< Isaiah 60 >

The Redeemer shall come to Zion (Isaiah 59:20)Waiting for response for Isaiah 59:20 and this chapter speaks of the transformation in the fortunes of Jerusalem when Jesus returns to her as king. For so long the darkness of ignorance in things divine has covered the earth and the people have been in gross darkness v.2Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:2 but the LORD will arise upon Jerusalem as a great light v.1Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:1 and the Gentiles will come to her to be enlightened v.3.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:3 Jerusalem’s children, who are the people of Israel, will return to her from all parts of the earth vs.4-8.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:4-8

Britain has an important part to play in the return of the people of Israel to their land for the LORD long ago singled her out as “Tarshish” to bring the Jews back to the land v.9.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:9 Bible students have therefore watched the development of Britain to observe how she would perform the work outlined for her more than two thousand years ago. It was no accident that Britain took the Holy Land from the Turks at the end of the first world war and issued a declaration that she would aid the establishment there of a national home for the Jewish people. Thereafter, Britain was granted the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, protected it from the Nazis in the second world war, and administered it until the State of Israel was established in 1948. Guided by God’s word, we can also look for Britain being the first nation to respond to Christ’s call to return all Jews to the land.

Jerusalem will be rebuilt v.10Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:10 and all nations will submit to the authority which emits from her vs.11-12.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:11-12 Jesus will rule from Jerusalem with a rod of iron and no nation will be able to resist his will. Jerusalem and her people have often been afflicted, but the attitude of the nations will change dramatically when the city is exalted v.14.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:14 The treasures of the Gentiles will be brought to her v.16,Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:16 her rulers will be righteous v.17,Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:17 and the LORD will make her glorious vs.13-14.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:13-14 She has suffered violence throughout history but this will cease and never occur again v.18.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:18 Jerusalem will be glorious and filled with the brightness of the LORD vs.19-20.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:19-20 Her people will be “all righteous” and inherit the land for ever so that the LORD is glorified v.21,Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:21 and he will make Israel a strong nation v.22.Waiting for response for Isaiah 60:22