Isa. 66:6

6 A voice [qowl] of noise [sha'own] from the city [`iyr], a voice [qowl] from the temple [heykal], a voice [qowl] of the LORD [Yahovah] that rendereth [shalam] recompence [gamuwl] to his enemies ['oyeb]. KJV-Interlinear

6 A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the LORD who is rendering recompense to His enemies. NASB

In this chapter, Isaiah has made it very clear that God owns the universe. There is nothing that man can do for God. Those who pursue their own path to God will find themselves in a world of hurt.

Both their arrogance in determining what is true, when no man has lived for all of eternity, eternity past that is, and their interpretation of life in general, are flawed. So, mans views into the past are limited to his analysis of scientific data, and his interpretation of that data. When man lacks doctrine in the soul, then mans lacks orientation to truth and therefore to life, and therefore his interpretations of facts in life will be skewed and his conclusions will be in error.

So, theories like evolution and the big bang come along. And, since they have been around for such a long time, people begin to think of them not as theories, but fact. This same principle of mis-interpretation applies to things like life-style living, and political beliefs, religions and so forth. When these things have been around for several generations, then they are accepted more readily. In effect, people are offering sacrifices of ox s and dogs. Classic un-truth s in which God does not delight.

The result of all of this? People are miserable and their lives eventually fail miserably. Their pursuit of happiness evolves into a frantic search for happiness, and they never find it.

All the while Bible doctrine is available to people, allowing them the opportunity to see truth, to discern life, and to orient to everything that is going on around them. But what do people generally do with respect to the Bible? They ignore it.

Therefore, God says, Tremble!

Then, life goes on. Hours pass, and days pass, and years pass, and centuries pass, and even millennia pass, and where is God?

Then our verse jumps right out at you just as Isaiah intended. A voice, an uproar, a rumble, a tumult, an upheaval, a roar or noise and sound as with that which would accompany an all out battle in war.

This verse jumped out changing the pace of the context. The tempo sped up to a tremendous pace, as horses standing still in the starting gate and then suddenly the gates open and they are off.

So too, we studied this concept in Revelation 1. Jesus Christ controls history and His hand in on the lever of history, His arm flexed, muscles bulging to the breaking point, ready to shift the next increment of history into gear.

This is our verse.

When it comes time for a change, when it comes time for action, then God move quickly with a blistering speed that only He can accomplish.

Pandemonium will erupt on planet earth. But it won t be a celebration. From Jerusalem, from the Temple itself, the Lord will roar throughout the planet and judge with a violence so great, that chaos and confusion and terror will be the only possible reactions that people will be able to do. There won t be any more time for thinking. That time has expired. People have had all of history to think, to consider, to decide what is right and what is wrong from within their own minds.

Just as suddenly as this verse came along, even more quickly, God will come onto the scene in history, at the Second Advent and life as everyone has known it, will cease.

This is true with regard to the Second Advent, but it is also true with regard to your life as well.

You have time to figure out your priorities in life. God gives you all of the information required for you to make the right decisions. God is very patient. Your life s activities, the world s contemporary history, everything that is going on around you, that might affect you directly or indirectly or not at all, are all irrelevant.

There are only two important questions in your life. The first is for unbelievers only, What do you think of Christ? To believe means being saved and heaven. To reject means the Lake of Fire.

The second question once you have been saved is, What do you think of Bible doctrine? To pursue it on a daily basis, means advancing to spiritual maturity and phenomenal blessings. To ignore it, disregard it, or to try modifying it to your own satisfaction, means spiritual immaturity and tremendous loss of blessing.

You may think that you have all of the time in the world to fool around with your life But you don t.

Now is the time to post a prayer.