1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,880 Well, I wonder if any of you woke up your children this 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,320 morning. Maybe give me a nod or even 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:08,720 raise your hand. Did you wake up your children 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:13,000 with the words rise and shine, that anybody sing? 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,320 Arise and shine and give God your glory? 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,080 Usually these are accompanied by a throwing off of the sheets, 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,120 throwing open the curtains, the turning on the light, letting 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,440 the light shine that song. Rise and shine and give God your 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,560 glory. I learned this week came from 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,600 the 1800s. It was an African American 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,840 spiritual and it was recorded for the first time in 1825. 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,680 It's the first time it was written down in a song that was 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,000 called We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,040 And the final stanza read rise, shine, give God glory. 15 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Rise, shine, give God glory. Rise, shine, give God glory, 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,200 rise, shine, give God glory. Not children of the Lord, but 17 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:57,520 soldiers of the Cross. It means wake up is what the 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,320 song is calling you to do. Wake up spiritually is how they 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,320 meant it. And think about heavenly things 20 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,360 and quit thinking about all the earthly things that are so 21 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,200 natural to us and shine, which means allow the Spirit to 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,680 visibly transform you and so manifest God's nature and power 23 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,520 to the world. Rise and shine. 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,680 And then the song reminds you you're a soldier of the cross. 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,040 Think back to Isaiah 59 as we go into chapter 60. 26 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,040 This was the theme. Jesus is portrayed as a soldier, 27 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,320 as a warrior, and he puts on the breastplate of righteousness and 28 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,400 he puts on the helmet of salvation. 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,000 And even as we've gone through Isaiah everything post Isaiah 30 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,680 53, Jesus Christ was the servant and now servant singular turns 31 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,360 into servants, plural. We are the servants. 32 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,120 And if our, the Christ, our captain like we just sang, if he 33 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,040 put on the breastplate of righteousness, he says now you 34 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,000 are soldiers of the cross, you put on breastplates of 35 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,200 righteousness. Ephesians 6 Paul says, fasten 36 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,080 the belt of truth, put on the breastplate of righteousness, 37 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,440 put on readiness as shoes, take the shield of faith, take the 38 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,920 helmet of salvation, take the sword of the Spirit, which is 39 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,200 the word of God. This is like Jesus. 40 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,280 It says he wrapped himself like like zeal with a cloak. 41 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,640 He put on a cloak of zeal. Zeal just being, meaning having 42 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,680 a lot of energy, ready to do something good and exciting, 43 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,480 being excited about it and hearing that eagerness is 44 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,560 required of us. You just put on readiness like 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,360 shoes every morning, whether you're preaching the gospel or 46 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,560 demonstrating God's character through serving vulnerable 47 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,880 people, rise, shine, give God glory, you soldiers of the 48 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,960 cross. And that's that phrase came to 49 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,960 be used by 1850 of in the Army, where rise and shine meant 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,840 literally rise out of your bed and shine your gun and your 51 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,920 boots and get ready for inspection. 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,600 And at that same time it was transforming from an African 53 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:55,080 American spiritual into a children's camp song where they 54 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,240 would sing at camp Jesus died that you might have it soldiers 55 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,520 of the. Cross we will rise and shine and 56 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,280 give God the glory, glory, soldiers of the cross. 57 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,400 And then it comes to us in our own day, our own expression. 58 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,400 We just sang the Getty song. O church, arise and put your 59 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,640 armor on. Hear the call of Christ the 60 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,320 Captain. And they added the. 61 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,280 Chorus, arise. Shine for your light has come. 62 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,600 Arise. Shine for the risen sun. 63 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,680 Lift your eyes. We are his radiant bride. 64 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,440 Arise, O Church, arise. So. 65 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,920 Many contexts children at camp, enslaved African Americans, 66 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,160 military men preparing for war, a corporate worship song for 67 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,640 local churches, and you singing your own children out of bed. 68 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,080 What do all these contexts have in common? 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,360 They all quote Isaiah 60 verse one. 70 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,720 If you'll turn there. It's all a reference to Isaiah 71 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,680 60. And I hope my prayer is that 72 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,320 every time you you hear the words rise and shine, every time 73 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,520 you speak them, every time you sing that earworm to your kids, 74 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,800 you will think of Isaiah 60 because those two words arise 75 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,160 and shine are the 1st 2 words of Isaiah 60 verse one. 76 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,240 And they are the application of the entire chapter, all 22 77 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,200 verses. If you can remember those two 78 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,000 words, they sum up the requirement of understanding the 79 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:16,959 passage in its context. 2 words repeat after me, Kumi and the 80 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:21,360 second or E rise and shine, rise and shine. 81 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,600 Why? Because your light has come and 82 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,840 the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. 83 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:30,600 Let's read Isaiah 60 together. The prophet begins this way. 84 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,040 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord 85 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,400 has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover 86 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,200 the earth, and thick darkness the peoples. 87 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,240 But the Lord will arise upon you, His glory will be seen upon 88 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,400 you, and nation shall come to your light, and kings to the 89 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,480 brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes all around, 90 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,000 and see they all gather together. 91 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,760 They come to you. Your sons shall come from afar, 92 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,440 and your daughter shall be carried on the hip. 93 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,600 Then you shall see and be radiant. 94 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:59,760 Your heart shall thrill or tremble and exalt, because the 95 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,640 abundance of the sea shall be turned to you. 