The context of Isaiah 24 and 25 is to the day of the Messiah’s ultimate triumph. The Messiah will reign over Israel and the world. In that day, there will be a lot of joyful singing, such as this song that will be sung in the land of Judah.

1. The people of Judah will sing this song when they return to the land (vs. 1-2)

In these verses the Israelites are coming into Jerusalem, which has been won with the Second Coming of Jesus to the Earth. Israel is referred to as “the righteous nation” because they have been converted. See verse 4. The city of God, with all its strength and salvation, is only for the righteous, and those who keep the truth. In the same principle, the New Jerusalem is a city filled with glory, which excludes the unrighteous (Revelation 21:22-27).

2. God has saved His people from their enemies (vs. 3-9)

In Hebrew, the term perfect peace is actually “shalom shalom”. This shows how in Hebrew, repetition communicates intensity. It isn’t just shalom; it is “shalom shalom”, perfect peace.

The city of man, the world system, is all about power and prestige, built on the backs of the weak and the poor. But when God brings the city of man down to the dust, He will turn all that around, and the feet of the poor shall tread it down. The earth will learn righteousness by God pouring out judgment (vs. 9).

3. Unsaved men will be just as bad even when Christ is ruling in the world (vs. 10-11)

The wicked are ungrateful for God’s goodness. The wicked will end in disaster.

4. Unsaved men will be just as bad even when Christ is ruling in the world (vs. 12-15)

Israel is speaking of its past in verse 13 & 14. We have the fulfilment of the Abrahamic covenant in verse 15.

5. The agonies under the Antichrist (vs. 19)

We have had the torment of a woman in child-bearing, but not the comfort of a living child. The humble heart knows the futility of working apart from the direction and blessing of God. The humble heart relies on the Lord in times of distress and futility.

6. The national resurrection of Israel (vs. 16-18)

The nation will survive. But here is a confident expectation of resurrection and glory for the Lord’s righteous ones.

7. The prophet gives advice to the people of Israel (vs. 20-21)

Isaiah, speaking for the Lord, prophesies a time when God’s people are invited to come and find refuge until the indignation is past. It can refer to the deliverance of the Jewish people from the fury of the Antichrist described in Revelation 12:6 and 12:13-16. But it is more likely that it speaks of the refuge, the safety, the security of God’s people when they are caught up together with the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) and escape the horrific indignation of the Lord that He pours out upon the world in the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21-22, Revelation 9:15-21), which will immediately precede the second coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:29-30).

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