Friday – Prophets

Reading – Isaiah 19-21

Highlight Verse:

“In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the Lord at its border.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭19‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬

First off, for all you hopeless romantics looking for a romantic reading, sorry.

I scoured today’s reading and found nothing that we would call romantic.

That is unless we think along the lines of what author Ted Dekker called “The Great Romance” in his “Circle Series” of novels.

In that case,

The Great Romance is the story of God wooing His creation to find life in Him.

In today’s highlight verse, Isaiah prophesied that Romance coming to Egypt.

It came true!

In the 2nd century BC, during the Maccabean revolt in Israel, the priests were forced to flee to Egypt. They brought with them the practice of worship and sacrifice. Many in Egypt came to worship God, laying the spiritual foundation for the Coptic Church to follow after Christ’s sacrifice.

It was likely to the same area that Joseph, Mary, and Jesus fled.

The Coptic Church, founded by Mark the Evangelist in 42AD is likely the oldest Christian group still in existence today.

And Isaiah saw it coming.

Does it surprise you that Isaiah’s prophecies came true in such a profound way?
What other prophecies in today’s reading caught your eye? Why?