And in that day. Isa. 4:1 Continuing from Chapter Three it is in the day of judgment, particularly on Jerusalem, Zion and Judah. It is speaking of complete deterioration, of total spiritual breakdown and the judgments of the Lord against such. The church of today is filled with compromise and lethargy. The culmination of which will be the day when Seven women,representative of the harlot church in the end of the age, will lay hold on one man. Seven the number of completion. The harlot church seeking a cover, a removal of her disgrace. She will eat her own bread or maintain her own teachings. She will wear her own clothes or continue her own standards of righteousness, if there be any. She is desirous of being called by his name. In this case the antichrist. The amalgamated church. Even today there is much evidence of this very thing taking place.
The true church stands in great contrast to the false church. Isa.4:2 The Branch (zemach, the sprout, Jesus) of the Lord. Jesus said that He was the vine and that those who believe on Him were the branches. Jn.15:4 We are to bear fruit. We are looking at a day of revival. The branches of the vine are beautiful and glorious, like the garment of the high priest that were made for beauty and glory. The perfect church scintillating with the shekinah glory of the Lord upon her. What Adam and Eve lost in the garden she now possesses. She is indeed beautiful and glorious. She is fruitful,the blessing of the Lord in revival is resting upon her. Excellent fruit,beautiful fruit for those who have escaped from bondage.
Holiness the mark of those found in Zion and Jerusalem. Those whose names are recorded in the book of life. Isa.4:3 The church has been chosen, in Him, from before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in His sight, in His love. Eph. 1:4 Purity, righteousness are the trademark of the true church of the Lord. The sanctifying Spirit of the Lord will wash away the impurities of Zion and blood guiltiness from Jerusalem in a two fold manner. By the Spirit of judgment and the fire of the Spirit. Isa.4:4 Judgment begins in the house of the Lord. When the Spirit of the Lord is present in out hearts He makes sin to be exceedingly sinful. John said that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Ghost and FIRE. Fire purifies, the chaff is destroyed. Mt. 3:12 While the Spirit comes with fire eliminating the dross in our lives, there is hardly a more pleasant experience in spiritual experience than the warmth and sense of well being that comes when one is filled with the Spirit. That part of the human life that is consumed by the fire of the Spirit is never missed. It is a joy to be rid of the trash. The Spirit comes revealing Christ. Making the Word of God to come alive and vital in our Christian walk. There is a great work of the Holy Ghost to be done in these last days in the church.