Isaiah 25:7-9

On this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over all the nations; he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it! At that time they will say, “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

This verse mentions a “cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth”. (NLT) The Lord God destroyed that cloud, and it is through Jesus Christ that He did so. Every person who has ever lived, and ever will live has been under this shroud. Jesus conquered death, and He took the wrath of God for all sin on the cross. Our debt is paid, and our relationship with God is no longer based upon sin, but grace. It is no longer based upon death, but an unfailing opportunity for life through faith in Jesus. This is a promise, it is a sure thing. “The Lord has spoken”. (NIV) Isaiah 55:11 says, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”