Isaiah 4:6

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Isaiah 4:6

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6 And there shall be a tabernacle [cukkah] for a shadow [tsel] in the daytime [yowmam] from the heat, [choreb] and for a place of refuge, [machaceh] and for a covert [mictowr] from storm [zerem] and from rain. [matar] KJV-Interlinear

6 And there will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain. NASB

Tabernacle, ‘cukkah,’ refers to a tent, shelter, booth.

Covert, ‘mictowr,’ refers to a refuge, shelter, place to conceal oneself, a place of safety.

The imagery here continues to express the safety and comfort that God will provide.  We know that the Millennium will have perfect weather, so storms as have been known in the past, will no longer occur.  But this is not protection from the heat of the day or from storms, because they will not exist.  This verse adds to the picture of the perfect peace and comfort that will exist in the Millennium.

The meaning here is that on any given sunny day, when the heat is high and a person seeks shelter in the shade, then there is a certain level of comfort afforded by that shade, and that is what is being portrayed here.  The comfort level that God provides will be such that people will be at ease and comfortable.

With the things of the old days now past, and this is looking at the future as though it were the present, then life will be at ease, and very comfortable.  That is the environment that will exist for people who survive the Tribulation and enter into the Millennium.  They will have a life of stress free ease and comfort.

The high heat of life, the storms of life, all of the things that served to burden people into various tensions and stresses, will no longer exist.  Life is going to be perfect, as it were, now that God (Jesus Christ) is at the helm of the world, and Satan has been locked up for the duration of the millennium, and all evil that had existed is now gone.

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Isaiah 4:5

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Isaiah 4:5

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5 And the LORD [Yahovah] will create [bara'] upon every dwelling place [makown] of mount [har] Zion, [Tsiyown] and upon her assemblies, [miqra'] a cloud [`anan] and smoke [`ashan] by day, [yowmam] and the shining [nogahh] of a flaming [lehabah] fire ['esh] by night: [layil] for upon all the glory [kabowd] shall be a defence. [chuppah] KJV-Interlinear

5 then the Lord will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. NASB

The key to this verse is found in the word, create, ‘bara,’ which means to create out of nothing.

In other passages, God created, ‘bara,’ the universe out of nothing.  God created, ‘bara,’ human life out of nothing.  And here, God creates, ‘bara,’ a dwelling place out of nothing.

This does not mean that God is going to build a bunch of homes or put up a bunch of tents, but it simply means that God is going to make the dwellings, not man.  The source of homes and safety and comfort is God, not man.

Man cannot create anything, out of nothing.

There is nothing that man can make, or invent, or imagine, that will provide any of these things.

The dwelling place is of Mt Zion.  Zion is the representation of the vast expanse of Gods truth or doctrine.  Doctrine in the soul to the maximum, since it must be learned and used and applied by the believer, means spiritually mature believers.

Remember that the term, Israel, represents the nation of believers.  The term, Jerusalem, represents the residence of mature believers, the city of peace.  The city is inside of the nation, obviously.  Only believers can advance to spiritual maturity.  The term, Mt Zion, represents the vast source of truth, or doctrine.  Zion is the mountain that is inside of the city of Jerusalem, and this represents that mature believers are mature, not because they enter into a city, but because they have learned and retained doctrine.

So, the dwelling place of safety, comes from doctrine, which comes from God, who creates this new spiritual species, namely the believer, and especially the believer who advances to spiritual maturity through learning doctrine.

Her assemblies, is a reference to all of the interactions that the believer has with God, through doctrine resident in the soul.  The mature believer who is in fellowship is in constant contact, spiritually speaking, with God.  That is the ultimate perpetual assembly.

Your Bible study, when you are in fellowship, is an assembly.  Your prayer is an assembly.  All that you do on a daily basis is an assembly, when you are in fellowship.  Any and all spiritual assemblies whether between you and God or when with others, is a spiritual assembly only when you are in fellowship.  Your location, your building, your posture, your health, etc., are irrelevant.

The symbolism of the cloud of smoke by day and the pillar of fire by night, comes from the time when the Israelites were wandering in the desert.  These symbols made it very clear to all that saw them, that this people, Gods people, all believers, belong to God and He alone protects them and there is nothing and no one who can interfere with that which belongs to God.  God watches over His people, around the clock, everyday.

In that day, in the end times, after God has returned and destroyed all evil, the entire world will be totally devastated.  It will take Gods help and provision to keep all survivors alive and moving forward into the Millennium.

In past history, when peoples migrated from one region to another totally new region, many did not survive.  They did not have the resources or the wherewithal to make it on their own.  And when the Millennium begins, people on their own could not survive.  But with Gods help, they will all survive and thrive and return the world to a phenomenally huge population, far greater than anything that the world will have prior to the Millennium.

