Today: [Isaiah 18] Can’t We All Just Get Along? In chapter 18 of Isaiah the prophet speaks against the efforts of nations in the region to make treaties and agreements with themselves outside of His counsel. In modern times we have seen organizations rise such as the League of Nations and the United Nations and we wonder at their inability to get anything done. Billions of dollars are spent only to emphasize and demonstrate the impotence of such organizations to stem the world-wide bloodshed that seems to go unchecked. Isaiah warns that nations that confederate themselves outside of His counsel will come to ruin. In this we see that unlike we are taught in Western culture, faith and spiritual matters are more than just individual or personal concerns. God rules among the nations and the nations ignore Him to their own destruction. The call of Psalm 2 is to “kiss the son” and as we look on at the world scene we know that blessed are all of those who put their trust in Him.
