Bible Readings:
Isaiah 24:1 – 23, 25:1 – 9, 26:1 – 11
Sermon Outline:
Isaiah 24:1 (NKJV)
1 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
Isaiah 24:4 (NKJV)
4 The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.
I Universal Judgment of the whole earth.
Isaiah 24:21 (NKJV)
21 It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.
II The vindication of faith.
Isaiah 25:9 (NKJV)
9 And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Isaiah 26:3–4 (NKJV)
3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
III The destruction of death.
Isaiah 25:7–8 (NKJV)
7 And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 26:19 (NKJV)
19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
IV Messianic banquet.
Isaiah 25:6 (NKJV)
6 And in this mountain The Lord of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees.