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The Daily Word of Righteousness
A Destructive Concept of Divine Grace, continued
For this is what the LORD says—he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited—he says: "I am the LORD, and there is no other. (Isaiah 45:18—NIV)
In addition to what we want to be true of the coming of the Lord there are also God's desires to be considered.
God loves people. He formed the earth for people and gave them bodies derived from the earth. God made the earth to be inhabited.
God wants His will to be done in the earth.
God wants justice to prevail among the nations so people can dwell in righteousness, peace and joy.
God wants to dwell among mankind, to be with them, to govern them successfully, to wipe away their tears, to answer their petitions, to give them eternal life without pain and dread.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." (Revelation 21:3,4—NIV)
God's method for living among people and blessing them is to create a great house for Himself composed of the chief Corner Stone and many other living stones.
God's wants the coming of the Lord Jesus to be the arrival of His great house, His tabernacle, on the earth resulting in the destruction of the wicked and the bringing of justice to the saved nations. (The fullness of this coming will not take place until the end of the thousand-year Kingdom Age.)
I think this also would be the hope of the meek of the earth if they were aware of what the coming of the Kingdom of God would mean to them.
What do the Scriptures state will be true of the coming of the Lord?
First of all, the return of the Lord will bring relief to the nation of Israel, which at that time will be occupied by Antichrist.
You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. (Zechariah 14:5—NIV)
The return of Jesus the Christ, the Servant of the Lord, Christ—Head and Body, will bring justice to the saved nations of the earth. Bringing justice to the nations is a principal objective of the return of Jesus.
Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. (Isaiah 42:1—NIV)
Another important objective of the coming of the Lord is to judge and convict those who are gathering with the saints but are ungodly.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones. To judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." (Jude 1:14,15—NIV)
To be continued.