April 2 – The Future – Isaiah 18:4-8
Isaiah is
making a comment about the present and in the future. God has rejected and will cause the alliance
between Cush and Assyria to fail. God is
going to deal with Assyria himself. For
the moment God is keeping silent and is viewing the situation from his dwelling
place. God orchestrates all aspects of
mankind. This is the sovereignty of
God. He is equated with sunshine and
heat. He will cut off the alignment of
the two nations. They will be prey to
the predators of the day. God’s judgment
when it comes is swift and thorough a warning to both today and the
future. We reap what we sow. Sow to the flesh and you get fleshly
results. Sow to the spirit and you get
spiritual results.
Isaiah then
sees both in the present and the future that Cush will bring presents and
worship in Jerusalem and Israel. This of
course was fulfilled with Philip leading the Ethiopian official to Christ and
then the church being born in that country.
In fact, until 1973, a Christian king ruled that land. Today there is both a large group of Christians
and Jews hail from that country. They
even claim to have the original ark in the country. Isaiah was both accurate, and right about the
land of cush. This is the
trustworthiness of the prophetic.
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