Quote of the Moment: how the book of Isaiah reflects today's times

"The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not a local deity, not a tribal god, not an American pet. He is the Lord of the nations, they are all accountable to him, their fates and fortunes are in his hands alone, he will have the final word, and he will vindicate the faith of his people. Individuals are judged in eternity, but nations are judged in time. And time is moving inexorably forward, through the tremors of present judgments to the final shaking of all things on the day of the Lord. That certainty helps us to live above the madness and to care for others in their distress."

Raymond Ortlund, Jr., in Isaiah: God Saves Sinners, chapter 14, "The Supremacy of God Over the Nations I"