Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
There is one word, and one word alone that will form the basis of our study today. Here it is: “REASON” Whenever nations and individuals lose the ability to reason properly, the work of God’s Spirit upon the human heart is greatly retarded, and because God’s Spirit speaks to us through the seat of intelligence, the gateway to the conscience becomes shuttered, after prolonged and deliberate rejection of truth.
And for this reason, efforts to reach human beings become severely restricted. When this is the case, history teaches us that the close of probation for such nations and individuals is just a stone’s throw away. There is a valid reason why the people of God are to be sealed in their foreheads, for this is where things like judgement, reason, intelligence, discretion, and decision-making take place.
That is the reason why the seal of God will never be given in the hand, like the mark of the beast is, for some persons, because satan couldn’t care less if he bypasses one’s intellect, to have his way. In the book of Revelation we observe that persons will receive the mark of the beast in their foreheads or in their hands.
Isaiah 1:19 If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!