Isa 18:2 ...Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isa 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Isa 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
A challenge that rings through the centuries imploring messengers to GO.
This land is not Israel, the command is not to go to them to destroy them or to pillage them - it is to a land in this case that is downtrodden, scattered and humbled. What is to gain from such a place?
It is to bring a message, a message that if they will look to the ensign on the mountains, if they will heed the trumpet call and hear the declaration - they will know that there is hope, they will know that there is a God in Zion, a God that they can meet with, a God that will recieve them.
That wonderful declaration is the heartcry of the missionary that proclaims it, the hope to those who hear it and the glory of God who made the message possible.
Should the people respond, what a beatiful result - the missionary is allowed to see the fruit of the labour and as those people from that downtrodden land find the hope in Jesus Christ, they can meet with God.
Lastly and most importantly as this passage tells us, it will be a PRESENT - a gift, a blessing, a means of God getting glory as His desire is fulfilled that more people come into His kingdom!
What better present is there to bring to our Saviour then souls to worship Him.
Luk 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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A wonderful post Aaron! What a reminder that the love of Christ should constrain us to tell others of our God! Would to do God He would find us declaring His gospel!
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