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Isaiah
{11:1} And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: {11:2} And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; {11:3} And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: {11:4} But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. {11:5} And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. {11:6} The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. {11:7} And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. {11:8} And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. {11:9} They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Author: WmX
I stumbled off the track to success in 1968, started chasing shadows that summer. Since then, In addition to farm-laborer and newspaper photographer my occupational incarnations include dishwasher, janitor, retail photo clerk, plumber, HVAC repairman, auto mechanic, CAT scan technologist, computer worker and politico (whatever it takes to buy a camera.) I am on the road to understanding black and white photography.
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Wishful thinking. Stems, rods, roots and branches!
Isaiah and those other prophets were good with poetic rhetoric. It’s a job requirement.
I believe this prophecy was used by the early Christians to legitimize the Messiah, but maybe not. Wasn’t Jesus of Abraham’s branch and not Jesse’s? Obviously I am not a scholar.
Wishful thinking. Stems, rods, roots and branches!
Isaiah and those other prophets were good with poetic rhetoric. It’s a job requirement.
I believe this prophecy was used by the early Christians to legitimize the Messiah, but maybe not. Wasn’t Jesus of Abraham’s branch and not Jesse’s? Obviously I am not a scholar.