KJB Daily Devotion – Following Jesus Through Every
Chapter
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016
Chapters: Isaiah 12-14
Message: The Devil’s
Final Destination

Hello My Friend,

I
remember watching cartoons and even movies, they would always refer
to good being an angel and bad being the devil, if you are good you
get to go to heaven with the angels when you die and if you are bad
you go to hell with the devil, who is just waiting there to torture
you. There is an old, old movie of the Christmas Carol in which
Scrooge gets a glimpse of what could happen if he did not change his
ways, he is walking through these fiery hallways only to be taken to
a room icy cold to be tormented there forever. I bring these up
because as much as we would like to believe that God works this way,
He does not, and the devil in not in hell, he is walking around the
earth, he does not have horns and a tail, and he will be here until
first, God casts him into prison for a thousand years, then in the
lake of fire, where he will be tormented forever, and all those who
are not saved will be also.

“And
the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever. And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which
were in them: and they were judged every man according to their
works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is
the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.” - Revelation
20:10,13-15.

While salvation has been acquired through the
different dispensations of time, they were often told to turn to good
works if they want to keep their salvation, but that is not the case
today. Salvation is only gotten by the grace of God through our faith
and belief in Jesus Christ who’s work on the cross made that
possible. As we read through Isaiah we get a glimpse of not only the
first coming of Christ, but also of His return, reign as King, of the
judgment that will take place during His reign on earth, and
ultimately the destruction of the world. Chapter 12 has only six
verses, but it is has nothing to do about judgment, only praise for
the God, our Saviour.

“And in
that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast
angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon
his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his
name is exalted.” - Isaiah 12:1-4.

“make
mention that his name is exalted.” Proclaim Jesus, shout His
name, He is our Strength and Song, our Comforter, our Salvation. When
once God was angry with us because we were covered in sin, it is now
turned away and all our sins forgotten. We, who are saved, born again
Christian's do not need to be afraid because we have Jesus, even if
He returns right now, we will be safely carried away while all this
mess happens. Right now Christian's are being targeted like never
before, but we can overcome, and we will overcome because Jesus is
with us. “Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy
sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.” - Romans 8:34-37.

Now,
after some prophecies concerning the Messiah, His kingdom, and
judgment, here come the prophecies concerning those nations who
turned on Israel, and of their destruction. You see, while God may
judge His people first, He saved the most wicked for last. God begins
with Babylon, whose hands the people of Judah would be delivered to
for a while.

“Lift ye up a
banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the
hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded
my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger,
even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in
the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the
kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth
the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of
heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy
the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall
come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be
faint, and every man's heart shall melt: And I will punish the world
for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause
the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness
of the terrible. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of
the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and
Gomorrah.” - Isaiah 13:2-7,11,19.

“for
the day of the LORD is at hand;” This goes beyond the
destruction of the nation of Babylon, which already happened, this
refers to Judgment Day, in which God will destroy the entire earth,
Babylon being Rome, which is further talked about in the Book of
Revelation. “And there followed another
angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because
she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into
the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of
the Lamb:” - Revelation 14:8-10.

Someone
pointed out to me that Jesus does not know when He is returning, only
God does and He will send Him at the appointed time. While in a sense
this is true because Jesus did say He judges no one in the flesh and
that His Father sent Him (John 8:14-32)), but in the same
conversation He also said He and His Father are one. We will never
understand how God can be both because our human reasoning to
comprehend, this is something that we must believe by faith, He has
always been and will always be at the right hand of God, even though
He is God, and we will all stand before Him in judgment. We get an
interesting insight and revelation about the one who caused the fall
of man in the first place, and what He will be accountable for. Old
Lucifer himself, once one of God's archangels, arrogant and proud,
tried to take the throne from God, got cast out of heaven, and is
bound for hell.

“How art thou
fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut
down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast
said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the
heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt
be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee
shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the
man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That
made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners? The LORD of hosts hath
sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass;
and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:” - Isaiah
14:12-17,24.

“Yet thou shalt be
brought down to hell,” Perhaps one of the questions everyone
who reads and studies the Bible has is why God puts the devil in
prison for a thousand years while Jesus reigns at His return then
lets him out to create havoc before the final judgment takes place.
We can speculate as to why, but for some reason I believe that God
will use that time to judge the last few, they will be no evil to
corrupt them, no Holy Spirit to guide them, just Jesus to see if they
will believe in Him when the devil is not there to influence them.
Nevertheless, those who are saved will be safe. “For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” - I
Thessalonians 4:16,17.

Jesus
Christ Magnified: “Cry
out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of
Israel in the midst of thee.” -
Isaiah 12:6.

Today's Prayer:
Jesus, thank You for choosing to become the payment to redeem me of
my sins. I should be in hell for the things I have done, but You took
my stripes, bore my pain, so that I do not have to. I now I can never
lose my salvation, but never want to be in the mess I was in before I
let You be Lord of my life, I know I could fall if I let my flesh do
the walking. Lord, lead me and guide me, give me Your power to resist
the devil, help me stay in Your Word, and to live it so that I can be
armed and prepared for Your return. In Your name Jesus, Amen.

God
Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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