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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,'1-');">Isa 25</a> - The Song of Joy from the Midst of Tribulation</h2>
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<p>A. Praising God for what He has done.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,1);">1</a>) Introduction: For You have done wonderful things.</p>
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<p class="c2">O <span class="c6">Lord</span>, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,'1-');">Isa 24</a> spoke of the judgment to come upon the world, especially in the Great Tribulation. During that time, those who have come to trust in the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will praise Him, even in the midst of His righteous judgment. <i>They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; for the majesty of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> they shall cry aloud from the sea</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,14);">Isa 24:14</a>). This song shows the kind of heart that praises God in the midst of tribulation, even in the midst of the Great Tribulation.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">O <span class="c6">Lord</span>, You are my God</span></b>: Knowing that the <b><span class="cmscap">Lord</span></b> - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God revealed in and by Jesus Christ - is our <b><span class="c3">God</span></b> makes us want to praise Him. When someone or something other than the <b><span class="cmscap">Lord</span></b> is our <b><span class="c3">God</span></b>, we are guilty of idolatry.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">I will exalt You, I will praise Your name</span></b>: The worshipper here makes a <i>decision</i> to praise God (<b><span class="c3">I will</span></b>). Worship is never to be just a feeling, even if it is an intense feeling. We are to worship God with a <i>decision</i>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "If I did not praise and bless Christ my Lord, I should deserve to have my tongue torn out by its roots from my mouth. If I did not bless and magnify his name, I should deserve that every stone I tread on in the streets should rise up to curse my ingratitude, for I am a drowned debtor to the mercy of God - over head and ears - to infinite love and boundless compassion I am a debtor. Are you not the same? Then I charge you by the love of Christ, awake, awake your hearts now to magnify his glorious name." (Spurgeon)</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">For You have done wonderful things</span></b>: When we think about all the <b><span class="c3">wonderful things</span></b> the <span class="c6">Lord</span> has done, it is pretty easy to make the decision to worship the <span class="c6">Lord</span>. God wants our worship to be filled with <i>thought</i> and <i>remembrance</i> of God's great works, not only an emotional response.</p>
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<p class="c4">e. <b><span class="c3">Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth</span></b>: When we remember the greatness and permanence of God's Word, it makes us what to praise Him. What is more reliable, more everlasting, more enduring than the Word of God?</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,'2-3');">2-3</a>) Praising God for His righteous judgment.</p>
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<p class="c2">For You have made a city a ruin, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of foreigners to be a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Therefore the strong people will glorify You; the city of the terrible nations will fear You.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">For You have made a city a ruin</span></b>: We can worship God for His judgment, because we have confidence in His fairness. As was the case with Sodom and Gomorrah, God will never make <b><span class="c3">a city a ruin</span></b> unless the judgment is deserved, and God has made provision for the righteous.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Which <b><span class="c3">city</span></b> is referred to? No specific city, but in reality every city. "There is a complete lack of any specific national reference, and none of the activities which are pursued within the city differentiate it any special way. It can best be understood, therefore, as a pictorial description of the body of organized human society, a type of 'Vanity Fair,' which is to be subjected to the divine judgment. When God asserts his will in judgment he will bring an end the existing human order, so that in a sense every city will be brought to chaos." (Clements, cited in Grogan)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. The righteous judgment of God has two effects. First, <b><span class="c3">the strong people will glorify You</span></b>. The people of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> see His work and glorify Him. Second, <b><span class="c3">the city of the terrible nations will fear You</span></b>. The unrighteous fear God when they see His righteous judgment.</p>
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<p class="c1">3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,'4-5');">4-5</a>) Praising God for His goodness to the weak.</p>
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<p class="c2">For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. You will reduce the noise of aliens, as heat in a dry place; as heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones will be diminished.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy</span></b>: God is worthy of our praise because He brings strength to the poor and needy!</p>
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<p class="c4">b. We can praise God because He is a <b><span class="c3">refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat</span></b>, and even the strangers (<b><span class="c3">aliens</span></b>) are blessed by His goodness. God will even quiet <b><span class="c3">the song of the terrible ones</span></b>!</p>
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<p>B. Praising God for what He will do.</p>
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<p class="c1">1. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,6);">6</a>) A glorious feast for God's people.</p>
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<p class="c2">And in this mountain the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">In this mountain the <span class="c6">Lord</span> of hosts will make for all people a feast</span></b>: In several places, the Bible speaks of what is often called <i>the Marriage Supper of the Lamb</i>. <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,9);">Rev 19:9</a> says, <i>Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!</i> According to <a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,6);">Isa 25:6</a>, we might say that this great feast takes place <i>on earth</i>, not in heaven.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. And what a feast it will be! <b><span class="c3">A feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees</span></b>. For the God's people, this will be the "victory banquet" or the "awards banquet" when after the final battle is over!</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Jesus is really looking forward to this banquet. He said to His disciples at the Last Supper, <i>I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom</i> (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',26,29);">Mat 26:29</a>). In this, Jesus spoke of His longing expectation for the day when He would take communion with His people at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Jesus is excited about this event; are you?</p>
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<p class="c1">2. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,'7-8');">7-8</a>) The destruction of evil.</p>
