Read: Isaiah 25:1-28:13; Galatians 3:10-22; Psalm 61:1-8; Proverbs 23:17-18
Babylon is the type of the anti-christ system. Today’s reading is a picture of the final days of the anti-christ reign. Babylon is left in a heap of ruin and the poor and needy have found a place of refuge in the Lord. He speaks of a mountain that will be the place where God will take away the veil between the spirit and the flesh and swallow up death forever.
God’s city, his church will be strong - built on salvation. The righteous will enter through its gates and find perfect peace. He is speaking of being at rest in the midst of chaos.
They were still in the late stages of the tribulation so God encourages them that their dead will live again. They should hide themselves and wait for God to finish his judgment on the earth. When it is over, they will be rewarded with the fruit of their faithfulness.
Paul explained that the law was give to deal with sin until the promise had come who would do away with the power of sin. The Promise did come in the face of Jesus Christ and it brought deliverance from the penalty of sin. The world is under the law and will be judged according to the law but if we accept the promise, Jesus Christ, then we are no longer judged by the law.
Lord, help us to walk in your perfect peace keeping our minds always on you.
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