For by this glory, ‘kabowd,’ weight, glory, honor, which all comes from God alone.  By means of Gods essence and power and so forth, everyone who enters into the Millennium will survive and thrive.

By the same token, all people who enter into spiritual maturity, regardless of their position or time in history, will survive and thrive and succeed in Gods care.

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Isaiah 4:4

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Isaiah 4:4

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4 When the Lord ['Adonay] shall have washed away [rachats] the filth [tsow'ah] of the daughters [bath] of Zion, [Tsiyown] and shall have purged [duwach] the blood [dam] of Jerusalem [Yaruwshalaim] from the midst [qereb] thereof by the spirit [ruwach] of judgment, [mishpat] and by the spirit [ruwach] of burning. [ba`ar] KJV-Interlinear

4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, NASB

So when will this all occur? 

When the Lord, is a reference to the time in which the Lord will accomplish the following events listed within this verse.

And the when is, when the Lord has washed, purged, and otherwise removed all of the sin and evil that had existed.  And these events have not yet occurred in history, and will not occur until the Second Advent.

Washed away, means to purify, to cleanse.

Purged, means to drive away, to remove completely.

The filth and the blood, are references to sin and evil, the crime, the cruelty and the degeneracy, the defilement of arrogance and self-righteousness, the pursuit of all things that are in opposition to truth and God.

The spirit, ‘ruwach,’ means wind, the exhale of the breath.

Judgment, ‘mishpat,’ is a reference to the decision of a court, the judgment that is reached due to the weight and accuracy of the evidence.

Burning, ‘ba ar,’ refers to the execution of the sentence justly arrived at due to the decision of the court that heard all of the evidence and decided the guilt.

Therefore, due to the weight of the evidence, and due to its presentation in a court of law in heaven, a just decision was and will be, arrived at.  That decision of guilt carries with it a sentence that demands the total removal of sin and evil.  And that is exactly what God will do, in those end days.

After this judgment, and not before the judgment, God will deliver those spiritually mature people that belong to Him.  They will live through the judgments executed upon evil humanity, and they will be safe from harm.

And this will all occur in the end days, the time at the end of the Tribulation, immediately prior to and during the Second Advent of Christ, who is the Lord who will be the one executing the judgment, while simultaneously protecting and delivering those who will be trusting in Him.

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Isaiah 4:3

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Isaiah 4:3

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3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left [sha'ar] in Zion, [Tsiyown] and he that remaineth [yathar] in Jerusalem, [Yaruwshalaim] shall be called ['amar] holy, [qadowsh] even every one that is written [kathab] among the living [chay] in Jerusalem: [Yaruwshalaim] KJV-Interlinear

3 And it will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy — everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.  NASB

Here is the promise of deliverance and rescue, of those who remain faithful in Jerusalem, in the last days of human history, just prior to the beginning of the Kingdom of God, when it will be established immediately after the Tribulation and Second Coming of Christ.

Now this verse does not mention the second coming, but that principle has been implied repeatedly throughout the Old Testament since when the Savior comes the first time it is for a sacrifice, then He departs to be crowned and glorified, and then He will return.  That is the second coming concept.

What this verse does say emphatically, is that in that day, previously mentioned, there will be survivors who will be believers, or members of the family of God, offspring of the branch also previously mentioned, and more specifically they will be in Jerusalem.

This is one of Satan's many objectives in defeating God, and that is to destroy both the city and the believers, and the Jewish people, but God promises that the city will not only survive until those last days, but there will be believers in the city, and more specifically, they will be Jewish believers.

Throughout history, the world, behind the evil policies of Satan, has tried to destroy both Jew and city.  To separate them from each other, to prevent Jews from living in the city, to do anything that will make this promise void.

Jerusalem is the city of peace.  That represents the content of the spiritual life.  Zion is representative of the dwelling of God.  God is truth and doctrine is truth.  Those left in Zion, are not only Jewish, not only believers in Christ, but they will be spiritually mature believers residing in the city.  They reside in Zion, which is residence in doctrine.

Those who remain written among the living, is not a reference to the Book of Life as spelled out in Revelation, but is a reference to those who have been designated to remain alive during those final days of the Tribulation.

Now remember that when the Rapture occurs, all believers will be taken from the earth.  Only unbelievers will remain.  During those seven years of the Tribulation, many people will believe in Christ.  Most will die.

Even at the mid-point of the Tribulation, when the anti-christ makes an abomination within the Temple (which too will be rebuilt) in Jerusalem, and while everyone is warned to run to the mountains, there will be some who will remain in the city.

