Isaiah 22:21
21 And I will clothe [labash] him with thy robe [kathoneth], and strengthen [chazaq] him with thy
girdle ['abnet], and I will commit [nathan] thy government [memshalah]
into his hand [yad]: and he shall be a father ['ab] to the inhabitants [yashab]
of Jerusalem [Yaruwshalaim], and to the house [bayith] of Judah [Yahuwdah]. KJV-Interlinear
21 and I will clothe him with your robe,
and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And
he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. ESV
We have already
seen that Eliakim means, God will raise up, and that Hilkiah means, portion of
Jehovah. And so this father and son
represent the work and provision of God, and specifically Jesus Christ.
But more than
that, it is repeated, in that day, from the prior verse, which is a reference
to the final days of history.
When all seems
at its worst and all seems lost, God will raise up a savior, and not only that,
but a leader, a king, to whom He will commit the kingdom.
This is not a
savior prophecy, for that would have already occurred prior to the final days
of history. It is a leadership and ruler
prophecy.
From the Old
Testament perspective, what was generally expected was that a savior would
come, purchase the price of salvation, then the final seven years of history
were to have occurred and then the second advent and kingdom of God would be
instituted here on earth.
But we know that
our dispensation was inserted into history separating the Cross from the final
seven years of the Age of Israel. Their
dispensation will resume when ours is completed.
Jesus Christ
will eventually assume the garments of the office, assume the authority of the
position, and be the ultimate leader or sovereign over the country and city.
Judah is
referred to, as it is the source of the savior and king. Jerusalem is the city, as it is the source of
the ultimate rest of spiritual maturity.
All of which are centered around Zion, which is the mountain
representing the vast knowledge and truth of God, residing within. Doctrine is the ultimate inner source of the
spiritual life. Jesus Christ is the
ultimate sovereign over the surviving nation, based on doctrine.
And as for
Shebna, of whom we have been studying these last few verses, his position and
life are forfeit because of the corruption that saturated within him.
Evil will be
replaced with good, the divine good of God.
