Isaiah 2 Commentary

Isaiah 2 Commentary

Isaiah is full of symbols. Verses 1 to 5 introduce us to the Mountain of the LORD. It will tower above all the other mountains. The timing of this event is sometime in the ‘last days’.

Could the scripture be referencing Jerusalem’s prosperity?

Yes, but prosperity is not commerce and industry, nor political power nor technological advancement. We can recheck it. The nations will come to Jerusalem to learn the ways of the LORD.

Could the scripture be referencing the times of the Christ? Yes.

We can underline this: the prosperity of Jerusalem that comes with the Mountain of the LORD has nothing to do with physical prosperity.

Jerusalem is at its lowest when the house of Jacob is filled with eastern ways – the pagan ways. When they are soothsayers like the Philistines, their land is also full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Verses 6-7

The reader is drawn back to the time of the Christ. The Mountain has risen above all others. The reader is among the nations making trips to Jerusalem’s temple – the LORD Jesus Christ. An indestructible temple that stands tallest amongst all others. He teaches us the ways of the LORD.

From Jerusalem’s Temple comes peace and joy. Of course, it is never peace as per world standards. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” John 14:27a

Isaiah then turns his attention to the Jerusalem of his time. It was no different from the Canaanite peoples that the LORD had driven out. Consequently, and in keeping with the solid promise of the LORD, Jerusalem would be wiped out – exactly like the Canaanites.

The LORD scatters sin and the sinful!

We can read this chapter with many thoughts running through our minds. True to this word, Jerusalem was scattered. And from the Book of Lamentations, we shall see just how bad the physical conditions were for the people. You don’t want to think about it.

Probably the most comforting thought can be drawn from verses 12 to 18. The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty. Against all swaggering big names; against all giants; against every soaring skyscraper; against ocean-going luxury liners.

The LORD has the last word. The coming of the Christ is the big day of the LORD. It’s always in the present. The work of the Christ brings down loftiness while elevating humble hearts to kingly status as originally designed.

But don’t judge the kingly status of the saved soul by broken and poorly fitted lenses. Don’t use the devil’s lens. He is a liar.

Which saved soul won’t describe their salvation as the greatest gift ever? Yes, the greatest gift came on earth’s greatest day – the Day of the LORD.

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