Isaiah 66

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:18

For I know their works . There is no verb in the Hebrew text, from which something has evidently fallen out. Mr. Cheyne supplies, "I will punish;" Gratz, "I have seen." "I know" is supported by the Targums, the Syriac Version, several manuscripts of the Septuagint, and the authorities of Saadiya, Vitringa, and Gesenius. And their thoughts; i.e. I know, not only their works, but even the thoughts from which the works proceeded. It shall some; i.e. "the time shall come." (For the full... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19

.— I will set a sign among them. Dr. Kay suggests that the "sign" is the resurrection of our Lord, or possibly a miraculous manifestation of Christ which is to precede his coming in judgment. Mr. Cheyne, less venturesome, finds in the prophet's words merely a suggestion of "some mysterious event, which he leaves his awestruck readers to imagine." Those that escape of them . Not, surely, those of God's enemies that survive the slaughter, but "the remnant" of Jews, that are not among God's... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-23

A vision of the future. From these verses, which present us with a glowing vision of future triumph and blessedness, we learn— I. THAT GOD MAY CALL US TO UNWELCOME BUT EXCELLENT SERVICE . The Jews could not have anticipated, nor would they have desired, such a disposition of themselves, and such a use of their powers as is indicated in the nineteenth verse. It was strange to their thought, alien to their sympathy. Yet it was a most admirable service, with which they... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-24

THE FINAL CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMED ON EARTH . When the enemies of God have been consumed, there shall go out from the Church missionaries, who shall convert the distant Gentiles, and unite them, and the Jews who dwell among them, into a single body of worshippers, which shall inhabit the new Jerusalem on equal terms, and join continually in a common worship of Jehovah. The awful destruction of the wicked, and their eternal sufferings, shall at the same time... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:20

They shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord. When the distant Gentiles have been converted, they shall bring to Christ the Jews of the dispersion, who dwell with them in the remote parts of the earth (comp. Zephaniah 3:10 ). Upon horses. The "new Jerusalem" being localized, the converts from the distant regions are represented as journeying from their own lands to the "holy mountain," and bringing the Jewish exiles with them by various methods of conveyance—upon... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites; literally, and I will also take of them unto the priests and unto the Levites ; i.e. I will add to the existing body of priests and Levites, who are pro-sumably Jews, fresh members from the newly converted Gentiles. The existence of a sacerdotal order, with distinctions of ranks, in the Church of the redeemed, is implied, and the gracious declaration is made that the privilege of furnishing members to both ranks of the order... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22

.— As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain . The "new heavens and the new earth," once created, continue for ever (comp. Revelation 21:1-27 ; Revelation 22:1-5 ). So shall your seed and your name remain. This statement is usually taken to be a promise of some special pre-eminence to the Jew over the Gentile in the final kingdom of the redeemed. But St. Paul speaks of all such privileges as already abolished in his day ( Colossians 3:11 ); and, if the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22-24

Eternal suffering and eternal glory. Holy Scripture sets before us,. as Moses set before the people of Israel in the wilderness, a tremendous alternative—"life and death;" one the eternal foil and counterpart of the other, with the exhortation a thousand times repeated in a thousand different forms—"Choose life" ( Deuteronomy 30:19 ). Man's desire is to separate what God has inseparably connected, and to retain "everlasting life," "eternal glory," " endless bliss," but to get rid... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

From one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another . Not that "new moons" and "sabbaths" will continue to be observed, for "new moons" have already lapsed, and "sabbaths" too will lapse when life is one perpetual sabbath passed in the worship of God. The phrase, used by the prophet is intended to express absolute continuance without an interval. Shall all flesh come to worship before me (comp. Psalms 65:2 ). The prophet still uses habitual modes of expression, though... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

The universal worship. "From one sabbath to another, shall an flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." I. IN MEETING TOGETHER FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WE FOLLOW THE NATURAL IMPULSE OF OUR OWN HEARTS , AS WELL AS OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS OF OUR GOD . To look up and pray is one of the most original and essential impulses of humanity, one of the commonest characteristics of the race. Prayer is properly associated with the whole circle of our... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:19-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:22-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 66:23

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