The Kingdom of the
Coming Messiah
Book of Isaiah
Chapter 11
We have seen Isaiah
prophesy of the sign of the Messiah, the Virgin Birth of our Savior.
We next have seen
Isaiah prophesy of the Deliverance brought forth by the Messiah.
We next see Isaiah
prophesy of the Kingdom of the Messiah.
Notice it is easy to
forget about the First Coming of the Messiah and go straight to the
Second Coming of the Messiah and this was a great problem for the
Jews after the birth of Jesus Christ. They were looking forward to
the Kingdom and could not see the Savior who stood before them.
Moses had written of
the First Coming of the Messiah:
Deu 18:18 I
will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto
them all that I shall command him.
The Jews had
rejected the Messiah and His message, because they demanded the work
first, of what Isaiah had written in these Scriptures.
Isaiah not only
dealt with the "reigning" Messiah but he also dealt with
the "suffering" Messiah but it was the "suffering"
Messiah who was rejected by the Jews but accepted by the Church!
There was only one
way for the Jews to enjoy the kingdom blessings:
Jer 30:3 For,
lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the
captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will
cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and
they shall possess it.
Jer 30:4 And
these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and
concerning Judah.
Jer 30:5 For
thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and
not of peace.
Jer 30:6 Ask
ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I
see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and
all faces are turned into paleness?
Jer 30:7 Alas!
for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time
of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
The Jews had missed
the prophecy of the "time of Jacob's Trouble"! Still in the
future.
They had also missed
the prophecy of the New Covenant of the Lord. Which is also still in
their future.
Jer 31:31
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not
according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But
this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
They had certainly
missed the truth of the Messiah's First Coming.
Mat 26:26 And
as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Mat 26:27 And
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink
ye all of it;
Mat 26:28 For
this is my blood of the new testament, "which is shed for many
for the remission of sins".
Mat 26:29 But
I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom.
What did Isaiah
prophesy?
*****Isa 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a
Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Who was Jesse?
Rth 4:18 Now
these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
Rth 4:19 And
Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
Rth 4:20 And
Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Rth 4:21 And
Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
Rth 4:22 And
Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Jesse was the
grandson of Ruth the "Gentile Bride" of Boaz and the father
of David the second King of Israel!
1Sa 17:12 Now
David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name
was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an
old man in the days of Saul.
All of these were
already dead and buried at the time of Isaiah and at this time
Hezekiah had already been born(about ten years old) and Hezekiah
would rule after his father, evil King Ahaz.
The term "Branch"
is a symbol for a king descended from royal ancestors but here it is
also written of the Messiah.
Jeremiah says he
would be a righteous "Branch":
Jer 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall
execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In
his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and
this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Zechariah says this
righteous branch would build a Temple:
Zec 6:12 And
speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of
his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
Zec 6:13 Even
he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory,
and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon
his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
We know the Lord has
yet to build a physical Temple on this earth but every believer
becomes a spiritual "living temple" of the Lord upon
accepting the Lord Jesus as our Savior.
Eph 2:19 Now
therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens
with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And
are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In
whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In
whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through
the Spirit.
Notice the Messiah
would come from the roots of Jesse, because even the stump of David
and all the kings of this line would be cut off by foreign powers as
the legitimate rulers of Israel.
The Lord Jesus was
adopted by Joseph, of the line of David but it was Rome who ruled the
world at the first coming of the Messiah because the Messiah first
came as the Redeemer!
Here again we see
the Holy Trinity involved in the coming of the Messiah.
Notice also that the
word translated "Branch" is in Hebrew "nester" or
"netzer" or we would say (Natsoreth=Nazareth). This Messiah
would be a Nazarene!
Mat 2:23 And
he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a
Nazarene.
The Jews also missed
this important point!
Joh 7:52 They
answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and
look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
The scholars of that
time should have known all these things!
No one can get all
the Scriptures right all the time but God does say for us all to
search the Scriptures.
Joh 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of me.
Joh 5:40 And
ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
The Word of God must
be important enough to us, to spend some time in it!
*****Isa 11:2
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Isa 11:3 And
shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he
shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after
the hearing of his ears:
How could Israel
know the Messiah?
1) The Messiah would
be filled with fullness of God's Holy Spirit!
Remember the Messiah
first came to destroy the power of Satan, and He began His ministry
repeating this Scripture from the Prophet Isaiah.
