A Day of Reckoning
People don't use the words "reckon" or "reckoning" very much any more. When I was a kid we used to say, "I reckon," when we agreed with how another person was explaining something, or when we could see their point of view on a subject. However, I haven't said that in years. I believe these words are used in some professions like surveying and engineering to mean that something is lined up correctly and not out of balance. The Bible uses this word to denote a time of judgment. Isaiah was a prophet. He was commissioned by God to come and to deliver God's message to His people, because they were way out of balance and far from where the Lord intended for them to be in many ways. (Isaiah 2:12) He warned them by telling them that the Lord of Heaven's Armies has a day of reckoning when He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. That warning was not just for Israel. We need to hear what God was saying then, too...