Read Isa. 2:1-4
I often wonder what the prophets understood about their own prophecies. Today Isaiah is prophesying about the millenial kingdom. In that day Jerusalem will be physically elevated above all the other mountains and everyone will come to it to be taught by God about his ways. The law and the word of the Lord will come out of Jerusalem. God's government will go forth and his judgment will punish many people of their sins and they will respond by turning their weapons into implements of harvesting. The time of war will be over and it will be time to reap. Peace will permeate the land and war will be a thing of the past.
The Millenial reign is the 7th day in God's week. It is the Sabbath where the earth will rest and his people will rest. Have you ever noticed what Jesus did on the Sabbath? He harvested the corn and ate it (a picture of the great harvest and plenty of food). He went into the synagogue and taught. (Mark 1:21, Mark 6:2) We read today in Isaiah how God will teach us from Jerusalem. He loosed people from being bound by the devil. (Luke 13:16) In John 5 He healed the man that had been waiting for years by the trouble waters and told him to take up his bed and walk (a picture of the dead that will come forth and reign in the millenian). Right after that miracle he taught about how the dead will rise and live again. He healed the blind man and then taught on being spiritually blind. On one Sabbath he went into a town and healed everyone. He cast out unclean spirits, cleansed the leper, and healed the sick. That is because it was a picture of the Millenial Sabbath....all will be healed, cleansed, made to see, etc. With every miracle Jesus taught a spiritual truth.
Lord, open our eyes to see the truths in what you do in our lives. Help us to learn how to enter into a rest in you that will mirror in the Millenium.
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