Opening scripture:

Isaiah 2:9 KJV
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
There is a clear line of division that exists in the world today. There are those on the left, who are simply mean. They celebrate death. They believe there ways are the best. I even heard one say that the world is better off because this person is dead. Ugh.

Then there are those on the right who serve the Lord. Isaiah chapter 2 discusses this in division in chapter and even tells us when the time comes for us to ‘forgive them not’.

Let’s start in verse 5. This is where Isaiah identifies who the mean people are.

Isaiah 2:5 KJV
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
God starts off by calling Jacob to walk in the light of the Lord. This is important because this is what will keep us from the evils of our day just like it would keep Jacob from the evils of his day.

First, to not be mean, we need to walk in the light. Who is the light? Jesus. We must walk in the ways of Jesus.

Paul reiterates this in Ephesians.

Ephesians 5:6-8 KJV
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Paul clearly tells us that by not walking in the light, we could be deceived, and that is very dangerous to today’s spiritual climate. Jesus has warned us to not be deceived, and He expressly states that in End Time Prophecy.

Matthew 24:4 KJV
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Paul emphasizes it more in Galatians 6:

Galatians 6:7 KJV
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Let’s see what Isaiah identified as the things that deceived Jacob.
Isaiah 2:6-8 KJV
6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

Jacob followed after other cultures false ideologies and religions. They worshipped the created, and not the creation. It was an attraction to them because they saw how rich these cultures were.

Well guess what, that’s what people are doing in today’s world. In today’s culture climate, people are caught up in wokeism, keeping the earth green, believing in aliens, and basically following after other cultures but not walking in the light, the Word of God – Jesus, Himself.

There are the Abrahamic blessings and curses over Israel. So many people reject Israel by choosing Palestine. There are many people choosing to celebrate the dark, evil things in the world and not selecting to walk in the light. This is a blatant choice these people have made.

As you can see, Isaiah 2 is for us today to see and be aware of this line of division. Let’s continue in Isaiah 2.

Isaiah 2:9-12 KJV
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Well, look at that. In context, Isaiah 2 is talking about an event before the Day of the Lord. This puts Isaiah 2 in today’s timeline of end time events / prophecy. And by the way, we know that the Day of the Lord hasn’t happened yet. Remember, this is what the Day of the Lord is in Revelation 6.

Revelation 6:15-17 KJV
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Now, let’s go back to our opening scripture.

Isaiah 2:9 KJV
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

It amazes me that God is telling us not to forgive the mean man who boweth down to the ideas of the world. Let me describe this in more detail for you.

In essence, when the Bible says you’ve bowed down to something, you have made that your priority. You will follow it to the ends of the world if need be because that is what is important to you.

For example, if you choose to be mean, like celebrating the death of anyone, then you’ve put yourself as the most important person and that your ideas, beliefs are the most important and everyone should follow that. You are full of pride. Reality check, no. You are not God, and you cannot believe that there is any justification to death. You have chosen to walk in darkness on purpose.

You made the decision that your ways are the best and everyone should follow you; and that the world proves you right; hence why you celebrate death or choose to be mean over choosing good.

You are blatantly making the decision for evil than good.

Proverbs 16:18 KJV
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

You are putting evil, your pride ahead of good and because you’ve done that, God says through Isaiah, ‘forgive them not’. This is why you end up as one of those rejecting God during the seven year time period of God’s wrath.

Isaiah 2:9 is revelation to me because I’ve been forgiving people left and right now for a few years knowing that forgiveness will end when the Day of the Lord arrives…but the Day of the Lord hasn’t arrived yet.

Note, we can see this clear line of division. There are those celebrating death and choosing evil, and questioning whether prayer works. Don’t fall for this deception. Choose to walk in the light so that you are not counted as one who chooses evil.

Let’s remember what Paul said in Romans 9:

Romans 9:21-22 KJV
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

We see this line because God made some vessels for honor, and some for dishonor.

Choose the light and choose to walk in the ways of Jesus. By taking that leap of faith, you won’t be deceived.