Read: Isaiah 25:1-28:13; Galatians 3:10-22; Psalm 61:1-8; Proverbs 23:17-18
Isaiah speaks of the deliverance the people out of captivity but is also a picture of the person who comes out of spiritual captivity and finds salvation in Jesus. If we are of the chosen of God, then we have a book in heaven of our destiny which was written before creation. God will preserve us and take care of us until death is forever swallowed up in victory. God’s hand will rest on us and protect us, but the enemies of the Lord will be punished.
God will enlarge the nations of righteousness and wipe out those that rebel against him. Isaiah speaks of a day when the righteous will need to hide while God punishes the wicked. I think this is speaking of the rapture. At that time, God will deal with Satan - Leviathan.
God never speaks of judgement that he doesn’t give hope of restoration and new life. He ends with the great revival of the Jewish nation. God will be their crown of glory and begin to teach them the truth and they will have eyes to see and a heart to understand. The key is that the Word of God is a precept on top of a precept and a line on top of a line. In other words the Word is layered and has truths within truths. One verse might mean several things. To those who understand they are given more understanding. To those who are stubborn the truth works against them.
In Galatians, Paul teaches that the law was given after the promise God gave to Abraham. If you live by the law, you will be judged by the law, but if you live by the promise then you live by grace. The law brought the curse if you broke it but the promise brought life if you believed it. The law is good if it is taken for its spiritual principles and not a means of salvation. Only Jesus Christ can give that.
Lord, help us to understand the grace of your Word and live by it.
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