Isaiah 24
The City of Chaos!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, January 15.
Instead of being a place of peace, Isaiah described the Earth as, “the city of chaos” where “every house is shut up so that none may enter” (Isaiah 24:10). What God designed to be His dwelling place with humanity has been mutilated by mankind’s mismanagement. Isaiah 24 describes the coming judgment, which will be reminiscent of the catastrophic flood in the days of Noah (Genesis 6-8), beginning in verses 3-6:
The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word. The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
God has desired for His people to join Him in the work of cultivating the Earth into a place of peace. Often, as we see in Matthew 21:12-13, God’s judgment is in response to how we fall short: “Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a robbers’ den.’” God’s judgments are to restore people, and the creation we are called to steward, back to His original design – to be the place where God rules with righteousness and justice.
Seize the moment and invite Jesus to bring peace to “the city of chaos” within you, so that you may bring God’s presence to the world. Trust Jesus to transform you into a house of prayer today.
God bless you!
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