Isaías 35
J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 35
Vernon McGee - We are informed today that the deserts of the world are being enlarged each year; they are not being reduced in size. Drought and soil erosion are hastening this process. Today pollution is filling the earth. All of this will be reversed for the Millennium. The smog will be lifted, and the curse of sin will be removed. The familiar and beautiful statement, “the desert shall … blossom as the rose” is an apt and happy picture of the earth’s future. If you are familiar with the great desert area of the southwestern section of our country, you will be impressed with this statement. This outline was written while we were crossing the southeast section of Colorado where the drought has been so severe and where the vast grasslands have been eroded by sandstorms. During the Millennium all of this will be reversed. (See context in Thru the Bible: Genesis through Revelation) McGee's OUTLINE: MATERIAL EARTH Will Be Restored—Curse of Sin Lifted. (Body of Earth) Verses 1, 2 MEN Will Be Renewed—Bodies Renewed. Verses 3-9 (Soul of Earth) MEMBERS OF GOD’S FAMILY Will Return to Zion. Verse 10 (Spirit of Earth) McGee (in another work) - This is a poetic gem. There is a high sense of poetic justice in his chapter which concludes the section on judgment. The fires of judgment have now burned out, the sword of justice is sheathed, the evening of earth-trouble is ended, and the morning of Millennial delights has come. This section closes on the high plane of peace on earth, plenty and prosperity. God’s method has always been through suffering to peace, through the night to the dawn, through judgment to salvation. The calm of this chapter is in contrast to the storms of judgments of the last chapter and those that preceded it. “The winter is past— and the flowers appear on the earth” (Song of Solomon 2:11-12). (INITIATION INTO ISAIAH) Alan Carr - The desert will bloom like a rose. ⇒ That is already being seen in the nation of Israel. When they returned to their land in 1948, it was a barren waste land. Now Israel is a green oasis of prosperity and abundant agriculture. (Isaiah 35:8-10 - The Sermon Notebook) The history of man began in a garden, but Adam's sin spread (Ro 5:12+) and turned it into a desert. Isaiah 35 prophesies of the divine reversal so that the desert is transformed into a garden. This will be a clear display of the glory and the omnipotence of the Messiah throughout His Kingdom as He rules and reigns from Mount Zion. The wilderness and the desert will be glad - What does it mean for land to be glad? This personification speaks of the incredible fertility of the land in this day of restoration by the Messiah. The wilderness will be supernaturally transformed into a veritable Garden of Eden as the Millennium begins for Jehovah shall reverse the curse of Genesis 3:17-19+! Note the striking contrast with Isaiah 34's dismal description of desert-like conditions in the land judged by Jehovah (e.g., cf "desert" in Isaiah 34:14+)! The three most infertile areas (the wilderness, desert and Arabah) are all personified, proclaiming the glory of the Lord and the work of His hands (Ps 19:1-2) as they are transformed into an ecology better than the three most luxurious areas of the land (Lebanon, Carmel and Sharon). Joy and gladness resound throughout this chapter. In the 1950's Walt Disney produced a film called "The Living Desert" (see video clip of flower budding) and it was an incredible film demonstrating with dramatic effect the results of rain from Heaven on the arid land. So too in the day Isaiah describes, the Heaven will "rain down" the Holy Spirit (Joel 2:28+) on the entire land, people and plants, and there will be great joy and rejoicing in all the land. What a contrast with the Spirit's work of gathering all the creatures to the desolate land that God had righteously judged (Isaiah 34:16+). Here we see Isaiah depict the land which God righteously blesses, being able to do so now because the Righteous Branch (Jer 23:5, 33:15) has returned to take up residence and reign from Zion! O God, bring these times of refreshing which come from the presence of the Lord. Send Jesus the Messiah appointed for the Jews and ultimately for all of God's children. Amen Peter indirectly alluded to Isaiah 34:1-10 in his opening Spirit filled (emboldened) sermon to his fellow Jews... "Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, Whom heaven must receive UNTIL (expression of time) the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. (Acts 3:19-21+) Comment - There are expressions of time in these passages and both refer to the millennium - times of refreshing and period of restoration. At the return of Christ there will be destruction for some but for others there will restoration when all things will be "restored" to their original perfection as in the Garden of Eden. The phrase period of restoration is essentially a synonym for the millennium (cf. Ro 8:19-22). Jesus uses a synonymous phrase in Mt 19:28 "in the regeneration" (re-birth, renewal) of the earth in the millennium.
