3.279 He Holds the Cup
Show Notes
Allen Roberds reflects on Isaiah 51:22, where the Lord promises to take away the "cup of trembling" from his people. He connects this ancient prophecy to the Atonement of Jesus Christ, explaining how Christ's sacrifice allows us to overcome our personal cups of suffering, weakness, and sorrow, providing redemption and comfort in the last days.
Key Points
- Isaiah 51 calls for vigilance and awakening ("Harken," "Awake") as the Lord comforts Zion in the last days.
- The Lord promises in Isaiah 51:22 to remove the "cup of trembling" and the "dregs of the cup of my fury" from His people.
- Allen Roberds highlights the symbolic connection between the "cup of trembling" and the "bitter cup" of suffering experienced by Jesus Christ in His Atonement.
- Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our individual "bitter cups" of weaknesses, sins, sorrows, and pains can be overcome and taken away.
- God actively "pleadeth the cause of his people" through the Redeemer, offering solace and strength through Christ's sacrifice.
My friends, the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. The things we suffer with in mortality are real for us. They're difficult; they're challenging. They are our weaknesses, our sins, our sorrows, our pains.
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In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as Savory Salt.
Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. Choose ye this day whom you will serve.
Harken. Look. Harken.
Lift up thine eyes. Harken. Awake.
Awake. Do you get it yet? Are you hearing the same thing that I'm saying here?
These are the words inside of Isaiah chapter 51 as you go through it. This is talking about the last days and the Lord comforting Zion. We are in the last days, so perhaps we should take some time in Isaiah 51 and other places talking about this time.
Harken. Look. Harken.
Lift up thine eyes. Awake. Awake.
These are the words that we're hearing and reading inside of Isaiah 51. As we read through Isaiah 50 this week, I want to land on our verse for today and see what it means for us inside of this chapter. Isaiah 51, verse 22, says this: Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord, and thy God, that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury.
Thou shalt no more drink it again. Now that might be a weird one for you. You might be saying, why would you choose that one of all of these verses?
The Bible is a book of verses. Earlier on in Isaiah chapter 51, he's talking about the people having this cup of trembling and the dregs of the cup, the fury of the Lord. As Israel, as we know, right, has had its time where it's been with the Lord, and then it's been against the Lord, and it's separated, and then it's come back.
Here, the time comes where the Lord takes the cup of trembling. I think it's interesting that Isaiah uses this context of the cup, especially when we talk about the bitter cup of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It is through the Atonement of Jesus Christ that our bitter cups, the very cups in our lives that cause us to tremble and to shake, the nasty dregs that we experience in our.
I love the phrase up above, thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people. If you take a second and you go over to the footnote of pleadeth. We haven't gotten here yet, but in Jeremiah, what an amazing scripture connection here and a beautiful verse talking about the Redeemer and His role.
My friends, the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. The things we suffer with in mortality are real for us. They're difficult; they're challenging.
They are our weaknesses, our sins, our sorrows, our pains. The Lord of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I mentioned it yesterday.
Again, take an opportunity to dive into any General Conference talk. You will find a testimony of Jesus Christ and His Atonement and the strength that comes through it. I hope that you can feel it in your life as you continue every day to be just a little bit more savory salt.
That is all for today, my friends. You and I have. Thank you for coming here for such a time as this.
Step forward in faith and let's be savory salt. We will be here tomorrow and we hope you are too.
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