The Trees Shall Clap Their Hands

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/19/imaginative-faith

Isaiah 55:6-13 is very interesting as it speaks about the time when the hills and the mountains will burst out in song and the trees shall clap their hands. A time when even nature will express their joy because the end of age has come and there is then a new heaven and a new earth. It is the time of the new Jerusalem, with God dwelling among His people again. The new Eden! A time of joy with no more tears and sorrow. A time when we will live for eternity and the time for us to be reconciled with our loved ones who had died in the Lord.

The mountains and the hills will burst forth in singing and the trees shall clap their hands. Reminds me of the song that I used to sing when I was growing up as a young believer. Certainly a song written using the words in Isaiah 55.

But note that Isaiah 55:6-13 starts with a warning and exaltation, “Seek the LORD while He may be found, call on Him while He is near”. As much as everyone is given the opportunity to know the LORD, we as humans created in His image must nevertheless take the step to reach out to Him in faith like little children that we spoke about yesterday. Seek the LORD while He may be found is not speaking of Israel then only during the time of Isaiah. It transcends time and is still applicable in this present age, the era of the church after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. If you have yet to come to faith, it is time to seek God and find Him now. It is time to accept Jesus into our lives. It is time to call on Him while He is near. Meaning to say, while we still can and that applies to even believers who have drifted away or left the faith. It is not that God will disappear but because we will not live forever here on earth. The time will come for us to depart from this earth and we need to decide before we leave this realm. Life and death is in the hands of the Lord, but not everyone dies of old age like QE2.

Seek the LORD while He may be found so that one day we will hear the mountains and the hills sing for joy and the trees clap their hands. Thus when the end of time as we know it comes, we will be resurrected like our Lord Jesus and meet Him as the triumphant and victorious Lord of Lords and King of Kings. That privilege is only extended to those who are in the Lord. So call on Him while He is near, while He can still be found!