As we saw in my last blog, we see a question come from the messenger in essence asking, “What’s my message?”  The voice responds with a message that all flesh is grass, and that every opposition to fade away, but God, and His word to His people will endure forever and accomplish everything that He sent it to do.

In continuing to answer the question of, “What is my message?,” we begin to see a set questions posed to the messenger, for the purpose of ultimately being proclaimed by the messenger to the nations that stand in opposition to His people and His kingdom.

When God asks questions, He’s not looking for answers.  His questions are His interrogations to shut the mouth of the proud and arrogant, and to cause us to lift up our eyes to the God of creation who is orchestrating a global drama culminating with the return of His Son to the planet.  We also see a similar set of questions posed to Job by God towards the end of his book.  The questions are to silence the accusation of humanity against God.  Many time in the midst of trials and tribulations, we tend to accuse God for His leadership or seemingly lack thereof.

God points to creation and His ability to care for all levels of creation as His apologetic to His people that He will bring them forth into their full destiny.  In Isaiah 40, God is comforting Israel declaring to her that though her back is against the wall and all nations are surrounding her, that God is orchestrating a great deliverance and salvation for her, but she must put her trust in Him and His leadership.

Continuing to look at Isaiah 40, we see a dialogue going on between the voice crying in the wilderness and the forerunner whom the voice seems to be commissioning.  In verse 6, the voice said, “Cry out.”  Then he (the forerunner) said, “What shall I cry?”  The answer to this message is the answer for the forerunner ministry.

Ultimately, this verse is set in the context of Jerusalem being surrounded on all sides by all nations led by a demonized man, termed, “The Antichrist.”  His agenda is complete annihilation and destruction of the Jewish people thereby rendering the return of Jesus and Satan’s defeat impossible

It’s in this context that we see groups of people all over the earth receiving a commissioning, a message to proclaim with boldness to the city of Jerusalem.  This proclamation will fill prayer rooms all over the earth as watchmen cry out for the salvation of Israel in one unified cry.

The voice responds to the question with, “All flesh is grass, and all it’s loveliness is like the flower of the field.  The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;  Surely the people are grass.  The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”

In short, the message to Jerusalem is, “All these nations are like grass.  They come up today, but will go down quickly.  Their beauty, their power, their seeming unity, will wither and fade, because God’s breath will bring it to nothing.  The only thing that will stand will be the word of God, which implies all of His promises and decrees for the nation of Israel and city of Jerusalem.