Summary
So Isaiah here in the second chapter, he's talking about this peace of the Lord, this peace of the Lord that will not come in his fullness until our heavenly home. The picture here is of the church and by God's grace people being brought in the New Testament era here from the birth of Christ until the judgment day of God being brought in by the grace of God into the church. For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty against all that is lifted up and high, against all the cedars of Lebanon lofty and lifted up against all the oaks of basha'n, against all the high mountains and against all the lofty hills, against every high tower, and against every fortified wall, against all the ships of Tarshish and against all the beautiful craft. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father. And how do we look at one another and say, These pictures of judgment here that we see of God coming upon Judah here because of their sin, these pictures of judgment. It is living in the faithfulness and the promises of God and living in the bookends and God inspires Isaiah to give this picture of peace, pride, and then the picture here, not only of judgment, but the picture of heaven itself.
Video citations
- Exploring Isaiah Chapters 2-5: Peace, Pride, Picture, and Planting (Isaiah: Lesson 2) — Gracious Heavenly Father, how good it is to be in your house on this the Lord's day. We give you thanks for your word, for your word is truth, and we ask, O Lord, that as we open up the pages of…