There is a prophecy made by the prophet Isaiah that when read by an open-minded person is quite startling in the profound truth that is contained therein. Here is that prophecy: “And He will destroy in this mountain (Mt. Zion – Isaiah 24:23) the face of the covering cast over ALL people, and the veil that is spread over ALL nations. He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away all tears from off ALL faces, and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth, for the Lord has spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, ‘Lo, THIS is our God (not Allah, not Shiva, not Vishnu). 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” (See Isaiah 25:7-9).
Those preachers who say they don’t get their doctrine out of the Hebrew scriptures lock themselves into horrible error, and they do a great disservice to their congregations – men and women who trust them to know what the Bible teaches, to really know the goodness, mercy and wonderful love of God for all born human. So, yes, I do get testy and somewhat intolerant when speaking of their many errors and false doctrines. Instead of standing with pride in their respective pulpits each Sunday morning, they should be hanging their heads in shame and asking for forgiveness from those they have deceived.
Look at that text in Isaiah 25 one more time. Notice that it says the enlightenment of ALL nations is future and that it coincides with the time of THEIR resurrection from the dead, not the time of the redeemed righteous dead, who will have been resurrected a full thousand years before them. He will then take away the rebuke borne by the Jewish people for thousands of years for God shall save Judah first and then turn His hand to grant salvation to the other nations of the world, nations that have formerly embraced Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism and many other false pathways. Notice it says that these nations will state that they have indeed waited for His salvation, but when offered the same by having their blindness removed they will be glad and rejoice in that salvation.
Jesus declared that “the scripture cannot be broken.” (See John 10:35). It says what it says and means what it says. All prophecies uttered by any and all of God’s prophets must come to pass. Satan deceives the WHOLE world right now – even the professing Christian world. That is why Christianity has Roman Catholics, Mormons, Amish, Lutherans, Baptists, Pentecostals, etc., etc., etc. (See Revelation 12:9). Many of these denominations have some truth, but most of them embrace a great deal of profound error.
“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same (from the eastern hemisphere to the western hemisphere) my name shall be great among the Gentiles (all nations), AND IN EVERY PLACE (Saudi Arabia, China, Portugal, America, Nigeria, etc.) incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering, for my name shall be great among the heathen (the previously unconverted), says the Lord of Hosts!” (See Malachi 1:11). There is your authority for that statement, that prophecy, that truth – SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS! Don’t believe your deceived preachers – BELIEVE GOD! And the pure offering made to God will be the truly heart broken and repentant men and women offering themselves to Jesus Christ and imploring His forgiveness for their sins and spiritual ignorance.
“And the Lord shall be King over ALL the earth. In that day shall there be one Lord, and His name one” (See Zechariah 14:9). Billions won’t be worshiping Allah, while billions of others are worshiping Jesus. ALL will worship God the Father through His Son, the King of Kings, the Lord Jesus Christ!
“In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem (the Jews) for sin and for uncleanness” (See Zechariah 13:1). It is not being offered to them now, save for a very small remnant. They are cursed and cut off from Christ in this present era. (See Romans 9:3 and Romans 11:5). That is why one can live a long life, fellowshiping with a multitude of believers and never once encountering a converted Jew!
“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn” (See Zechariah 12:10). “And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, ‘You are not my people,’ there shall they be called the children of the living God” (See Romans 9:26). “And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, ‘There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob'” (Romans 11:26) .
“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion…. The Lord is good TO ALL, and His tender mercies are over all His works. All your works shall praise you, O Lord…..The eyes of all wait upon you, and you give them their (spiritual) meat in due season (yes, He has a time table for opening the minds and hearts of His creation). You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works. LET ALL FLESH BLESS HIS HOLY NAME FOR EVER AND EVER” (See Psalm 145:8, 9-10, 15-17 and 21). God help you to understand.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley