Salvation: A Study in IsaiahSample

What does it say?

God’s enemies will be destroyed, while those He has redeemed will have joy and security in Jerusalem.

What does it mean?

One day, the whole world will be judged according to their beliefs about God and how they responded to Him. An individual’s choice determines whether he or she will experience God’s judgment or His blessing. After final judgment, God will remove everything that brings sorrow. He will make a way for the redeemed of the Lord to come to Jerusalem, where they will live in everlasting joy. The prophecies of the nation’s return to a renewed land and the revelation of the Lord’s glory were meant to strengthen and establish believers in Judah and deliver them from fear as they faced the future.

How should I respond?

Time and again, Hollywood makes movies about people who somehow see into their future and then set about to change it. Well, today’s passage gives an amazing description of the life of a redeemed person in God’s future kingdom. Does this glimpse of the believer’s future encourage or concern you? Are you under God’s wrath, or have you appropriated the ransom Jesus paid for you on Calvary? Scripture reveals that your future will be filled with either joy or sorrow. If it’s the latter, you can change your future and live as one who has been redeemed and transformed by Christ. Will you trust Him?