Isa 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Isa 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Isaiah offers more prophetic words about Judah and Jerusalem. He says that in the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established on top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations, referring to Jews and Gentiles, shall flow to it (v.2). Everybody will be coming to gather at this house of God. What was Isaiah talking about? The mountain of the Lord’s house is Mount Moriah, which is Jerusalem, on which the temple was built. But Isaiah was not speaking of the literal Jerusalem. The Law of Moses never went forth from Jerusalem, but from Sinai. Isaiah’s prophecy is about the establishment of the spiritual house of God, which is “the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). It is the church and not Jerusalem that shall be exalted above the hills, referring to its eminence. We see its fulfillment in the book of Acts. The New Covenant did go forth from Jerusalem and all nations did flow into the church and become its citizens: “Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved” (Acts 2:47).                                      Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob – This expresses an earnest desire of the believers to enter the house of God for to worship and listen to the word of God: “and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” We see its fulfilment in the first century Christians. They were spending their time in the house of God on a daily basis: “And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart” (Acts 2:46). How about you? Do you have the same earnestness when it comes to Sunday worship? The Psalmist declares his desire to be in the house of God in Psalm 122:1: “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Are you glad when Sunday comes and it is time to congregate together with the saints to worship God? We are commanded not to forsake the assembly of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). Do you come with a joyful heart to worship? Not only must we attend every Sunday worship, we are to exhort and encourage our brethren to attend Sunday worship. The statement by Isaiah, “Come ye, and let us go up”, implies a plea from a faithful Christian to another to attend to the worship of God. And, exhorting one another we must and the Scripture commands us to do it: “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13). And, also in Hebrews 10:25: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” You see Sunday is coming, call up a brother or sister who has been missing worship. Let us exhort one another to come to the house of the LORD. Are you coming to the house of the LORD?