What does it mean to be weaned of milk from Isaiah 28? It says that it is those who understand Doctrine?

Question

Isaiah 28 talks about to whom the LORD will teach knowledge and to whom he will make to understand doctrines.

[9] Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
[13] But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
[15] Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death...(please read this whole chapter, I don't have room for it all)
I am curious what this means to you. Please give me examples of the milk that you have been weaned from (remember milk is good for “babies” and not harmful). What parts of the word of the LORD do you think will cause people to be snared and taken. How can the word of the LORD be written such (here a little, there a little) that it causes some to fall and others to know?

Answer 1

The milk is the basic doctrines, like in Christianity, the milk is "We are saved by grace through faith in Christ" and about the crucifixion and ressurection. These are the basics, the starting points. Gradually we are each weaned from the milk and moved on to "solid foods" which would be understanding of more about God and His Kingdom.

Answer 2

When one comes to God as God prescribes... and only in The Way... one becomes of The Body of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head... that knowledge is the assurance of salvation... but not the understanding of all of the teachings of Christ or the strength of The Word and Will of God... But...new babes in Christ many well try to go and bite off more than they can chew,so-to-speak, The new Christian must learn... and that takes time... just a baby grows and eventualy is weened...so is the new Christian taken to ever more understanding... When that understanding and maturinty in The Word is far enough along one then can go out in to the world... just a a new born babe will eventualy... and undertake the work God has for him... A Christian must have a mature Faith to be fully effective in god's Work.

Answer 3

Remember when Jesus told his disciples that they must eat of his flesh and drink of his blood if they were to partake in the kingdom of heaven? Bible said many turned away at the saying, as it was a hard saying. However, the 12 disciples understood what Jesus was saying, not to literally partake of his flesh and blood, but of the New Covenant, which is born out of the flesh and blood of Jesus.

Similarly, a baby cannot eat a steak, as he is not equipped to handle so a large, thick portion of substance. His digestive system couldnt even comprehend or break down the substance. He must start with Milk.

Milk is the doctrines of God. The simple things, such as there is a God. People sin. God does not like sin. Jesus came to free you of your sins. This is all milk.

Paul states that knowledge of all scriptures is basically milk. That is, that we, as christians, tend to suckle on the words of God and find comfort in only reading and contemplating. We are comfortable drinking out of the bottle, sucking our thumbs, even though we are 11 years old!!!

Paul said that the true "meat" of the gospel is the doing...The active participation of a christian according to God's will. We must be DOERS of the word, not hearers only.

That is the meat of the issue.

Answer 4

I liken it to what the Writer of Hebrews said:

Hebrews 6:1ff--"Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment

"I have fed you with milk, and not with meat," St. Paul told the Christians at Corinth.

Answer 5

Isa 28:9 -
whom shall he teach knowledge? - This verse commences a statement respecting another form of sin that prevailed among the people of Judah. That sin was contempt for the manner in which God instructed them by the prophets, and a disregard for his communications as if they were suited to children and not to adults. That “scoffing” was the principal sin aimed at in these verses, is apparent from Isa_28:14. Vitringa supposes that these words Isa_28:9-10 are designed to describe the manner of teaching by the priests and the prophets as being puerile and silly, and adapted to children. Michaelis supposes that the prophet means to signify that it would be a vain and fruitless labor to attempt to instruct these persons who were given to wine, because they were unaccustomed to sound and true doctrine. Others have supposed that he means that these persons who were thus given to wine and strong drink were disqualified to instruct others, since their teachings were senseless and incoherent, and resembled the talk of children. But the true sense of the passage has undoubtedly been suggested by Lowth. According to this interpretation, the prophet speaks of them as deriders of the manner in which God had spoken to them by his messengers. ‘What!’ say they, ‘does God treat us as children? Does he deal with us as we deal with infants just weaned, perpetually repeating and inculcating the same elementary lessons, and teaching the mere rudiments of knowledge?’ The expression, therefore, ‘whom shall he teach knowledge?’ or, ‘whom does he teach?’ is an expression of contempt supposed to be spoken by the intemperate priests and prophets - the leaders of the people. ‘whom does God take us to be? Does he regard us as mere children? Why are we treated as children with an endless repetition of the same elementary instruction?’
To understand doctrine - Hebrew as Margin, ‘Hearing,’ or ‘report’ Isa_53:1. The sense is, For whom is that instruction intended? whom does he wish to be taught by it?
Them that are weaned from the milk ... - Does he regard and treat us as mere babes?