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,880 The wealth of nations shall come to you. 97 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,040 A multitude of camels shall cover you. 98 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,280 The young camels of Midian and Apha and those from Sheba shall 99 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,600 come. They shall bring gold and 100 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,240 frankincense and shall bring good news, the praises of the 101 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,360 Lord. All the flocks of Kedar shall be 102 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,440 gathered to you. The Rams of Nabias shall 103 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,360 minister to you. They shall come up with 104 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,880 acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful 105 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,160 house. Who are these that fly like a 106 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,600 cloud and like doves to their windows? 107 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,800 For the coastline shall hope for me the ships of Tarshish. 108 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,960 First to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold 109 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,400 with them. For the name of the Lord your 110 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,320 God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has made You 111 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,320 Beautiful. Foreigners shall build up your 112 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,560 walls, and their king shall minister to you. 113 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,200 For in my wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy 114 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,040 on you. Your gate shall be opened 115 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,280 continually, night and day. They shall not be shut, that 116 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,560 people may bring to you the wealth of the nations with their 117 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,680 kings LED in procession. For the nation and Kingdom that 118 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,680 will not serve you shall perish. Those nations shall be utterly 119 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,280 laid waste. The glory of Lebanon shall come 120 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,840 to you, the Cypress, the plain, and the pine to beautify the 121 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,600 place of the My sanctuary, and I will make the place of my feet 122 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,000 glorious. The sons of those who afflicted 123 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,560 you shall come bending low to you, and all who despise you 124 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,960 shall bow at your feet. You shall call. 125 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,080 They shall call you the city of the Lord, the Zion, and the Holy 126 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,440 One of Israel. Whereas you have been forsaken 127 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,280 and hated with no one passing through. 128 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,200 I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age. 129 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,240 You shall suck the milk of nations. 130 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,560 You shall nurse at the breast of kings. 131 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,600 You shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your 132 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:40,480 Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 133 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:42,680 Instead of bronze, I will bring gold. 134 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,680 Instead of iron, I will bring silver. 135 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:48,280 Instead of wood, bronze, Instead of stones, iron. 136 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,320 I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters 137 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,960 righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard 138 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,880 in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders. 139 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,720 You shall call your walls salvation. 140 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,920 In your gates praise. The sun shall no more be your 141 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,600 light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light, 142 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,520 but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God 143 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,000 will be your glory. Your sun shall no more go down, 144 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,480 or your moon withdraw itself, for the Lord will be your 145 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,440 everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended. 146 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,480 Your people shall all be righteous. 147 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,360 They shall possess the land forever. 148 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,200 The branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might 149 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,480 be glorified. The least one shall become a 150 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,880 clan, when the smallest one a mighty nation. 151 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,320 I am the Lord, and it's time I will hasten it. 152 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,880 Remember chapter 59 last week at the tone of the message was not 153 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,640 particularly joyful. It's said that this world is 154 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,000 darkness, emblematic of sin and ignorance. 155 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,440 And we realize that the world is darkness because we made it that 156 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,240 way. Thinking of Isaiah who 157 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:49,680 continually points the finger, saying woe is this world for 158 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,480 their greediness, for their lack of worship of God, for their 159 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,080 material gain and their desire for these things. 160 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,240 And then he says, and you know what? 161 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,800 He points the finger at himself, and he says, woe is me, for I 162 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,960 too am darkness. And you contrast that to chapter 163 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,680 60 where he says there will be light like that of the rising 164 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,640 sun. And with this light, all of the 165 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,760 light of this chapter comes several themes. 166 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:20,160 God's radiant presence is 1. The gathering of the nations is 167 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,680 another, this pilgrimage of all the elect from every nation 168 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,080 coming into Jerusalem, the rebuilding and the exaltation of 169 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,760 Zion, God's fortress and everlasting light and peace. 170 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,760 And extremely important to know and to understand for this 171 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:37,440 message in this passage is that this whole poem, this whole 172 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:42,559 chapter is directed at a city. It's a poem about a city. 173 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,400 It's addressed to Zion, the future heavenly city of God. 174 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:47,960 And so you're reading poetry about a city. 175 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,760 All these phrases arise and shine is addressed at Jerusalem. 176 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,800 And nation shall come to your light as talking about 177 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,200 Jerusalem. I will make you a majestic. 178 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,880 I will make you majestic forever. 179 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,720 A joy from age to age is about a city. 180 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,600 And you, maybe you could ask like I did, what application is 181 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,920 there for me about a chapter of the Bible given to a city, 182 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,840 written for a city? And the answer is a lot because 183 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,440 of what happens there, because of the hope that comes from what 184 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,440 God is going to do in that place. 185 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:20,880 And we learn that it's going to be our city. 186 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,080 It's going to be your city as well as his city. 187 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,560 And we learn in in verse 13, because it's our home and 188 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,760 because it's God's home, it's where he will dwell forever with 189 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,200 his people. That verse 13 says he desires to 190 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:38,000 beautify the place of his feet. And then the application begins 191 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,520 to pour in when we realize that when God addresses the city, 192 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:42,040 he's not just addressing the city. 193 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,480 It by extension comes to the people who live in that city, 194 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,520 which is me and you. And so all of a sudden Zion's 195 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:53,800 glory becomes our glory and Zion's rising is the people's 196 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,200 rising and it's restoration is our restoration. 