Read: Isaiah 22:1-24:23; Galatians 2:17-3:9; Psalm 60:1-12; Proverbs 23:15-16
The valley of vision was Jerusalem, the seat of revelation and the prophets. This judgment would not come through the sword but through a plague. In verse 15, Isaiah confronted Shebna who was building a monument to himself and his family and asked him why he was doing this since they are about to be taken captive. He then spoke of a man named Eliakim that would be a type of Jesus. In him would lie access to come in and go out. He would carry the glory of his father’s house just as Jesus would carry the glory of heaven.
Isaiah spoke of Tyre which was a harbor of merchandise from all over the world. It was rich and prosperous but very wicked. It was destroyed and later built up just as Isaiah said it would be. It became a place where Paul and his disciples preached and brought many to the Lord but the entire fulfillment is still yet to come.
Isaiah 24-28 are a description of the end of times as well as the past for us. When it talks about “the earth” it is referring to Judah and Jerusalem. It was totally emptied for years until 1948 when people began to return and declare Israel a nation once again. In the future this is speaking to the whole earth. It is warning of world wide judgment. Hopefully we will be raptured by then.
Paul rebukes the Galatians for turning back to the law instead of continuing in grace and faith. It is easier to follow a formula and a ritual than to press into the spirit and listen, but the spirit gives life and the ritual is dead. The Galatians had gotten weary and went back to what was familiar. Let’s not do that. God is doing a new thing and we don’t want to be left following ritual when we could be swimming in the spirit.
Lord, help us to dive into your spirit and expect unbelievable results because that is what you want to give us.
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