Favorite Scripture 28

Isaiah 11:9

“They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”

During the question and answer period of the townhall in which I participated on the 13th, someone asked me how my eschatology affected my politics. To which I answered, “Decisively.” Being post-mil is to be a man who takes God at his word regarding his promises.

In Isaiah, the Lord promises that the knowledge of the earth shall cover the earth. Of what quality shall this filling be? To what extent are we promised this great thing? Look at the words on the page. We are promised that the knowledge of the Lord shall be as common on the earth as the water is on the sea.

How much of the sea is covered in water? This is not a trick question. There is no special pleading here. In case you’ve never been, the entire sea is wet. All of it is water. If you were to put a boat in at Prince Rupert, you could conceivably float along to New Zealand. Perhaps if you took a right turn after China, you might make India or South Africa. It is really wet out there. Magellan got famous for not quite circumnavigating it. The whole ocean is completely wet. It is all water.

Thus I take it as a promise, that the whole earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, and this before He returns. I look around, and not all of the earth is as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered in water. The only rational conclusion to be drawn from this is that we are not yet at the end. We are not even close to the end. There is much work to do.

Carry on.