Connect Isaiah 44:27 with other scriptures showing God's authority over natural elements. Key Verse: Isaiah 44:27 “who says to the deep, ‘Be dry! I will dry up your currents!’ ” God Speaks and Waters Obey – Starting in Genesis • Genesis 1:9 – “Then God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.’ And it was so.” • Genesis 8:1 – “God remembered Noah… and He caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.” Deliverance at the Red Sea and Beyond • Exodus 14:21-22 – “Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind… and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground.” • Joshua 3:15-17 – At the Jordan, “the waters flowing downstream stood still… and all Israel crossed over on dry ground.” Wisdom Literature: The Sea Has a Limit • Job 38:8-11 – God asks Job, “Who shut in the sea when it burst forth… when I fixed its boundaries… and said, ‘This far you may come and no farther’?” • Psalm 33:7-9 – “He gathers the waters of the sea into a heap… For He spoke, and it came to be.” • Psalm 89:9 – “You rule the raging sea; when its waves surge, You still them.” • Psalm 93:3-4 – “The floods have lifted up… but mightier than the breakers of the sea is the LORD on high.” Prophets Echo the Theme • Isaiah 50:2 – “By My rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a desert.” • Nahum 1:4 – “He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry.” • Jeremiah 51:36 – “I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.” Jesus Reveals the Same Authority • Mark 4:39 – “He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ … and there was a great calm.” • Matthew 14:25-32 – Jesus walks on the water; Peter does too until his faith falters, and the wind ceases when they enter the boat. • Luke 8:24 – Parallel account: “He rebuked the wind and the raging water, and they were still.” New-Creation Hints in Revelation • Revelation 7:1 – Four angels “holding back the four winds of the earth” so no wind blows on sea or land. • Revelation 16:12 – The sixth bowl: “The great river Euphrates was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.” What the Thread Teaches Us • One consistent voice: whether at creation, during Israel’s history, in poetic reflection, prophetic declaration, Christ’s earthly ministry, or end-time vision, the waters respond instantly to God’s command. • The physical seas submit because the Creator owns them; therefore every other realm—spiritual, national, personal—must bow as well. • Isaiah 44:27 isn’t isolated; it is part of an unbroken testimony that the Lord literally governs every molecule, turning chaos into pathways of salvation for His people. |
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