He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken.
--Isaiah 25:8 (NKJV)
From the daily Bible reading on September 27, 2013 of Proverbs 8:1-11; Hebrews 5:11-6:20; Isaiah 23-25.
As a prophet, Isaiah made some amazingly accurate predictions about future events. Some included what would occur very close at hand, such as Judah being carried off into captivity by Babylon. Some were a little further out, like the people's return to Jerusalem and the restoration of the nation. Some would not be fulfilled for hundreds of years, including the birth, life, and death of Jesus the Messiah. And some have yet to come to pass, over 2500 years later. Isaiah was used by God to speak His message to man. His prophecies came directly from God, and God knows what will happen yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Since the events foretold by Isaiah that have already come to pass unfolded just as Isaiah said, we have no reason to believe that those events yet to be fulfilled won't also occur just as he says. After all, it's really God doing the talking.
Isaiah spends four chapters, 24 through 27, giving us just such a glimpse into that future, foretelling what is still to occur. We don't know when these events may unfold, nor are we intended to. These predictions may begin to come true within the next few seconds, or maybe not for thousands of more years. We do not know because this sequence starts with the return of Christ, and we are not meant to know just when that will occur. In these four chapters Isaiah shows us the Great Tribulation and even beyond that to Jesus' Millennium Kingdom.
Today's focus verse comes from that vision of Jesus' Thousand Year Reign of peace on earth. It forms the promise that all believers hope for, the basis of that hope as revealed by Jesus to the Apostle John, a time when "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." (Please see Revelation 21:4.) God, through Isaiah, assures us there will come a time when there will be no more need for tears, when death will be vanquished and cast into the lake of fire. No more pain, no more sorrow, just a thousand years of peace living with Jesus. Who would not want this, hope for this, long for this? Believe in Jesus and receive it. For the Lord has spoken. Amen.
O Father God, You made a promise to us through Isaiah, a promise repeated by Jesus, that there will come a day when all our suffering will come to an end. No pain, no sorrow, just happiness being with Jesus. Our faith and belief will be rewarded by Your grace and Jesus' sanctification to grant us eternal life. Thank You, Father! Thank You, Jesus! In the most precious name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.
Isaiah spends four chapters, 24 through 27, giving us just such a glimpse into that future, foretelling what is still to occur. We don't know when these events may unfold, nor are we intended to. These predictions may begin to come true within the next few seconds, or maybe not for thousands of more years. We do not know because this sequence starts with the return of Christ, and we are not meant to know just when that will occur. In these four chapters Isaiah shows us the Great Tribulation and even beyond that to Jesus' Millennium Kingdom.
Today's focus verse comes from that vision of Jesus' Thousand Year Reign of peace on earth. It forms the promise that all believers hope for, the basis of that hope as revealed by Jesus to the Apostle John, a time when "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." (Please see Revelation 21:4.) God, through Isaiah, assures us there will come a time when there will be no more need for tears, when death will be vanquished and cast into the lake of fire. No more pain, no more sorrow, just a thousand years of peace living with Jesus. Who would not want this, hope for this, long for this? Believe in Jesus and receive it. For the Lord has spoken. Amen.
O Father God, You made a promise to us through Isaiah, a promise repeated by Jesus, that there will come a day when all our suffering will come to an end. No pain, no sorrow, just happiness being with Jesus. Our faith and belief will be rewarded by Your grace and Jesus' sanctification to grant us eternal life. Thank You, Father! Thank You, Jesus! In the most precious name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.
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