https://peltononpreaching.com Helping Pastors Preach with Precision and Passion Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:59:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 63491461 https://peltononpreaching.com/2011/12/01/on-this-mountain-the-lord-of-hosts-will-the-place-we-all-want-to-go/ https://peltononpreaching.com/2011/12/01/on-this-mountain-the-lord-of-hosts-will-the-place-we-all-want-to-go/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:31:00 +0000 Randal Pelton, Ph.D., D.Min., Th.M. http://peltononpreaching.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/on-this-mountain-the-lord-of-hosts-will-the-place-we-all-want-to-go Isaiah 25 sounds like a Psalm of praise.  God’s people are exalting God because of all the “wonderful things” He has done for them.  After two expressions of intentions (“I will…I will…” in v. 1), a series of explanations (“For you have…”) make up the largest part of the praise-prophecy.  When you arrive at v. 6, the prophecy shifts to what the Lord will do.  Verses 6-8 present a quality of life that everyone wants to experience.  Isaiah is urging the Church to be sure they will be there in that day.  Verse 9 presents the condition: “…this is our God; we have waited for him…”  Isaiah intends for their future confession to be our confession now.

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