See the End

Read Isaiah 24-27

Isaiah 24:1 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants.
 
THIS verse is the thesis sentence of these four chapters. Remember Isaiah can be described as an outline of the entire Bible. In these early chapters we have already seen the problem of sin destroying God’s people; we have read of the Messiah to be born; now we read of the end of time on earth. This is also recorded elsewhere in Scripture, including Revelation.
    We can see these events as occurring in one particular terrible last time known as the Tribulation. And we can see that mankind’s disobedience and God’s judgment is tribulation until Christ Jesus returns. We do know that all the judgments recorded in Isaiah 24-27 have occurred to Israel, Judah and the nations. Trouble is unceasing because mankind is unbelieving. Nations have been scattered. Land is laid waste. Most people live in some form of oppression. Sin’s cost is beyond measure.
    That is why we must keep focused on our Savior. As God works in all things for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28), we must focus our lives on loving God first and foremost. That’s why this is the greatest commandment. To navigate this life requires a true destination. You must know heaven is your home to come as you live amid so many things to distract, attack and even harm you.
    Our time here is very brief. Let’s be faithful to attend to what matters to God because you matter to him.
 
Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”