That None Should Perish

Isaiah 45:20-25

October 30, 2026

“Gather together and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.
²¹ Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none but me.

²² “Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.
²³ By myself I have sworn,
my mouth has uttered in all integrity
a word that will not be revoked:
Before me every knee will bow;
by me every tongue will swear.

²⁴ They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance and strength.’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.
²⁵ But all the descendants of Israel
will find deliverance in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.

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Things to ponder:He Rules Over All: God doesn’t just work through the church, the saints, or believers. He owns the hearts of kings, rulers, and outsiders, bending their decisions to fulfill His perfect timeline.

No Excuses for the Nations: If God can use a pagan king like Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem and set His people free, He can easily use any leader, shift any government, or tear down any wall in places like Iran, China, Pakistan, or India today.