Answer 6

As a child your first and only source of nourishment is milk. After the child grows and can tolerate other types of nourishment, other types of food sources are introduced. It is an analogy - we start off learning the basic truths about God, as we grow, we can learn more and more things that are more and more complex.

Answer 7

When you first start out on your spiritual journey, you are like baby- you need others, you have little knowledge, you can not stand alone; babies, i.e. young christians need milk. When you are an adult christian- you can stand on your own, you know more, you try to actually lead a Christian life.

Answer 8

If you look at a baby they only need milk to start, any other food will kill them but as they grow the get more solid food. As we first start to walk with GOD we can only take the basics then as we grow closer to GOD we can take more Deeper Truths.

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Answer 9

a mature Christian will love truth and this includes doctrine
and will be disciplined in the scriptures

the keyword is love truth, not just know it
loving truth, knowing God in a saving way

Answer 10

FOR a brief moment, Israel and Judah feel secure. Their leaders have forged political alliances with larger, more powerful nations, in an effort to find safety in a dangerous world. Samaria, the capital of Israel, has turned to neighboring Syria, while Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, has rested her hope on ruthless Assyria.

In addition to putting their trust in new political allies, some in the northern kingdom may expect Jehovah to protect them—despite their continuing to use golden calves in worship. Judah is likewise convinced that she can count on Jehovah’s protection. After all, is not Jehovah’s temple located in Jerusalem, their capital city? But there are unexpected events ahead for both nations. Jehovah inspires Isaiah to foretell developments that will seem truly strange to his wayward people.

Isaiah begins his prophecy with startling words:—Read Isaiah 28:1-3. Ephraim, the most prominent of the ten northern tribes, has come to stand for the entire kingdom of Israel. Its capital, Samaria, enjoys a beautiful and commanding location at “the head of the fertile valley.” Ephraim’s leaders are proud of their “eminent crown” of independence from the Davidic kingship in Jerusalem. But they are “drunkards,” spiritually inebriated because of their alliance with Syria against Judah. Everything they cherish is about to be trampled under the feet of invaders.—Compare Isaiah 29:9.

Ephraim does not realize its precarious position. Isaiah continues: (Read Isaiah 28:4) Ephraim will fall into the hand of Assyria, a sweet morsel to be consumed in a single bite. Is there no hope, then? Well, as is so often the case, Isaiah’s judgment prophecies are tempered with hope. Even though the nation falls, faithful individuals will survive, with Jehovah’s help.—Read Isaiah 28:5, 6.

The day of reckoning for Samaria comes in 740 B.C.E. when the Assyrians devastate the land and the northern kingdom ceases to exist as an independent nation. What about Judah? Her land will be invaded by Assyria, and later Babylon will destroy her capital city. But during Isaiah’s lifetime, Judah’s temple and priesthood will remain in operation and her prophets will continue to prophesy. Should Judah gloat over the coming demise of her northern neighbor? Certainly not! Jehovah will also settle accounts with Judah and her leaders for their disobedience and lack of faith.

Directing his message to Judah, Isaiah continues: (Read Isaiah 28:7, 8) How disgusting! Literal drunkenness in God’s house would be bad enough. But these priests and prophets are spiritually intoxicated—their minds beclouded by overconfidence in human alliances. They have deceived themselves into thinking that their course is the only practical one, perhaps believing that they now have a backup plan in case Jehovah’s protection proves inadequate. In their spiritually inebriated state, these religious leaders spew out revolting, unclean expressions that betray their grievous lack of genuine faith in God’s promises.
How do Judah’s leaders react to Jehovah’s warning? They mock Isaiah, accusing him of speaking to them as if they were infants: (Read Isaiah 28:9, 10)

How repetitious and strange Isaiah sounds to them! He keeps repeating himself, saying: ‘This is what Jehovah has commanded! This is what Jehovah has commanded! This is Jehovah’s standard! This is Jehovah’s standard!’ But Jehovah will soon “speak” to the inhabitants of Judah by means of action. He will send against them the armies of Babylon—foreigners who really do speak a different language. Those armies will certainly carry out Jehovah’s “command upon command,” and Judah will fall.—Read Isaiah 28:11-13.

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