Passage Read: Isaiah 11-14
Meditation Verses: 14:1-2
Thought
No one can stop what the Lord has in mind. He will one day establish Israel as the chief of the nations, when Jesus comes to rule. In that day, there will be aliens who have joined themselves to the people of Israel, which likely refers to Gentiles who embrace the God of Jacob as their own. But there will also be nations of oppressors, unbelievers, who will be made Israel's servants. Those foreigners who recognize the Lord and accept His selection of Israel will be grafted into Israel; those foreigners who hated the Lord and His chosen people will suffer humiliation as slaves of the people they hated.
Application
There are only two options for us non-Jews: Accept Jesus as Lord now and be included as aliens united to the House of Israel, or reject Jesus and His chosen people, and be made slaves of them when He returns. The latter may not be the most terrible option, as the Lord will exercise justice on the earth, but the end will be eternal torment. It will only be a brief reprieve in light of eternity, a thousand years of servitude before being cast into the lake of fire. This is the message that all people need to hear and understand. The Gospel opens the door to being united with the chosen people of Israel, to be counted as them. Rejection of the Gospel means servitude to those who survive the wrath of God at the end of this age, and then eternal torment. People need to be warned!