(The previous post covered the beginning of the third section of Part II of the Book of Isaiah. The focus was on Christ's physical return and events during the Millennium.)
Isaiah 61
1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
(Jesus quoted these two verses when He taught in the synagogue (Luke 4:18-19) but stopped and "closed the book" before reading this part of the passage: "and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn..."
Jesus stated verse 1 and the first phrase of verse 2 were fulfilled in their hearing. Again, that part of this prophecy covered the time before Pentecost. The rest of this prophecy covered the time after the Tribulation. However, to people during the Dispensation of the Law, the prophecy looked "continuous" because our dispensation was hidden.
This apparent continuous prophecy phenomenon was also seen in the Book of Joel and the Book of Daniel.)
3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
(These first three verses were one sentence and would only be completely fulfilled after the Tribulation. "Trees of Righteousness" was symbolic of men who were strong in the Lord's Righteousness. They have been "planted" by God and bear His fruit.)
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.
(During the Millennium, people not of Israel (strangers) will serve, including being shepherds.)
6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
(The Israelites during the Millennium will be priests and ministers of God.)
7 Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
(Due to Justice, they will receive double because of what was taken from them…similar to Job receiving double what was taken from him.)
8 For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
(God loves Justice because He is Just. God hates injustice because He is Just. When God equals out Justice (recompense) it will be done the Right way (how) and for the Right reason (why), in truth. God will honor His end of the everlasting Covenant that He established with Abraham.)
9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
(This should be read as if Christ was saying it in the first person. The robe of righteousness was referenced by Jesus in Matthew 22:13 when He told the Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son.)
11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
(Righteousness will be abundant throughout the earth during the Millennium.)
Isaiah 62
1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
2 And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
(The nations not of Israel will see Israel's righteousness. The Jews will be called by a new name which God's Mouth will name. What will God call them?)
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
(The Israelites will be called Hephzi-bah and their land will be called Beulah:
-Hephzi-bah meant "my delight is in her."
-Beulah meant "married.")
5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
(God will rejoice as a bridegroom over a bride.)
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
7 and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:
9 but they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
(The fruit of their labor will be enjoyed by them. No longer will the fruit of their labor be stolen by enemies and foreigners.)
10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
11 Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
12 And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and thou shalt be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
(These verses referenced the Messiah: Jesus. In fact, verse 11 was referenced in Matthew 21:5 and Mark 11:7-8 when Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.)
Isaiah 63
(Verses 1-6: a description of the battle of Armageddon.)
1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
(Men's garments will be dyed red from the blood of men at the battle of Armageddon. Bozrah was a great city of Edom and Moab. Edom was from Esau. Moab was from Lot.)
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
(The "day of vengeance" in this verse referred to the massive destruction that will take place during this battle, the physical Day of the Lord.)
(There were two "days of the Lord/Jehovah":
-One was a spiritual day that will occur at the end of our current dispensation (6th) with the Rapture of the Church.
-The second "day of Jehovah" was a physical day that will occur at the end of the dispensation of the Law (5th), which is at the end of the Tribulation and the beginning of the Millennium.)
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
6 And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
(Verses 7-14: a remembrance of God's mercy.)
7 I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
(They (Israel) rebelled and grieved the Holy Spirit.)
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
(God remembered His Covenant with His people.)
12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 that led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
14 As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
(The Jews finally realized that the privilege of being seeds of Abraham and Israel was not enough. God alone was where their trust should be.)
17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
(The Jews felt as a people that never knew God's rule over them because they did not possess the Promised Land as long as their enemies.)
(This post covered prophecy that primarily focused on events towards the end of the Tribulation.)
Day 222
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