Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The day of the LORD is at hand"
Text: Isaiah 13:6
THE DAY OF THE LORD
“The Day of the LORD” was a common phrase used by the ancient prophets. It is a good and important thing to understand the meaning of this phrase.
“Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,
And they will be afraid.
Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.”
Isaiah 13:6-8
1. What this phrase does not mean.
a) It is not a reference to a 24 hour-day.
b) It is a phrase that is not to be understood in wooden literalism.
2. The Feature of Time is to be given due consideration.
a) It is the “Time” that God has decreed.
b) The time span could be:
i) Days
ii) Weeks
iii) Months
iv) Years
3. Other Features would include:
a) What God has forewarned.
b) In this case “The destruction of Babylon”.
c) The destruction of Babylon would come from the Almighty God.
d) The day of the LORD would be a time of fulfilment of what God had said.
4. Disbelief of the Babylonians.
a) The Babylonians and their allies were in mind.
b) They had believed that they were invincible.
c) They did not believe that anyone could defeat them.
5. The defeated Babylonians.
a) Their hands would go limp.
b) Their hearts would melt.
c) They would feel great fear.
d) Pangs of sorrow would overcome them.
e) They would feel as helpless as women in childbirth.
f) Their faces would be flushed as if in flames!