Judgement. Laments. Mourning.
That's a three-word summary of Isaiah 3, and 4:1. Israel messes up, and God gives them what they've earned. It's pretty cataclysmic. I mean, it's as if the movie 2012 actually happened except people weren't all dying.
And then in v2 Isaiah introduces some hope: the Branch of the Lord. Regardless of how you interpret this branch, (is it a person? Is it a place? Is it a thing? Is it the cumulative effort of God's people? Isn't it just God, or at least His arm?) that is the "It" in the above sentence. This branch will be hope for a suffering people. If you interpret it as Jesus, then it IS the hope of all people.
It's a shelter from the metaphoric Sun and it's death rays. It's a hiding place from the evil going on. And it's a refuge from the metaphorical storms and rain of death.
I might be exaggerating, but the hope this branch provides is not. And you can have it, because if we interpret the branch as Jesus, then He's already here and waiting to be your hope, refuge, and shelter.
Pretty awesome, if you ask me. And while you didn't, now you know.
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