197 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,360 And the the call to rise and shine becomes our call to rise 198 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,920 and shine. And so the passage is describing 199 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,880 several things, I think. First, it's looking what did the 200 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,400 author have in mind? What is Isaiah thinking? 201 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,400 I think he was thinking in the immediate future of saying you 202 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,560 are in this ruined city, come back from exile, and Jerusalem 203 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:17,280 will have a certain glory again, and the second temple is going 204 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,400 to be built there. God will never dwell in that 205 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,160 second temple, but there will be some measure of glory in this 206 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,360 rebuilt temple. So there's the immediate future. 207 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,680 I think he's looking to the near future where when Christ comes, 208 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,720 it's all about light and the resplendent light. 209 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,320 Think about Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, where he 210 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,040 kind of tears back the veil, and here is this glory. 211 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,920 You get little foretaste and glimpses of what that future 212 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,760 Kingdom is going to be like, and you get to see that when He 213 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,480 comes. It talks in this passage in 214 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,360 Isaiah 60 about how they will bring kingly gifts and 215 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,280 submission to him, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 216 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,400 And when the light of the world came into the world, what 217 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,440 happened? The Magi came from the east, 218 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,440 bringing gold and frankincense and myrrh, kingly gifts. 219 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,920 He's he's, it's this partial fulfillment. 220 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,720 But what he really has in mind is the future heavens, the 221 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,120 future earth, when the glory of Jesus Christ will unite all 222 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,400 people. That's what the chapter's about. 223 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:12,840 We're looking all the way into the future. 224 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,000 Yes, there's partial fulfillment. 225 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,640 Yes, it's coming in part. But he's looking to that day 226 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,720 when this city will be glorified. 227 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,520 It will be made beautiful because you are beautiful and 228 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,560 most importantly because he is. And the word that's used four 229 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,560 times over and over, the keyword of the passage is glory. 230 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:32,560 And I want to stop for a minute to see as you go through the 231 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,480 word is used in in several senses. 232 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,320 First, it says in verse one, the glory of the Lord has risen upon 233 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:40,840 you. And this is the same sense of 234 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,680 the the word glory in verse 2. It's saying you will get to see 235 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,280 in the flesh the goodness, the greatness, the attributes, the 236 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,480 perfection of God. It will be beheld by His church. 237 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,000 You will see the King and all his beauty as Isaiah says. 238 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:57,840 Verse 2 says the same thing. The Lord will. 239 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,320 Arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you, and the 240 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,000 attractiveness of His goodness and His greatness is like a 241 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,560 light. We're like moths. 242 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:10,920 Kings are like moths that can't help but be drawn to him. 243 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,560 Look ahead to verse 19 with me. This is a different word in the 244 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:17,160 original, but we also translate it. 245 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,680 Glory. This is no longer will you have 246 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:22,280 the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon 247 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,160 give you light, but you will have the Lord for an everlasting 248 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,120 light in your God, for your glory. 249 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,760 And this is another usage of the word glory. 250 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,360 It means the the literally the shining of God. 251 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,880 And we say that from what best we can tell, it's his, His 252 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,800 perfection, his perfect goodness, and his perfect mercy 253 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,320 and holiness shines out. It's the Shekinah glory of God, 254 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,080 and it's visible. This is why in Isaiah 6 the 255 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,520 angels had 6 wings, two had to cover their feet because God was 256 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,400 so holy. And with two they flew. 257 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,920 And it says with two they had to shield their eyes from the 258 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:00,160 resplendent glory of God. And this is what the angels at 259 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,360 Christ's birth, when the, the light of the world came into the 260 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,360 world, the angels says that they came and it says the glory of 261 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,640 the Lord shone round about them. And the people were afraid 262 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,400 because of this. This is the glory because of 263 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,600 this shining Moses when he went on the on the mountain and he 264 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,120 would commune with God and he would talk to God, what happened 265 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,960 to him? He would come back and he was, 266 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,120 he was, he would radiate just from the reflection of the glory 267 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,520 of God. It was so much that the people 268 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,800 couldn't even look directly at him and he had to put a covering 269 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,360 on his face to address the people. 270 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,800 That's what we're talking about. God says you're not going to 271 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,480 need a sun anymore. You wouldn't be able to see it 272 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:38,920 for the resplendent glory of God. 273 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,280 You don't need a moon anymore because the God of glory is 274 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,040 going to fill the universe with his light. 275 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:44,440 That's what this passage teaches. 276 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,840 He's our glory, literally our light. 277 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,520 Look at verse 13. One more use the glory, he says 278 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:54,160 of Lebanon shall come to you. And this is where the majority 279 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,600 of the space is devoted. He's making beautiful the place 280 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,240 of his feet and the glory of Lebanon is literally the glory 281 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,040 of created things. This is their rich natural 282 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,240 resources. This is all the things of 283 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,000 Lebanon that have given them station in the world and it's 284 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 made them famous and it's given them a place. 285 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,800 It's literally their trees, and it gives them prestige and honor 286 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,440 and wealth. He says in verse 13, the glory 287 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,160 of Lebanon will come to you. It gives them that three kinds 288 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,280 of wood. And then he tells you why this 289 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,640 is perhaps the most important verse for understanding this is 290 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,840 to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I shall make the 291 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,920 place of my feet glorious. So he says I'm glorious. 292 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,600 We know that on that day when Jesus comes and we're with him, 293 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,520 we will be glorified. We will be glorious. 