Nations That Stream to Pure Worship

Isaiah chapter 2 begins with these words:  "The thing that Isaiah the son of Amoz visioned concerning Judah and Jerusalem: and it must occur in the final part of the days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah will become firmly established  above the top of  the mountain, and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills; and to it all the nations must stream." -Isaiah 2:1, 2.

Notice that what Isaiah foretells is not mere speculation.  Isaiah is directed to record events that "must occur" -without fail.  Whatever Jehovah purposes has "certain success."  (Isaiah 55:11)  Evidently to give emphasis to the reliability of his promise, God inspired the prophet Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, to record in his book the same prophecy that is set out at Isaiah 2:2-4. -Micah 4:1-3.

When is Isaiah's prophecy to be fulfilled?  "In the final part of the days."  The New International Version reads: "In the last days."  The Christian Greek Scriptures foretold features that would identify this period.  Included among them are wars, earthquakes, pestilences, food shortages, and "critical times hard to deal with."  (2 Timothy 3:1-5; Luke 21:10, 11)  The fulfillment of such prophecies gives abundant evidence that we are living   "in the final part of the days,"  the last days of this present world system.  Logically, then, we would expect to see fulfilled in our time the things that Isaiah foretold.   (we already are seeing them)

Next time: A Mountain in Which to Worship

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind