Isaiah 32 FINALLY DELIVERED – SPIRITUAL RENEWAL In Judah, the same as in Israel to the north, the people had suffered from injustice from self-exalting rulers. This prophecy of Isaiah was to let them see ahead to when the True King in the future comes, and reveals the contrast between the drunken crooked rulers they knew and the King who will rule in righteousness and justice. In the kingdom of God, rulers will be known for who they really are, not the false pretense many put before the people hoping they do not see beyond the façade they have erected around themselves. In that day the wicked will not be praised and the righteous will not be considered fools.
When the Lord Jesus Christ reigns, righteousness will be established and maintained. Injustice, and the suffering it causes, will expose the fools for who they really are even if they were previously the nobles who were in the place of leadership. Deception and those who oppose the holy standards of God’s law, will be revealed for what it is in the light of the holiness of our Savior/King. That “Light” which lightens every man, exposes a sinner in his moral and spiritual darkness, making sin become very real and abhorrent. That is when a lost soul faces himself in the light of God’s holiness and comes to Christ for salvation. No longer does one who is saved walk in darkness, but has the light of life in his/her soul.
Those who accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their own Savior, find that the light of the word of God gives the knowledge and understanding that is needed for living for the Lord. There is divinely implanted a desire for the word of God and a motivation to please God that is natural to the new nature God gives a new-born soul. The counterfeit and crafty deceivers will be exposed for who they really are and will be dealt with by divine justice. No longer will they be able to deceive, teach or control others.
The Perfect King will administer perfect righteousness on the earth. He will provide shelter for those who seek Him and the safety He gives from enemies. The spiritually thirsty souls will be satisfied with the water of life that He freely gives. Our Lord Jesus who protects us, provides spiritual nourishment for us through His word and preserves us from the powers of darkness now, will do the same for His people the Jews in a coming day. The fellowship we have with God and His people now, and their holy fellowship with each other, is a preserving and protecting power in these days of departure from divine truth. These are present blessings for those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. Each person who has been born again is in the kingdom of God now, and has been given spiritual eyesight to be able to understand divine things. The new life and new nature we have makes us want to live for God. Our King and Lord Jesus demonstrated His love for us, “in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” The motive of love for Christ in a redeemed soul overpowers every other issue in the life of a true, born again child of God.
When the righteous government and authority of our Lord is world-wide, the deception of the devil will no longer manipulate the affairs of people. The world will be under new and righteous management, and “the fleshly lusts that war against the soul,” will not run unchecked. God’s holy standard of justice will be the rule by which life on earth will be guided. Just judgments will not be compromised, nor will unfair or partial decisions be the character of the government of the righteous King.
Isaiah issued a very stern, powerful and intimidating warning against those women in the high society of Jerusalem who were living for pleasure and only for the moment. They had become so used to the “good life,” that they thought they were quite secure in the lifestyle they were enjoying. Pleasure, luxury and self-serving activities consume the lives of those who indulge themselves in carnal living and seeking to fulfill selfish desires. The time will come when all they lived for will be taken away. Then they will realize how foolish a life lived without God or the fear of God really is.
The warning from Isaiah was that all they had lived for was coming to an end. They would become poverty stricken with nothing to eat, and their fancy houses and great estates would be demolished. The fields would cover over the rubble and they would become barren wilderness covered with weeds, thorns and scrub brush. The defeat of Jerusalem under the power of Babylon as well as the terrible time of the tribulation are in this prophecy. But He also prophesied beyond the ruin of the land when the people God wanted to bless turned their backs on Him for pleasure and self-centered living.
The promises of God to His people include the two comings of the Holy Spirit. First, he came to baptize all true believers in Christ in our day into the body of Christ, the church. The power of the Holy Spirit indwelling God’s people today has made possible the spread of the Gospel throughout the world. When the Jews are brought back as a people to their Messiah, the Holy Spirit will be poured out on them. The great spiritual awakening at the day of Pentecost has impacted the world for two thousand years and people are being brought into the family of God by the regenerating power of the Spirit of God. When our Lord reigns, and righteousness and peace are realities on earth, human pride and power will be dealt with by the righteous judgments of the Lord. Tranquility will be established and there will full and plenty for every man, woman and child in the kingdom of God on earth.