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Chapter 66 (ESV)

 

¹⁸ “For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, ¹⁹ and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰ And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. ²¹ And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

²² “For as the new heavens and the new earth
that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so shall your offspring and your name remain.
²³ From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.

²⁴ “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

 

REFLECTION:

1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate
2. This last passage ends on the hope of Israel’s future which points to the ultimate new heavens and new earth (Rev 21:1-2). It also clarifies the difference between a true servant of the Lord and one of his enemies.
3. How do you feel about the new heavens and new earth? What about the final destiny of those rebelled against God to the end?
4. The most important lessons from the book of Isaiah can be summed up in the three reminders that (a) there is a God, (b) he is coming back, and (c) our eternal destiny is determined by our response to Him in this life.
5. If, by this time, you are still confused or not certain about God’s will and your eternal destiny, speak to a pastor, a group leader or some mature Christian and ask for them to pray for you.

 

PRAYER:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what He wants to tell you.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in your spiritual journal.

 

HYMN:

Even So Come – youtu.be/4s0Zb189Sco