The Doom of God

"Watch in the watchtower...Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth...And [the watchman] answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen: and all the graven images of her gods He hath broken unto the ground." Isaiah 21:5, 6, 9

Babylon is merry and happy in her might, but like any good empire she is no fool. She sets watchmen up to warn against danger so she can play in peace. However, whereas the watchmen would normally give a cry to arms, now they only cry out that all is already lost. All the man-made barriers against God's will are rendered as chaff before the flame.

Here we see what can be called the "Doom of God," i.e., His inevitable victory over evil, revelation of His Son, and consummation of His will. It is why all the works of men (no matter how noble or wise) are all foolishness. If it is not of God, then it will not survive the coming again of eternity into time. Every grand institution, work, or ideology not built by God and for God is all but wood, hay, and stubble. No empire will stand the coming of His kingdom. No institution will survive the consummation of His will. No government will hold against the revelation of His Son. No work will bear the fire of His presence. All defenses are useless against the doom of God; it will be as sure a fact as the Incarnation.

To paraphrase Lewis: When the director steps onto the stage, then the play is over whether you want it to be or not. When God comes, His will will be done. There is no escaping the doom of God.