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Isa 4:4  When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Isa 4:5  And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isa 4:6  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

The word "When" connects this verse to the previous verses:

Isa 4:1  And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isa 4:2  In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Isa 4:3  And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

As we established in our last study, we are still speaking of "that day", the time of the judgments of God within His kingdom. These judgments came upon the ancient nation of Israel outwardly primarily as a type of the judgments which are coming upon us as the inward spiritual "kingdom of God" (Luk 17:20-21) and also as a type of the judgments coming upon all nations outwardly at the end of this age of mankind's rule on this earth:

1Co 10:11  But, these things, by way of type, were happening unto them, and were written with a view to our admonition, unto whom, the ends of the ages, have reached along. (REV).

These prophecies are types of us "unto whom the ends of the ages have reached...", because it is we are now being judged:

1Pe 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Job had written this many hundreds of years before Isaiah:

Job 5:18  For he [God] maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

Then, through this same prophet, Isaiah, we are given even more explicit knowledge of how the Lord works with His creation, with mankind:

Isa 63:17  O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

This all accords with Joseph's revelation to us that his brothers' evil perpetrated against Joseph was actually not his brother's work at all, but was instead a work which the Lord Himself had worked for the express purpose of saving Joseph's family, and even more importantly to minister to us and to show us how God is "working all things after the counsel of His own will" (Eph 1:11; 1Co 10:11). What we are being told is that God is working all the evil we do and all the good we do to effectuate "for good" the salvation of all men:

Gen 50:20  But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Peter is inspired to inform us of this little understood Truth concerning the entire history of the patriarchs and the prophets of the Old Testament:

1Pe 1:9  Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1Pe 1:10  Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 
1Pe 1:11  Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 
1Pe 1:12  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

With that fact in mind let's look closely at:

We have seen that "the daughters of Zion and... Jerusalem" are no longer to be taken in their primary physical sense. Both are now to be understood as being in the heavens and in the realm of the spirit, the spiritual place where Christ and His Father have placed their names and where they and their kingdom now dwell within us and where we serve God in spirit and in Truth:

Joh 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

What this means is that God's kingdom, the kingdom of Israel, is now a spiritual kingdom within His new spiritual Israelites:

Eph 2:11  Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Eph 2:13  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Eph 2:14  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Eph 2:15  Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Eph 2:17  And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Eph 2:18  For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Eph 2:19  Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20  And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21  In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22  In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

This process is exactly what Christ had prophesied earlier in Luke 4 and 17:

Luk 4:24  And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
Luk 4:25  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luk 4:26  But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luk 4:27  And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 
Luk 4:28  And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 
Luk 4:29  And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Luk 4:30  But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Luke 4 adds a much deeper understanding of these later words of Christ in chapter 17:

Luk 17:20  And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

It all now accords with what Christ told the woman at the well:

Joh 4:21  Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Joh 4:22  Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews [Spiritual Jews, Rom 2:28-29].
Joh 4:23  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 
Joh 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Gal 4:25  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

It is this prophet Isaiah who is most often quoted by the apostle Paul to reveal to us who the spiritual "heavenly Jerusalem" is and upon whom that name was to be placed:

Heb 12:22  But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heb 12:23  To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Rev 3:12  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Paul's own eyes were enlightened by Christ to see that the prophecy, which Christ had revealed to the people in His home town of Nazareth concerning how the Lord had sent Elijah to a Gentile widow and how He had healed Naaman, the Syrian, tells us that He was in the process of making a new Israel and a New Jerusalem and a new Jew and a new kingdom of God within primarily physical Gentiles who do appreciate Him and the blessing of knowing Him.

Those who are the children of "Jerusalem above" are "the daughters of Zion" who are to be washed and purged [of] the blood of Jerusalem... by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning."

