Isaiah 63-66
In the final chapters of Isaiah’s great prophecy, we are allowed to peer through the veil into the “new heavens and the new earth,” (Isaiah 65:17f; 66:22) which includes a renewed Jerusalem (66:10f). What do we learn? What can we see?
God’s goals include both judgment and mercy! (Isaiah 63)
We, God’s people, should pray for mercy. (Isaiah 63-64)
We, God’s people, should anticipate the ultimate fulfillment of God’s renewal. What a picture of heaven we read in Isaiah 65:17-25; there, all things will be eternally new; all people eternally joyful, youthful and peaceful! And best of all, “all flesh shall come to worship before [the Lord].” (Isaiah 66:23)
The way to find this place of peace is through humility and contrition before the Word of the Lord (Isaiah 66:2)
Judgment remains for those who rebel and refuse the grace of God (Isaiah 66).
Tomorrow, we meet the weeping prophet, Jeremiah.
Your fellow pilgrim through the Prophets,
Pastor Gary
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