Good Morning “Wrecked”. Today we are in Isaiah 21.
Know that as Isaiah lays out Gods plans for the judgment of Israel’s enemies we typically see both a near term judgment and a future “End Times” final judgment. At times these appear intertwined and can be challenging to differentiate without other Scripture. For instance “… Babylon has fallen, has fallen!…” Isaiah 21:9 Seems to be a nod towards Babylons ultimate destruction described in Revelation 18. Try not to get spun out with confusion and instead concentrate on application.
We’ve already looked at Babylon’s future “End Times” judgment in Isaiah 13,14. In this chapter Isaiah gives us a glimpse of Babylon’s near term judgment. In fact Isaiah’s prophecy came to pass. The Babylonians were indeed taken by surprise and conquered in the way described in 539 BC. That’s about 200 years after Isaiah’s time. Each time you see something like this take mental note of Scriptures absolute TRUSTWORTHINESS. These other things WILL happen too.
The fall of Babylon is of great significance in the Bible because it symbolizes the fall of everything evil. All the way through to the end of the book of the Revelation, “Babylon” is used as a metaphor for all that is evil.
We also learn here that whenever “Babylon” and God’s people become intimately intertwined, God will purge the evil, even to the shame of His children. Paul warns us not to be intertwined with evil in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. If you’re in the car with a bank robber… well, you’re a… When God disciplines / judges the evil one and you are there… guess what?
Isaiah is wrecked over what he’s told - what he “sees”. Despite the evil, he’s deeply moved by the destruction he “sees” in store for Babylon. A similar picture emerges in the next chapter when he asks to be left alone so that he might weep. He genuinely felt remorse on behalf of the sinner and longed for their repentance.
Isaiah’s heart reminds us of Jesus, Who, when considering the sinful state of Jerusalem, wept over it. (Luke 19:41; Mathew 23:37) Paul also experienced such emotions when he thought of his lost Jewish countrymen. (Romans 9:3)
Question: Do we mourn for the sinner, for sin and its destruction - or simply scoff? (Matthew 5:4)
Does our heart break over the consequences of sin we see all around us? Sickness, disease, disgustingness, crime, literally everything negative we see can be traced back to sin. Ours, or someone else’s.
Does our knowledge of Scripture and the fate that awaits the lost world puff us up with pride or wreck us like it did Isaiah?
Love you all! Dig in!
Know that as Isaiah lays out Gods plans for the judgment of Israel’s enemies we typically see both a near term judgment and a future “End Times” final judgment. At times these appear intertwined and can be challenging to differentiate without other Scripture. For instance “… Babylon has fallen, has fallen!…” Isaiah 21:9 Seems to be a nod towards Babylons ultimate destruction described in Revelation 18. Try not to get spun out with confusion and instead concentrate on application.
We’ve already looked at Babylon’s future “End Times” judgment in Isaiah 13,14. In this chapter Isaiah gives us a glimpse of Babylon’s near term judgment. In fact Isaiah’s prophecy came to pass. The Babylonians were indeed taken by surprise and conquered in the way described in 539 BC. That’s about 200 years after Isaiah’s time. Each time you see something like this take mental note of Scriptures absolute TRUSTWORTHINESS. These other things WILL happen too.
The fall of Babylon is of great significance in the Bible because it symbolizes the fall of everything evil. All the way through to the end of the book of the Revelation, “Babylon” is used as a metaphor for all that is evil.
We also learn here that whenever “Babylon” and God’s people become intimately intertwined, God will purge the evil, even to the shame of His children. Paul warns us not to be intertwined with evil in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. If you’re in the car with a bank robber… well, you’re a… When God disciplines / judges the evil one and you are there… guess what?
Isaiah is wrecked over what he’s told - what he “sees”. Despite the evil, he’s deeply moved by the destruction he “sees” in store for Babylon. A similar picture emerges in the next chapter when he asks to be left alone so that he might weep. He genuinely felt remorse on behalf of the sinner and longed for their repentance.
Isaiah’s heart reminds us of Jesus, Who, when considering the sinful state of Jerusalem, wept over it. (Luke 19:41; Mathew 23:37) Paul also experienced such emotions when he thought of his lost Jewish countrymen. (Romans 9:3)
Question: Do we mourn for the sinner, for sin and its destruction - or simply scoff? (Matthew 5:4)
Does our heart break over the consequences of sin we see all around us? Sickness, disease, disgustingness, crime, literally everything negative we see can be traced back to sin. Ours, or someone else’s.
Does our knowledge of Scripture and the fate that awaits the lost world puff us up with pride or wreck us like it did Isaiah?
Love you all! Dig in!
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