Luk 4:18 The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luk 4:19 To
preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luk 4:20 And
he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat
down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were
fastened on him.
Luk 4:21 And
he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in
your ears.
How could the
Messiah do all these things?
2) The Holy Spirit
would supply "God's wisdom" to God's Messiah, God's Son.
The Holy Trinity would be involved in everything that the Messiah was
sent to accomplish.
The Messiah would
need the complete understanding of God's salvation plan and who
better than God Himself?
The Messiah would
need the complete understanding of the mind of mankind and who better
than the Creator?
The Messiah had the
answers to false religion because He is the answer!
The Messiah had the
answers for difficulties and doubts in His disciples.
The Messiah had the
answers for the Church of the New Covenant.
The Messiah knew the
value of the soul to God and how to win those souls to the Lord!
When we have a
question we can be sure that the Messiah has the answer and that
answer is Jesus the Christ, the Messiah!
3) The Holy Spirit
would supply "God's understanding" to God's Messiah!
The Messiah would be
quick to understand the fear of the Lord!
The Messiah could
discern between "glory" and "dishonor".
The Messiah could
discern between "truth" and "disobedience".
The Messiah was well
aware of "sin" and what pleased His Father.
The Messiah was well
advised on pride and corruption and hypocrisy.
The Messiah
understood all the work of Satan and his lies and his deceit and his
twisting of the Scriptures.
AND, Satan knew that
he had met his Master! "
Luk 4:8 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it
is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve.
3) The Holy Spirit
would supply all the counsel that was needed by the Messiah.
Isaiah said He would
be the "Wonderful Counsellor".
The Messiah would
give the wisest counsel in the kindest manner and His advice would
suit every case.
The Messiah would
counsel the sinner.
The Messiah would
counsel the Church.
The Messiah would
counsel the Christian warrior on how to preserve the "faith".
4) Though a "Lamb"
in meekness, the Messiah is still the "Lion" of the tribe
of Judah.
The Messiah would
never tremble or fear at the task that He had.
The Messiah had all
the Spirit of the Almighty God and all the understanding of God's
might!
5) In the Messiah
dwells "all" knowledge!
The knowledge of
Jehovah, the knowledge of His heavenly Father.
The knowledge of the
complete "Will of God".
The knowledge of
righteousness.
The knowledge of
blessedness.
The knowledge "Mercy
and Grace"!
6) In the Messiah
was the "fear of the Lord" which is the beginning of all
"wisdom"!
Pro 9:10 The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the
holy is understanding.
Pro 9:11 For
by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall
be increased.
Psa 25:14 The
secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them
his covenant.
Some say these are
the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit and they are certainly great gifts but
the Holy Spirit is also much more than these things in the truth the
Messiah, The Lord Jesus Christ was indwelled by all the Godhead, the
Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit!
Col 2:8 Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after
Christ.
Col 2:9 For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
The Lord will never
"Judge" after the sight of His eyes because He can only
"Judge" with all the knowledge of God!
The Lord will never
"reprove"(blame) us of our sin by what someone else says
about us, "but only by His own righteousness"!
*****Isa 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with
the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked.
Isa 11:5 And
righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his reins.
What will it be like
to live under the government of the Lord Jesus Christ?
1) The Kingdom of
Christ will be a righteous kingdom!
All things will be
done right.
All things will be
done morally.
All things will be
done legally and according to the Word of God we already have in our
possession!
Jesus is perfect, so
there will be perfect justice and a perfect government!
To the Jews, a king
provided leadership in war and the administration of justice in times
of peace.
We already know that
in Christ's Kingdom there will be no more war so His leadership will
be at the forefront!
2) We should notice
that there will be no more abuse of the meek and the poor of this
world.
3) We see that any
and all transgression will be met with a rod of iron and any who do
wickedness will be destroyed.
"Righteousness"
and "faithfulness" will be the strength of the Messiah's
government!
Isa 59:17 For
he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation
upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isa 25:1 O
LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for
thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness
and truth.
How is the Messiah's
Kingdom described? Like the reign of a small child in the midst of
animals, who would rather devour one another than be at peace with
one another, but a child who has the power of God combined with the
innocence of a small child.
What does a personal
relationship with the Lord accomplish, it causes us to change!
*****Isa 11:6
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling
together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isa 11:7 And
the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down
together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isa 11:8 And
the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Not only will the
wild creatures become tame but all animals will agree with each other
and will agree with all living things including humans.
