Chapter 24 is a comprehensive chapter on the Tribulation and even covers Christ’s Millennial reign. But there were a couple parts that stood out to me as extremely interesting. And this one that implies people tried to barricade themselves in their homes, which points to a very desperate time for those left alive on the earth.
Isaiah 24:10
[10] The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter. (ESV)
But the following scripture is extremely interesting in God addressing all the rebels including the fallen angels who still have access to heaven until their imprisonment for Christ’s Millennial reign, and then to be sentenced to the Lake of Fire for eternity at its conclusion.
Isaiah 24:21–22
[21] On that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven, in heaven, and the kings of the earth, on the earth. [22] They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished. (ESV)
Our Creator and owner of the universe has declared it all pretty clearly so that those who reject Him will have no excuse. But those that are left on the earth after the extraction of His children, who received His gift of salvation, are looking at a very dark time and their final opportunity to be saved. And the chapter even mentions the remnant who come to believe, though many will seek to put them to the death.
Isaiah 24:14–16
[14] They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west. [15] Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. [16] From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, “I waste away, I waste away. Woe is me! For the traitors have betrayed, with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.” (ESV)
It’s best to not miss the extraction before this judgement on the whole earth is unleashed. Maranatha!
Isaiah 24
Judgment on the Whole Earth
[1] Behold, the LORD will empty the earth and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
[2] And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
[3] The earth shall be utterly empty and utterly plundered;
for the LORD has spoken this word.
[4] The earth mourns and withers;
the world languishes and withers;
the highest people of the earth languish.
[5] The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
[6] Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
[7] The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
[8] The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
[9] No more do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
[10] The wasted city is broken down;
every house is shut up so that none can enter.
[11] There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has grown dark;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
[12] Desolation is left in the city;
the gates are battered into ruins.
[13] For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth
among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
[14] They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west.
[15] Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
[16] From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to the Righteous One.
But I say, “I waste away,
I waste away. Woe is me!
For the traitors have betrayed,
with betrayal the traitors have betrayed.”
[17] Terror and the pit and the snare
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
[18] He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
[19] The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.
[20] The earth staggers like a drunken man;
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.
[21] On that day the LORD will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and the kings of the earth, on the earth.
[22] They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.
[23] Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for the LORD of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders. (ESV)