THE ACTS July 2013 English | Page 9

Isaiah :- 45: 21-25 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. John 1: 1-2 says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. God says, Every Knee shall bow. But Unfortunately right from the beginning of time when God created Earth, No knee ever bowed before the Lord. There was no Unity but only chaos among the people. The Bible repeatedly says that people will reject God, despise Jesus, and will rebel and remain sinful. Not everyone goes to Heaven. But when the Bible says that “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess,” it refers to the judgment when everyone, regardless of where they are going, will recognize that Jesus is indeed Lord of all. The phrase “every knee shall bow” comes from the book of Isaiah. In (chapters 40– 66) of the book of Isaiah, God prophesies through Isaiah the coming comfort to His people, Israel, Normally when we swear, we always who are in exile in Babylon for their unfaithfulness. swear on people who are alive and not on people The phrase in question is found in Isaiah 45:23, who are dead. Why is it so ? Because people bewhich reads: “By myself I have sworn; from my lieve us, as we are swearing on our loved ones. mouth has gone out in righteousness a word But In case we swear on a person who is no more, that shall not return: To me every knee shall then people will consider us as a liar and will nevbow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.” er ever trust us. But when we swear on GOD, it We too, are pilgrims passing means God is alive and is present in our midst. through this old dark world, and we should open the windows of our heart in prayer towards Heav8