Isaiah (the Old Testament Book) has four great Passages about the “Servant of the Lord.” I personally believe each refers to the Lord Jesus Christ, just several centuries prior to His Virgin Birth. (Pure Bible Prophecy, in other words.)
I have eagerly realized (learned) this morning that at least one of these is Millennial in its interpretation. Or partly so, for certain. Let me show you what I mean …
Isaiah 42:1 … “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.”
Is this Jesus, this “Servant?”
Did the Father “uphold” (support, sustain, strengthen) His Son while our Saviour was on earth? (Question asked, question answered!) YES!
Was Jesus God’s “Elect?”
“Choice One,” better “Excellent One,” as in Song of Solomon’s description of Jesus our Bridegroom … “His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, EXCELLENT as the cedars.” (The Best of the best!)
Did the Father “delight” in His Son?
More than once we hear Him from Heaven announcing: “This is My Beloved Son! In Whom I am well-pleased!” Sure sounds like “delight” to me!
And did Jesus have the “Spirit” (Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost) put “on” Him?
Scripture (John 3:34) clearly says YES, even to this degree, “without measure!”
Then, did Jesus “bring forth judgment to the gentiles?” (Here “gentiles” is spelled “goy,” a Hebrew noun meaning “nations” 374 times in the King James Version of the Bible.)
Answer … NOT YET!
The actual “judgment of the nations” as depicted in Matthew 25 will not occur until Jesus comes the second time and ends the Tribulation and introduces Peace to the whole world (the Millennial reign of Christ)!
Looks like the main basis of that particular Judgment … “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” … is the way these individual nations have treated Israel during the Tribulation! (Quoting Matthew 25:40)
But none of the foregoing was my main emphasis today!
I was trying to get to verse 4, “He (Jesus the Servant) shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.” Isaiah 42:4, a classic!
See … Jesus is going to judge “the whole earth!”
And even the small “isles” in the seas will be included in this “world court” scenario! Eagerly (in Hebrew meaning “with hope”) awaiting our dear Lord’s Pronouncements!
That’s the Millennium, dear readers (Bible students)!
And NOTHING is going to stop Jesus from accomplishing this Goal, this Mandate from His Father! (Just as NOTHING stopped Him from dying on Calvary to atone for our sins!)
Nothing as in … “He shall not fail (grow weak) nor be discouraged
(be defeated, crushed, oppressed),” until He (the final world Ruler, Jesus) has got all this done!
Things in this world look bleaker and bleaker to this Preacher … but Hallelujah … “Some Golden Daybreak” Jesus will come!
Then, after initial judgment … things will look brighter and brighter!
“The path of the just is as the shining light, that SHINETH MORE AND MORE unto the perfect day.” Proverbs 4:18
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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