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The Judgment and Hope in Isaiah 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me today. Alright. Today, we're reading Isaiah chapters 24 and 25, verse 9 of chapter 25, and it will be said in that day,0:22 behold, this is our god. We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord. We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. The previous 10 chapters that we've been0:34 looking at spoke of the prophetic judgment of specific nations and in a broader sense, the judgment of various aspects of the types of sins of nations. But here0:46 we have, in the next 4 chapters, a new section of Isaiah, an eschatological revelation from Isaiah with a message that speaks generally to the coming tribulation0:57 and judgment of the entire world by God. That term in that day, that refers to the end times, the tribulation, and into the millennial reign of Christ. Now some1:09 scholars say this also points to the near term Assyrian siege of Jerusalem that took place during Hezekiah's reign. Others say it was Babylon, the end, the fall1:21 of the southern king, but most agree that it does, point to the the the future fulfillment in its totality of the end time tribulation1:33 period. Verse 1 chapter 24. Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes its makes it waste, distorts its surface, and scatters abroad its inhabitants. Now1:45 who does this? Well, it makes very clear the lord. He is the creator and the judge of all the earth as Abraham recognized in Genesis 18. Verse 2, and it shall be as with the1:57 people, so with the priest, as with the servant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistress, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the lender, so with the borrower, as with the2:08 creditor, so with the debtor. The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered, for the Lord has spoken his word.2:20 Now God is no respecter of persons. Everyone is going to be impacted by this. This is what he's making clear in this passage. Verse 4, the earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes2:32 and fades away. The haughty people of the earth languish. Now the earth the earth, earth, the earth, it mourns, and it it it2:44 mourns under the weight of the sin of man. You know, the sin has consequences, and it has consequences for the individual, has consequences for society, and, yes, even the earth. And and all of creation is affected by2:56 the sin of man, and we see that in the New Testament even. Paul writes about that. But even though the earth is affected by the sin of man, we have to realize and and understand3:08 that all sin is against God. The suffering of creation is a symptom. Disobeying God is the source. And when we look at issues,3:20 even today, we we focus on the symptoms of man's disobedience to God when we should be looking at the source of the problem. Look at what what verse 5 says. The3:31 earth is also defiled under its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore, the curse has3:43 devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned. A few men are left. It is the transgression3:55 of the word, the law of God that has caused the judgment of God to come upon the earth. You know, the curse of sin came when man, chose to disobey God, and all of4:07 creation is suffering under the weight of the sin of man. But, again, we've gotta go beyond the symptoms to go back to the source if we want to cure what ails this world.4:19 Verse 16, from the ends of the earth, we have heard songs glory to the righteous, but I said, I am ruined. Ruined. Woe to me. The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously. Indeed, the4:30 treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, oh inhabitant of the earth. And it shall be that he who flees from the noise of the fear4:42 shall fall into the pit, and he who comes up from the midst of the pit shall be caught in the snare, for the windows from on high are open, open, and the foundations of4:54 the earth are shaken. The earth is violently broken. The earth is split open. The earth is shaken exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall5:06 totter like a hut. Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, and it will fall and not rise again. It shall come to pass in that day5:18 that the Lord will punish on high the host of the exalted ones and on the earth, the kings of the earth. Now let me stop there for just a moment. Is the end near?5:32 Are we approaching this point? You know, I was in New York City a number of years ago. This is true story. A guy was walking around with 1 of those sandwich signs, you know, panel on the front, panel on the back.5:44 And this these were the words on his sign his sign, front and back. The end is near. That was it. There was no suggestion of action to be taken. I was looking I wanted to see the backside to see was there a5:56 scripture verse. You know, was was he advertising something? There was nothing. It was just it was just this. There was no, actions that were being suggested nor was there calls for the6:08 end being near. It was just this was assigned. The end was near. Well, I was recently reading an article, that there were 27 different volcanoes erupting6:20 at that moment, and many others were showing signs of of waking up. And the article went on to say this, and this was not a not a Christian article. It was just an article. Quote, of course,6:32 this comes at a time when we are also seeing lots of unusual earthquakes around the globe, end quote. Now does that tell us that the end is near? I mean, look at what Jesus6:44 tells his disciples when they ask the that question. When will the end be? Well, in Mark chapter 13 verse 5, and Jesus answered them saying, take heed that no 1 deceives you.6:56 First off, I could park on that and spend plenty of time. Deception is all around us. I mean, you go on the Internet, you see it. You turn on7:08 the news, you see it. It it is all around it even from conservative voices. Alright? So how do we keep from being deceived? Well,7:20 number 1, you're doing it. You're in the word. We need to be in the word. We need to measure all things according to the word of God. Alright. For many will come in my name and7:32 saying I am he and will deceive many. Now it's not necessarily, you know, they're gonna deceive people coming. I'm Jesus Christ. But, no, I am the I am the way.7:44 I am the truth and the life. I am the savior. I am the the 1 who has the answers. That is where the deception comes in. But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled, for such things7:55 must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles there. Are8:07 these are the beginning of sorrows. Alright? So these things would suggest that we're moving toward the end. Now let's go back to verse 17 of Isaiah 24 because I I8:19 wanna point out something there. Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, oh, inhabitant of the earth. Now these things these these 3 things that will be prominent as the end8:31 approaches are this are fear, deception that I just talked about, and calamity. Do do we see the rise of these 3 things today? I think we do. Fear. People are fearful.8:43 They're fearful of I mean, there's fearful of all of of everything but god. There's fear of everything but god. We see I mean, we saw this during COVID. I was shocked at at8:55 people who were feared fearful of of this disease, fearful to go out of their homes, fearful to go to church, fearful to I mean, it was just fear. And and this is continuing.9:07 It's continuing. And and and and, of course, there was fearmongering by those who were trying to exert government power, and people fell in line with it. There was fear. And there's9:19 fear of the cancel culture. There's fear in every turn. People are fearful. We need not be fear. We have not we have not been given a spirit of fear. Alright? But of power and of love and of a sound mind. There's9:30 deception everywhere. I I talked about this just a moment ago, but but but here in in in DC, take any piece of legislation that we deal with and the name of the bill, and you can9:42 you compare the name of the bill to the content, and it's pure deception. Deception. The deception is designed to hide the snare, which brings the calamity.9:55 Right? You follow that? The the the deception keeps us from understanding the truth and the real threat, and then the calamity comes upon us because we fall into the snare. And10:06 increasingly, we are suffering the consequences of this because of our rejection of god's truth. You see, if we walk in his truth, if we abide in him, and that is the key to10:18 preventing deception and falling into the snare. It is the word of God. And so I I cannot overemphasize the importance of the word of God. I was encouraged recently by, an article10:30 in the, Associated Press. It said that, all of a sudden, there's been a a rise in people turning to the Bible, and young people in particular. About a 22 percent, if I recall correctly,10:42 increase in the sale of the Bible over last year because people are looking at it as a, as a response to the anxiety and the fear that they are dealing with and and the10:53 lack of purpose in life. The word of god. And and I cannot stress this enough. That's why we're doing this journey is that this is how we stay grounded,11:05 and we we are able to protect ourselves against deception and the calamity. Okay. So is the11:17 is the end near? Well, it's certainly closer than it was a few years ago, when I read that guy sign in New York City. But reading the signs of the times would suggest that we are moving rapidly11:29 in that direction. The question is, are you ready? I mean, that day will soon be upon us. It'll be upon you. And and are you ready? Do you know Jesus Christ as your savior?11:41 If you do, if you do, if you have trusted him with your eternal destination, then you have nothing to fear in this life. Right? Nothing to fear. And and you can overcome the fear11:53 because he's not given you a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Alright. Chapter 25 is a continuation of chapter 24. With thanksgiving being given to God for his protection and his12:05 provision, as Babylon and, again, remember the Babylon, that's the world system and and the antichrist are overthrown, and the messiah sets up his throne in the millennial reign.12:17 Verse 1, You are my God. I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things. Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Now this was God's plan from12:29 the beginning. Alright? God was not kinda falling back to plan b. This was his plan from the beginning, and now it will be revealed, not in types as we're we're seeing here in the Old Testament, not in12:41 prophecies, but in reality. That day is coming, and it's soon. Verse 2, for you have made a city a ruin, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of foreigners to be a12:53 city no more. It will never be rebuilt. Therefore, the strong people will glorify you. The city of the terrible nations will fear you. The display of God's power will draw not13:04 just the Jewish people, but other nations to fear and glorify God. Verse 4, for you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the13:16 needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat for the blast of the terrible 1 ones is as a storm against the wall.13:28 Now this is the testimony. I want you to grab this this morning as well. This is a testimony of god's character and his nature. He is strength to the poor and needy to the poor and needy, and that's not13:40 those who are dependent upon him make themselves dependent upon him. He he he cares for the poor. He cares for the defenseless. He is a refuge from the storms of life. He is a13:52 shade from the heat. He is a wall of protection. That is that is our God. That is what we have access to as we follow him. Verse 8, he will swallow up death14:04 forever, and the Lord God 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. And it will be said14:16 in that day in that day, behold, this is our God. We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord. We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in14:28 his salvation. That is a promise to the Jewish people and as a promise to the church, we take part in these promises, and we will be able to see the fulfillment of this in14:40 the days to come. Father, thank you for your word. And, Lord, I pray that we would abide in your word. We would walk in your word. And, Lord, we would not fall prey to the14:52 deception of our day, nor would we be caught in the the snares that the calamity might come upon us. But, lord, may we hold fast to your word. May we walk in it.15:04 May we proclaim it over our families, over our children. May we teach them who you are, what you've done, and what you require of us. And, lord, may we not be ashamed to proclaim it15:16 broadly because you are Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life, and no man comes to the father except by him. Father, we thank you for that, and we ask the Holy Spirit would continue to15:28 lead us on this journey. In Jesus' name, amen. Alright. Thanks for being with me this morning. Until next time, keep standing on the word.15:39 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you15:50 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:09 The Judgment and Hope in Isaiah
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