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Vernon McGee - Paul tells us that creation is groaning and travailing in pain (see Ro 8:22+), while in the Millennium all creation will rejoice. Parunak - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them (only KJV has "them")--Isaiah introduces a mysterious “them,” which surfaces throughout this section in Isaiah 36:2KJV and Isaiah 35:8KJV. This is an important rhetorical device, not to be explained away as do most translations (ED: IN OTHER WORDS YOU WILL NOT FIND "THEM" IN MOST OF THE MODERN TRANSLATIONS). Not until Isaiah 35:9-10 is it identified (THE "REDEEMED" AND "RANSOMED"). The presence of this company stimulates joy on the part of the inanimate earth. (Isaiah 34-35 Commentary) Isaiah 35:2 It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God. KJV Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. NLT Isaiah 35:2 Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the LORD will display his glory, the splendor of our God. And rejoice with rejoicing Isaiah 42:10-12; 49:13; 55:12,13; 1 Chronicles 16:33; Ps 65:12,13; 89:12; 96:11-13; Ps 98:7-9; 148:9-13; Zechariah 10:7; Romans 10:15; 15:10 The glory of Lebanon will be given to it Isaiah 33:9; 41:19; 60:13,21; 61:3; 65:8-10; Ps 72:16; Hosea 14:6,7 The majesty of Carmel Isaiah 60:13; Ezekiel 34:25,26; Amos 9:13-15; Micah 7:14,15; Zeph 3:19,20; Zech 14:20,21; Acts 4:32,33 They will see the glory of the LORD Isaiah 6:3; 40:5; Isa 60:1-3,19; Isa 66:18,19; Exodus 33:18,19; Ps 50:2; 72:19; 97:6; Ps 102:15,16; Habakkuk 2:14; John 12:41; 17:24; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 4:6; Revelation 21:23 HCSB - Supernatural fertility of the land is one of the characteristics of the Messianic Kingdom (Isa 35:1-2; Isa 55:13; Ezekiel 47:1-12; Zechariah 8:12). The replenishing of the land so that it resembles the garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3) will reveal God to the nations. The mention of this idyllic state suggests a future fulfillment beyond that which occurred in the return from Babylon under the leadership of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah. These conditions will not be realized until the messianic age. Romans 8:18-25 indicates that creation still longs for complete deliverance from sin's curse. (See CSB Study Bible or here) Jennings - This is very clearly the first division of the chapter; and with some joy we note again upon it the divine Fingerprint that we have so frequently discerned in the clear mark of "three" (God fully manifest). In these verses we have the effect of God manifesting Himself, first, on the material world; then in verses 3 to 7 we have the effect of the same manifestation on redeemed Israel, or as we may say, the soul of man; and, lastly, its effect in bringing that wandering spirit of man, in Israel, back to Jehovah her God. Thus the very Earth's body, soul and spirit give witness to that "manifestation of God." Nothing could be sharper than the contrast to the dark picture of the previous chapter. Death and darkness, gloom and mourning reigned there; but now the very desert "laughs with abundance," for fertility and beauty of the earth are poetically its laughter of joy; and the greater its fertility the greater the joy of which it speaks. Every word that can express delight is called on for its contribution; and when these may be exhausted, Lebanon must add its majestic glory, Carmel its beauty, and the flowery plain of Sharon its loveliness. But these are but attendants on Jehovah, whose glory and beauty outshine all. With such a prospect what more fitting than the word of cheerful encouragement that now follows (Isaiah 35:3-7) (Isaiah 35 Commentary) It will blossom profusely and rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy - What is IT? The nearest antecedents would be wilderness...desert ...and the Arabah. NLT paraphrases this as "there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy!" So continuing the personification, Isaiah records that the conditions of fertility and the exuberant, luxuriant growth will result in the flora rejoicing. Notice that in the first two verses of this chapter there are 4 mentions of joy and/or gladness, which describes the prevalent sentiment or mood of the world's environment when King Jesus reigns on Mount Zion. Parunak - The song that was heard from afar during judgment in Isaiah 24:14-16, and amplified in the mouth of the saints in ch. 25-27, now occupies even the inanimate creation. As this company travels along, the world is transformed before it, awakening to greet it. The rejoicing of the land (as opposed to people) is a common image of the Messianic age. (Isaiah 34-35 Commentary) In Isaiah 51 the prophet gives a similar description of the future Millennial conditions Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody. (Isaiah 51:3) Isaiah 55 says “For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 “Instead of the thorn bush (Isa 34:13+) the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle (Isa 34:13+) the myrtle will come up, and it will be a memorial to the LORD, for an everlasting sign which will not be cut off.” (Isa 55:12-13) In a parallel description of the creation expressing joy in the future Millennium we read Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! (WHY?) For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. (Isaiah 49:13) Parunak on They will see the glory of the LORD - Up to this point the wilderness is responding to the unnamed company. Now these people ("they") respond to the change they see taking place around them. The wilderness receives restoration, but only humans can understand its significance as demonstrating