Isaiah 2:12
12 For the day [yowm] of the LORD [Yahovah] of hosts [tsaba'] shall be
upon every one that is proud [ge'eh] and lofty,
[ruwm] and upon every one that is lifted up; [nasa'] and he shall be brought low: [shaphel] KJV-Interlinear
12 For
the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud
and lofty, And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased. NASB
The phrase, ‘day of the
Lord,’ carries with it three connotations.
All three convey the fury and judgment of God.
The first concept can be
applied to the individual. For sooner or later in ones life, especially when
the individual has been more or less spiritually negative, then God lowers the
boom either to regain their attention for salvation, as in the case of
unbelievers, or for doctrinal study and growth, as in the case of
believers. Or, the end of their life has
been reached and there remain no further options for them in this life.
The second concept
applies to groups of people or regions or nations as in severe weather, or cataclysmic
disasters, or in major economic downturns such as a depression, or in war.
The third and most common
concept is the end of history at the Second Advent when Christ returns and
blasts humanity across the world in a single and swift blow, thus ending Satan's
rule, ending mans rule, and otherwise cleaning up the planet making it ready
for the Kingdom of God.
In each case, the power
of God is evident and irreversible, and devastating beyond imagination.
Unfortunately too many
folks do not believe in any of these three concepts, and especially the third,
because life around them is more real than God or His judgments.
Even the history or
current day activity, what with births, deaths, cemeteries, and churches, even
the aging that occurs in ones personal life do not seem to have any impact on
the outlook of individuals.
The proud and the lofty
includes everyone who rejects God, rejects the Bible, rejects its mandates,
believe that their idea of the spiritual life will suffice, or all who just do
not care. And that includes a huge
percentage of history’s population.
If you have not yet
believed in Christ, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you have believed in
Christ but do not confess regularly, then you are among the proud and the
lofty.
If you do not abide by
Gods mandates, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you do not study
daily, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you believe that you know
enough and do not require further instruction, then you are among the proud and
the lofty.
If you believe that your
ideas are sufficient, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you pick and choose
what scriptural principles you will or will not agree to, then you are among
the proud and the lofty.
If you are not dedicated
to a daily study, a daily commitment to pursue your spiritual life as defined
by God, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you are indifferent, then
you are among the proud and the lofty.
If you are more concerned
with the world, than God, then you are among the proud and the lofty.
If your priorities in
life are your social life, your work life, your whatever you do in life, then
you are among the proud and the lofty.
And one day, you too will
face the finality of His wrath. And the
unfortunate things in all of this is, that you will not accept this fate, nor
even believe that it is coming, until it is too late.
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