Isaiah
25:8
8 He will swallow up [bala`] death [maveth] in victory [netsach]; and the Lord ['Adonay] GOD
[Y@hovih] will wipe away [machah] tears [dim`ah] from off all
faces [paniym]; and the rebuke [cherpah] of his people [`am] shall
he take away [cuwr] from off all the earth ['erets]: for the LORD [Y@hovah]
hath spoken [dabar] it. KJV-Interlinear
8 He will swallow up death forever; and the
Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he
will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. ESV
Back in verse six,
the Lord is the, He, mentioned here, who is going to accomplish all of these
things.
Death is swallowed
up, destroyed, expunged, removed permanently.
Victory is the
final end, permanent, eternal. There
will be no further failures, no further loss, no further disappointments.
The tears of death,
of sorrow, of grieving, of pain, will be no more.
The rebuke of all
Christians, of all peoples that belong to God, will be no more. The ultimate vindication, will be
accomplished. All opposition, especially
that initiated by Satan and perpetuated by negative humanity, will cease.
The Lord spoke the
words, wrote the words, and therefore it is accomplished.
The Bible is alive
and powerful. Far too many people do not
make the connection to this reality, nor do they grasp the power nor the
opportunity that it offers. And as such,
they miss the boat and the huge opportunity to have the greatest life possible,
because they simply do not commit themselves to a daily instruction of Bible doctrine.
And yet, the
greatest possible life and destiny, that you or anyone can have, and actually possess
for your very own possession, is available by merely committing yourself to a
daily study.
God is the
ultimate authority, the ultimate sovereign, the ultimate power. If you ever wanted to have your very own
genie and thus have everything that you want, then Bible doctrine, learned and
in the soul, is as close as you can come, and the only means, to that dream.
Life in eternity
is beyond imagination. To possess that,
is something that represents phenomenal value.
But of course you have to recognize that principle first, and then learn
how to accomplish it.
