Thursday, June 7, 2018

The Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious

Isaiah 4:1-6
In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
The Lord will wash away the filth(污垢) of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding pace from the storm and rain.
Isaiah like Jesus sees pride as the root of so much wrong. Evil has no place in the renewed city; only the few who are faithful to God will survive to enjoy it. This theme of a coming day and a kingdom at peace is developed in chapters 11-12.
So many men have been killed in battle that the women offer to provide their own keep, if only the man will marry them.
The branch/plant: New growth shooting from the old roots; the community is to be reborn.
Cloud and fire: the symbols of God's presence when they journeyed through the desert.
Why?
Even the situation was worse, but God let Isaiah sees the future plan of the Lord. Jesus will be branch of the Lord, who is beautiful and glorious.
Jesus is shelter and refuge to his people from storm and rain.
Jesus cleanse us by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
Wash away the filth and the bloodstains: all the sins in Jerusalem and to the people who turns to Jesus.
There is not place to the evil in renewed city, New Jerusalem.
How?
Let me could stand firm before the Lord and have the ticket to enter the new Jerusalem.


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