Read: Isaiah 23-27
Isaiah prophesies against Tyre and the ships of Tarshish. Tyre means “to distress” and Tarshish means “the region of the reverse”. Her harvest was the seed of Sihor which means, “black; turbid (confused, stirred up)”. Tyre will be judged for 70 years then resurrect to be a holy land and they will use their profit to further the kingdom of God.
Chapter 24 speaks of total destruction on the earth, then the remnant is going to come forth and glorify God. Not only will God judge the people in the earth at this time, but the hosts of heaven (vs. 21). They will be shut up in prison until the time God will throw them into the lake of fire.
Chapter 25 says that the vail that has been over us that has kept us from seeing the Lord clearly will be taken away. Death will be swallowed up in victory and we will be glad. God will save us completely!
Chapter 26 has one of the best promises for today found in the third verse. This needs to be our motto: God will keep us in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because we trusts in Him. God promises to take down everything that rises up against us and his plan. The end of the chapter describes the church in the end. The church is like a pregnant woman trying to deliver but not able to. Her prayers have not be answered for the earth like she wanted. God tells her to go into her chamber and shut the door till His judgments are through.
Chapter 27 is the picture of this judgment. Satan will be punished along will all his followers. At the sound of the trumpet, the redeemed will come out of their hiding places and worship God at Jerusalem.
I have to admit that I don’t understand how all this is going to happen, but God does and he wrote the end from the beginning. God, You are amazingly wonderful! May our minds be continually on You and may we walk in perfect peace.
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