294 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,680 But most importantly, he says that he is glorious. 295 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,840 And so we have to have a setting that's appropriate for this, for 296 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,080 all of this glory. And we say that Thrones don't 297 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:51,480 rest in the mud. We don't design Thrones to to 298 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,400 sit in the mud. We designed Thrones to sit on 299 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,640 marble. And we don't put kings and 300 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,040 drafty rent houses with leaking roofs. 301 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,520 It's not how it works. You're always making a home 302 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,360 worthy of his station, worthy of his rule, worthy of his reign, 303 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,280 worthy of our glory, and we say an infinitely more importantly, 304 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,240 worthy of his glory. Verse 13 says the place of his. 305 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,160 Feet will be. Glorious. 306 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:20,520 But if you look to verse 21, you see why It's ultimately because 307 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,200 He is glorious. Because He is glorious, the 308 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,880 place that He rests, His feet will be. 309 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,560 Verse 21, your people shall all be righteous. 310 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,880 They shall possess the land forever, the branch of my 311 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,880 planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified. 312 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,520 So there's the ultimate meaning. We're talking about the city, 313 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,840 we're talking about the house, but it has to be glorious 314 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,960 because God himself is. So I, I want you to to divide 315 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,960 the text in your own minds into two sections. 316 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,640 Verses 1 to 18 is the glory of the place of God's feet. 317 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,720 You can emphasize verse 13, the glory of the place of God's 318 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,080 feet. And then these last four verses 319 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,440 19 to 22 emphasize the glory of God himself. 320 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,360 And you can emphasize verse 21. It's for the glory of God. 321 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:08,000 The first verses 1 to 18 all work together to ask the 322 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,920 question, to answer the question, how will Jesus make 323 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,080 the place of his feet glorious? What does that look like 324 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,960 practically? And the several things, The 325 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,480 first one is that his glory is going to shine even more 326 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,480 powerfully because the context that it exists in. 327 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,320 That's why there's sin in this world, because one day the King 328 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,560 of glory is going to come and set all things right and we're 329 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,280 going to know how powerful and merciful he really is. 330 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,040 And Isaiah 59, it showed the tremendous sinfulness of the 331 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,200 world, and it forced us to turn our fingers in it ourself and 332 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,400 say, and I'm sinful. Depart from me, Lord, for I'm a 333 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,480 sinful man. And it describes this sinful 334 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,880 sinfulness as darkness. It does it in verse 2. 335 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,800 That was the emblem of Isaiah 59. 336 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,400 In chapter 60, verse 2, it says, for behold, darkness shall cover 337 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,000 the earth and thick darkness, the people darkness and 338 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,320 Scripture, just like light is an emblem. 339 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:00,920 It doesn't mean literal darkness. 340 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,160 It's spiritual darkness that comes with all of these other 341 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,079 things with it ignorance and sin and sorrow. 342 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:08,240 And it's the the context that we live in right now. 343 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,920 This world is a dark place. Our world is called the Valley 344 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,319 of the Shadow of Death and the preacher of the 19th century, 345 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:21,359 very famous preacher Alexander McLaren said Darkness inhabits 346 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,640 the land over which, like a pall, PALL. 347 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,720 Death casts its shadow and a pall, if you don't know, is the 348 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,080 cloth that goes over a coffin, which is why you have 349 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:37,000 pallbearers at funerals. And so it says that like the 350 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,520 like that cloth cast a shadow over a coffin. 351 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:44,000 So death and darkness cast its shadow over you in this world. 352 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,120 And that is the context of Isaiah, of the rest of Isaiah 353 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:49,880 60. He's saying it is in that 354 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,600 darkness that the light of Jesus Christ shines. 355 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,200 An illustration for me on Thursday. 356 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,000 We were going to an event in Chandler and I was driving into 357 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,960 the storm and there was the storm clouds. 358 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,400 You know, everywhere you've seen illustrations like this, you've 359 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,520 seen this yourself. But in the midst of all those 360 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,800 storm clouds, there was 1 little patch where there were no 361 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,160 clouds. And so all of the glory that was 362 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,160 from above was kind of concentrated in this, this kind 363 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,240 of pillar going from heaven to earth. 364 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,760 And as I was looking at it and and thinking how impressive that 365 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,840 light was, a lightning bolt struck from the clouds down to 366 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,440 the ground. And I thought that is. 367 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,040 The illustration of Isaiah 60, he's saying there will be in the 368 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,160 midst of all this darkness. You can't help but look at the 369 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,360 light and it will show in power. It will show the power and the 370 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:37,840 light and the majesty of God. And, and that's what this is 371 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,600 saying. In thick darkness the Lord will 372 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,040 arise upon you, His glory will be seen upon you. 373 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:47,080 Verse 3 The nation shall come to your light, and kings to the 374 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,200 brightness of your rising. So he will make the place of his 375 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,800 feet beautiful by contrast. That was the first and the 376 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,960 second. The place of His feet will be 377 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,720 beautiful, because verse 4 says that the elect from every tribe, 378 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,240 tongue, and nation will be gathered on that day to Zion. 379 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:05,720 Zion being the fortress that's representative of all of His 380 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,160 holy mountain, Jerusalem, His promised land. 381 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,040 Verse 4, your sons and your daughters shall come. 382 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,160 Chapter 59 said that who? Who are the sons and daughters 383 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,000 of God? Verse 59 or chapter 59 said 384 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,440 anybody who turns from their sin and puts their faith in Jesus 385 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,920 Christ becomes a child of God and a daughter of Zion. 386 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,520 One of our favorite passages as a church, I hear you all say it 387 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,880 all the time, is. Psalm 87, where God says that He 388 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,680 registers as He records the people. 389 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,920 We were not native, we were adoptive into God's family. 