Saturday, June 6
Read Isaiah 59
Think About It:
The problem: “your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.” (verse 2)
It was a conflict between truth and lies, just as it is today. Isaiah compared the evil rulers to pregnant women giving birth to sin, to snakes hatching their eggs, and to spiders weaving their webs. What they give birth to only destroys them, and their beautiful web can never protect them. So the LORD Himself intervened and brought the Babylonians to destroy Judah and Jerusalem to teach His people that they cannot despise His law and get away with it.
God’s judgment on His people was a foreshadowing of that final day of the LORD when all the nations will be judged. When it is ended, then the “Redeemer shall come to Zion” (verse 20), and the glorious Kingdom will be established. Israel will be not only God’s chosen people, but God’s cleansed people and the Glory of the LORD will radiate from Mount Zion. The Glory of the LORD and the promised kingdom is the theme of the closing chapters of Isaiah. While we’re waiting and praying, “His kingdom come,” perhaps we should also be interceding and intervening. We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16), and God expects us to make a difference.
Family Time:
- What separates a person from God? (verse 2)
- Where will the LORD put his words? (verse 21)
