Isaiah 12:4
"In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted."
Read all of Isaiah 12
This verse from the Old Testament Prophet Isaiah looks forward to the time after the First Coming of Christ (His Incarnation, suffering, death and resurrection) and especially after His Second Coming. In the previous Chapter (11), the anticipation of the great Son of David, "the Branch of Jesse", is announced.
His coming will usher in a day when all that is broken will be fixed, all that is sick shall be healed. We're told in Romans 8 that the whole Creation groans in travail awaiting for the fulfilment of redemption. Well, after the final coming of Christ, all struggle, hardship and pain will be over. Listen to the words used to describe this remarkable time (Isaiah 11:6-9):
"The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Already now, we have the privilege and responsibility of proclaiming the rightful worship and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of all the Earth!
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