The
problem is not that the Lord’s hand is shortened, so it cannot save. The
problem is the sins of the people – lies, iniquity and injustice. Darkness
comes, and the people growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves. In the
absence of righteousness, the Lord Himself became a righteous warrior, and
lifted up his standard before the enemy. The Redeemer shall come to Zion.
Our sin
will separate us from God “…your iniquities have seperated between you
and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
(Isaiah 59:2)
Chapter 60: Israel shall be Restored
Arise, shine, for your light has
come. The gentiles shall come to your light. “…the darkness shall cover the
earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and
his glory shall be seen upon thee.” (Isaiah 60:2) , this verse is talking about
the Apostasy that will cover the earth, but with the light of God, He will
restore His Gospel and His Church… The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Great treasures will come to Israel
from many lands. The sons of those who afflicted Israel shall come bowing. The
walls shall be called Salvation, and the gates Praise. The Lord will be an
everlasting light to replace the sun and the moon. The days of mourning shall
be ended.
This is
the vision of Isaiah and what saw through what I see as the Lord’s eyes; “Ah
sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that
are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of
Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” (Isaiah 1:4) God is no
doubt, upset and very angry with what He sees. The Lord compares Israel to
Sodom and Gomorrah for its apostasy and evil.
The Lord speaks about the prayer of
the hypocrite; “And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you:
yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.”
(Isaiah 1:15) But there is a remedy to this sin and evil… “Wash
you, make you clean… Learn to do well… reason together… though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as now; though they are red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
If we repent, the Lord will forgive
us! But we must be willing to make changes and make ourselves clean from those
sins. If are willing, we will “…eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse
and rebel, ye shall be devoured…” (Isaiah 1:19-20)
Chapter 2: Temples in the Last Days
Isaiah
sees a vision of the latter days…
“And
it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established in the tops of mountains, and shall be exalted above the
hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 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. 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.”
(Isaiah 2:2-4)
Essentially Isaiah sees a vision of
the last days, where God’s church would be restored and the Temples would be
built and shortly following that the Second Coming of Jesus would happen, where
there would be 1,000 years of peace in the World.
The most
interesting part of this, to me, is the following: “And it shall come to pass in the
last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the
tops of mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall
flow unto it…” (Isaiah 2:2) The reason this is so fascinating to me,
is because the “tops of mountains” is a translation of a meaning of the word “Ute”
which was the Indian Tribe of Utah, where the state was named and one of the
most famous Temples in the world… the Salt Lake Temple has visitors from ALL
around the world flock there on a daily basis. Isaiah was speaking of the
Latter-day Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In the
last days, the proud and the wicked will be brought low and the judgement will
occur for everyone during the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. I suggest anyone reading this and wanting to know more, would watch the movie "Mountain of the Lord"
