Isaiah 27:10-13 – Glorious Truths
In these last four verses there are some great promises. The nations seem clever, rich, and powerful to all who oppose them. But their great power is shattered. Their great numbers are no more. Why would this time of judgment come to the nations? It’s because of sin. And what is that sin? It is their proud elevation of themselves. They have put down what knowledge they had of the living and true God that comes from inside themselves, with being part of the image of God, and outside themselves, with the creation all around that declares to them the glory of God (Romans 1). The knowledge is there, but they keep trying to beat it down. Is that the end of the story? For those who persist in ungodliness, yes, that is the end of the story. Is that the end of the story for all the nations and all the pagans? No. God brings in his elect from many nations and incorporates them into the Church. (Isaiah 19:23-25; Psalm 87; John 10:16; Romans 11) There will be one flock and one shepherd, one people of God, drawn not merely from the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but from all nations, making up the one true Israel of God. There are those among the nations who had been dead in sin, who had been lost in the darkness of iniquity, but they are brought by triumphant grace to worship the living and true God through Jesus Christ by means of the affliction that God brings upon the nations, and that God brings upon his people.
Question
- What promises are in these verses?
- Does man have knowledge of God?
Prayer Points
- Pray for the preaching and hearing of God’s Word tomorrow.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.