ISAIAH CHAPTERS 24–27
This section contains short oracles with judgments with many references to the Book of Revelation.
ISAIAH 24: PURGING EARTH BEFORE SECOND COMING
v.2-6 The Great Tribulation period will affect all people. Very few shall come out of it alive.
v.17 The "pit" the Antichrist shall come out of (Revelation 11:7).
v.19-20 The earth will be devastated by earthquake. Present-day physicists who believe in a polar-axis shift also tell us that the earth will wobble as a top and flip on its axis. The wobble of the earth becomes greater as time goes on.
v.21 The "high ones" refers to the angelic hosts of evil.
v.22 Satan will be shut up for a period and then released, but ultimately cast into the outer darkness forever (Revelation 20:7-10).
ISAIAH 25: TRIUMPHS OF THE KINGDOM AGE
v.1-4 God is praised by Isaiah for being our refuge and strength. This could also be a reference to God protecting His children in the tribulation (Luke 21:36).
v.8 Jesus has "swallowed up" death through His death and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:54-55)
ISAIAH 26: TESTIMONY OF RESTORED AND CONVERTED ISRAEL
v.5-9 Before the Kingdom Age God will bring down by His judgment on the unrighteous.
v.12-18 Israel speaking to the Lord. When they were in prosperity they turned away from God, but in their adversity they repented and turned to the Lord.
v.19 Prediction of what took place at the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Those born before Jesus' time did not enter heaven but Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22-31). When Jesus died He descended there to set them free.
Our bodies will be changed. (See John 11:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15:52-54; 2 Corinthians 5:1-8).
v.20-21 Refers to the last 3 1/2 years of Great Tribulation when God's wrath is poured upon the earth for sin. But God hides His people (Revelation 4:1).
ISAIAH 27: DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL
v.1 "That day" refers to the great tribulation period upon the earth. "Leviathan" is Satan.
v.6 Prophecy of God stating how He will again bless the nation Israel and make them His vineyard. Already this prophecy is being fulfilled, as Israel is the third largest fruit exporting nation in the world (though it is smaller than the state of California).
v.10 The city at one time was barren.
v.12-13 After the barren period God regathers His people back into the land.
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