Thursday
PRaP 5-01-08
“Their Fire Will Not Be Quenched”
Isaiah 66:17-24
17
"Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,
following the one in the midst of [a]
those who eat the flesh of pigs and rats and other abominable things—they will
meet their end together," declares the LORD.
18
"And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come [b]
and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory.
19
"I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to
the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans [c]
and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands
that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory
among the nations. 20 And they will bring all your
brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering
to the LORD -on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,"
says the LORD. "They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain
offerings, to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels. 21
And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites," says the
LORD.
22
"As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before
me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure. 23
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will
come and bow down before me," says the LORD. 24
"And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled
against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they
will be loathsome to all mankind."
This passage is from Isaiah 66, which is titled, “Judgment
and Hope” and this obviously is the judgment part. The hope is in Jesus Christ, the hope part is Grace.
The hope we all live for while we are here in this short life is in the
Grace of God which is only found through a relationship with Jesus Christ who
paid the price for our sin. He
deposited the check in your name if you believe and pick up your cross and
follow Him. It is exactly the
amount needed to pay your debt and live eternally with Him.
He has the check written with your name on it and He signs and deposits
it when you accept Him and turn your life over to Him.
He has a book in which your name will be written once the deposit is made
and it is the book of life. Has
your check been deposited yet?
Key Verse:
Isaiah
66:1
[ Judgment and Hope ] This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my
throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
Isaiah
66:1-3 (in Context) Isaiah
66 (Whole Chapter)
Week 18 for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks
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