Isaiah 60 prophesies the future glory of Israel - something that will come in all its glorious fulfillment with the coming of the Lord in his thousand year reign in the New Jerusalem.
From this vantage point, we can at least conceive that it is plausible, since Israel is at least a nation again - but can you imagine those who have read this throughout the ages between the time of the destruction of the temple and diaspora in the first century A D until 1947, when it was finally declared there was going to be a homeland for the Jews once more? For centuries, those who read the Hebrew scriptures yearned not just for the day when Israel would be restored - but for the truth of this prophecy to be fulfilled.
Israel is a nation, but not yet surrounded with the peace and promise of Isaiah 60.
"Arise, shine, for your light has come," God prophetically says to Israel. "The Lord will rise upon you...nations shall come to your light.... The wealth of the nations shall come to you.... ...he has made you beautiful. Your gates shall be open...that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations.... For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid to waste.... ...they shall call you the City of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. ...I will make you majestic forever.... The LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. ....your days of mourning shall be ended. Your people shall all be righteous.... I am the LORD; in its time I will hasten it."
Wow! With nations collapsing all around this tiny little country that God holds at the center of His heart, it looks like the hastening time is here!
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