Author Archives: Jefferson Vann

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About Jefferson Vann

Jefferson Vann is pastor of Piney Grove Advent Christian Church in Delco, North Carolina.

the one you all should fear

Isaiah 8:11-17 Because Yahveh said this to me with the strength of the hand resting, and he instructed me against walking in the way of this people, saying, 12 “You must not call conspiracy everything that this people calls conspiracy, … Continue reading →

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the coming flood

Isaiah 8:5-10 5 And Yahveh continued to speak to me again, saying, 6 “Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and enjoys Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore see the Lord bringing up the … Continue reading →

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plenty of room

Isaiah 8:1-4 1 Then Yahveh said to me, “Take yourself a large tablet and write on it with a regular stylus pen: for Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.[1] 2 And I will require reliable witnesses as a witness for me: Uriah the priest and … Continue reading →

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barbers and bushes

Isaiah 7:18-25 18 And this will happen: On that day, Yahveh will whistle for the fly at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee in the land of Assyria. 19 And all of them will come and … Continue reading →

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here’s your sign

Isaiah 7:10-17 10 And Yahveh continued to speak to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahveh God; make its difficulty deep like Sheol or make its difficulty high as the sky above.” 12 But Ahaz said, … Continue reading →

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two stumps of smoldering residue

Isaiah 7:1-9 1 This happened in the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah. Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against her. … Continue reading →

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a futile mission

Isaiah 6:9-13 9 And he said, “Go and say to this people, ‘Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!’ 10 Make the heart of this people insensitive, and make its ears unresponsive, … Continue reading →

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eyes and lips

Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year of the death of the king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and elevated throne, and the train of his robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphs standing above him: six wings … Continue reading →

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It comes quickly, swiftly!

Isaiah 5:25-30 25 For this reason the anger of Yahveh became hot against his people, and he stretched out his hand against it and struck it and the mountains quaked, and their corpse became like refuse in the middle of … Continue reading →

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“let him hurry his work”

Isaiah 5:18-24 18 Oy! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords made of lies and sin as with rope of the cart, 19 those who say, “Let him be quick; let him hurry his work so that we may … Continue reading →

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