Isaiah 25:6-8 (ESV Strong's)
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
And he will swallow up on this mountain
the covering that is cast over all peoples,
the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Subject: Salvation
God will "swallow up death forever." Is there a better thought to mediate upon all day? Can we find a better truth to herald? Is there a more comforting set of words ever spoken? Note how Paul picks up this same theme when writing to the believers in Thessalonica:
1 Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV Strong's)
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
The great "hope" believers have is the knowledge of no more death. Paul wrote also to the Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 15:55 (ESV Strong's)
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
We can see that God's hope is for Jew and Gentile. We can trust and rest and hope in the fact that God keeps His promises and His biggest promise is the truth in these verses ... No more death!!! Rejoice!!!
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