God's power. (Isaiah 34-35 Commentary) The glory of Lebanon will be given to it - NLT paraphrases it "The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon." See note on "Lebanon" below under Related Resources. See similar prophecy in Isaiah 60:13. Glory (03519) (kabod from root kabad = to be heavy or weighty) conveys the central meaning of weight in most OT occurrences and most of the applications carry this figurative sense (cp "heavy with sin"). This sense gives rise to the idea of a "weighty" person in society or one who is honorable, impressive, worthy of respect. Isaiah 35:2 is an answer to the prayer of Solomon... And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. (Ps 72:19) The majesty of Carmel (pix) and Sharon (cf rose of Sharon) - NLT says the desert areas will be "as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon." Note that Lebanon, Carmel and the plain of Sharon are all near the Mediterranean Sea, which historically was some of the most fertile land for agriculture. God is the One Who can heal the land which mourns and can heal your heart if you are mourning. Isaiah 35:1-2 describes a supernatural reversal of the land with was mourning in Isaiah 33 (notice he mentions the same three areas as in Isaiah 35:2)... The land mourns and pines away, Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage. (Isa 33:9) THOUGHT - If God can mend a broken land, He can mend a broken heart! Are you mourning over some tragedy, some loss? God can make a way where there seems no other way! Even as He restored the mourning land, our sovereign God can reverse your despair, as you fix your eyes on Him in His Word taught by His Spirit. Yes, the tragedy or loss will still be there, but God's supernatural renewal of your thoughts, can enable you to see the loss with a Spirit enabled perspective. One of the men I discipled many years ago has just completed (Jan, 2018) teaching an inductive Bible Study for a week in the war torn nation of Rwanda, where memories of genocide still haunt many. He related how several of the Rwandan students began to understand Php 4:13+ from Paul's viewpoint, as a slave of Jesus (Php 1:1NLT) and a prisoner of the Lord (Php 1:13NLT). They related how through the study, God's Spirit was making a way for them to be able to forgive some of those (Hutus) who were still coming forth confessing their murders from 1994! God can make a way in your "desert" beloved! Don Moen’s praise song "God Will Make a Way" affirms God’s sovereign involvement in our lives. Here’s how that song was written: Several years ago, Moen was awakened in the middle of the night. His mother-in-law called to tell him of a car accident involving his wife’s sister, Susan. Susan and her husband, Craig, and their four little boys were on a trip when the accident happened. Jeremy, age eight and the oldest of the four boys, was killed instantly. The others were seriously injured. As Don and his wife grieved and poured out their hearts to the Lord, they felt helpless at communicating hope and grace to Susan and Craig. Don says God helped him through the tragedy by giving him these words: God will make a way when there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see. He will make a way for me. He will be my guide; hold me closely to his side. With love and strength for each new day, he will make a way. God is greater than our greatest problem. Related Resources: Lebanon - Lebanon was famous for its fabulous trees, the Cedars and Cypresses (Judg 9:15). The Palace of Solomon on the inside was encased in Cedar and was called, "the House of the Forest of Lebanon." The Cedars were also used in the building of the second temple in Jerusalem (1 Ki 5:6; 7:2, etc.). Even the Assyrian kings cut down trees in Lebanon for their buildings and palaces. They also used the tall Cedars to make masts for their ships (Ezek 27:5). The area of Lebanon was also famous for its grapes and wine. Mount Carmel - Most of the land around Carmel contains thick rich soil and therefore producing abundant vegetation. The Bible mentions it as a symbol of beauty (Is 33:9; Song 7:5) and is often compared with Lebanon and Bashan (Is 29:17; 32:15; Jer 50:19). It was on this mountain that Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal (I Ki 18:17-46).During Hellenistic times Mount Carmel remained a place of worship where a Temple to Zeus stood on the mountains. There was also an altar and an oracle there with inscriptions found there mentioning a cult of Zeus Heiopolitanus. Plain of Sharon on Map of 1st century Israel. - Extremely fertile coastal plain between Joppa on the South and Mount Carmel on the North. Sharon and was noted for its flowery beauty (Isa 35:2; Song 2:1) and famous for its forests and lush vegetation (Is 33:9; Song 2:1), rich pasture. David appointed his overseer for the herds that grazed there (1 Chr 27:29). The soil on this plain is a deep rich loam, which is favorable to the growth of cereals. The orange, the vine and the olive grow to great perfection. When the many-colored flowers are in bloom it is a scene of rare beauty (pix). The Via Maris (a favorite caravan route) passed through the Plain of Sharon, connecting Egypt to Palestine and Syria, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia with many cities along the road. John Martin on see the glory of the LORD - they will see the fruitfulness that comes because of righteousness; they will see Him who will be dwelling in their midst as King (Isaiah 33:17). (See context The Bible Knowledge Commentary) Earlier Isaiah had written a similar prophecy declaring Your eyes will see the King (MESSIAH) in His beauty (REIGNING ON MT ZION); They will behold a far-distant land. (Isaiah 33:17) Henry
