The Isaiah Imperative

      As with all prophecies, Isaiah’s prophecy is time-specific. It speaks to both Jesus’ first and second coming. In His first coming, John the Baptist prepared the way for the Lord. In His second coming we prepare the way for the Lord.
      What exactly is this way? Verses 3 and 4 tell us: (1) Make a straight highway in the wilderness so people can know the way to go; (2) Raise up every low place; (3) Bring down every high place; (4) Straighten out the crooked places; and (5) Make the rough places smooth. In short, clear away all the hindrances that keep people from walking the appointed path.
      What does this have to do with Christ’s second coming? Because of the many and varied man-made interpretations of the end-times, people have lost their scriptural way. Certain biblical truths have been trodden under foot. So-called scholarly renditions have been raised up as if monuments to man’s wisdom. There are so many different views and paths that few Christians know which view to follow. The fog of confusion has made our blessed hope rough going. It’s time to clear away the hindrances and follow the straight highway found in Scripture.
      The End-Time Lesson. The biblical prophecies, like Jesus’ parables, were meant to be understood by those who would earnestly seek to know God’s ways and plans. As the appointed time for the fulfillment of the prophecy draws near, God’s Spirit brings clear revelation.
      He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But Christ’s disciples can know Him, for He dwells with you and in you. Our Lord has not left us orphans. If we are willing to lay aside our preconceived paths that lead us off course and spend some time seeing what God’s Word tells us about the end-times, the Spirit will confirm the straight path of Scripture to you.
      That is the purpose and calling of this ministry. Knowing the truth is what makes the path clear, and brings comfort, hope, and victory as we endure these final few years. It is not just a matter of being assured of our eternal life. The imperative has to do with sharing that assurance with those who are unsure or have lost their way on the contrary paths and those who have never heard of the path.
      Our prayer is that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling for you, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in you as a believer, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power in you who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the 3rd Heaven, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.