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Isaiah 26-27
Dear RTB’ers,
More “in that day” references today – vv. 27:1; 26:1, 2, 12, 13.To me the reference continues to be End Times; I don’t see that Isaiah’s prophecies have been fulfilled any time in Israel’s history to date. There have been periodic enemy defeats and exiles and returns, but nothing like all of Israel’s enemies being defeated. The closest these prophesies come to fulfillment (to me) is when the Israeli state was created in 1948 and many Jews returned to Palestine. But that was also the beginning of Arab uprisings against Israel.
Most of the content in today’s readings is uplifting for Israel – a lot of praise and thanksgiving. One verse in particular is often quoted (whole or just the first half): You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. (v. 26:3) Isaiah closes these four End Times chapters (24-27) with a solid prediction of what will happen “in that day”: And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. (v. 27:13) As the Lord wills, it will be done.
Blessings!
Fred