July 22

Isaiah 31-34
Isaiah speaks of a day when God will take his vengeance on the world, a day when all who have persecuted His people will suffer retribution.  Unfortunately, there are many who see this as a physical act, instead of being a spiritual fulfilment.  There is a clue given in this prophecy when He says that their horses are flesh and not spirit.  Jesus tried to point the people in His day to the spiritual kingdom, but they desired an earthly one.  Many today still look to a physical, earthly, kingdom where Jesus will sit on a throne and the host of heaven will fight a physical battle on earth against Satan and his minions.  I will not limit God in any way.  He can do what He desires in any fashion He wishes.  However, logic should help us to see that if He is going to take vengeance on those who have persecuted His people, and He is going to do it on earth, then He will have to first resurrect those people, giving them new life, for the vengeance to have any meaning.  But, if it is to be a spiritual thing, exacted in His realm where time doesn’t exist, we have a completely different scenario, and it makes a lot more sense.  “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”  Ephesians 4:12 NIV