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Isaiah chapter 18, verse 7.

At that time, tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts.

From a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering whose land

the rivers divide to Mount Zion the place of the name of the Lord of hosts.

This verse is talking about at that time, that time when God consummates history with the

victory of his kingdom, his rule, his reign on earth, new heaven, new earth, at that time, tribute, honor will be brought to the Lord of

hosts, worship will be brought to the Lord of hosts, and the picture is it'll be brought from everywhere.

From people tall and smooth, from people feared near and far, nation mighty and conquering, whose land, the

rivers divide. The whole picture here is where all of history is headed. So lift your eyes today.

You and I have all kinds of things going on in our lives today. We got things on our to do

list. We have things on our schedules, and it's helpful.

Amidst the day-to-day and the things that we need to do, we need to get done, it's helpful just

to lift our eyes for a minute. And remember where all history is headed. All history is headed

toward the day when the nations, all kinds of nations, will gather together before the Lord of hosts

and will give him glory. That's where all history is headed. That's the picture we see in Revelation,

the nations coming to the throne of God to praise and exalt him and to enjoy him forever and ever and

ever. So let's pray for the coming of that day. Even as Revelation calls us to pray,

come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. Like bring this about. And let's pray that many more nations

today and tomorrow and this week and coming weeks would come to know God's grace. Let's pray for,

I think about the Banya people in India, praying for them, 30 million of them,

30 plus million Banya people in India and very few of them, followers of Christ, relatively few out of 30 million of them.

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