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Vernon McGee asks "Can you think of anything nicer than this? This not only includes Israel, but it will include the redeemed who enter the Millennium upon the earth. In Zechariah 14:16–17+ we read, “And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.” We can say with that old Puritan, Richard Baxter, “Hasten, O Saviour, the time of Thy return. Delay not, lest the living give up their hope. Delay not, lest earth shall grow like hell, and Thy Church shall be crumbled to dust. O hasten, that great resurrection day when the graves that received but rottenness, and retain but dust, shall return Thee glorious stars and suns. Thy desolate Bride saith, Come. The whole creation saith, Come, even so come, Lord Jesus. The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain, waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.” Thus ends the first major division of the Book of Isaiah with all the blessing of the Millennium. (See context in Thru the Bible: Genesis through Revelation) Henry Morris on the ransomed of the LORD - When the people of Israel recognize the returning Jesus as their Messiah, and "look upon [Him] whom they have pierced" (Zechariah 12:10+), they will acknowledge that the very blood of Christ shed by their fathers was the ransom price for their salvation. (The Defender's Study Bible) And the ransomed of the LORD will return - The ransomed speak first of all of the Jews who have been saved by grace through faith (Ro 11:26-27+), for their homeland is Israel and so here the promise is they will return. Ransomed (06299)(padah) means to redeem, ransom, buy and so to cause the freedom or release of a person from bondage or ownership, often implying a delivering or rescue of a person in distress, whether in the cases of individuals (Ps 34:22+) or of the deliverance granted to Israel as a nation (Dt 9:26; 2Sa 7:23; 1Chr 17:21; Isa 29:22). It is especially associated with the deliverance from Egypt (Dt 7:8; 13:5; 24:18; Mic 6:4). In one instance it is used of redemption from sin: “redeem Israel from all his iniquities” (Ps 130:8+)." Vine notes that padah originally "overlapped with that of kapar; both meant "to ransom." In theological usage, however, each root tended to develop in different directions, so that they can often be considered synonymous only in a very broad sense. Padah indicates that some intervening or substitutionary action effects a release from an undesirable undesirable condition. In more secular contexts, it implies a payment of some sort. But 1Sa 14:45 indicates that money is not intrinsic in the word; Saul is determined to execute Jonathan for his involuntary transgression, but "the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not."Slavery appears as a condition from which one may be "ransomed" (Ex 21:8+; Lev 19:20+). And come with joyful shouting to Zion - Why would their be joyful shouting? Because this is the city of the King. The prophecy of Psalm 2:6 has been fulfilled where the Father declares "But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain." The sons of Korah help us understand why the pilgrims are shouting with joy as they return to Zion... Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. (Ps 48:1-2) Zechariah adds “Thus says the LORD, ‘I (MESSIAH) will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ (Zechariah 8:3, cf Zechariah 1:16) “Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I (MESSIAH) am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the LORD. “Many nations (GENTILES) will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then (IN HIS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM) I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. (Zechariah 2:10-11) Joel writes... Then (WHEN? SEE Joel 3:16+ when He returns) you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more. (Joel 3:17+) The great phrase joyful shouting occurs 10x in 10v in the OT. Psalm 118:15 The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. Psalm 126:2 Then (REFERS MOST LIKELY TO RETURN FROM BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY) our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; (NOTE THE EFFECT OF JOYFUL SHOUTING ON THE GENTILE NATIONS) Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting. Isaiah 35:10 (IN THE FUTURE MILLENNIUM) And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 48:20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob.” Isaiah 49:13 (IN THE FUTURE MILLENNIUM) Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! (WHY?) For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. Isaiah 51:11 (IN THE FUTURE MILLENNIUM) So the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 54:1 (IN THE FUTURE MILLENNIUM) “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD. Ezekiel 7:7 (JUDGMENT ON JUDAH) ‘Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near–tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. With everlasting joy upon their heads - The joy will be everlasting because Zion will be from this day forth secure and safe and will never again be subjected to Gentile invasion. They will find gladness and joy -Clearly one of the key words in the Millennial Kingdom of Christ will be JOY, the shorthand of which is Jesus Others Yourself. Recall how Isaiah began this description with words like "be glad...will rejoice...rejoice with rejoicing...shout of joy," (Isa 35:1,2+) describing the inanimate creation, but now he says that joy will prevail in the animate creation. And sorrow and sighing will flee away - The converse of joy is sorrow which will vanish from Christ's Kingdom. What a blessed state we have to look forward to beloved!