Here is what is meant by "the blood of Jerusalem":

Luk 11:49  Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Luk 11:50  That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 
Luk 11:51  From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 

We are so blessed to be given to know that it is we who must live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, including these words of Christ. We are blessed to be given to acknowledge that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world is to be required of us, of "this generation", and that it is we, each of us, who are "chief... of... sinners (1Ti 1:15).

So while we are "the... filth[y] daughters of Zion" who are being "washed [and] purged", and while we are "the house of God" at which "judgment must begin" (1Pe 4:17), these things are only so if Christ has first revealed to us that it is not someone else, but it is we who are guilty of all the blood of all the prophets from Abel to "this generation", and that it is not someone else who is 'chief of sinners', rather it is me, and for you, it is you.

But here is a blessing which accompanies the shocking knowledge of who and what God has made us to be:

Isa 4:5  And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

As we have seen, physical pedigree and physical descent does not impress our Creator in the least. "The daughters of Zion [are the same as] her assemblies [and they are] every dwelling place of Zion." Christ's anointed, those who are His Christ, are these dwelling places in which He and His Father dwell. These are the "many mansions", which is much better translated as 'abodes' than 'mansions'. Here are the "dwelling place[s]... and... assembies" of this verse:

Joh 14:2  In my Father's house are many mansions [Greek: mone - residence, "dwelling place"]: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

So the dwelling place of the daughters of Zion is "in Christ". Here is how, in this same 14th chapter of John, Christ explains what He means by the "many mansions" He is preparing for us:

Joh 14:20  At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

What is this "cloud and smoke by day", and the shining of a flaming fire by night" [which] shall be a defence"?

Let's first look at this word 'defence'. I think we all know what and who is the 'cloud by day and flaming fire by night', but we will look into that, too, after we look at the Hebrew word from which this word 'defence' is translated. It is translated from the Hebrew word 'chuppah'.

Here is Strong's definition:

H2646
חֻפָּה
chûppâh
khoop-paw'
From H2645; a canopy: - chamber, closet, defence.

Here is how it is translated elsewhere in the Old Testament:

H2646
חפּה
chûppâh
Total KJV Occurrences: 3
chamber, 1
Psa_19:5
closet, 1
Joe_2:16
defence, 1
Isa_4:5

As we have seen so often, this is the only instance where this word is translated in this way. It is otherwise translated as 'chamber' and 'closet'. But all three of these words convey the concept of a place of refuge. So let's look at the root of this word and see what we can learn. We are told that the root of 'chuppah' is:

H2645
חָפָה
châphâh
khaw-faw'
A primitive root (compare H2644, H2653); to cover; by implication to veil, to incase, protect: - ceil, cover, overlay.

This is how this root word is translated in the Old Testament:

H2645
חפה
châphâh
Total KJV Occurrences: 13
covered, 7
2Sa_15:30 (2), Est_6:12, Est_7:8, Psa_68:13, Jer_14:3-4 (2)
overlaid, 4
2Ch_3:5, 2Ch_3:7-9 (3)
ceiled, 1
2Ch_3:5
cover, 1
Deu_33:12

It is obvious that the thought of being covered is the meaning of this root word, and the concept of being covered or protected is certainly contained in the word 'chuppah',

Zec 8:2  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

So once again, what is this "cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night" [which] shall be a defence?

That cloud and smoke by day is Christ and His Words, which are the protection of Christ's witnesses who stand for and witness to those words and who walk in the light of those words. The "flaming fire by night" is that very same cloud which directs the thoughts and actions of those same witnesses.

