Isaiah Prophesied Naked Because unto the pure all things are pure, Isaiah was instructed by the Lord to prophesy to the Egyptians by taking off all of his clothes and sandals . He was told to walk among them stark naked for not an afternoon in the sunshine but for three whole years. This is why Isaiah was a great prophet, because he didn't care what others thought about him but only about the Lord, and he obeyed. He wasn't concerned whether or not he matched up to others in comparison or how he might offend or entice the Egyptian women, that wasn't his point. He was to prophesy to them, that if they didn't obey the Lord, they also would go naked before their enemies after their defeat. Did they listen to him? NO, but he did obey the Lord and witness by prophesying naked to them. This saith the WORD of the Lord . Isaiah 20: 2-4 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. Therefore the only way Isaiah could obey is if he was humble and the Lord didn't ask him to do it just for a day but for three whole years. So think of it .. it wasn't some fleeting or streaking sensationalism, but a total witness over the long run. And this is why in the long run the Lord could trust him, because Isaiah put the Lord first before himself or any human relationship. But being nude or going nude doesn't make somebody automatically humble. Yet if you're humble then being nude doesn't matter if that is what the Lord has instructed you to do. For unto the pure all things are pure and Isaiah was humble or at least became humble in his service to the Lord. It wasn't a sexual display, but a prophetic demonstration and literal example of what judgments were going to happen to the Egyptians, that seeing they might see, and yet they believed not. I mean even in the New Testament, Paul and Barnabus, had to strip down to their bare essentials, to demonstrate that they were 'mere men' and designed exactly the same way other men were and the way women knew them to be. Acts 14: 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, (in other words, they stripped) and ran in among the people, crying out, And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: (They preached or taught them that Jesus was the Creator, the common Creator of all men and women, who even created their own bodies according to his Image and form) Paul and Barnabus, just like Isaiah before them had to give them a visual demonstration before they would understand. There was no cover-ups or false fronts or clothes to get in the way of the message. It was straight forward and simple, because obviously the Lord can use our sacredly designed bodies for his service I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. For did not King David dance naked or semi-naked before the Ark of the Lord, yet his own wife mocked him for his pure joy in celebrating the return of the Lord's Spirit. I Samuel 6: 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the Ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. . And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. (In other words Michal was in the flesh and cared about other women seeing David naked whereas David didn't care because it was as unto the Lord. He was in the Spirit even though naked while she was in the flesh even though clothed) I Sam 16: 7 for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. Unto the pure all things are pure In my opinion from all scriptures Jay |
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