Devotion 775

"Only One Kingdom Shall Remain"

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 15

Moab had two places of idol worship. These were Mount Nebo and Mount Medeba.
Before He brings judgment, God always sends a warning. This was a warning for Moab to turn from idolatry to the one living God.

Isaiah writes.

 Let's read:

Isaiah 15:1-2 "The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; [2] He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off."

Instead of turning to the one living God, Moab shall cry unto their idol gods. When a generation or a group of people are not introduced to the one Living God, they will look to things of their hands as gods. Today, we know there's nothing under the sun that can bring us relief because the problem is not outside of us. The problem is us, the problem is blood. Every man or woman finds themselves in the blood of Adam. The solution is to come out of the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam, Jesus Christ, the image of the true Living God. To bring us into the image of the true Living God. When we exhibit faith in the blood of the second Adam, we escape the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam. We now become One with God, in image. We become one blood with God, one light with God, and one image with God.  That means the individual is in God, and God is in the individual.

We continue our reading:

Isaiah 15:3-7 "In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. [4] And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. [5] My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. [6] For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. [7] Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows."

No matter the abundance of things man and woman may gather under the sun, there is no life outside the kingdom of God. Everything gathered under the sun will come to waste. The only thing that will remain is the kingdom of God, and those in the Kingdom. Jesus Christ, the second Adam, is the gate to the kingdom of God. He is the King and the Way to the Kingdom of God. We go through this Gate by exhibiting faith in Him and His sacrificial work of the Cross.

We conclude our reading:

Isaiah 15:8-9 "For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim. [9] For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land."

If Moab rose up and said, "We repent and we'll turn to the true and Living God," Moab would have been spared. If any man would turn to God today through faith in the shed blood of the second Adam, God will receive them into His Kingdom.

Enter the kingdom of God. BELIEVE and confess Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. There's only one way to the Kingdom of God, and that is, in Christ!