August 12 - Isaiah 60:15-22

August 12 – Isaiah 60:15-22

“Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and righteousness your ruler.

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end.

Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly.”

One of the greatest glories of scripture is seeing how God works from beginning to end.  These verses will also be fulfilled in Revelation as we discover that the sun and the moon are no longer needed since “the glory of God gives it light and the Lamb is its lamp” (Rev. 21:23)

In Revelation 21, we also discover the visual description of the walls (made of pure jasper – Rev. 21:18) and the gates (made of huge pearls – Rev. 21:21).  In Isaiah, we find that the walls are called Salvation and the gates are called Praise.

Salvation lies within the city, as people enter it they will enter with praise.  These are the promises of the Lord.  He will fulfill them and when it is time, He says that He will fulfill them quickly!

The New Jerusalem will come.  God will make all things new.  He promises that His children will be cared for in that place of peace.  The Israelites are offered that peace and through His Son’s sacrifice, the entire world is welcome into the Walls called Salvation and the Gates called peace.