Holy Spirit Isaiah announces the mouth of a great liberation or salvation. This salvation will be implemented by the Servant of the Lord (Jesus of Nazareth). Those who regard this salvation? First concerns the divorced wife of the Lord of Hosts (Israel) who repents of his spiritual adultery again to turn his heart to the True God (54:6-8). Second concerns the salvation of all nations who wish to join the Lord (56:1-7) abandoning their customs immoral to walk on the road to salvation God
So this concerns all those who thirst and hunger of the Living God (55 : 1). But what we need to be saved? In the more immediate context of the prophetic people of Israel would be freed from Babylonian captivity, but spiritually it like all other nations had to be saved from the wrath of God "is revealed from heaven against all the men who suppress the truth with the 'injustice' (Rom 1:18). Indeed the only cause of the exile of Israel was their sin (50:1, "For your sins you were sold).
The price of such a release has already been paid (53), so this can be offered for free to all who wish to (55:2).
To all those who accept this gift from God are promised: life, an everlasting covenant and promise stable thanks to David (55:3). David (or his descendants) has been established by God as a witness, a leader and governor of the people.
What are "stable with the promises to David? In Chapter 7 of the second book of Samuel we read the promises God made to David. Among these, in verse 16 we read: "Your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before thee and thy throne shall be established forever." The house is the family: the family of David will never fail and always exist. Even the royal authority of this genealogy will never fail (the kingdom) and a stable government and eternal (the throne) will be conducted in a safe manner because this is a commitment to God (covenant). Before his death David went over the kingdom to his son Solomon, whose dynasty, despite the divisions in Israel, ruled Judah until the Babylonian captivity, then was rejected by God (Jer 22:30). But God remains faithful to the promise made to David, Jesus descends from the lineage of David, by a son of David named Nathan from whom Mary. Joseph, legal father but not organic, is descended from Solomon and legally royal authority gives to Jesus will be realized in detail so the prophecy when Jesus Christ, already crowned with thorns, died on the cross, rose again and ascended into heaven, will return in glory to be king Israel and the whole earth. For he is the son of David according to the flesh, but only for "adoption" son of Solomon. (Rom 1:3; Lu 3, Matthew 1; Lu 1:31-33, Acts 2:29-32, Acts 15:14-17).
The "promises stable thanks to David," are the patrimony of all those who accept the salvation that God has purchased for us when Jesus offered himself for us to pay for the condemnation of our sin on Golgotha \u200b\u200b("the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his wounds we are healed"). Indeed, the Apostle John writes in the fifth chapter of Revelation:
"no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the book, or watch it. I wept much, because he had not found anyone who was worthy to open the book, and watch it. But one of the elders said, "Weep not: behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, a descendant of David, has won to open the book and its seven seals." Then I saw, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, a Lamb standing, which seemed to have been slain, and had seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God sent to all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. When he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain and have purchased for God with your blood, people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and 've done for our God kings and priests, and reign on earth. " And I saw, and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures and the elders, and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands. They said in a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory and praise." And all the creatures that are in heaven and on earth and under the earth and sea, and all things that are in them, I heard saying: "To him who sits on the throne and the Lamb, be praise, the 'honor, glory and power for ever and ever. " The four living creatures saying, "Amen!" And the elders fell down and worshiped.
Answer the call of salvation is not only cleanses us from our sins, but also elevates us to the royal rank (and priests) of Christ. What a privilege to belong! Perhaps not worth the trouble to respond to the invitation that God is doing in Isaiah 55?
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; be converted to the Lord that he will have mercy on him, to our God who never tires of forgiving. 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 "As the heavens are high above the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish what I please, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12 Yes, you go out with joy and be led forth in peace, the mountains and hills bursting into singing before you, all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 In place of the bush the cypress will rise in place of the blackberry the myrtle will grow, this will be a reason for the Lord of glory, a permanent monument will not be destroyed. "
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