And all living
creatures will become vegetarian as at the beginning!
Isa 65:25 The
wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw
like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Eze 34:25 And
I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil
beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Hos 2:18 And
in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of
the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out
of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
It should be clear
that the human race is much like the wild animals but by God's
"Grace" all humans will also become tame, mild, meek, and
humble just as the animals will become!
The ravenous wolves
will have worried God's sheep for the last time!
Jesus had said:
Luk 10:3 Go
your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
This will all be
over! Why?
*****Isa 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover
the sea.
It is amazing that
when God changes the way we think, it also changes our entire outlook
on life!
1Pe 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the
end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ;
You see all God's
creation is yearning for all the humans to return to God in a close
personal relationship as it was in the days before the sin of Adam
where they would walk together in the cool of the day!
Rom 8:18 For I
reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom 8:19 For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.
Rom 8:20 For
the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason
of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Rom 8:21
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage
of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom 8:22 For
we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now.
In the time of Noah,
this entire earth was covered with water and it was a time of great
death and life remained only in 8 humans and most sea creatures.
2Pe 2:5 And
spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of
the ungodly;
This time, after the
destruction by fire, then will this earth be covered by the knowledge
of the Lord and life will replace death!
First the Lord will
return a Second Time!
Second the
government of the Lord will be put in place again!
Third the entire
planet will become God's garden again!
Fourth the hostility
of the animal kingdom and mankind will be replaced with peace!
Job 5:22 At
destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid
of the beasts of the earth.
Job 5:23 For
thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts
of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job 5:24 And
thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt
visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
After the "rapture''
of the church, which will return with the Lord, After the 7 year
Tribulation period, There will be those who are alive and can
reproduce and much will required.
Psa 22:27 All
the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all
the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psa 22:28 For
the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psa 22:29 All
they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go
down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his
own soul.
Psa 22:30 A
seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
Psa 22:31 They
shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that
shall be born, that he hath done this.
Now it is impossible
for me to have all these things right but we should know that when
the ungodly world can only see the devastation of our world, God has
much bigger plans!
And for those who
reject a First Coming and then a Second Coming of the Lord, then they
need to read the Book of Isaiah along with all the Scriptures and
just believe!
*****Isa 11:10
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for
an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest
shall be glorious.
Isa 11:11 And
it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand
again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which
shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from
the islands of the sea.
Notice we have seen
the Messiah as the "Rod" that will come forth out of the
stem of Jesse.
We have seen the
Messiah as the "Branch" that will grow from the roots of
Jesse.
Here in this
Scripture we see that the Messiah is the "Root" of Jesse.
Rev 5:5 And
one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the
tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book,
and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Rev 22:16 I
Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright
and morning star.
It is in this office
that the Messiah "Shall Stand For An Ensign Of The People"
All people that
remain on this earth, will see the Messiah for who He truly is.
Joh 12:32 And
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
This time there will
be no cross! There will be the "Majesty of God"!
All those who can
even say the word "Religion" will see that "Christianity"
being "Christ-Like", has always been the only truth and the
Messiah will be chosen even over all the governments of this world!
Psa 22:27 All
the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all
the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psa 22:28 For
the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Mal 3:12 And
all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome
land, saith the LORD of hosts.
The Messiah will be
the only "Authority" in this world! His resting place will
be in His Glory!
Psa 132:13 For
the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psa 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
The Lord had rescued
the Jews from the hand of Pharaoh to form the nation of Israel but it
took "faith".
The Lord had rescued
us all from the hands of Satan, the "First Time" He came as
a babe born in Bethlehem, but it took "faith" and He was
rejected by Israel.
The Lord, the
Messiah, has set His hand this "Second Time" to recover the
"Remnant" that remain of the Jews and this time they have
"faith" in the truth of Jehovah!
No nation upon this
earth has had a history as the history of Israel and one more time,
still in our future, they will be restored to serve the Lord as
promised to Abraham, and as promised to David!
*****Isa 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from
the four corners of the earth.
It is a fool, who
cannot see that the Jews are visibly separated from all other
nations! This is prophecy that is being fulfilled.
It is also the fool,
who cannot see that God's wrath is becoming less and less severe on
this people who God has always loved, the nation He formed with His
own hands when He pulled Abraham out of Ur and chose Jacob over Esau.
