Devotion 785

"Death Is Swallowed Up In Victory"

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 25

He is the Shadow from the heat, a Refuge from the storm. The faithful Counselor, Who wipes away all the tears from the face of the believer. Death is swallowed up in resurrection.

John 11:25-26 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: He that believeth in me, though He were dead, yet shall He live: [26] And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"

He is Life, Eternal Life. He is Jesus Christ, second Adam.

Isaiah writes:

Let's read.

Isaiah 25:1 "O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth."

His counsels of old are His Word. His Word is faithful and true. His Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

We continue our reading:

Isaiah 25:2-4 "For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. [3] Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. [4] For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall."

Every man or woman in the loins of Adam was a captive of Satan. Deliverance came when Love went to the cross to shed His blood for the believer to exit the loins of the first Adam into the loins of the second Adam.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 25:5-7 "Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. [6] And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. [7] And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations."

Today, the United Nations is an arm of Satan, Soon, all nations shall be cut off and brought to judgment. The only people that will stand are those that have found refuge by exhibiting their faith in the blood of the second Adam.


We continue our reading.

Isaiah 25:8-9 "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. [9] And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Death in the blood of the first Adam is swallowed up in victory in the blood of the second Adam. Hallelujah!

We conclude our reading.

Isaiah 25:10-12 "For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. [11] And He shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as He that swimmeth spreadeth forth His hands to swim: and He shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. [12] And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust."

Nations who think they are hiding behind the fortresses of high walls, high fortified walls, shall be exposed. They shall be brought low, even to dust. No nation will stand, no kingdom shall prevail. There will be only one kingdom, one king. The Lamb of God, the Blood of God, the second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Exit the loins of the first Adam into the loins of the second Adam. BELIEVE and confess Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Even death is swallowed up in victory, in Christ!