390 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,040 We were adopted in, we were sojourners and given this land. 391 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:45,320 And so Psalm 87 says God records in the Lamb's book of life in 392 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,000 the heavenly register of Jerusalem, though you were not 393 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,280 born there. He says this one was born here, 394 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,800 He was born here, she was born here. 395 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,480 And so this is what this passage is saying. 396 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:01,080 Isaiah 2 painted the picture of the church flowing like a stream 397 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,400 uphill to Jerusalem and it was beautiful because it uses the 398 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,640 word river or stream as a verb. And he says we're literally 399 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,040 flowing. Zion is a city on a hill, 400 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,040 Everything is up. And so the the imagery is 10,000 401 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,960 * 10,000 Saints of God making this final pilgrimage. 402 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,680 So many people that if you were on a helicopter looking down, it 403 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,000 would look like a stream of water flowing uphill into God's 404 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,560 city. That's it is the greatest 405 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,160 pilgrimage that will ever be seen. 406 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,600 It is. Nothing prevents you from coming 407 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,200 to God's mountain. It says there's no barriers. 408 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,920 Some it's going to are going to come from far away it says, 409 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,720 meaning that distance is not a barrier between you and God's 410 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,360 city. It says that some are going to 411 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,760 be carried on the hip. I don't know if that means that 412 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,320 there will be the infirm, but if even if there are they, they 413 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,520 will not be hindered. If you have children, they will 414 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,080 not be hindered. They will all come. 415 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,160 Verse 5 says you will see it for yourself. 416 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,600 Then you shall see and be radiant and your heart shall 417 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,160 thrill and exalt thrill being the literal word for tremble, 418 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,280 right? You're you're the BPM of your 419 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,880 heart is going to raise up and you don't have to worry about 420 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:05,960 it. Bill Putman when your heart 421 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,400 spikes and you get excited because Jesus will be there and 422 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,760 he's the healer. We get to be there as he is no 423 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,240 sin, no infirmity, trembling so exciting. 424 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,240 And 3rd, the place will be beautiful. 425 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,320 And here's the the thrust of the passage because it will be 426 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,560 physically stunning. That's what all these verses are 427 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,720 are about to tell us. The place will be physically 428 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,040 beautiful. It will be comprised of the 429 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,880 wealth of nations. The wealth of all the nations, 430 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,680 the sea and the land are going to be stored there. 431 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,520 It's going to be built of the most exotic resources that this 432 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,960 world has to offer. Jesus himself will be there. 433 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,160 It's comprised of the best of all creation. 434 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,160 Look to verse 5. It says it's going to include 435 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,600 the abundance of the sea. The wealth of the sea will be 436 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,080 contained in the city because the abundance of the sea shall 437 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,480 be turned to you. The wealth of nations shall come 438 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,600 to you. He's going to open up the sea. 439 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,920 And then verse 6, I think this sounds more like a curse than a 440 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,680 blessing. It says a multitude of camels 441 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,320 will cover you. But it means. 442 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,960 That in in the sense of camels are classic pack animals and 443 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,960 God's saying they're going to be weighed down with luxury 444 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,080 articles from as far away as India and East Africa. 445 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,720 And they're all going to be coming. 446 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,280 The abundance of foreign nations from Midian and IFA and Sheba, 447 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,080 they're going to bring gold and and frankincense and myrrh and 448 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,840 livestock with praise on their lips. 449 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,920 It's no coincidence that when the kings came or when the Magi 450 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,280 came with kingly gifts to Jesus, this is what they brought. 451 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,040 It was the goods of Isaiah 60. And it's no coincidence for us 452 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,440 either that the there you are Keith Hess. 453 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,080 I should have known you were here for him earlier. 454 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,360 When they bring the wealth of nations, you are part of that. 455 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,480 Even now, as you open up your treasury, part of your wealth 456 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,600 flows into Jerusalem, and it has to be this way. 457 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,760 And it's just a reminder that one day God's going to make 458 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,280 claim that all of it is His. And we give that foretaste now 459 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:03,800 because it all belongs to Him. Verse 7, The flocks of Kadar and 460 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,160 the Rams of Nabayaf are going to be there. 461 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,360 This is pastoral wealth, animal wealth. 462 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,320 And something else is happening here, not just sheeps and Rams, 463 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,480 but Kedar and the buy off were Ishmael's sons. 464 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,960 These were the Arab tribes in scripture, which has impact for 465 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,400 us as we send missionaries to Morocco. 466 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,480 God has already said that all nations would be blessed through 467 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,040 him to Abraham. All nations are going to be 468 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,080 blessed through you. And that doesn't just mean the 469 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:36,040 global W Europe and America. This means this passage is 470 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:40,480 teaching Muslim nations as well. Saudi Arabia, it says, they're 471 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,480 going to bring praises to God, and Iran and Oman and Morocco 472 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,520 bringing tribute, it says, and worshipping God. 473 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:54,160 Verses 8-9 Who are these that fly like a cloud and like 474 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,920 they're doves to their windows? The coastline shall hope for me, 475 00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:59,720 the ships of Tarshish first to bring your children from afar, 476 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,760 their silver and gold with them. For the name of the Lord your 477 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,400 God and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has made You 478 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,720 Beautiful again. He is beautiful. 479 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,320 He Makes You Beautiful. He's making his city beautiful. 480 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,960 And those that fly like a cloud is the image. 