2013_1016 Church in the home Wednesday evenings Isaiah 2: 1-4,
2013_1016
Moving on to Chapter
2 of Isaiah…
Isaiah Chapter 2
Lexham English Bible
The Mountain of
Yahweh
V.1 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
This is a repeat
of Chapter 1 verse 1. Chapter 1 can then
be seen as a summary chapter.
2 And it shall
happen in the future of the days the mountain of the house of Yahweh shall be
established; it will be among the highest of the mountains, and it shall be
raised from the hills. All of the nations shall travel to him;
3 Many peoples
shall come. And they shall say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
to the house of the God of Jacob, and may he teach us part of his ways, and let us walk in his paths.” for instruction shall go out from Zion, and
the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge
between the nations and he shall arbitrate for many peoples. They shall beat
their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. A nation
shall not lift up a sword against a nation, and they shall not learn war again.
WE cannot fail to
see similarities between these three verses (Isaiah 2:2-4) and those in Micah
4:1-3
Micah 4:1-3
King James Version (KJV)
4 But in the last
days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the
hills; and people shall flow unto it.
2 And many nations
shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to
the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
3 And he shall
judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall
beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation
shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any
more.
Micah 4:1-3
The Mountain of
Yahweh
Lexham English Bible
4 And it will be
that at the end of those days, the mountain of Yahweh will be established as
the highest of the mountains, and it will be lifted up above the hills, and
people will stream to it.
2 And many nations
will come and say, “Come! Let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
and to the temple of the God of Jacob, that
he may teach us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths,” for the law will
go out from Zion, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
3 And he will
judge between many peoples and will arbitrate for strong nations far away;
and they will beat
their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation will not
lift up a sword against a nation, and they will no longer learn war
Let us look at
these verses which are in stark contrast to those in much of Chapter 1, which
proclaim vengeance, and punishment.
But what are this
“mountain of Yahweh”, and “the law going forth out of Zion”, all about?
Lexham English Bible
Zechariah 8:3
Thus says Yahweh:
‘I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and
Jerusalem will be called the faithful city, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called the holy mountain.’
Obadiah 1:21
And those who have
been saved will go up on Mount Zion
to rule the mountain of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to Yahweh.
Joel 3:17
And you will know
that I, Yahweh your God, am dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be a place of holiness, and
strangers will pass through it no longer.
Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet
in Zion, and sound the alarm on my holy
mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of
Yahweh is coming —it is indeed near.
Ezekiel 20:40
“For on my holy mountain, on the mountain of
the height of Israel,” declares the Lord Yahweh, “there all of the house of
Israel will serve me, all of them, in the land. I will take pleasure in them,
and there I will accept your contributions and the best of your portions with
all of your holy objects.
Isaiah 37:32
For a remnant
shall go out from Jerusalem and survivors from mountain Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.’
Isaiah 27:13
And this shall
happen: on that day, a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in
the land of Assyria will come, and those who were scattered in the land of
Egypt, and they will bow down to Yahweh on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Isaiah 11:9
They will not
injure and they will not destroy on all of my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of
Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall
happen in the future of the days the mountain
of the house of Yahweh shall be established; it will be among the highest
of the mountains, and it shall be raised from the hills. All of the nations
shall travel to him;
Psalm 133:3
It is like the dew
of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains
of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing— life forever.
Psalm 48:1
Yahweh is great and
very worthy of praise in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalm 24:3
Who may ascend the
mountain of Yahweh? And who may
stand in his holy place?
Psalm 15:1
O Yahweh, who may
reside in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy
mountain?
As can be seen
from the above verses there are many references to The Mountain of Yahweh
(mountain of the Lord) in the old testament.
But what is this
exactly. We must remember that God promised to set up his kingdom on Earth. In
the old testament this revelation was given many times as generic, i.e. not
distinguishing between the Millennial (1000 years) Kingdom, and the Eternal
Kingdom. Biblically just and righteous man’s destination is an earthly kingdom
where Jesus and God rule with justice and truth. The Millennial kingdom comes
first as a fulfillment of a promise to Israel. (J. Schoenheit, “The Christians
Hope”) and the Body of born again Christians will enter than Kingdom together
with just, resurrected believers, Judeans and Gentiles alike, and some mortal
survivors, some of who will subsequently die.
