The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Isaiah 16:6-7a,
"We have heard of Moab's pride—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail,
they wail together for Moab."
The previous chapter began this prophecy of the Lord's judgment of Moab. As the prophecy continues, we read of the offense of the Moabites, and it compares well with the cause of the Lord's judgment of Babylon in Isaiah 14:13-14,
""You [king of Babylon] said in your heart,
'I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.'"
"We have heard of Moab's pride—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
Therefore the Moabites wail,
they wail together for Moab."
The previous chapter began this prophecy of the Lord's judgment of Moab. As the prophecy continues, we read of the offense of the Moabites, and it compares well with the cause of the Lord's judgment of Babylon in Isaiah 14:13-14,
""You [king of Babylon] said in your heart,
'I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.'"
We know the arrogance and pride of a people can result in the Lord's judgment of any nation if we listen to the Scriptures. We find it as a theme in prophetic announcements found in Isaiah and other books.
Certainly rejection of God and/or pretending he doesn't exist would be viewed as sufficient arrogance and pride. Making up fake science to explain the existence of our world, mankind, the universe apart from God, is a high form of arrogance and pride.
Jettisoning God's moral and ethical demands he makes of his creation likewise express an arrogance and pride that would be sufficient for God's judgement: abortion, gender bending, divorce, homosexuality and the like all fit here.
The true church of Jesus Christ today lives among a people that are certainly ripe for judgment. How wonderful we have a Savior from heaven who will bring about the end of this estate. Evil will be brought to an end as the Lord wields his scepter of justice. What an incomparable expression of love, mercy and kindness he has expressed by providing himself as a sacrifice to make a way for us into eternity with him! Otherwise, I would be expecting the same fate of those who have no room in their lives for the Lord due to their arrogance and pride
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