Descent before Ascent, Ascent before Descent

According to Isaiah’s theology—which he develops systematically by means of his seven-part literary structure—every ascent to a higher spiritual level is preceded by a temporary descent. That descent phase consists of God’s trial of a person’s faith equal to the level of that person’s ascent. In other words, the higher one ascends, the greater the temporary descent that precedes it. Ruin may occur cyclically before rebirth to a higher spiritual level, as may suffering before salvation, humiliation before exaltation, and so forth—intensifying each time a person ascends. Even Messiah descends below all before he is exalted above all to sit on his Father’s throne.

Trials of faith escalate as one ascends because the terms of God’s covenant on ascending levels are more exacting, each representing a higher law than the one before. The terms of the covenant Messiah keeps, for example, are to atone for humanity’s transgressions. Still, on their own level, God’s servants, too, fulfill saving roles in the course of keeping the terms of God’s covenant. In effect, the lower the spiritual level, the less demanding are its covenant’s terms. On the other hand, the very lowest levels keep no divinely appointed covenant’s terms. Instead, in seeking to ascend by lording it over others, persons on those levels end up descending even further.

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