Tues.'s Devo - The Millennium

Read Isa. 26:1-21
We are back "in that day" speaking of millennium. I can't imagine what that is going to look like during millennium but today's scripture says that the protection of the city is salvation instead of man-made walls. The gates are open and only truth can come in. Our gates are our eyes, ears, mouth, heart and they are open to all sorts of lies but in millennium they will only hear, see, feel truth. There will be no stress because our mind will be set on Jesus. God will be our strength. Finally God's ways will be THE way and all our enemies will be defeated. We will not even be able to remember their power over us. There will be a righteous government where Jesus is the king. Finally, the land promised to Abraham will be given back to God's people. In verses 16-21 Israel is pictured as a woman in labor who can barely whisper a prayer through her pain. During tribulation, Israel's suffering will be that intense but following tribulation there will be resurrection! He compares the tribulation for the righteous to hiding away till it is over. That is exactly what we do in hard times: we hide ourselves in the Lord.
How God wrote this book from beginning to end before it happened is incomprehensible but true. God you are truely amazing. We are so blessed to have you as our God.