Topic: Judgment Is Certain [Thursday December 10, 2015]
Text: Isaiah 26:12-21
Key Verse: “For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain” (Isaiah 26:21).
A troubled Hebrew prophet asked God this perplexing question: “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?” (Habakkuk 1:13).
Years later, another fretting prophet approached God with the same poser: “Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end” (Jeremiah 12:1,4). Long before these prophets, however, God had settled the matter through inspired Scripture: “He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off” (Psalm 94:9,10,23). Jesus Himself establishes the certainty of this end-time judgment: “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” (Matthew 24:30,31). As a sinner or backslider, the only escape route to imminent indignation is genuine salvation and holiness through Jesus Christ.
Thought for the day: Stave off God’s judgment through righteous living.
Bible Reading in one Year: Isaiah 34–37
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
