Isaiah 51 – 55

Verse 51:6 mentions events to happen:

Don’t worry—look up at the sky and down at the earth.
        The sky will disappear like smoke; the earth will wear out like a well-used garment;
    Every last thing may perish and dissolve, but My salvation is for all time.
        My justice will not end.

When he says “sky” does he mean the atmosphere, the sun or cloud cover? Now we could say this will happen, but at the same time he may just be using a metaphor to ensure we understand God is unchanging. We cannot imagine anything so catastrophic that would cause any of these events to happen, unless you listen to the “Climate Change” scientist, who imply we will do this to the planet. Either way, my belief is this is not an event in the future so much as it’s showing God’s never ending justice.

This is the problem with reading prophetic writings, first trying to understand what they mean and then always trying to apply it to today. Sure many can be traced back in history, but most are vague and often open to interpretation. I liken this to the “sky is falling” crowd in the stock market. I have been watching the market since 1980 and have seen its ups and downs. There has always been people predicting a major crash and depression since I have been watching. I did allow them to influence me a bit and therefore did not ride a market that was under $1000 to over $16,0000.

Verse 55:2 makes me think he is talking to us today, me specifically:

I don’t understand why you spend your money for things that don’t nourish
        or work so hard for what leaves you empty.
    Attend to Me and eat what is good;
        enjoy the richest, most delectable of things.

The corner “convenience” store is the biggest culprit. You get your gas and a snack. Something that is “empty” in calories and does nothing for you is often purchased. I personally spend over $100 a month on crap from the local QT and justify it by running. But imagine if we just ate what God said was good for us! We would all be in much better shape. I wonder if the people had the same problem with snacks when Isaiah wrote this or if he was targeting the 7-11 generations.