In our study of Isaiah chapter forty nine, we see that through Yeshua Messiah both the land and people of Israel will be restored to their place in God's plan.
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Coastlands, listen to me; listen, you peoples far away: ADONAI called me from the womb; before I was born, he had spoken my name. He has made my mouth like a sharp sword while hiding me in the shadow of his hand; he has made me like a sharpened arrow while concealing me in his quiver. He said to me, "You are my servant, Isra'el, through whom I will show my glory." But I said, "I have toiled in vain, spent my strength for nothing, futility." Yet my cause is with ADONAI, my reward is with my God.
Once again, we see that God chose Israel even before they were born to be his servant to share his word with the world. Up to this point, Israel has not acted in accordance with that purpose and so they are facing judgement.
So now ADONAI says - he formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Ya'akov back to him, to have Isra'el gathered to him, so that I will be honored in the sight of ADONAI, my God having become my strength he has said, "It is not enough that you are merely my servant to raise up the tribes of Ya'akov and restore the offspring of Isra'el. I will also make you a light to the nations, so my salvation can spread to the ends of the earth."
Now, we see Yeshua Messiah as the servant that redeems Israel and brings light to the entire world.
Here is what ADONAI, the Redeemer of Isra'el, his Holy One, says to the one despised, whom the nations detest, to the servant of tyrants: "When kings see you, they will stand up; princes too will prostrate themselves, because of ADONAI, who is faithful, the Holy One of Isra'el, who has chosen you." Here is what ADONAI says: "At the time when I choose, I will answer you; on the day of salvation, I will help you. I have preserved you, and I have appointed you to be the covenant for a people, to restore the land and distribute again its ruined inheritances to their owners, to say to the prisoners, 'Come out!' to those in darkness, 'Show yourselves!' They will feed along the paths, and all the high hills will be their pastures. They will be neither hungry nor thirsty; neither scorching wind nor sun will strike them; for he who has mercy on them will lead them and guide them to springs of water.
We see that Israel is going to be restored to prominence and they will fulfill the purpose that God had for them from the start. Once again, we see that the land of Israel will also experience a restoration.
I will turn all my mountains into a road, my highways will be raised up. There they come, some from far away, some from the north, some from the west, and some from the land of Sinim." Sing, heaven! Rejoice, earth! Break out in song, you mountains! For ADONAI is comforting his people, having mercy on his own who have suffered.
God's mercy is open to all of the people of the world and, here, we see the joy that flows from this mercy. We see that Messiah is comforting Israel and showing them mercy.
"But Tziyon says, 'ADONAI has abandoned me, Adonai has forgotten me.' Can a woman forget her child at the breast, not show pity on the child from her womb? Even if these were to forget, I would not forget you. I have engraved you on the palms of my hands, your walls are always before me."
The people of Jerusalem feel as if God has abandoned them but God says that he will never forget or forsake his covenant people. He says that they are engraved on his palms and he hears their prayers.
Your children are coming quickly, your destroyers and plunderers are leaving and going. Raise your eyes, and look around: they are all gathering and coming to you. ADONAI swears: "As surely as I am alive, you will wear them all like jewels, adorn yourself with them like a bride."
God tells his people that another generation of his people will experience the restoration of the Lord. The people will be all dressed up just as a bride is for her wedding day and this will happen just as surely as God exists.
For your desolate places and ruins and your devastated land will be too cramped for those living in it; your devourers will be far away. The day will come when the children born when you were mourning will say to you, "This place is too cramped for me! Give me room, so I can live!" Then you will ask yourself, "Who fathered these for me? I've been mourning my children, alone, as an exile, wandering to and fro; so who has raised these? I was left alone, so where have these come from?"
God assures his people that their devastated land will be restored and there will be an expansion of the land in order to hold all of his people. The people of Israel who thought that they were alone in exile will ask themselves where all of these people have come from as God brings his people back into the kingdom.
Adonai ELOHIM answers: "I am beckoning to the nations, raising my banner for the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. Kings will be your foster-fathers, their princesses your nurses. They will bow to you, face toward the earth, and lick the dust on your feet. Then you will know that I am ADONAI - those who wait for me will not be sorry."
God's answer to how this restoration is going to happen is that it will be through Yeshua Messiah and his suffering upon the cross. We see that the nations of the earth will acknowledge the fact that God has loved his people.
But can booty be wrested from a warrior? Can a victor's captives be freed? Here is ADONAI's answer: "Even a warrior's captives will be snatched away, and the booty of the fearful will be freed. I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children. I will feed those oppressing you with their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood as with wine. Then everyone will know that I, ADONAI, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Ya'akov."
All of this is impossible through the efforts of men but through the power of God it is going to come about. Those that oppose this plan will face judgement and all we see that Yeshua Messiah is the knight or dignified one of Israel and he restores everything to their proper order.
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