In Is 35: 1-10, Isaiah prophesizes about the fulfillment of God’s promise of sending a Messiah to turn the world back to God. We know that, through Christ Jesus, we will be saved. Satan, seemingly totally out of control in today’s world, will be overcome. Evil will be destroyed along with those who perpetuate evil and do not repent. “Here is your God,” Isaiah says, “he comes with vindication” Is 35: 4), All of us, in some way or another, long to be exonerated now. However, our justification might not happen until we enter eternal life, as it did not happen for Jesus until His resurrection.
Isaiah tells us that when the Messiah enters our lives and our world, our eyes and the “eyes of the blind will be opened”, our ears and “the ears of the deaf will be cleared” (Is 35: 5). Wars will cease between individuals, families, nations, cultures, men and women, rich and poor, homosexuals and heterosexuals; human trafficking and drug trafficking, and violence of any kind will cease. With the coming of the Messiah into our personal lives we will create a world in which the integrity of every human being will be honored, each one’s needs will be met.
Am I ready for this Messiah? Am I preparing a path in my life where Jesus is welcome, where the Spirit is heard and God’s instructions followed? If so, how is that happening? If not, what do I need to change?
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