Isaiah 25:7 – The Veil Destroyed
In this chapter we look ahead. We look to the deliverance from the Assyrian invasion. We look farther off to the return of the people from captivity in Babylon. And we must look, as well, to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We must look to His complete deliverance that He would bring with His becoming flesh and dwelling among us, His living a perfect life, His atoning death, His victorious resurrection, and establishing the church.
In verse six we had the feast of grace. Now we have death’s destruction. The picture we have here is of the nations of the world being brought out of death and darkness to light and life. What is this mountain? Zion is where the temple of God is — the temple that is a picture of God dwelling in the midst of His people. There is a veil over the nations, a covering over the peoples. What we’re talking about here is a deep, thick, impenetrable covering. It’s a spiritual veil. For until and unless the veil is lifted, individuals and societies both are under thick darkness. Throughout the history of man there has been deep darkness. You can study the great civilizations of the past who built up highly civilized cultures. But spiritually speaking, they were dark. These who were in darkness came up with the most ridiculous notions to replace the knowledge they had of the most high God, a knowledge they couldn’t entirely escape from. For as we read in Psalm 19 and Romans 1, all of creation about them was constantly testifying to them of this God. In fact, their own selves, marred of course, but the image of God, testified to Him. Yet they intentionally pulled the veil over top of themselves. And they invented false gods made in the image of man. They came up with all kinds of devilish means and ways to somehow be right with these gods.
However, this darkness is doomed to destruction. It is planned by God that this darkness be ended. A long time ago the Greeks had a saying – all good things must come to an end. But that’s a lie. It’s quite the opposite of the truth. All bad things must come to an end. God removes the covering, he removes the veil, He takes away that which keeps people from Him. He has done so in and through the person and the work of His son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Questions
- What is the veil being talked about here?
- How does God deal with the darkness of men?
Prayer Points
- Pray that God would bring society around us to repentance.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.