Isaiah 24:3-5 The earth it utterly laid waste, utterly stripped, for the Lord has decreed this thing. The earth mourns and fades, the world languishes and fades; both heaven and earth languish. The earth is polluted because of its inhabitants, who have transgressed laws, violated statutes, broken the ancient covenant.
Isaiah is foretelling the final judgement, the Great Tribulation, so the people understand their ways will only lead them to destruction. He paints a pretty gloomy picture in this chapter, "earth is polluted," "wine mourns, vine languishes," "broken down is the city of chaos," "all joy has disappeared," "nothing remains but ruin." Verse 19 gives a visualization of what will be felt that day, "The earth will burst asunder, the earth will be shaken apart, the earth will be convulsed." No one will be immune from God's judgement, so God will likely take those who are redeemed away before the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21-22).
What will happen will be the fault of man. God has given us so many chances. He has written his words in stone. He has given us prophets. He blessed us by giving us his only son, who death was to save the world from sin. Yet the world kept in their ways, and is continued to be stricken with darkness and evil. If we keep allowing our children to hear themes of "Just do it," "Find your own road," "we are outside the mold," etc. how do we expect them to armor themselves to fight for God's truth? The world is constantly trying to making God's laws lighter and easier, trying to change them to make our choices and desires more comfortable.
It is never too late to change our ways. We have just celebrated Jesus's resurrection at Easter. We should rise each morning, thanking God for his blessing of a new day, and asking for him and St. Michael the Archangel to defend us in our daily battles. God so wants us to love and trust his will. We need to open our eyes and our hearts to Him and realize He will have the final word.
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