Stay

Isaiah’s message
Israel’s past - God chosen people - forsook him
Israel’s present - Heart harden and their refusal to obey the Holy One of Israel
Israel's future - That Day when they see the one that Isaiah saw in Chapter 6 - as their Salvation.

Israel's future - That Day when thy will stay upon the LORD
Isaiah should be studied with “That Day “ always noticed.

Two key phrases
The Holy One of Israel & That Day a really key verse would be one with both phrases in it

Isaiah 10:20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
[Stay: a primitive root; to support one's self:--lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.]

In “That Day” those who escape the Tribulation will stay (rely on) Jesus Christ. They will completely follow and obey Him. They will have learned only The Holy One Of Israel is the only true savior, only true God, the only One to be worshiped and the only Rock that will not fail in “The Time of Trouble“.
(Isaiah 33:2 & Daniel 12:1)
Israel was not staying upon he Lord so what were thy relying upon?
Isaiah 30:12 -13 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.(they were staying on sinful not obeying God - their faith was in themselves not stayed upon their God.)
Isaiah 31:1 ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! (relying on what they had instead of Who they had)
Micah 3:8-12 - (support ones self)Relaying upon themselves. They felt they could in without consequences because “God was with them”. They were God’s chosen people and that gave them license to sin.
Even though they disobeyed God, sinned against Him, corrupted His Holy City and Holy Temple they felt God owed them and they could still demand His special favor.

Isa 50:10 ¶ Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Isa 48:2

What about us today are we told to lean on Jesus.? If so where?


This idea of leaning staying on Jesus is seen only in John 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

1Ti 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


1Cor 15:58; Col 1:23 We are to be grounded and not wavering in our faith and lifestyle (grounded in faithful living.)
We do not stay on Him we stay in Him.
Ro 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Ro 8:1 ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Ro 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Ro 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Israel was to “stay” on Him we are to “stay” in Him.
Israel was to rely through obedience on the Cloud and fire that led them through the wilderness.
But we are in the Cloud and Fire.
Satan darts could get to Israel when they got ahead of the Cloud and Fire. Because we are in Christ his darts can not get to us.

What were the walls of Jerusalem pictures of?
When they left the gates opened the enemy could come in and plunder and polluted the city. Whe the wall wer broken down they didn’t need the gates to be open.

Next week; Hamburger & Isaiah’s message