“But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.” Isaiah 11:4
August 28, 2023
Morpheus in Greek mythology was the god of dreams. To venture into the cave of Morpheus was to forget reality and succumb to dreams. Modern society is in a deep sleep. Ironically, those who boast of being woke are in the deepest recesses of Morpheus’ cave. Part of the task of ancient Israel’s prophets was to jolt God’s covenant people back into reality. We gain from pondering the words of that prince of the prophets, Isaiah. The coming of Israel’s Messiah and the Savior of the world means a transformation from the corruption of human rule to the rule of King Jesus in the millennial kingdom. He will make right decisions every time all the time. It is called righteousness, that which is right as is established by God. Things are not right now because our culture, the media, educational institutions, and Hollywood are trying to make rules in absolute contradiction to righteousness and justice based on God’s law. The justice clamored for in the streets of the rebellious is not the justice of the coming King. It will be impartial and equitable in the application of God’s moral law. It’s not easy to resist the zeitgeist (the spirit of the age). We must have our minds marinated in the truth of God’s Word. Read the works of good Christian thinkers, perceptive men and women who know the times and how to speak truth to it. As one writer has said, men and women “fully alive and fully awake in a world where others are either half asleep or fully drugged.” Pray for the grace to get fully sober as to the condition of our complacent and idol chasing culture. Let us not wander into the cave of Morpheus.
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