CHAPTER 66 THE FINAL TRIUMPH. The book ends where it began in facing men up to Yahweh, and denouncing their formality in religious ritual. We note that like the first five Chapter s all the emphasis is now on Yahweh. The coming King, the coming Servant, the coming Redeemer, The One through Whom Yah... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF GOD (ISAIAH 66:1 A). Isaiah 66:1 ‘Thus says Yahweh, “The heaven is my throne, And the earth is my footstool, What manner of house will you build for me? And what place will be my rest? For all these things has my hand made, And so all these things came to be, says... [ Continue Reading ]
IN CONTRAST ARE THOSE WHOSE OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES ARE MERELY FORMAL AND DEBASED AND NOT FROM THE HEART (ISAIAH 66:3). Isaiah 66:3 “He who kills an ox is as he who slays a man, He who sacrifices a lamb as he who breaks a dogs neck, He who offers an oblation as he who offers swine's blood, He... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH COMFORTS THOSE WHO FEAR HIM TRULY IN THE FACE OF THEIR TREATMENT BY THE FORMALISTS. HE TELLS THEM A NEW DAY IS COMING, A DAY OF GREAT CHANGE (ISAIAH 66:5). Isaiah 66:5 “Hear the word of Yahweh, You who tremble at his word, Your brothers who hate you, Who cast you out for my name's sake,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BIRTH OF THE NEW AGE (ISAIAH 66:6). Isaiah 66:6 ‘A voice of tumult from the city, A voice from the temple, A voice of Yahweh, Which renders recompense to his enemies.' Before she travailed she brought forth, Before her pain came she was delivered of a man-child, Who has heard such things... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BIRTH OF THE NATION RESULTS IN REJOICING FOR GOD'S NEW JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 66:11). Isaiah 66:10 ‘Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, All you who love her, Rejoice for joy with her, All you who mourn over her. That you may suck and be satisfied, With her consoling breasts, (‘the bre... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE THE RIGHTEOUS WILL FLOURISH GOD WILL FINALLY JUDGE THE UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 66:14). Isaiah 66:14 ‘And you will see and your heart will rejoice, And your bones will flourish like the tender grass, And the hand of Yahweh will be known towards his servants, And he will have indignation agains... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE WHO FOLLOW FALSE RELIGION WILL COME TO AN END TOGETHER (ISAIAH 66:17 A). Isaiah 66:17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens behind one in the midst, Eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, They will come to an end together,” says Yahw... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WILL BE DELIVERANCE FOR MANY IN THE NATIONS SOME OF WHOM WILL BECOME PRIESTS AND LEVITES (ISAIAH 66:18). Isaiah 66:18 “It comes, and I will gather all nations and tongues, And they will come and will see my glory, And I will set a sign among them, And I will send such as escape of them to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FINAL TRIUMPH (ISAIAH 66:22). Isaiah 66:22 ‘For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will remain before me, so will your seed and your name remain.' Once again we are reminded that God has made all things new. And they are permanent and everlasting as He is everlasting (the... [ Continue Reading ]