Isaiah 2:3
3 And many [rab] people [`am] shall go [halak] and say, ['amar] Come [yalak] ye, and let us
go up [`alah] to the mountain [har] of the LORD, [Yahovah] to
the house [bayith] of the God ['elohiym] of Jacob; [Ya`aqob] and he
will teach [yarah] us of his ways, [derek] and we will walk [yalak] in
his paths: ['orach] for out of Zion [Tsiyown] shall go forth [yatsa'] the
law, [towrah] and the word [dabar] of the LORD [Yahovah] from
Jerusalem. [Yaruwshalaim] KJV-Interlinear
3 And
many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the
Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His
ways, And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from
Zion, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. NASB
The key to this verse is
the word for many, ‘rab,’ which mean quantity, abound, exceedingly, full,
great, multitude.
This is in reference to
the numbers of people who will live throughout the Millennium, both at its
beginning and during the course of that era.
When every era in history
began, people in general, turned away from God.
And not so much as a turning away, but a turning toward, evil.
After Adam and Eve were
evicted in the Garden, that population turned away and thus the flood.
After the flood, that
subsequent population turned away constantly, and thus the rejection of Jesus
at the First Advent.
After the beginning of
the Church Age, even our own dispensation has had its massive turning away
through the dark ages and at many other times, and when we finally arrive at
the end of our dispensation, a massive exodus from God will occur in the ‘great
apostasy’ that will consume the world.
This we are studying in 2 Tim.
Even when the Tribulation
occurs, the masses of peoples who turn toward God will be martyred leaving the
rest of an evil world for the worst judgment ever to occur in all of human
history.
But, when the Millennium
begins, all judgment of evil will have cleaned the world, leaving many people
who will have survived the Tribulation.
This verse suggests two
things. First, the phrases, ‘shall go,’ and
‘and say,’ ‘halak,’ and ‘amar,’ indicate both an initial coming out of hiding
in order to travel, and a repeated traveling back and forth from their homes,
to Jerusalem, to see and hear Jesus Christ.
As all other eras saw the
negative attitudes of people thrive throughout society, even in times of
adversity, this era (the millennium) then, will see an ongoing positive
attitude toward Christ throughout the entire period of the millennium.
In all other eras,
religion and all manner of false philosophies dominated the landscape. But in the millennium, Christianity will be
the dominant faith, by far.
And yes there will be a
massive population, as we have studied in Revelation, by the end of the Millennium,
who will have rejected Christ, even as He rules during that time. But the overwhelming population will be
pro-Christ, and the terminology herein makes that very clear. And it will remain such throughout the
Millennium, even until and after, Satan is released from his 1000 year
imprisonment.
He will teach us,
indicates that Bible study will remain as the primary means of spiritual
learning. People will listen and they will
be taught and they will learn.
To the mountain of God,
refers to Zion and Jerusalem, the one and only place where Gods rule will come
from. The house of Jacob further narrows
the source of this faith, eliminating all other religions and beliefs.
The term Jacob also makes
reference to the Old Testament population, being continued in the Millennium. Church Age believers are not in view
here. The Millennium will not occur
during our dispensation. Far too many
people want to believe that man will bring the Millennium into our history before
God returns, and that is simply not the case.
The Age of Israel the
Tribulation, and the Millennium, are of the House of Jacob. We, in the Church Age are not of those era’s. Our dispensation was hidden from the Old
Testament view and thus Isaiah makes no reference to us or our dispensation.
And people will walk or
live their lives, in accordance with spiritual principles. People will not only come from across the
planet, but they will learn and live life as God intends for them to live.
Out of Zion comes the
law, and out of Jerusalem comes the Word.
The law here is not the
content of the Levitical priesthood, but the framework of the principles of
Gods truth.
The Word, is the content
or the nuts and bolts of truth.
Zion is the mountain
which exists within Jerusalem and also refers to the massive or mountain, of
doctrine available from God.
Jerusalem is the city
within which that mountain of knowledge exists.
Jerusalem means city of rest, and so, true rest or completeness or true
relaxation or true inner peace, comes from the content of that rest, which is
doctrine.
When one learns and possesses
doctrine, then one attains true inner peace.
Zion is within Jerusalem, and doctrine within the soul produces the
greatest possible life one can ever attain.
There is no other means
of contentment and completeness of ones life, other than by doctrine in the
soul. And that doctrine must be
learned. It does not come by magic or by
wishing or by emotional sincerity.
People will travel the world
over to listen and learn.
The question out of this
is, what are people today, willing to do?
Anything?
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