I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 29-31.

    Isaiah tells us that his vision is like a sealed book to the people of this world. What he says here applies to the Bible as a whole. The people who reject God fall into two categories. Those who read the Bible a little bit, but say that they cannot understand it because it is confusing and contradictory. And those who do not read it at all because they have been told that they will not be able to understand it. Some of the people who say these things claim to obey God. They have made up their own rules, or adopted those made up by others, rather than following those given to us by God. Time and again, God surprises such people by the things He does. The “wise” tell us that such things will not happen. The intelligent and knowledgeable tell us that such things cannot happen. Then, when these things do happen, they tell us that they do not mean that God caused them to happen.

    These same people plan evil things in secret, thinking that no one will ever know and that they can continue to portray themselves as righteous. Despite their failure to understand what God said was coming, they think that they are smarter and wiser than those who understood God’s words. They think that by planning in secret they can bring about results contrary to God’s intentions. Rather than seek to discover what God desires, they make their plans on their own. When they are told that what they are doing is not right, they respond, “Shut up!” They tell those who talk about the will of God that they are stupid and foolish. Instead of trusting in God and His will, they trust in their ability to shut up those who reveal their corruption.