Post by Ben on Jun 24, 2014 15:39:32 GMT
"In the oracle quoted, the Lord Jesus, who makes proclamation to the isles of the Gentiles, announces himself as the Servant of Yahweh in whom He will be glorified. Now a servant implies work to be performed for, and in behalf of, another. What work, or service, then, has the Lord Jesus to execute for the Father? 'Behold the Lord will come with strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him: behold His reward is with him, His work before Him' (Isa. 40:10).
"We want to know what this work is. Hear then what the word saith. 'The Lord formed me from the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob again to Him.' But is the restoration of the tribes of Israel all he will have to do? We shall find not; for Yahweh says to him, 'It is a light thing that thou shouldest by My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the desolation of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation to the ends of the earth' (Isa. 49:1 3, 5 6, 8).
"The Lord Jesus, the servant of Yahweh, then, is in reserve at the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens, for the purpose of a future manifestation, not to destroy the earth and to burn up the wicked, but to fulfil the covenants of promise; in putting an end to the desolation of Canaan, restoring the tribes to their native land, re establishing the commonwealth of Israel, enlightening the nations, regenerating society, filling the earth with the glory of the Lord, establishing his sovereignty in the world, and in rewarding the saints.
"All this is to be accomplished when the Lord comes. The God of the fathers will then remember the covenants which He began to fulfil when He called Israel out of Egypt under Moses; and when He called Jesus out of Egypt in the days of Archelaus. These were but earnests of the good things to come, in the manifestation of which the promises will be perfected in every jot and tittle of the word."
(Elpis Israel, John Thomas, Part Second - Chapter 5, pages 318-319).
"We want to know what this work is. Hear then what the word saith. 'The Lord formed me from the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob again to Him.' But is the restoration of the tribes of Israel all he will have to do? We shall find not; for Yahweh says to him, 'It is a light thing that thou shouldest by My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the desolation of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation to the ends of the earth' (Isa. 49:1 3, 5 6, 8).
"The Lord Jesus, the servant of Yahweh, then, is in reserve at the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens, for the purpose of a future manifestation, not to destroy the earth and to burn up the wicked, but to fulfil the covenants of promise; in putting an end to the desolation of Canaan, restoring the tribes to their native land, re establishing the commonwealth of Israel, enlightening the nations, regenerating society, filling the earth with the glory of the Lord, establishing his sovereignty in the world, and in rewarding the saints.
"All this is to be accomplished when the Lord comes. The God of the fathers will then remember the covenants which He began to fulfil when He called Israel out of Egypt under Moses; and when He called Jesus out of Egypt in the days of Archelaus. These were but earnests of the good things to come, in the manifestation of which the promises will be perfected in every jot and tittle of the word."
(Elpis Israel, John Thomas, Part Second - Chapter 5, pages 318-319).