481 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,640 If you're standing on the coastline and you look out on 482 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:20,120 the horizon and there's merchant ships as far as you can see and 483 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:23,960 their, their sails are all raised because they're bringing 484 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,720 tribute from the nations. That's what these clouds are. 485 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,840 They're coming like a cloud. This is Tarshish, she says. 486 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,960 They're bringing not only the wealth of nations across the 487 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,760 sea, but so important worshippers with them. 488 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,360 This is the gathering not only of all the people, but of all 489 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,920 the wealth. He says these ships of Tarshish, 490 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,840 which were the greatest ships in the ancient world, are bringing 491 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,320 not only the wealth of the nations, but worshippers to 492 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,840 Jerusalem as they in gather to their eternal home. 493 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,640 Isaiah 23 three said that Tarshish was the merchant of the 494 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,600 nations and it brought all of the wealth of the Nile. 495 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,560 Wherever it went, the largest ships of the ancient world, they 496 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,560 bring gold and silver. It says the reason for the name 497 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,520 of the Lord, for the Holy One. All of this wealth, all of these 498 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,360 worshippers are for him. And continuing again, how will 499 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:13,760 he make the place of his feet glorious? 500 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,480 It goes on and on. Verse 10, foreigners and kings, 501 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,800 we're going to build up the walls. 502 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,920 Verse 11, the gates are open continually to receive wealth. 503 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,320 You couple this with verses 8 and 9. 504 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,120 It says the ports are going to be open. 505 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,640 And you go on, it says, and so will the gates be open to 506 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,120 continually bring all of the wealth to God. 507 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,960 Verse 12, there's going to be no enemies, there's going to be no 508 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,480 threats. It's always going to be day. 509 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,920 It's safe, it's secure to all those who don't have a safe and 510 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,360 secure home now, one day you will and the heavenly Father 511 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,240 will love you and protect you. Verse 13. 512 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,280 The glory of Lebanon will be there. 513 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,280 All three types of trees are mentioned and they're bringing 514 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,840 in the best to make his House Beautiful, to beautify the city. 515 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,120 Verse 16, you will suck the milk of nations. 516 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,200 All the unique resources from all over the world will come. 517 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,920 This is bringing back the imagery of Isaiah 4923 when he 518 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,320 said kings will be your foster fathers, princesses will be your 519 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:10,200 nursing mothers. And verses 17 to 18, so 520 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,960 important, so beautiful. He says Zion is going to be 521 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,000 transformed socially. Your overseers will be peace. 522 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,280 Your taskmasters will be righteousness. 523 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,560 Violence shall no more be heard in your land. 524 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,960 It says that Zion is going to be transformed spiritually. 525 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,320 Your walls will be called salvation, your gates will be 526 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,360 named praise. And then finally Zion will be 527 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,680 transformed physically, he says, and that place is going to be 528 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,000 more glorious and more beautiful than you could have ever asked 529 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,720 or imagined. He says it this way, instead of 530 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,680 bronze, I will bring gold, instead of iron, I will bring 531 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,280 silver, instead of wood, bronze and instead of stones, iron. 532 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,040 And you can think of Solomon. He's bringing up all these 533 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,480 building materials that represented Solomon and, and his 534 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,960 glory and all of the, the glorious temple and all of the, 535 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,280 the peace and prosperity that came while he was the king. 536 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,040 He says, imagine all of that. And now imagine a a greater 537 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,680 glory, thinking again of the the radiant glory that was coming 538 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,320 under the under those dark clouds on a stormy sky. 539 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,520 And now imagine something more glorious than that. 540 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,480 That glory is coming from somewhere. 541 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,800 And that's what he's saying. It will be a greater glory that 542 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,640 will be the dwelling place of God and men. 543 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,080 The place of his feet will be beautiful. 544 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,120 And then he moves to the second aspect of the text in verses 19 545 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:28,840 to 22, moving to the glory of God himself. 546 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,440 And he says that his light begins by saying his light is 547 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,080 going to replace the sun and the moon. 548 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,920 Verse 19 The sun shall no more be your light by day, nor for 549 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,680 brightness shall the moon give you light, but the Lord will be 550 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,480 your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 551 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,560 Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself, 552 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,000 for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days 553 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,400 of mourning shall be ended. This is what Revelation 21 and 554 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,520 22 quoted. It quotes Isaiah 60 when it 555 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,040 says, and the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it. 556 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,800 This is how the Bible ends. For the glory of God gives it 557 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,040 light. Its lamp is the Lamb of God. 558 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,640 By its light the nations will walk, and the kings of earth 559 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,920 will bring their glory into it. It says its gates will never be 560 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,840 shut by day, and there will be no night there. 561 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,040 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the 562 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,280 nation's. Isaiah 60 tells us what that 563 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,520 means. Nothing unclean will ever enter 564 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,360 it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only 565 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,560 those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. 566 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,000 These are describing the same event, the same day, the same 567 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,240 mountain, the same people, the same glory, your future glory. 568 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,880 And he moves on in verse 21 to describe you. 569 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,280 This is where he directly addresses you and he says you 570 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:41,040 will be righteous, you will possess the land forever. 571 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,960 And you just get this little tiny sliver because you as well 572 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,680 as all the wealth of the world kind of gets enveloped up into 573 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,320 wrapped up into this glory of God, the glorification of him. 574 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,000 And he calls you here the work of his hands. 575 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,720 Paul picks up on this in his New Testament metaphor where he says 576 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,480 you are his workmanship or maybe your transition. 577 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,640 You are his masterpiece. You're created new in Christ for 578 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,160 good works which God prepared beforehand that you should walk 579 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,800 in them. You're eternally the work of 580 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,000 God's hands. You are that now. 581 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,840 You're eternally the branch of his planting. 