Isaiah asserted that there would be a day of reckoning and there would be no escaping of it. Both rebellious angels from heaven and kings of the earth would be punished. There was an ancient practice that when prisoners were captured, they were thrown into a dungeon and left unattended until they were summoned for the reckoning. In Jude 6 we are told that “…angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day….” On that day of reckoning, both the rebellious angels and kings of the earth would be summoned and assembled for the punishment.
In verse 23, Isaiah emphasized that the glory of the Lord is incomparable, so much so that even the brilliance of the moon and the sun will pale by comparison. This would happen on that day when the glory of the Lord of hosts would be experienced before the elders at Mount Zion and Jerusalem.
What then shall we do in the light of the day of reckoning? We
take Paul’s admonition in 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 seriously. He urged us to be careful about how we build our lives. We must be sure that Christ is our
foundation. Then we build on that foundation, materials of gold, silver,
and precious stones, and not wood, hay, or stubble. Why? For there in the testing,
the quality of our works will be revealed. We must build our lives in such a
way so that we pass the test and not suffer any loss. Let us build to last!
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