"No longer will your Teacher hide himself, but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher, and your ears shall hear a word behind you: “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or the left." (Isaiah 30: 20 - 21).
A teacher in Israel is synonymous with a prophet. "Where there is no vision, the people perish." (Proverbs 29: 18). Israel has known many days without teachers and prophets. "For many days Israel was without a teaching priest" (2 Chronicles 15: 3). The nation was able to compare the Before and the After experience.
In our key Scripture for today (Isaiah 30: 20 - 21), God is promising a permanent Teacher, who will always be there. "He is the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14: 17).
Today we live in a world in an existential crisis of truth. In the Body of Christ, people ask "Where is the truth? What is the truth?" From the media and social media, and government media, we see more often than in the past mutual accusations of falsehood and lies.
Who do we believe?
The Bible warns that the time will come when "They will accumulate teachers after their own lusts" (2 Timothy 4: 3). These contending voices want to be teachers of the law, but are ignorant (1 Timothy 1:7). The Bible warns: "Not many of you should be teachers" (James 3: 1)
"Do not be called Rabbi, for you have one teacher, for the Christ is your only Teacher." (Matthew 23: 10). We have one Teacher, Jesus the Christ who teaches us through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Amen!
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