582 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,280 And then Isaiah tells you why you get this little glimmer, and 583 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,480 it gets pulled up into the light of God as he says that he might 584 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,600 be glorified. And then verse 21, the people 585 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,160 shall all be righteous, they shall possess the land forever, 586 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,360 that he might be glorified. So it's important to know that 587 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,960 the end and goal of all things is the glory of God. 588 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,880 I think Augustine said it best for his own sake. 589 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,040 Therefore he made all things and all things serve his glory. 590 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,880 And then the whole chapter ends with this promise from the Lord. 591 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,000 He says, I am the Lord, I will hasten it. 592 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,040 Beautiful passage. And I like to stop by way of 593 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,440 application sometimes and ask the question, what would the 594 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,160 Bible be missing if a gust of wind were to blow Isaiah 60 out 595 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,440 of our Bible? And I asked that because it did 596 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,280 that for me with Malachi. My preaching Bible still has no 597 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,600 Malachi in it because the wind blew it away. 598 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,560 I need to get a new one. What would be missing if you 599 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,040 tore out Isaiah 60 and it was gone forever? 600 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,640 You would miss, I think, the significance of the riches and 601 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,840 the sufficiency of your home in the new creation. 602 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:28,000 We'd miss this idea that our city will be the most wealthy, 603 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,840 prosperous, beautiful city that has ever existed in the world. 604 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,840 Wealth is going to flow. We're going to lack for nothing 605 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,360 forever. The greatest king will make it 606 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,800 prosperous. I think we'd miss, secondly, the 607 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,200 the beauty of the future city. This whole chapter is just 608 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,400 trying to give you the impression of, of what a 609 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,720 beautiful place it's going to be. 610 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,160 And we need to hear this as American Southern Baptists. 611 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,280 Where there's three transcendentals and we only like 612 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,960 to talk about two of them because one makes us 613 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,000 uncomfortable. We, we, we behold truth, we love 614 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,600 truth, we love goodness, we like to talk about goodness, beauty. 615 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,320 Why would we spend any time on beauty? 616 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:06,760 Why are we going to plant a flower garden at our church and 617 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,160 we could spend that time evangelizing? 618 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,480 Why are we going to make our House Beautiful when we could be 619 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,960 using that money to, to evangelize and to, to reach the 620 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,960 lost? And I think we see and hear that 621 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,040 participating in beauty is part of how we image God. 622 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,600 God is the God of beauty. He's beautiful. 623 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,560 He makes his, the place of his feet beautiful. 624 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,680 I'm not saying be wasteful, but I'm saying there is a place for 625 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,240 us to beautify our homes and our church. 626 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:32,960 It's worthy of our time and our investment. 627 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,640 We get unique insight into this. I think third, we'd be missing 628 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,000 deeply theological statements about God dwelling eminently 629 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,400 with us. He's trying to to put this on 630 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,600 you that this is your home and this is his home. 631 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:49,760 It is our. Home. 632 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,800 We will be there with the King of Glory. 633 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,560 Illustrating this in my mind is George Mueller. 634 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,280 Everybody knows him and his prayers and how many thousands 635 00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,920 and thousands of orphans he cared for. 636 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:03,040 But maybe less known is that when he created those Ashley 637 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,440 Down orphanages, he, he didn't just create the orphanages. 638 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,280 And then he lived over here and he brought him food and, you 639 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,200 know, he built his home into their home. 640 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,000 Because he said he loved them and he wanted to be with them 641 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,240 where they were. And so God says here, that's 642 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,000 what he does with us. He doesn't create a nice place 643 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,560 for us to live and he stays in heaven. 644 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,280 We're here together. He loves us. 645 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,240 We'd be missing forth the the teaching about the global 646 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,240 prominence of Zion that nations and kings are going to come 647 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,120 here. 5th We're going to miss the Arise Shine mandate. 648 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,720 Which is one of the most famous calls in the Bible to embody 649 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,240 hope and light in the world. Those two verbs are the 650 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,680 application and he's not just talking to the city he's saying 651 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,200 this is for you. You're called to put on the 652 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,160 armor of God and embody hope and light and last we'd missed the 653 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,240 amazing bridge between the future salvation of Israel and 654 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,600 the nations. It reminds us powerfully that 655 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,200 this, this place that God is building is going to be built of 656 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,040 exotic resources from all over the world and exotic worshippers 657 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,920 from all over the world, especially, he says, emphasizing 658 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,440 here the Muslim nations. And that's something that we 659 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,440 need to remember. It gives us hope when our 660 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,960 evangelistic efforts are not going like we'd like them to. 661 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,760 We're all going to be gathered into one place for worship, for 662 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:25,320 enjoyment, even the Muslims. And so lastly, I want to say in 663 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:26,960 the final Mission Impossible movie. 664 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,680 If you've seen it, Luther has a quote and it reads this way. 665 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,040 In his final speech, he says any hope for a better future comes 666 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,880 from willing that future into being a future reflecting the 667 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,880 measure of good within ourselves. 668 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,080 He says like it or not, we're masters of our own fate. 669 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:50,000 Nothing is written. I hope that makes you cringe. 670 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,360 This gets This movie gets a 10 out of 10 for explosions and 671 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,280 anxiety. It gets a 0 out of 10 for 672 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,640 theology. Our passage picks this apart. 673 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,160 Considering Isaiah 59. I want you to see that any hope 674 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,520 for a better future does not come from within us. 675 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,400 Any hope for a better future, Isaiah is trying to teach you, 676 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,840 comes from an external righteousness apart from us, 677 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,480 there's no good within ourselves. 678 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,560 Our future, this passage teaches, is certain. 