"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them BEAUTY FOR ASHES, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified." —Isaiah 61:3
The title of this message is suggestive of the grammatical play on words that occurs in the Hebrew words translated ”beauty“ and ”ashes“. They both contain the same three Hebrew letters, but in a slightly different order. The word translated "beauty" denotes a head dress worn during Jewish festival days. The "ashes" were what the Jews put on their heads to express their grief during a time of sorrow. By simply switching the first two letters of these Hebrew words, we are taken from sighing to singing...or as the title says, we go from mourning to morning.
This text is about the Lord's promise to lift his people from sitting among the ashes of sadness and bring them to a place of gladness and comfort.
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“ Great Sermon! ” Yet again a timely word to my mourning heart. There is much in this Godless day that breaks our hearts, but we know that His Word tells that joy WILL come in the morning! God bless you Mr. Wagner!
At the call of God, Mr. Wagner took up the pastorate of the newly planted Covenant Free Presbyterian Church, located in Lexington, SC, in the fall of 2002. Prior to this, he labored from January of 1989 in the pioneering and establishing of Orlando Free Presbyterian Church,...
