The Future Restoration Of Israel - Part 3 - Scriptures In Isaiah Series

THE FUTURE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL - PART 3 - SCRIPTURES IN ISAIAH

We are studying the passages of scripture that feature the Restoration of Israel after the Tribulation when the Lord comes at the Second Coming and restores the nation. They pass through a terrible time but the Lord delivers them and dwells among His people. It will be a joyous time for Israel and then for the world. Israel has a glorious future and many promises and prophecies were penned by the Prophets.

Part 3 further looks into scripture from the prophet Isaiah. Let us continue.

{{Isaiah 26:1-4 “IN THAT DAY this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. He sets up walls and ramparts for security. Isa 26:2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the one that remains faithful. Isa 26:3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Isa 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock,”}}

Again there is the tell-tale “In that day” to begin the section. It places it in those early days of the Millennium. Restored Israel will sing of the glory of their Jerusalem. Then the command is given to open the gates that the righteous nation may enter (Israel), and the beautiful thing is that from then onwards the restored ones will ever remain faithful, the very matter none of their fathers could do for 3 400 years. Verse 3 is probably known best in the KJV – {{“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”}} This is the national “constitution” of restored Israel, because all their minds will be steadfast towards God. The grand thoughts of what is to come causes Isaiah to exclaim to all generations, {{“Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.”}}

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{{Isaiah 27:1-6 In that day the LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce and great and mighty sword, even Leviathan the twisted serpent and He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea. Isa 27:2 In that day, “A vineyard of wine”, sing of it! Isa 27:3 “I, the LORD, am its keeper. I water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I guard it night and day. Isa 27:4 I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, then I would step on them. I would burn them completely. Isa 27:5 “Or let him rely on My protection. Let him make peace with Me, let him make peace with Me.” Isa 27:6 In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, and they will fill the whole world with fruit.”}}

At first glance this may not look like a restoration passage. What happens here is that God is placing before us His revealing strategy for Israel, then what ends with the maturation of that. The key phrase is used to open verse 1. There is little doubt that the full description in verse 1 is the reference to Satan, this twisted serpent, and Satan’s defeat. {{Revelation 20:2 and Revelation 12:9 confirm this - “and He laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years” AND “The great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”}} Satan’s ultimate demise is in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10). In verse 1 it is said Satan (dragon) lives in the sea. One well known group tries using this term “leviathan” as proof that we have dinosaurs on earth but they are wrong! In prophecy the word “sea” often refers to Gentile nations and Satan holds sway over the earth, (Gentile nations) without doubt. See Revelation 13 where the coming world leader/Antichrist, arises from the sea, that is, from among the Gentiles, whereas the False Prophet arises from the land, probably suggesting he will be Jewish.

Verses 2-5 are almost like the Lord is singing of the care for His people Israel. The vineyard (v2) is Israel. The Lord sings for His people. Verse 3 is stating the Lord is the Keeper of His people; the keeper of His vineyard, which would take us back to the illustration in Isaiah 5, while verses 4 and 5 are His protection for the Jewish saints and will even continue after the Tribulation. In verse 6 we come upon the results of the Lord’s leading, and protection and care for His chosen nation. That results in the blessing being taken to the whole world in fruitfulness.