Isaiah 45:8

"Distill, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it."

All creation, heaven and earth alike, are summoned to rejoice together in the righteousness and glory that shall fall upon all men as a consequence of God's rescue and deliverance of His people. What a tragedy it was, however, that the rescued nation proved to be an altogether inadequate and ineffective instrument in the achievement of such glorious things as God intended. "Consequently, the commands of this verse were not fully carried out until the coming of the Ideal Servant."[14]

"That there was a partial fulfillment of this on the return of Israel to Canaan, there can be no doubt ... but there is a richness and fullness in Isaiah 45:8, that is not met by anything that occurred in the return of the exiles."[15] Only the preaching of the Gospel of Christ brought results which justify the language of this verse.