Conclusion of The Spiritual Security of God's People

Isaiah's prophecy also shows that the anointed are blessed with abundant peace.  Does this mean that they are never under attack?  No, but God gives the assurance that he will neither order such attacks nor allow them to succeed.  We read: " 'Look! I myself have created the craftsman, the one blowing upon the fire of charcoal and bringing forth a weapon as his workmanship.  I myself, too, have created the ruinous man for wrecking work.  Any weapon whatever that will be formed  against you will have no success, and any tongue at all that will rise up against you in judgment you will condemn.  This is the hereditary  possession of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness is from me,' is the utterance of Jehovah." -Isaiah 54:16, 17.

For the second time in this chapter of Isaiah, Jehovah reminds his servants that he is the Creator. Earlier, he tells his symbolic wife that he is her "Grand Maker."   Now he says that he is the Creator of all mankind. Verse 16 describes a metal worker blowing on the coals of his forge as he creates his weapons of destruction and a warrior, a "ruinous man for wrecking work." Such men might present a frightening picture to fellow humans, but how can they possibly hope to prevail against their own Creator?  So Today, even when the most powerful forces of this world attack Jehovah's people, they will have no chance of ultimate success. How can that be?

The time for ruinous attack against God's people and their worship  with spirit and truth has passed.  (John 4:23, 24)  Jehovah allowed Babylon the Great to make one attack that proved  temporarily successful. For a brief moment, "Jerusalem above"  saw her offspring brought to near silence as the preaching work on earth ground to a virtual halt.  Never again!  Now she exults over her sons, for they are, in  a spiritual sense, unconquerable.  (John 16:33; 1 John 5:4)  Oh, there have been weapons of attack formed against them, and there will be more.  (Revelation 12:17)  But these have not and will not succeed.  Satan possesses no weapon that can quell the faith and burning zeal of anointed and their companions.  This spiritual peace is "the hereditary possession of the servants of Jehovah," so no one can forcibly take it away from them. -Psalm 118:6' Romans 8:38, 39.

No, nothing that Satan's world can do will ever put a stop to the work and enduring clean worship of God by his dedicated servants. The anointed offspring of "Jerusalem above" have taken great comfort in that assurance . Members of the great crowd do the same.  The more we come to know Jehovah's heavenly organization and its dealings with his worshipers on earth, the stronger our faith will be.  As long as our faith is strong, Satan's weapons will prove to be futile in the fight against us!

Next time: A Message of Hope for Downhearted Captives, Chapter Sixteen

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, Volume II, 2001