Isaiah
25:7-8 “And he will swallow
up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the
veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the
Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the
reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has
spoken. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from
off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.”
COntinuing Michael's message: Two
things shall be swallowed up. The first is the Vail that separates us from
God. This is the shroud that covers up God's glory. “For who can endure the "everlasting glory of God's consuming fire?"
Psalm 24 says, the one that shall
live and endure in the presence of God is "he that is righteous and walks in the way of the righteous."
The Vail that separates mankind is the grace and the mercy of God. Without
the Vail all men would be consumed by the fire of God's glory.
Death
is the second thing that will be swallowed up. Death and destruction is
the result of sin. It causes "corruption" in this world. Without
the covering of death, we would face the fire of God's glory without a "Vail." We
can either be prepared or unprepared for the fire. We need to change our
works from (figurative) combustible material: wood, hay, and stubble, to
incombustible material: gold, silver, and precious stones. Therefore,
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, our robe of righteousness. Clothed in His
righteousness we are protected from the consuming fire of God's glory. Death to
the old nature of sin, and death gives us the opportunity to be clothed in the
robes of the righteousness of Christ.
The decision to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior will allow us into God's eternity. For the old nature of sin and death was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live (in the Spirit,) yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the one who loved me and gave himself for me – Galatians 2:20 . The conclusion of Hebrews 12 says, “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”
The decision to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior will allow us into God's eternity. For the old nature of sin and death was crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live (in the Spirit,) yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the one who loved me and gave himself for me – Galatians 2:20 . The conclusion of Hebrews 12 says, “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”
The
lyric to a great hymn says, "My hope
is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust
the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ the solid rock I
stand, all other ground is sinking sand ... Clothed in His
righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne!" Praise the Lord!
May
God richly bless you,
Your
brother in Christ, Michael
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