concerning the parable of ISAIAH 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house,
that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they
the vineyard. God had a beautiful vineyard that He loaned may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
to man expecting fruit. What did He receive? Nothing! God
then sent His only Son thinking surely the people would When you overcrowd people or animals, the result is
love Him. They crucified Him! Are you producing fruit? filth and disease.
ISAIAH 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the
ISAIAH 5:9 "In Mine ears" said the LORD of hosts, "Of
stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and
a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and
built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress
fair, without inhabitant.
therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes,

and it brought forth wild grape~.

We aren't talking about empty cities. We are talking
about people. Many have become completely void of God's
The wild grapes should be translated poison berries. truth and knowledge of Him. One that is spiritually dead
You can't make wine from bad grapes. God expected a counts as nothing in Father's eyes.
better harvest.
ISAIAH 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
ISAIAH 5:3 And now, 0 inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt Me and My

vineyard.
One bath is less than one gallon. An homer, equivalent
to ten bushels, is planted and yields only one bushel at
Judge between God's truth and this world.
harvest. Spiritually speaking, that isn't much fruit. Are you
ISAIAH 5:4 What could have been done more to My producing fruit for God?
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looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth ISAIA.H 5:11 Woe unto them that nse. up early In the
wild grapes? mornmg, that they may follow strong drmk; that continue
. until night, till wine inflame them!
God created this earth perfect. Look what man has
done. Those of you that are familiar with the parable of Alcohol in moderate quantities is not strong 'drink.
the tares know God didn't sow the bad grapes. Satan did. Strong drink is when one drinks the whole bath produced
in verse ten.
ISAIAH 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will

do to My vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof,

ISAIAH 5:12-13 And the harp, and
and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof,
viol, the fabret, and pipe, and wine,
and it shall be trodden down:
in their feasts: but they regard not the
work of the LORD, neither consider the
Without God's protective hedges and walls, deception
operation of His hands. 1.:1 Therefore My
will flood the earth. His protective wall will only be around
People are gone into captivity, because they
have no knowledge: and their honourable
those with the ability to judge between God's truth and
men are famished, and their
this world.
multitude dried up with thirst.
ISAIAH 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned,
The thirst is for the Living
nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns:
Water. They are famished from
I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon

it.

not hearing the Word of God

which is the famine of the latter days (Amos 8: 11). The
current captivity is biblical ignorance and usury. The
captivity of the not so distant future will be to antichrist.
ISAIAH 5:14-15 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth,
shall descend into it. 112 And the mean man shall be
brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled,
and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
The people that pit their trust in the world have a
long way to fall. Those that put their trust in Father are
pruned into shape a little at a time as needed. When you
get pruned, thank God for it and get with it.
ISAIAH 5: 16-17 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted
in judgment, and GOD That is holy shall be sanctified
in righteousness. 12 Then shall the lambs feed after their
manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall
strangers eat.
Here comes another woe.
ISAIAH 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with
cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
One falsehood isn't enough. These folks promote false
teaching by the cart load.
ISAIAH 5:19 That say, "Let Him make speed, and
hasten His work, that we may see it: and let the counsel
of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we
may know it!'
Those that offer and listen to false teaching think they
are ready for God's judgement. Unfortunately, most will
be spiritually in bed with Satan, when Jesus Christ returns.
ISAIAH 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and
good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
The princc of darkness, Satan, will appear first and
claim to be the Prince of Light, Christ. I encourage you
to become skilled in God's Word. No one will be standing
between you and God Almighty on judgement day.
ISAIAH 5:21-22 Woe unto them that are wise in their
own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! gg Woe unto
them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength
to mingle strong drink:
These woes apply to those that put their own wisdom
above God's and those that become courageous, when they
have had too much to drink. No one listens to a drunk.
ISAIAH 5:23-24 Which justify the wicked for reward, and
take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
?A Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the
flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as
rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because
they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
His hand is stretched out still.
Even though His anger is kindled against those of
the world, Father still has His saving hand stretched out
to them. Won't you take hold of His hand? All you must
do is repent of your "woe behavior", and believe on His
Son, Jesus Christ. Put God above the things of the world
in your life. It is your choice. In closing, we are going
to look into the mirror of prophecy. Let's see if we can
see the world of today.
ISAIAH 3:1 For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay
and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole
stay of water.
God will allow false teachers to take away the Bread
of Life and the Living Water.
ISAIAH 3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the
judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the anCient,
God will allow the pulpits to be filled with unedu­
cated biblical illiterates. The blind will lead the blind.
LSAIAH 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable
man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and
the eloquent orator.
Many pulpits today are spewing forth nonsense. They
never come close to the truth of God's Word.
ISAIAH 3:4 And I will give children to be their princes,
and babes shall rule over them.
Adults with the minds of children shall rule. If you
don't see the fulfillment of this prophecy in the mirror,
you are blind.
ISAIAH 3:5 And the People shall be oppressed, every
one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the
child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient,
and the base against the honourable.
For the most part, the youth of this world treat their
elders with no respect. Thank God for the children that
study God's Word; unfortunately, they are few and far
between. Educate yourself and your children in God's
Word. Do the best you can to avoid "woe behavior". If
you do these things, you will be a child your Father can
utilize to accomplish His plan.

Don't worry about the poison berries in the vineyard.

Those that put the things of the world above God's law
and His Word will be weeded out at harvest time.
ISAIAH 5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled
against His People, and He hath stretched forth His hand
against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did
tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the
streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, but