World Peace
Isa 2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
What time will this be? During the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ. It takes place in Judah, in the city of Jerusalem; the holy city.
Isa 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Jerusalem is on four hills; Zion, Acra, Bezetha and Moriah. The temple mount was believed to be on Mt. Moriah. The Lord's house shall be on Mt. Zion in the last days. He shall be exalted and rule over all nations.
Psa 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psa 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Psa 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psa 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psa 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Psa 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
They shall flow unto it. This is no Disneyland of fantasy things, this is almighty God, the Son of God come a second time to be the everlasting King. The saints shall return with him and there will be living flesh people, enjoying a restored earth of peace.
Isa 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Out of Zion shall go forth the law, to rule the nations in righteousness, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Isa 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
With Jesus as judge, there will be no bribery or corruption. He shall rebuke, correct, reason with many people. No more wars, while satan is in the bottomless pit; no wars between nations, no weapons needed, they will be turned into farming tools. The land will no longer be cursed but will yield abundantly. It will be as the garden of Eden.
The Prophet Micah was also active in Isaiahs time. Micah spoke the same prophecy by inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Micah 4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
Micah 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Micah 4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Jesus makes all the difference. If only the nations would turn to him now. Most of those who seek world peace now, have rejected Jesus. There will be no world peace until satan is removed and the Lord Jesus Christ is crowned king of this world.
Bowing to Idols
Isa 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Come out of the darkness of sin and walk in the light of God's truth.
Psa 4:6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Isa 2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
They have left their covenant promise to God and have followed the false mystics from the East. They have pleased themselves with the pleasures of the ungodly. Perhaps these false ones are as those we hear from today, wanting you to be open minded, inviting in false doctrines and tempting heresies, they say; be tolerant, be at ease in Zion with the pleasures of sin.
Isa 2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
The land is full of worldly treasures as today, two cars in every garage, the land is full of horses and chariots. They were making these things more important than God.
Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
If blessed by God, bless others. Use your wealth to benefit the kingdom of God. Wealth is not bad if it is used for God's glory, and we still trust in our Lord.
Isa 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
They worshipped idols and man made possessions.
Isa 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
The common man and the great, bowed down to idols: therefore forgive them not. A stern warning that God is a jealous God. They were not keeping His commandments.
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exo 20:6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Day of the LORD
Isa 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Israel had become a sinful, rebellious nation worshipping other gods. They were wealthy and proud, but the day of the LORD will come. They will hide themselves in caves and in the rocks.
The phrase “the day of the Lord” is used nineteen times in the Old Testament and five times in the New Testament.
Isa 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Isa 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Psa 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Isa 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
A tree is majestic, representing exalted leaders and the oaks where the worship of false gods occurred; these will be brought down.
Isa 2:14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
High mountains could refer to mighty nations, the hills were lesser nations.
Isa 2:15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
High towers were used for defense and walls were erected to keep out intruders. These were man's efforts of defense. We are to seek the LORD first and he is our high tower and our wall of protection.
2Sa 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Pro 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Isa 2:16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Ships for commerce, buying and selling. Pictures? may have been idols.
Isa 2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
All the things that man has made and exalts himself with, shall be brought down. Remember the Titanic? The captain boasted that even God couldn't sink that ship and on the first voyage; they struck an iceberg and they sank.
Acts 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Acts 12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Acts 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
God is not impressed with our pride. Exalt the LORD.
Isa 2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Isa 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isa 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
The New Testament calls it a day of “wrath,” a day of “visitation,” and the “great day of God Almighty”
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Isa 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Isa 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isa 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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