The Future Restoration Of Israel - Part 5 - Scriptures In Isaiah Series

THE FUTURE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL - PART 5 - SCRIPTURES IN ISAIAH

This is a continuing study on the restoration of Israel from both Major and Minor Prophets. Every Restoration passage is being covered, and I hope none has been missed. The series began with the book of Isaiah, and this is PART 5 of Isaiah. Israel will be restored at the start of the Millennium in spite of a lot of misunderstanding on that.

{{Isaiah 43:5-7 DO NOT FEAR for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the EAST and gather you from the WEST. Isa 43:6 I will say to the NORTH, ‘Give them up!’ and to the SOUTH, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth, Isa 43:7 everyone who is called by My name and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”}}

This lovely passage is one of gentleness. “Do not fear,” the Lord assures His precious ones whom He is calling from all corners of the earth. This has never happened even in the remotest way. Check back to Isaiah 11:11-12 for the same event. The intimate family relationship is there in verse 6 with His own sons and daughters. The Lord is gathering the whole family together from the entire world. What a legacy stretching from Abraham! The bible never wastes words so when it uses three synonyms in verse 7, “created, formed, made” then it means to emphasise that fact very strongly. These ones created in the image of God were created the children of Abraham, but recreated through faith during the Tribulation, to enter the land as restored children of Messiah’s Kingdom. Over and over these restoration passages show the tenderness and compassion the Lord (Messiah) has for His own earthly people. Please do not spiritualise away these promises for Israel by saying they are for the Church. They are not.

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{{Isaiah 44:1-6 But now listen, O Jacob, My servant and Israel whom I have chosen: Isa 44:2 Thus says the LORD who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you, “Do not fear, O Jacob My servant, and you Jeshurun whom I have chosen, Isa 44:3 for I will pour out water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground. I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON YOUR OFFSPRING and My blessing on your descendants Isa 44:4 and they will spring up among the grass like poplars by streams of water.” Isa 44:5 This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’ and that one will call on the name of Jacob and another will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to the LORD,’ and will name Israel’s name with honour.” Isa 44:6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, THE LORD OF HOSTS: “I am the First and I am the Last, and there is no God besides Me,”}}

This remarkable passage, like so many, waits in the wings for its blessed fulfilment. The key to these verses is verse 3, for without the Spirit’s regeneration and sealing, there is no work of God. This verse speaks of water being poured out on dry, thirsty ground, “water” being a symbol of the Holy Spirit. In the Tribulation the land of Israel will be not only dry and devastated, but His own people struggle through that horrific time. When the moment is right, God will heal the land in Millennial restoration, and the people with the “gift” of the Holy Spirit. That then will enliven the redeemed. Leading up to all this is verse 2, a parallel to the passage examined before this one. Jeshurun means uprightness and a term of affection for Israel, the “upright nation”. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament.

Verses 4-5. Development and productivity is the key here. Just as the land in the Millennial Kingdom will sprout forth, so too shall its people, standing tall for their Lord. It is joy that promotes the witness in verse 5. The people are honoured; the land is honoured, but above all, it the Lord of the land and of the people, who will be honoured throughout the earth. We can only read verses like this with expectant appreciation, but when all falls in place, what a time of joy it is for Israel.

Verse 6. This powerful verse sets God apart and has shades of Revelation chapter 1, where God is heightened by His glorious names. It is so packed with superb promises for the Jewish saints in God’s flock of the future, but the words are applicable to all the redeemed of God. What this verse declares is “God is the LORD = Jehovah”; “Messiah is King of Israel = King of the Jews”; “Israel's Redeemer”; “He is the LORD of hosts = YHWH saboath [Jehovah of Hosts] = Commander of the angelic armies of heaven”; “The First and the Last = The Ancient of Days; the Eternal God; Alpha and Omega”; “No God beside Me = In the beginning was the Word”. God is Majestic over all His creation, yet this God loves His earthly people.