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Isaiah 29:22-24 mentions "children, the work of my hands,"

 Read what follows that verse.  When we understand our children are from God, we will stand in awe of Him.

“…fill all the world with fruit…” is another one of those passages that seemed highlighted for us today.

Fruit is the result of how we live our lives. Are we bearing good fruit or bad fruit? As Believers we should, of course, bear good fruit. What would happen if Believers filled all the world with good fruit? That fruit can take many forms. We bear fruit when we witness for Him. We bear fruit when we exercise our spiritual gifts. We bear fruit when we display the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control). How can we fill all the world with good fruit? Easy…spend plenty of time with Jesus!  He has said that He will watch over the fruitful vineyard, water it continually, and guard it continually. 

 

Isaiah 29:9

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin:  When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

When the altars of paganism are destroyed, then will guilt be atoned for.  This is one way we heed the warnings of The Harbinger.   Pagan influences within places of worship have so slowly and subtly crept in and the people have become so accustomed to them.  Had it been sudden, it would have been easier to confront and stop.

  

Isaiah 32:12-13 

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers —

When there is a drought or famine in the land, the crops die, but weeds remain.  We need only to take a look around during drought conditions.  Crops are dying, grass is dying, but weeds are thriving.  So it is when there is a famine of hearing the Word of the Lord. Fruitfulness decreases, but sinfulness increases so that the land is overgrown with thorns and briars (false teaching).

What a great promise in Isaiah 32:17-18
The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. 

Any ideas on Eliakim? He was the one chosen to replace Shebna, the steward of King Hezekiah. On Eliakim’s shoulder was placed the key to the house of David. There is another reference to this “key”. It’s found in the book of Revelation.
Rev 3:7
"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.