End-Time Events - Isaiah (Part 9)

END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Why future events? 1. Choice of words: “on/in that day” - 8x 2. No historical confirmation 3. Parallel prophecies in Scripture END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Scene #2: Scene #3: Scene #4: Yahweh judges the earth Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah/Israel wait on Yahweh Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 24:1-22 Isaiah 24:23-26:6 Isaiah 26:7-27:1 Isaiah 27:2-13 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Scene #2: Scene #3: Scene #4: Yahweh judges the earth Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah/Israel wait on Yahweh Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 24:1-22 Isaiah 24:23-26:6 Isaiah 26:7-27:1 Isaiah 27:2-13 ⬅ 18x - “the LORD [Yahweh] will / He will …” END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 ⬅ “the earth” - 17x in Isaiah 24 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: ⬅ “the earth” - 17x in Isaiah 24 Yahweh judges the earth “… therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.” (Isaiah 24:6) Isaiah 24:1-22 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: ⬅ “the earth” - 17x in Isaiah 24 Yahweh judges the earth “… therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.” (Isaiah 24:6) “The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire. They were scorched by the fierce heat …” (Rev. 16:8-9; also Rev. ch. 8-9) Isaiah 24:1-22 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 “cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour … The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!” (Rev. 18:13-14) “and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more …” (Rev. 18:22) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 “For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. If favour is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the Lord.” (Isaiah 26:9-10) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 “They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west. Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One” (Isaiah 24:14-16a; cf. Rev. 15:3-4 & Rev. 19:1-3) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 “… and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell … And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.” (Rev. 16:18-21) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #1: Yahweh judges the earth Isaiah 24:1-22 “On that day the Lord will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth. They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.” (Isaiah 24:21-22) (Isaiah 24:21 poss. Rev. 12:7-9, 12; Isaiah 24:22 poss. Rev. 19-17-20:3, 10) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 ⬅ “mountain” - 4x in Scene 2 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 ⬅ “mountain” - 4x in Scene 2 “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” (Rev. 21:23) “And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.” (Rev. 22:5) “Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.” (Rev. 4:4; cf. 4:9-11) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.” (Isaiah 25:6; poss. Rev. 19:9) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.” (Isaiah 25:6; poss. Rev. 19:9) “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”” (Rev. 21:4; cf. 1 Cor. 15:54-55) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #2: Yahweh reigns on Mount Zion Isaiah 24:23-26:6 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #3: Isaiah/Israel wait on Yahweh Isaiah 26:7-27:1 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #3: 1. A prayer for those who wait (26:7-19) Isaiah/Israel 2. A message for those who wait (26:20-27:1) wait on Yahweh Isaiah 26:7-27:1 END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #3: Isaiah/Israel wait on Yahweh Isaiah 26:7-27:1 1. A prayer for those who wait (26:7-19) a) Wait upon God Himself (8-9a) b) Sinners to learn righteousness (9b-10) c) Unrepentant sinners punished (11) d) Remember God’s faithfulness (12-15) e) Acknowledge helplessness (16-18) f) Rejoice in the coming resurrection (16-18) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #3: Isaiah/Israel wait on Yahweh Isaiah 26:7-27:1 1. A message for those who wait (26:20-27:1) a) Seek refuge and protection in God (20) b) God is ready to judge sinners (21a) c) A full reckoning will be required (21b) (poss. Rev. 20:11-15) d) The Serpent will be punished (27:1) “And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan…” (Rev. 20:2) “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur … tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Rev. 20:10; “sword” cf. Rev 19:15, END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 1. A fruitful vine (2-6) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 1. A fruitful vine (2-6) 2. Purposeful discipline (7-11) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 1. A fruitful vine (2-6) 2. Purposeful discipline (7-11) 3. Gathered to worship (12-13) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 1. A fruitful vine (2-6) 2. Purposeful discipline (7-11) 3. Gathered to worship (12-13) “… Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” (Rev. 21:3) “… and his servants will worship him.” (Rev. 22:3) END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 A Word of Caution: END-TIME EVENTS (Isaiah 24-27) Scene #4: Yahweh restores Israel Isaiah 27:2-13 Three certain truths: 1. God has not eternally rejected Israel. (Rom. 11:1-2, 26) 2. God has made specific and unconditional promises to Israel. (Gen 12:2-3; 17:7-8) 3. God promises a blessed future for Israel. (Rom. 11:26-27; Isaiah 27:12-13)