First Mountain Peak

"Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word." "O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth." Isaiah 24:1-3; 25:1

THE WHOLE OF Isa. 24 tells us of the coming judgement which will fall upon all nations of the earth and all people, because of sin. That shows us what great punishment our sins deserve, (verses 19-22). Judgment is surely coming upon the earth, and to save us from that wrath to come, and the coming judgment, the Lord Jesus Christ took the punishment upon Himself, He gave His own feet to be pierced, His face to be spat upon and His body to be broken. Even though we speak about the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ again and again, we can never fully realize how much He suffered, and what a high price He had to pay. to redeem us and to forgive us. That is the first great mountain peak.

In the beginning we do not understand, but as we grow spiritually older and begin to know God's mind clearly, and after many years of experience we will say: "Now I know what a high price the Lord paid to redeem me". It is the same with our children. They do not realise how much suffering their fathers and mothers have had in order to educate them and bring them up. It is only when they grow older that they begin to say: "Now I know what my father and mother went through to give me this high position in the world". It is when we are lifted up spiritually, that we realize how much our Lord suffered for us.