Exo 13:21  And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exo 13:22  He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

"The Lord" was this 'cloud' which both purged and protected Israel, and that is the meaning of "a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence." Notice how the Word of God, "the angel of the Lord", protected Israel at the Red Sea and how the Word of God works to protect His witnesses to this very day:

Exo 14:19  And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
Exo 14:20  And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Paul reiterates that this 'cloud', this 'angel of the Lord' which led Israel through the wilderness, was Christ Himself:

1Co 10:1  Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2  And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Christ is our 'ark' which carries us through the flood which destroys all flesh.  He is also our Deliverer and our Savior who walks with us in the fiery furnace which our enemies would love to use to destroy us, but which He uses to purify us and to exalt us to be placed as the rulers over all the wise men of Babylon.  Our lives of obedience to Him are the "furnace of earth" into which He pours out His wrath upon all the possessions of our old man, which must all be burned out of us as only He and His Word can do. It is not a pleasant experience, but in the end it produces the Christ of Christ to become the saviors upon Mount Zion:

Psa 12:6  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Eze 22:21  Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Eze 22:22  As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

Oba 1:21  And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

1Co 3:11  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1Co 3:12  Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13  Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 
1Co 3:14  If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15  If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 

'No man can enter into the temple till the seven plagues... full of the wrath of God... [are] fulfilled.'

Rev 15:7  And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
Rev 15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

The example of Christ's life in which He refused to partake of the days, months, times and years of the law of Moses, as well as the "many things" He could not at that time say to us simply because we were not yet able to bear them, are examples of the fire within the "furnace of earth", which we are while in these "vessels of clay" (Jer 18:4 and Rom 9:21).

Joh 16:12  I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Christ spoke the words of John 16:12 at the end of His physical ministry, after He had already made many changes to the law of Moses, and yet those words are just as true for most of Christ's disciples today as it was the day He first uttered those words, because most of those who claim His name cannot begin to follow in His footsteps and buck their familes and the traditions of men. Defying the traditions of His day is one of the two main reasons given to us for why the "Jews which believed on Him... wanted to kill Him":

Joh 5:16  And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Joh 5:17  But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Joh 5:18  Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

In time the fiery trials became even greater when Christ revealed to the apostle Paul that He was really taking the gospel from His physical people and giving it only to those who are "in Christ" and not to anyone who is not "in Christ":

Gal 3:28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:29  And if ye be Christ's, then [and only then, Rom 2:28-29] are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

As we saw earlier in this study, it was Christ who in Luke 4, in His first recorded teaching, informed those in the synagogue in Nazareth, "where He had been brought up", that the gospel would be taken from them and given to the Gentiles. That doctrine to this very day will still get us thrown out of the synagogues and churches which simply do not believe the scriptures.

Christ, Paul and John were one and all those dreaded "replacement theologians" who are so hated by those who have not yet be given "the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ". To this day those who have not been given spiritual eyes and spiritual ears still want to drag us "unto the brow of the hill whereon their city [is] built, that they might cast [us] down headlong". They do so simply because we have been made to notice that Christ's first recorded teaching of His ministry informs us that the gospel would be taken from physical Israel and physical Jerusalem and physical Jews and given to physical Gentiles who have accepted the doctrines of Christ. That excludes most Christians in most churches today.

Here are a few verses of scripture which are either ignored, perverted or labeled as the words of a false prophet by all those who "cannot hear [Christ's] words":

Joh 8:43  Why do ye ["Jews which believed on Him" vs 30-31] not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Rom 2:28  For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Gal 4:31  So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman ["Jerusalem which now is... in bondage" - vs 26], but of the free.

1Pe 1:12  Unto whom ["the prophets", vs 10] it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us [who are "in Christ"] they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

The spirit in those who dragged Christ out of the synagogue to kill Him for telling them the Truth is, to this day, still in those whose understanding simply has not yet been enlightened to know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in [His spiritual] saints" (Eph 1:18). The spirit of those who dragged Christ out of that synagogue in His home town of Nazareth cannot accept that, as we just read, 'Zion, and... Jerusalem, being a Jew, and being the kingdom of God, and being Abraham's seed' are now one and all simply a matter of spiritually being "in Christ", whether we are physically Gentiles or Jews.

Gal 3:26  For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:27  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Gal 3:28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal 3:29  And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

But what is especially hard for that spirit, which dominates almost all Christian denominations, to accept are those verses which say that being a physical Jew or a physical Israelite or being a physical descendant of Abraham no longer amounts to anything more than a pile of dung.

