Judgment of the Nations

If Scripture tells us that “Righteousness exalteth a nation” (Proverbs 14:34) and “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD” (Psalms 33:12) does that mean the opposite is also true? Does that mean nations that follow unrighteousness and whose god is not the LORD are cursed and brought low? I think so. Can we not point to the world collapsing around us as ample proof?

The Bible tells us these nations will be judged.

And one of the things they will have to answer for is how they treated the nation of Israel. Isaiah 34:1-8 is sobering text that speaks about the last days and how the “indignation of the LORD is upon all nations and his fury upon all their armies,” and goes on to tell us what is going to happen to them. Then the reason for this indignation and fury is revealed in verse 8: “For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.” That word controversy in the Hebrew means contest, contention, strife, and the “nations” God talks about, according to the Hebrew translation, are the Gentile nations. Isaiah 29: 6-8 also explains what will happen to those nations “that fight against mount Zion.” The scriptures in both Isaiah 34 and 29 speak of destruction, slaughter, land soaked with blood, stinking carcasses, storms, earthquakes, tempests, huger, and thirst.

Not a pretty picture.

But if that’s still not plain enough, Zechariah 12:9 says it all in one paragraph, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

These are troubling words when you consider more and more nations are turning against Israel.  It is a cautionary tale of what will happen if this trend continues. It should drive us to our knees and make us diligently pray for our nations, and the nation of Israel.

Until next time,

Sylvia