Blessed Assurance - For The People Of God

Isaiah 32
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers.....
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

At first, I thought this was about the second coming. Then I thought it had something to do with the coming reign of Hezikiah. On some level I'm sure it does. Upon further reflection, however, it more and more appears to predict the coming of the church age - when - with righteousness - we can have blessed assurance....for ever....

With a verse like this. What a great way to start the day....

Hezikiah And A Man

Isaiah 32
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Two questions. Who is the king? Who is "a man."

The king, I think, is Hezekiah. Or, any great, righteous leader in the church age. A man, I think, is Jesus, before his first coming. And here, even as the Messiah not yet come, he is a source of strength to the Hebrews in Isaiah's time, or a righteous leader in the church age.

The lesson
We do have a source of comfort in troubled times, when tempests blow, when water is scarce, when we are weary with the cares of life. Jesus Christ....