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<p class="c2">And He will destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever, and the Lord <span class="c6">God</span> will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; for the <span class="c6">Lord</span> has spoken.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. What will the <span class="c6">Lord</span> <b><span class="c3">destroy</span></b>? <b><span class="c3">The veil that is spread over all nations</span></b>. The picture is that there is a <b><span class="c3">veil that is spread over all nations</span></b> that keeps them from seeing God, loving God, and obeying God. In this glorious day, the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will destroy that veil.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. In the New Testament, Paul speaks of Israel being blinded by a veil: <i>But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart</i> (<a onclick="return mV('2Cr',3,15);">2Cr 3:15</a>). In Isaiah's day, it was more apparent that the nations were veiled. In Paul's day, it was more apparent that Israel was veiled. But for both the nations and for Israel, the remedy is the same: <i>Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away</i> (<a onclick="return mV('2Cr',3,16);">2Cr 3:16</a>).</p>
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<p class="c4">b. The <span class="c6">Lord</span> will also destroy death: <b><span class="c3">He will swallow up death forever</span></b>. The day will come when death is powerless. Death was introduced by Adam's rebellion (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',2,'16-17');">Gen 2:16-17</a>), and will one day be completely eliminated by God.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. Paul knew this and looked forward to this day. He proclaimed in <a onclick="return mV('1Cr',15,54);">1Cr 15:54</a>: <i>Death is swallowed up in victory</i>. This will be true for every believer when death is defeated by resurrection. A resurrected body is not a resuscitated corpse. It is a new order of life that will never die again.</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. Freud was <i>wrong</i> when he said: "And finally there is the painful riddle of death, for which no remedy at all has yet been found, nor probably ever will be." Compare that with Isaiah's triumphant declaration, <b><span class="c3">He will swallow death up forever</span></b>!</p>
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<p class="c5">iii. "Ever since death ran through the veins of Jesus Christ, who is life essential, it is destroyed or swallowed up; like as the bee dieth when she hath left her sting in the wound." (Trapp)</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">And the <span class="c6">Lord</span> God will wipe away tears from all faces</span></b>: How much more glorious could the tender mercy of God be? It isn't just that He takes away the things that made us sad, or even that He gives us a handkerchief to dry our eyes and blow our nose. Instead, He gently and lovingly <b><span class="c3">will wipe away tears from all faces</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth</span></b>: Now, we need the rebuke of His people. If God did not rebuke and correct us, we could drift further and further from Him. But there will come a day when we are no longer troubled by sin, no longer in a place to rebel. In that glorious day, <b><span class="c3">the rebuke of His people He will take away</span></b>. Thank God for that coming day! Thank God for His faithful rebuke until then!</p>
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<p class="c1">3. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,9);">9</a>) The testimony of God's people.</p>
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<p class="c2">And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the <span class="c6">Lord</span>; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">Behold, this is our God</span></b>: We will proclaim it then because we have proclaimed it now. We are those who were unafraid to confess Jesus before men on earth, and we will be blessed to hear Him confess us before our Father in heaven (<a onclick="return mV('Luk',12,8);">Luk 12:8</a>).</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">We have waited for Him, and He will save us</span></b>: How great it is to wait on the <span class="c6">Lord</span>, and to see Him bring His salvation! God often seems distant or cruel when He compels us to wait on Him, but His ways really are best, and will be shown to be the best.</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation</span></b>: If it is <i>our salvation</i> - a salvation of our own making, of our own creation, then there is nothing to <b><span class="c3">be glad and rejoice in</span></b>. But since it is <b><span class="c3">His salvation</span></b>, there is everything to <b><span class="c3">be glad and rejoice in</span></b>!</p>
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<p class="c4">d. <b><span class="c3">And it will be said in that day</span></b>: Each one of these things - confessing He is our God, the fulfillment of patient waiting, and rejoicing in His salvation - each of these will be ultimately fulfilled <b><span class="c3">in that day</span></b>. But they can be <i>substantially fulfilled</i> right now! We can praise God for these things <i>right now</i>! And as we do, we bring some of the glory of <b><span class="c3">that day</span></b> to pass in our lives <i>right now</i>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "To be rapt in praise to God is the highest state of the soul. To receive the mercy for which we praise God for is something; but to be wholly clothed with praise to God for the mercy received is far more. Why, praise is heaven, and heaven is praise! To pray is heaven below, but praise is the essence of heaven above. When you bow in adoration, you are at your very highest." (Spurgeon)</p>
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<p class="c1">4. (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,'10-12');">10-12</a>) The <span class="c6">Lord</span> resolves all things.</p>
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<p class="c2">For on this mountain the hand of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will rest, and Moab shall be trampled down under Him, as straw is trampled down for the refuse heap. And He will spread out His hands in their midst as a swimmer reaches out to swim, and He will bring down their pride together with the trickery of their hands. The fortress of the high fort of your walls He will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, down to the dust.</p>
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<p class="c4">a. <b><span class="c3">For on this mountain the hand of the <span class="c6">Lord</span> will rest</span></b>: The <span class="c6">Lord</span> will settle His hand of favor, power, and glory on Mount Zion. After the Great Tribulation, when Jesus Christ reigns from Jerusalem, the whole creation will know that the <b><span class="c3">hand of the <span class="c6">Lord</span></span></b> does <b><span class="c3">rest</span></b> on <b><span class="c3">this mountain</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "The powerful and gracious presence of God (which is oft signified in Scripture by God's hand) shall have its constant and settled abode; it shall not move from place to place, as it did with the tabernacle; nor shall it depart from it, as it did from Jerusalem." (Poole)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">And Moab will be trampled down</span></b>: In that day, Jesus will rule the nations with all authority and righteousness (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,'8-12');">Psa 2:8-12</a>). God will reach out (<b><span class="c3">As a swimmer reaches out to swim</span></b>) and bring low every proud, rebelling heart. Those who oppose His rule He will <b><span class="c3">bring to the ground, down to the dust</span></b>.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "In a powerful anthropomorphic figure, the prophet pictures the Lord's hand resting in blessing on Mount Zion and his feet trampling on Moab in judgment." (Grogan) So, which do we want - the loving hand of God, or to be under His feet?</p>
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