July 10, 2026, Isaiah 63:1-6

July 10, 2026, Isaiah 63:1-6

63 Who is this who comes from Edom,
    in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,
he who is splendid in his apparel,
    marching in the greatness of his strength?
“It is I, speaking in righteousness,
    mighty to save.”

² Why is your apparel red,
    and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?

³ “I have trodden the winepress alone,
    and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
    and trampled them in my wrath;
their lifeblood^[a] spattered on my garments,
    and stained all my apparel.
⁴ For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption^[b] had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one to help;
    I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;
so my own arm brought me salvation,
    and my wrath upheld me.
⁶ I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
    I made them drunk in my wrath,
    and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

 

Isaiah 63:1-6 is a dramatic prophetic passage portraying the Messiah (Jesus) as a conquering warrior. Returning from defeating God’s enemies, He is depicted with garments-stained deep red from trampling them in a winepress. It symbolizes the ultimate, fierce judgment of God against sin and evil.

 

Do you take sin seriously? The imagery of the blood-stained winepress is intense and graphic. Does this vivid picture of God's wrath against sin cause you to take your own daily moral choices more seriously?

 

Knowing that Jesus endured the ultimate weight of judgment so you wouldn't have to, how does that change your gratitude toward Him today?

Robin Adams