28 Aug The End of the World – part 3 (26:1-27:1)
Observations from Isaiah
Lesson 21 : The End of the World – part 3 (26:1-27:1)
Song of the Glorious Future (26:1-6) – OUR SALVATION IS OUR RESTING PLACE – THE PEACE WHICH COMES FROM SALVATION – THE ADMONITION THEREFORE: TRUST THE LORD – REASONS FOR TRUSTING THE LORD – Present Spiritual Reality for both the Saved and Lost (26:7-15) – THE STRAIGHT PATH OF THE CHRISTIAN – MEETING THE LORD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS – “MY SOUL YEARNS FOR YOU, MY SPIRIT LONGS FOR YOU” – THE WICKED LEARN THROUGH JUDGMENTS – THE BLINDNESS OF A SIN-HARDENED HEART – BUT FOR HIS OWN, GOD PROVES HIMSELF FAITHFUL EVEN IF WE FAIL IN FAITH – IDOLS ARE TRANSIENT WHILE THE LORD IS ETERNAL – THE FUTURE GLORY OF ISRAEL – God’s People are Helpless in Themselves (26:16-19) – OUR ‘PART’ IN THE SALVATION IS PRAYER, DEPENDENCE UPON GOD, OBEDIENCE – THE BEAUTY OF SEEING THAT WHAT WE CANNOT DO, GOD CAN! – THE WORK OF THE LORD OFTEN APPEARS FRUITLESS – THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD – The Promise that God will Act (26:20-27:1) – GOD PROTECTS HIS OWN – THE IMMANENT RETURN OF CHRIST – THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EVIL ONE