Isaiah 11:10
10 And in that day [yowm] there shall be a root [sheresh] of Jesse, [Yishay] which
shall stand [`amad] for an ensign [nec] of the people; [`am] to it
shall the Gentiles [gowy] seek: [darash] and his rest [manuwchah]
shall be glorious. [kabowd] KJV-Interlinear
10 Then it
will come about in that day That the nations will resort to the root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be
glorious. NASB
In that day, is a
reference to this messianic passage, when the Messiah will take the reigns of
rulership in the Kingdom of God, which is still future.
The root of Jesse, refers
to the tree of Jesse, which tree refers to him as a person and to his life, but
now has died and has been dead and gone since those distant ancient times. But
within that tree remains a stump and within that dead stump there remains a
living root, which will spring out and grow into yet another tree from that
same tree.
This of course defines
the family line of the Messiah, and narrows it down to the family of
Jesse. In other passages it is narrowed
down even more to David and thus on eventually to Joseph and Mary. This eliminates all other competition and
claims of messiahship from other sources and religions and refers exclusively
to Jesus Christ.
From that root, will
spring out the Savior, Jesus Christ and to Him, all nations, both Jew and
Gentile, will seek Him as their lord and savior.
Thus from these words,
the Messiah was not exclusive to the Jewish people, but was there for all
peoples the world over. Likewise, the
Kingdom of God, which we often times call the Millennium, will not be exclusive
to the Jewish people, but there will be many gentiles who will survive and be
delivered at the end of the Tribulation and of who will enter into the
Millennium as well.
And He shall stand, will be
conspicuous, will be well known by all, without exception throughout His reign.
For one-thousand years,
everyone will know who and what Christ is.
He will not be an unknown to anyone.
This too, points out the
dramatic impact and thoroughness of His rule for His entire reign.
Thus far, Isaiah has
pointed out His birth, His personal characteristics, His policy, the results of
His policy on life and the environment the world over. These things and many more, will be well
known and understood and understood that all is due to the rule of Christ, and for
no other reason.
An ensign, is a banner, a
flag, a symbol, around which or to which all troops rally. So too, Jesus Christ will be the person to
whom all peoples will rally and look to.
The gentiles will seek
Him, meaning obviously that there will be gentile peoples living in the
Millennium.
And His rest will be
glorious.
His rest here is all
inclusive, referring to peace, tranquility, security, happiness, prosperity,
wealth, burden free, worry free, anxiety free, the dreamed of perfect life. These all, will be caused and provided and
maintained and sustained by Jesus Christ.
And one wonders just how
anyone in the Millennium could reject Him as the Savior. But unfortunately, a perfect environment is
not the answer to the question of salvation or a relationship with God. Only faith in Christ is the one and only
answer. Therefore ones environment, ones
circumstances are irrelevant to salvation.
Glorious, means
phenomenal. There will never be a life
in this world that will be like life in the Millennium.
Those who survive the
Tribulation, will come out of the most horrendous time in all of human history,
and so they will see firsthand the huge differences between the two.
Those who will be born during
the Millennium, will never know the hardships of life that have occurred
throughout history, and so they will never have anything to compare life to,
except from the stories that they are told by their parents. But hearing about an experience, and living
that experience are two vastly different things. It will be difficult to comprehend something
that you have never experienced firsthand.
The Lords Kingdom during the
Millennium, will be the most phenomenal period of time, with the most
phenomenal and dramatic changes to the environment, to animals, to the lifespans
of people, even to the general day to day lifestyle for all.
It will be impossible to
figure out how to improve on anything, as life is perfect in almost every way.
It will be impossible to
criticize any aspect of life for those very same reasons.
