Saturday - Isaiah 66 - A Very Long Ending

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OT only are we at the end of the book Isaiah, we also find ourselves examining the end of time. And, just like with the word "beginning" in Genesis 1:1, we see here that the ending of this story is longer than the story itself. Once the Millennial reign of Christ on this earth comes to a close, then we move into eternity. What is to be said about eternity? If we follow the chronology of Revelation 20 & 21, it is sure that there is infinite significance in what happens with the rest of us after Lucifer and all of his followers have been relegated to perpetual destruction. But, what will it be like?

God the Father has promised to His Son that the day will come when His enemies will be His footstool (Psalm 110:1). In other words, someday there will be only complete and abject submission from every opponent of Christ. Well, indeed that doesn't happen ultimately until after the Great White Throne Judgment. There is somehow a new creation of a new heaven and earth (Isaiah 65:17, 2^nd  Peter 3:12-13 & Rev. 21:1& 5). It will be a universe absent of death (Isaiah 66:3 & Rev. 21:4). The earth will be full of believers, heaven will be full of the redeemed (Isaiah 66:2) and the unbelieving will be absent; permanently paying dearly for how they stuck their spiritual fingers in their unspiritual ears (Isaiah 66:4-6 & 15-18).