679 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,800 It's already been revealed history and your future has 680 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,480 already been told. Somebody else willed it into 681 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:24,639 being. We don't will the future into 682 00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:26,639 being. Jesus Christ willed the future 683 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,239 into being, which is why 12 times in the gospels Jesus says 684 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,600 it is written, it's already been written, the future is secure. 685 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,560 And in our passage he says the future has already been written. 686 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:41,040 There will be a new heaven, there will be a new earth, and 687 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,199 the glory of the Lord will be the light and He will be our 688 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,760 righteousness. And Isaiah has been painting a 689 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,000 picture and we we have to see it all in context. 690 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,159 Now as we see the last passage that's been mentioned, this, 691 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:55,000 this place where we're going to worship in chapter 2, he 692 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,240 emphasizes this is going to be a place of education. 693 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,920 Theological education and worship are going to happen 694 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,400 here. It shall come to pass in the 695 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,480 latter days that the mountain of the House of the Lord shall be 696 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,520 established as the highest of the mountains. 697 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,360 It shall be lifted up above all the hills. 698 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,520 Nations shall flow to it, and the people will say, come, let 699 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,840 us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that He may teach us His 700 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,840 ways so that we may walk in his paths, Isaiah emphasizes in 701 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,160 chapter 4. It's going to be a place of 702 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,640 physical and spiritual protection. 703 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:25,360 There'll be a booth for shade by day from the heat and for 704 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,400 refuge. And a shelter. 705 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,560 From the storm and the rain, it will protect us. 706 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,320 And Isaiah 25, talking about the same mountain, he says there's 707 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,920 going to be a feast there when we take the Lord's Supper 708 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,240 together, as we will. Crystal needed a Senate next 709 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:38,720 week. Every time we take that Lord's 710 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:41,440 Supper, we're thinking about that day and that mountain, He 711 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,400 says On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make a feast for 712 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,320 all peoples of rich food, a feast of well aged wine, of full 713 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,720 of marrow, of aged wine, well refined. 714 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,480 And he will swallow up on that mountain, the covering that's 715 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:58,080 cast over all the peoples that says he will swallow up death 716 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,280 forever. He will wipe. 717 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,640 Every tear from every face in the reproach of the people he 718 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,800 will take away from the earth. For the Lord has spoken, and we 719 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,960 will say, this is our God. We have waited. 720 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,040 For him that he might save us. For the hand of the Lord will 721 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:15,240 rest on this mountain. Isaiah 26 says that it will be a 722 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:18,080 day for singing, and you can read that to see the song that 723 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:19,680 we'll sing. Open the gates that the 724 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,880 righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 725 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,840 Isaiah 35 says it will be a place of healing. 726 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,040 Finally, the eyes of the blind will be open, and the ears of 727 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,960 the deaf unstopped, and then the lame man shall leap like a deer, 728 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,600 and the tongue of the mute will sing, and the ransom to the Lord 729 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,920 shall return and come to Zion with singing. 730 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,960 Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. 731 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,720 They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing 732 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,040 shall flee away. And if you want to wrap all that 733 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,560 together, he says Zion is a place of worship. 734 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,600 It's a place of education, a place of protection, of 735 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,640 feasting, of singing, of healing, and of joy. 736 00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:00,040 So why does Isaiah 60 matter? It teaches you why you're 737 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,640 homesick all the time. Because you're not home yet. 738 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:06,880 Your healing hasn't come yet, which is why your bones ache. 739 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,840 Your joy is not complete, which is why you get depressed and 740 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,800 sorrowful. And your faith is your passport 741 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,240 to a country that you don't live in yet. 742 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,480 And your faith is a passport to a place that you've never been. 743 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,880 And all this matters because one day you're going to live in 744 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,840 Zion, and that day is not today, which is why Jeremiah says put 745 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,600 down roots here. And have children and plant 746 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,800 gardens and seek the welfare of your city. 747 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,040 But there's a coming future beautiful city. 748 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:38,800 And it's your city. The one that God is preparing 749 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,200 for you in the name of your eternal city is called Zion. 750 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,080 And what are you to do as you wait for that city? 751 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:49,280 You are to remember you are a soldier of the cross, and you 752 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:53,800 are to rise and shine and give God your glory. 753 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,560 And let's pray for that. And we'll sing these words back 754 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,640 to the Lord after God. You were, you were the soldier 755 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,480 of the cross. And all of this is, is, is 756 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,280 available to us because of the work and the sacrifice of your 757 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,200 Son. If there's anybody in the room 758 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,680 who does not know Jesus and his righteousness, His moral purity, 759 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,440 His perfection, and that righteousness has not been given 760 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:21,280 to them as a gift through the Holy Spirit who unites us to 761 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:25,720 God, whose name is the gift. I pray they would have the 762 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:29,040 boldness, the conviction to put their faith in Jesus today and 763 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,560 so have this passport to this eternal home. 764 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,040 God be with us. Give us patience as we wait when 765 00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,400 this world is full of of trials. It's called the the valley of 766 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,440 the shadow of death and a place that's filled with, with 767 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,120 persecution and depression and darkness. 768 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:48,360 Lord, sin and infirmity, give us patience and give us zeal like a 769 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,040 cloak. Give us readiness like shoes, so 770 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,760 we can do all the good works that you've given us to do as 771 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,120 workmen, as your masterpiece. Until this day, Lord, we look 772 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,600 forward to it with joy. And we ask all this in the name 773 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,880 of Jesus, Amen. Thanks for listening. 774 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,560 To learn more about Heritage Church or if you'd like to 775 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,000 respond to this sermon, visit our website at 776 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,680 www.heritageshawnee.org.