"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 12 March 2012"
Today's Blog Title: Impending Judgment on the Earth"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 24:1-23
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 24:14 "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the LORD, They shall cry aloud from the sea."
Beginning with Chapter 24 and running through Isaiah 27 we have the beginning of Isaiah's prophecies which are often called the "Little Apocalypse" because it looks beyond the immediate judgment of Israel's judgment of Israel's Gentile neighbors to the final judgments of the Tribulation period and the ushering in of the Messianic Kingdom. These chapters present universal judgments followed by universal blessings. "The LORD" moves in cataclysmic judgment upon the "earth" not simply on the land of Israel.
In these verses "land" should read "Earth." The severity of the Tribulation period is indicated by the statement that "the LORD maketh the earth empty and ...waste." "Turned upside down" is better read "distorts." Thus through war God empties the earth and leaves it a devastated and distorted wasteland. The Cities of the earth are described as "desolate" and "burned" as a result of this universal destruction.
The universal nature of this eschatological judgment leaves the people of the earth "as the shaking of an olive tree" empty and retaining only negligible remains. The reference "to the uttermost part of the earth" emphasizes the universal extent of this prophecy. This devastation will be so great that "the foundations of the earth do shake" from the aftershock. Thus the "earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard."
God's judgment will rock the very stability of the planet, reminding the people of earth that they have rebelled against Him. The "host of the high ones" referring to "Satanic powers" and the "kings of the earth" referring to "earthly powers" will be "gathered in the pit...shut up...many days." After a period of time "shall they be visited" (punished). You will also note the obvious parallel to Revelation 20:1-3, where Satan is bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years and then loosed for a "little season," only to be finally casted into the lake of fire for all eternity. (Praise God)
Have a god Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray for Youcel Nasdarkhani the Iranian pastor who has been sentenced to death for his refusal to denounce his Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Pray for God's Peace on the city of Jerusalem and His Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
"Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge." Proverbs 23:12
Jesus Reigns and He IS and ALWAYS WILL Be In TOTAL CONTROL.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: Impending Judgment on the Earth"
Today's Scripture Reading: Isaiah 24:1-23
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 24:14 "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the LORD, They shall cry aloud from the sea."
Beginning with Chapter 24 and running through Isaiah 27 we have the beginning of Isaiah's prophecies which are often called the "Little Apocalypse" because it looks beyond the immediate judgment of Israel's judgment of Israel's Gentile neighbors to the final judgments of the Tribulation period and the ushering in of the Messianic Kingdom. These chapters present universal judgments followed by universal blessings. "The LORD" moves in cataclysmic judgment upon the "earth" not simply on the land of Israel.
In these verses "land" should read "Earth." The severity of the Tribulation period is indicated by the statement that "the LORD maketh the earth empty and ...waste." "Turned upside down" is better read "distorts." Thus through war God empties the earth and leaves it a devastated and distorted wasteland. The Cities of the earth are described as "desolate" and "burned" as a result of this universal destruction.
The universal nature of this eschatological judgment leaves the people of the earth "as the shaking of an olive tree" empty and retaining only negligible remains. The reference "to the uttermost part of the earth" emphasizes the universal extent of this prophecy. This devastation will be so great that "the foundations of the earth do shake" from the aftershock. Thus the "earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard."
God's judgment will rock the very stability of the planet, reminding the people of earth that they have rebelled against Him. The "host of the high ones" referring to "Satanic powers" and the "kings of the earth" referring to "earthly powers" will be "gathered in the pit...shut up...many days." After a period of time "shall they be visited" (punished). You will also note the obvious parallel to Revelation 20:1-3, where Satan is bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years and then loosed for a "little season," only to be finally casted into the lake of fire for all eternity. (Praise God)
Have a god Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord our God with Gladness. Love God More Today. Pray for our Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are being persecuted for their Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ. Pray for Youcel Nasdarkhani the Iranian pastor who has been sentenced to death for his refusal to denounce his Faith and Trust in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Pray for God's Peace on the city of Jerusalem and His Blessings on the Nation of Israel. Always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T," GOD Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN."
"Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge." Proverbs 23:12
Jesus Reigns and He IS and ALWAYS WILL Be In TOTAL CONTROL.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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