Since they were
scattered all over this world they have never claimed any one place
to be their home! They have always remained a working people and when
in 1948 they were again given back their homeland, "they have
been able to purchase again the land that was taken from them".
It is the nations of
this world that try their best to hinder the re-establishment of the
Jews in Palestine, when it is really in their best interest to
promote the home going of the Jew!
We live in a foolish
world!
God has always
fought for these people and when you choose to fight against them,
you have chosen to lose, because God cannot be defeated by any
people, any government nor any military!
God will assemble
the outcast of His people, He has already started, it is evident!
God is beginning to
gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of this
earth, and it is obvious!
Psa 147:2 The
LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of
Israel.
Psa 147:3 He
healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
God is going to do
exactly what He said He would do!
We must be more like
James and less like the world.
Jas 1:1 James,
a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes
which are scattered abroad, "greeting".
We need to welcome
the progress of the true Jew and help them in any way we can!
When the Jews
recognize the true Messiah, they will all want to go home!
As the Church, as we
see these things develop, we should realize it will not be long
before we too will be going home, it's called having the faith of
Abraham.
Rom 4:20 He
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God;
Rom 4:21 And
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to
perform.
God will then remove
all obstacles that caused the divided kingdom!
*****Isa 11:13
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not
vex Ephraim.
It is obvious that
it was "envy" and "vexation" that had separated
these people. (vex)
The truth of envy is
that it will most always lead to strife, division, hatred, and even
murder!
Gal 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that
they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
To "vex"
someone is to cause them to be angry, to provoke, to torment, and to
afflict.
It is obvious that
two such people, no matter who they are, would never be able to get
along.
It is the Messiah
who will cause these things to change:
Hos 1:11 Then
shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered
together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out
of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
The day of Jezreel
is the day that God gathered the children of Israel again into one
people.
Jer 32:41 Yea,
I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in
this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Jer 32:42 For
thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon
this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have
promised them.
Amo 9:15 And I
will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up
out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
God will keep every
promise He has ever made.
Sadly He will keep
the promises He has made to unbelievers.
God will keep every
promise He has made to the Church.
God will keep every
promise He has ever made to Israel and the Jew!
*****Isa 11:14
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the
west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay
their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey
them.
Isa 11:15 And
the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and
with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and
shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
Isa 11:16 And
there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall
be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he
came up out of the land of Egypt.
It should be clear
that a united Israel with all the power of God will defeat all her
enemies!
The Philistines were
and still are the perpetual enemies of the Jews.
We know them now as
the Palestinians. The Philistines are called Pulsata or Pulista on
the old Egyptian monuments, or Palestinians.
Israel will swoop
down like a mighty bird of prey and expel these trouble making
foreigners from Israel. This is what the Bible says.
Israel will spoil
the efforts of the east altogether. These are all the Arab countries
in the eastern desert.
Israel will take
control of all that is called the West Bank today and Jordan
(Ammon=Jordan) shall obey them.
The world may hate
these things now, but that does not mean the world can stop these
things from happening and the world does not have to agree for these
things to be the truth!
In fact the world
needs to stay out of this conflict!
As we have already
said, God will remove every obstacle that hinders the return of His
people.
The tongue of the
Egyptian Sea (The Red Sea) is the Gulf of Suez.
Psa 136:13 To
him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
Psa 136:14 And
made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
God will make a
highway for His people to return to the Promised Land!
AND, This highway
will have a name:
Isa 35:8 And
an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called "The
way of holiness"; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it
shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err
therein.
Isa 35:9 No
lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it
shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isa 35:10 And
the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
The bottom line is
no fools will be allowed to walk on God's highway, the unclean shall
not pass over it!
It is a foolish
world that ignores the Word of God!
We should notice
that nothing mentioned in this entire chapter occurred at First
Coming of Christ!
Israel was dispersed
after Christ died on Calvary's cross!
Jesus Christ the
Messiah was rejected by His people!
This new earthly
kingdom will be set up when Christ Jesus returns for the Second time
in all His glory!
This will be a great
day for all those who believe the Word of God!
Isa 12:1 And
in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou
wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst
me.
Isa 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the
LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my
salvation.
Isa 12:3
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.
Isa 12:4 And
in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name,
declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is
exalted.
Isa 12:5 Sing
unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in
all the earth.
Isa 12:6 Cry
out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of
Israel in the midst of thee.
Amen!
Questions?
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