LORD’S DAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Isaiah 59:20
Psalm 35:17-28

"I will give thee thanks in
the great congregation…"

THE REDEEMER SHALL COME TO ZION

Hebrews 1:1-2 in substance said Christ the Son is the final One to speak after the prophets had variously prophesied in times past. Isaiah 59:20, spoken through Isaiah an Old Testament prophet, confirmed. Isaiah looked forward to the end-times when the Redeemer-Christ shall appear. The prophescope is turned to the far-distant horizon.

In the last days, Christ the Redeemer of Israel shall come and save His people. Christ truly qualifies to be the Redeemer, inasmuch as He being the son of David according to the flesh, is a near-Kinsman. Therefore He has the honour to redeem Israel according to Levitical law (Lev 25:48; Ruth 4:4-6; Jer 50:34).

Now, as to the timing of the Redeemer’s Second Advent, this was revealed by Paul to be conditional upon the completion of the redemption of the Gentiles. He said, "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins" (Rom 11:25-27).

Although Israel has returned to her land in 1948, and she has won many a victory against her enemies, the Redeemer of Israel has not yet revealed Himself. This event will not take place until His visible Second Coming to save the Church and to judge the world. The climax of that event is given in detail in Zechariah 14. Let us neglect not to pray for the salvation of the Jews nor forget Israel in our missionary outreach. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob shall yet save Israel His firstborn.

THOUGHT: Do I long for the Return of my Lord Jesus Christ? Why?
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 122:6.)

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