In Isaiah 59, Isaiah explains redemption, how the Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back, i.e., redeem, those in Israel who have turned from their sins. Jerusalem will the light to which all nations come. And he Lord tells them “You will know at last that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.” There will be peace and salvation, no violence, no desolation or destruction. “The Lord will be your everlasting light and your God will be your glory.” Imagine the sun never setting and the moon not going down, “for the Lord will be your everlasting light.”
Those wonderful words Jesus speaks of himself in Luke 4:18-19 are from the first two verses of Isaiah 61:
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”
In chapter 62,. Isaiah continues his praise of Jerusalem – the Savior is coming bringing his reward with him. The people will be called “The Holy People” and “The People redeemed by the Lord” and Jerusalem will be called “The People Redeemed by the Lord.”
Did you notice the similarity between the words of Isaiah 63 and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic?”
Tomorrow, we’ll be reading Isaiah 64 - 66. (Can you believe we’ll have read the whole book of Isaiah by tomorrow?)
Until next time…
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