Today: [Isaiah 42] The Compulsory Rule of Christ. In this chapter, Isaiah speaks of the Messiah who comes at first as a suffering savior, only to return as the lion of the tribe of Judah. Because the Jews could only see the ruling king they rejected Jesus because He came as the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Isaiah goes on to describe the day that every knee will bow and every tongue confess among the nations that Jesus is Lord. God will not be silent forever. There will come a day that Jesus will return to establish a 1000 year compulsory rule over the nations of the earth. The early church fathers believed that this would come to pass 2000 years after the resurrection of Christ. We are living in monumental days.