This Millennial Kingdom is almost the closest thing to many people’s
vague idea of Heaven. However even in this Kingdom there will be poor people,
some that die albeit at a ripe old age (100 will seem young) and despite the
almost perfect living conditions, many of the “survivors” will gather together
in the last days of the 1000 years, and try to destroy the Judeans, Jerusalem,
and the reigning King, Jesus Christ.
The eternal
Kingdom will not have any mortal “survivors”, but only raised to new life
people will enter.
With the benefit
of 20:20 biblical hindsight we now see the distinction between the two
kingdoms.
Both Isaiah 2: 2-4
and Micah 4:1-3, are referring to the Millennial Kingdom, and Ezekiel 48:8 in
further elaborating, states that
V. 8 And beside
the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering
of land which you shall offer: 25,000 reeds in breadth, and in length as one of
the tribal portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary
shall be in the midst of it.
Sanctuary = temple
And in Ezekiel
48:21 (KJV)
21 And what is
left unallotted, on both sides of the holy portion and of that possessed by the
city, shall belong to the prince. Reaching eastward
from the 25,000 [measures] of the holy portion to the east border, and westward
from the 25,000 [measures] to the west border, parallel to the tribal
allotments, it belongs to the prince. The holy portion with
the sanctuary of the temple in its midst,
Prince = Jesus Christ
Ezekiel 42:15-20,
and Ezekiel 45:2, describe a sacred place, a sanctuary, a temple if you would.
This is characteristic of the Millennial Kingdom. However in the eternal
Kingdom there will be no temple (see Revelation: 21:22) This temple will be the
centre piece of the world for 1000 years. Jesus Christ will sit and reign
there. That is why Isaiah and Micah say …
Isaiah 2: 3
Many peoples shall come. And they shall say, “Come, let
us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house[c] of the God of Jacob, and
may he teach us part of his ways, and
let us walk in his paths.” for
instruction shall go out from Zion, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
Micah 4:2
2 And
many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of
Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Jesus Christ will
be physically there, and he will, with the help of the 12 apostles, rulers,
& judges drawn from all of the righteous peoples of the world, rule the
world in righteousness for 1000 years. The bible does say that Jesus Christ
will rule with a rod of iron. This stern approach will be necessary because for
one, there will be mortal survivors present, and Jesus Christ knows from
prophecy and we now do, that those people will increase greatly in number,
living as they will be under ideal conditions. At the end of the 1000 years
these will gather together as an enemy army against Jesus Christ and the
Judeans.
(The Letter to the
Church in Thyatira
Revelation 2: 26
& 27, And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will
give him authority over the nations, 27 and “he will shepherd them with an iron
rod; he will break them in pieces like jars made of clay,
&
Revelation 14:1
Lexham English
Bible (LEB)
V. 1 And I looked,
and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred
forty-four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on
their foreheads.
(In Isaiah 2: 3, it states, “the word of Yehweh” would
go out from Jerusalem, but here in Revelation we see that the Lamb, Jesus
Christ, was standing on mount Zion. We should remember the words of the psalm,
Psalm 110:1 “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at
my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
“The Lord” is Yehweh, and “my Lord” is Jesus Christ.
In Revelation 14:1 we see the fulfillment
of this.
&
1 Corinthians 6:2
(KJV)
Do ye not know
that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you,
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
How wonderful to
think and hope for a day as described in Isaiah 2: 4…
4 He shall judge
between the nations and he shall arbitrate for many peoples. They shall beat
their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. A nation
shall not lift up a sword against a nation, and they shall not learn war again.
&
Micah 4: 3
3 And he will
judge between many peoples and will arbitrate for strong nations far away;
and they will beat
their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation will not
lift up a sword against a nation, and they will no longer learn war
&
Amos 9:13
“Look, days are
coming,” declares Yahweh, “when the one who plows will overtake the one who
reaps, the one who treads grapes will catch up with the one who sows the seed.
And the mountains will drip sweet wine and all of the hills will flow with it.
…meaning that the
earth will be so productive that there will be little time between harvesting
and sowing / planting.
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