{"id":26383,"date":"2016-12-12T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=26383"},"modified":"2016-12-11T17:49:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T22:49:58","slug":"even-fools-shall-not-go-astray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/12\/even-fools-shall-not-go-astray\/","title":{"rendered":"“Even if they are fools, they shall not go astray”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"camino-santiago-1180770_1280\"<\/a>More prophecies of the coming of Christ for our Advent contemplation: \u00a0Isaiah 35, yesterday\u2019s Old Testament reading. \u00a0I give the chapter after the jump. \u00a0It\u2019s about how God \u201cwill come and save you,\u201d and what this will mean for \u201cthe redeemed,\u201d those \u201cransomed by the Lord.\u201d \u00a0This includes those who are weak, infirm, and \u201canxious.\u201d \u00a0I take special comfort from verse 8: \u00a0\u201ceven if they are fools, they shall not go astray.\u201d
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The Ransomed Shall Return<\/span><\/h3>\n
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35\u00a0<\/span>The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;<\/span><\/span>
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>it shall blossom abundantly<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and rejoice with joy and singing.<\/span><\/span>
\nThe glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.<\/span><\/span>
\nThey shall see the glory of the Lord<\/span>,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the majesty of our God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\u00a0<\/sup>Strengthen the weak hands,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and make firm the feeble knees.<\/span><\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>Say to those who have an anxious heart,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cBe strong; fear not!<\/span><\/span>
\nBehold, your God<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>will come with vengeance,<\/span><\/span>
\nwith the recompense of God.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>He will come and save you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5\u00a0<\/sup>Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and the ears of the deaf unstopped;<\/span><\/span>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>then shall the lame man leap like a deer,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.<\/span><\/span>
\nFor waters break forth in the wilderness,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and streams in the desert;<\/span><\/span>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>the burning sand shall become a pool,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and the thirsty ground springs of water;<\/span><\/span>
\nin the haunt of jackals, where they lie down,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the grass shall become reeds and rushes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8\u00a0<\/sup>And a highway shall be there,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;<\/span><\/span>
\nthe unclean shall not pass over it.<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>It shall belong to those who walk on the way;<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[a<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/span>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>No lion shall be there,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;<\/span><\/span>
\nthey shall not be found there,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>but the redeemed shall walk there.<\/span><\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>And the ransomed of the Lord<\/span> shall return<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and come to Zion with singing;<\/span><\/span>
\neverlasting joy shall be upon their heads;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>they shall obtain gladness and joy,<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Isaiah 35 ESV \u2013 The Ransomed Shall Return \u2013 The \u2013 Bible Gateway<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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