Today’s reading in Isaiah tells the story of the wrath of God on the Day of the Lord and gives us a glimpse into the Millennial Kingdom.
We are reminded when reading about the wrath of God about the consequences of disobedience. Too often when we suffer the consequences, we tend to want to blame somebody else...sometimes we even want to blame God. It's comparable to a small child who has been repeatedly warned not to touch the hot stove but touches it anyway, then wants to blame the parent who has consistently warned them, or wants to blame the stove. The wrath of God is the consequence of the sins of the people.
Isaiah 24:6
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.
We are reminded when reading about the wrath of God about the consequences of disobedience. Too often when we suffer the consequences, we tend to want to blame somebody else...sometimes we even want to blame God. It's comparable to a small child who has been repeatedly warned not to touch the hot stove but touches it anyway, then wants to blame the parent who has consistently warned them, or wants to blame the stove. The wrath of God is the consequence of the sins of the people.
Isaiah 24:6
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.
Evil will be destroyed and Satan and his evil angels will be thrown into the Abyss.
"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you."
This is a great verse to keep in our minds when things around us are not so peaceful. If we want peace, we keep our thoughts on God and trust in Him. This keeps us from being shaken by surrounding chaos.
Under the heading ETERNAL DEATH OF THE WICKED, Isaiah 26:14-18 are these words,
"...those departed spirits do not rise."
Contrast those words with these in Isaiah 26:19,
"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise."
Seems to be a contradiction, doesn't it? Those who are non-believers will appear before the Judgment Seat but will not rise to eternal life. They only go down to eternal death. In Isaiah 26:19, those who are believers will also appear before the Judgment Seat, and they will rise to eternal life.
Leviathan is mentioned. In ancient Aramean literature this is a seven-headed monster, an enemy of God and God’s created order of things. How very appropriate as a representative of Satan! Satan is most definitely an enemy of God and according to Hebrew word pictures, Satan is “chaos man”. (chaos as the opposite of order)
Isaiah 35 is a peek into the nature of things in the Millennium, as well as the attitude that should be ours as the redeemed today. These conditions are the opposite of a spiritual famine of hearing the words of the Lord.
Isa 35:8
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
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