1. God Is All Powerful And Will Faithfully Keep His Promises (Isaiah 66:7-17).

“Before she was in labour
    she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
    she delivered a son.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
    Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
    Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For as soon as Zion was in labour
    she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
    says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
    says your God. (Isaiah 66:7-9, ESV)

2. Peace & Comfort 
For thus says the Lord:“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; […] (Isaiah 66:12, ESV)

The gospel is news of peace: Isaiah 52:7; 53:5; 54:10,13; 55:12; 57:2,19; 60:17; 66:12

3. Fire And Judgement
“For behold, the Lord will come in fire,
    and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
    and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire will the Lord enter into judgement,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many. (Isaiah 66:15-16, ESV)

4. A Glorious Future (v.18-23).
The Gathering Of The Nations.
“For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. […] (Isaiah 66.18-19, ESVUK)

And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord. (Isaiah 66:21, ESV)

22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth
    that I makeshall remain before me, says the Lord,
    so shall your offspring and your name remain. (Isaiah 66:22, ESVUK)

5. An Awful Destruction (v.15-17, 24)
“And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.” (Isaiah 66:24, ESVUK)

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