Php 3:4  Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Php 3:5  Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Php 3:6  Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Php 3:7  But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

Such powerful spiritual insights cannot be understood by, and will not be tolerated by, the natural, carnal mind of mankind. To the natural man, words must mean exactly what they say in a natural sense. Giving words a spiritual meaning takes away from the natural man his entire natural kingdom. Nevertheless these are the words of our Lord concerning how we are to handle His words:

Joh 6:63  It is the spirit that quickeneth [gives life]; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

1Co 2:12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13  Which things also we speak, not in the [natural] words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 
1Co 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The prayer of the spirit for each of us is:

Eph 1:17  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Eph 1:18  The eyes of your [spiritual] understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, [His spiritual "Kingdom of God within you"; His spiritual Israel, His spiritual "Jerusalem above which is the mother of us all", His spiritual Issac, His spiritual "children of promise"],
Eph 1:19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 

That is what is known as "replacement theology", which cannot be received by the natural man "for [it] is foolishness unto him". It is the inability of the natural man to accept "the things of the spirit" which will produce much of "the spirit of judgment, and ... the spirit of burning" by which the true, spiritual 'daughter of Zion will be washed of her filth, and by which the blood of spiritual Jerusalem will be purged'. It is a truly burning experience to be rejected completely by one's own home town and one's own family. But at the same time it is also a cleansing and purging experience with spiritual benefits, which are more than worth enduring that burning up of our own natural ways. That is the fiery words of Christ which will try "every man's works":

Here is the New Testament version of this same message of being purged by "the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning":

1Co 3:12  Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13  Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 
1Co 3:14  If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15  If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 

That should give us some idea of how "the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence." (Isa 4:5)

This must all take place first, because verse 5 is contingent upon the fulfilling of verse 4. God's supernatural protection is given only after He [has] washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and [after He has] purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning (Isa 4:4).

Through it all, Christ is faithful to give us His strength, and He has also given us His peace:

Joh 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" is ours because we have the "cloud and smoke by day,  and the shining of a flaming fire by night" as a defense for all who have been given the peace that Christ has given to all who are His, as our final verse in this chapter reveals.

This is the fruit of enduring the "shining of a flaming fire" of the Word of God and its wrath, which burns out all the wood, hay and stubble of the doctrines and works of our self-righteous old man:

Isa 4:6  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.  

It would be a grave mistake to take these words to mean that all who live Godly lives in Christ Jesus shall not suffer persecution. Christ is our "shadow in the daytime from the heat" of the very fiery trials and persecutions which will be suffered by all who will live Godly lives in Christ Jesus:

2Ti 3:12  Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1Pe 4:13  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

The apostle Paul reveals that it is the knowing that 'we are partaking of Christ's sufferings' which gives us the strength and the ability to rejoice even in our sufferings. It is counter-intuitive to our natural old man, but the Truth is that it is in "the fellowship of His sufferings" that we are being shadowed in the daytime from the heat, and we are in a place of refuge and in a covert from the storm and from the rain.

Here is Christ expressing this through the pen of the apostle Paul:

Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Php 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 
Php 3:11  If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Here is what it is like to know "the power of His resurrection" and to "rejoice inasmuch as we are partakers of Christ's sufferings". This concerned the apostles shortly after the day of Pentecost:

Act 5:40  And to him [Gameliel] they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Act 5:41  And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And this is what Paul and Silas experienced after being beaten and cast into a Philippian prison:

Act 16:23  And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Act 16:24  Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Act 16:25  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Act 16:26  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.

That is the freedom we have in Christ, and that is "the power of His resurrection".

Paul and Silas had been beaten with "many stripes" and had their feet held fast in the stocks, and yet Christ in them was rejoicing that they were "counted worthy to suffer for HIs name's sake". There was great 'heat' from this trial. There was a storm of much rain which was beating down upon their house, but their house was built on the Rock, and they were in  "a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain."