God Wants Us To Get This!

 

Isa 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up-And it shall be brought low- 13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; 14 Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; 15 Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; 16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. 17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

Isaiah continues to tell us about Judgement Day. He uses symbols of pride and invincibility that the people of his day would be very familiar with. Today, he might liken the redwoods of California to the cedars of Lebanon, or the stately aged oak trees of Georgia to the oaks of Bashan. Imagine them all reduced to rotting stumps.

 

The high mountains of the Rockies or Himalayas to the black hills of South Dakota. Turned into desolate plains.

 

Sadly, we have already seen two very high towers brought low in the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Now imagine too, the fortress of the Rock of Gibraltar reduced to rubble.

Or the ships of Tarshish, like the unsinkable Titanic sinking to the depths of the sea, or the most beautiful sailing ships ever built by man, (like the USS Constellation or the 7 masted Thomas W. Lawson) with masts snapped like toothpicks and sails tattered and torn.

 

What great word pictures  God uses to get our attention! He wants us to get this! These symbols of pride and invincibility are meant to be a strong message to Isaiah’s readers.    WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE! ONE DAY THE LOFTINESS, AND THE HAUGHTINESS OF MAN WILL BE BROUGHT LOW! GOD ALONE WILL BE EXALTED ON THAT DAY!

 

Yes, even the semblances of pride in the BELIEVER will be vanquished as we are completely emptied of our pride in the presence of a holy God and Judge! Sadly, for some, this worship of God will come too late and they will spend eternity with their dreams of invincibility dashed forever, just as the case of the Titanic.

 

What to do? Fear God now, before it’s too late. If you don’t then your souls will spend eternity in the pit of hell, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth forever!

Jesus said this in Lu 12:5 "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

You get no second “purgatory” like chances. Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Is the Holy Spirit speaking to you today. Heed His call! Commit your life, your soul, to the Lord Jesus and be saved!