There will be some people who will believe in Christ, and will study and grow up to spiritual maturity, within and during the most horrific period of human history.  Do not forget the many laws that will be passed in order to prevent economics by those who do not bow down to the anti-christ.  Do not forget the hordes of criminals who will be roaming the streets committing high crimes.  Do not forget the government that will be hunting down and killing Jews and believers.  Do not forget the many natural disasters that will be occurring.

This will be the single most difficult time in all of human history.  And yet, through it all, some will not only find their faith, but will hold on to it, when most will fade from faith.

It is interesting that even in our present day, the pressures of life will never come anywhere near that which will be hurled at the world in the future, and yet today far too many folks simply fade from faith.  Far too many simply do not have what it takes to stick with doctrine.

But God has promised, that despite the humongous obstacles that will be placed on the world, there will be Jewish believers resident in Jerusalem and He will deliver them, and there is nothing that man nor angel, not even Satan, can do to prevent it.

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Isaiah 4:2

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Isaiah 4:2

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2 In that day [yowm] shall the branch [tsemach] of the LORD [Yahovah] be beautiful [tsabiy] and glorious, [kabowd] and the fruit [pariy] of the earth ['erets] shall be excellent [ga'own] and comely for [tiph'arah] them that are escaped [paleytah] of Israel. [Yisra'el] KJV-Interlinear

2 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel. NASB

In that day, is again repeated, because it is the same time frame as in verse one as well as the previous chapter, the end of human rule on this earth and the end of the Tribulation.

On the one hand, the worlds population will have been devastated, with no rescue and no solution in sight.

On the other hand however, there is God the Son, the Savior, whom we now call Jesus Christ, but is herein referred to by His personal deity, the Lord.

He has a branch which He raises up.

A branch here, ‘tsemach,’ refers to a sprout or bud that springs up out of a root.  The Messiah or Savior is said to be the branch or root of Jesse, the offspring of David.  This refers to the Savior as being the descendant of Jesse.

Jesse is the tree that is fallen and then out of that fallen tree, springs up a new sprout, namely the Lord or Savior, born to Mary.

Both Joseph and Mary are descendants of David.  David was the King and through His descendants the royal line had fallen from power into poverty.  Thus the symbolism of the death of the line.  Joseph was a poor carpenter. 

But out of that line, that most had forgotten and thought lost, arises the birth of the Savior, who would return to the glory of royalty and better than that, to the glory of God, and thus reclaiming the thrown for all of eternity.

Thus the root or branch is set in most cases as a reference to the Messiah, Rom 11:12; Isa 11:1, 11:10, 53:2, Rev 22:16, Jere. 23:5, 33:15, Zech 3:8, 6:12, Job 8:16; 14:7; 15:30; Ezek 17:22.

Beautiful and glorious, refers to the chief or main ornament, the object of desire, that which portrays the main honor or distinction.  God is the ornament of note. 

In the previous chapter, the ornaments that people wore, were of gold and silver and stones.  They twinkled and tinkled and were used to draw attention to the external person.  The people wore various clothes made of the finest of materials.  And when the end finally came, none of these things had any value whatsoever, as most of the people had died and the remainder were in deep mourning, destitute of any self-worth.  People had placed their worth and trust in the many accessories, and still looked to these things even when life had ceased.

The Lord is the alternative to things.  The Lord is the unique and permanent alternative to ‘things,’ which are only temporary and have no value per se.

Fruit of the earth, is a reference to the production of that which is good.  The earth is often used in this context as the productive farm or vineyard or garden, from agricultural terminology.

Just as the first reference, the branch, is a reference to the Messiah, so too, this second symbolism is a reference to the Messiah, who grew up out of the fallen dynasty of David, and will produce far greater good, as a result of His existence, namely the family of God who are saved by means of faith in Him.  This too is a result of His work on the Cross.  So this is also a reference to all of Gods work, individually and collectively, within His divine plan.

Excellent, and comely, both refer respectively to the exaltation or honor, and the ornament of highest value or honor or status.

For the escaped of Israel, refers to the remnant who God has saved or delivered, out of the turmoil and trouble of the world.

Wicked people place their priorities and values in things, and they will lose out in life.

Believers who are advancing to maturity, place their value and priorities in Christ and doctrine.  Both Christ and doctrine are one and the same, for both refer to each other respectively.

To have doctrine in your soul through learning, is to have Christ.  And to have Christ is to have value and honor and meaning and purpose, beyond measure, permanent and forever.

So, in that day, when the end of human history finally occurs, there will be great mourning and death, but too, there will be great celebration, for there will be a remnant that will not have succumbed to the ways of the world.

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Isaiah 4:1

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Isaiah 4:1

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1 And in that day [yowm] seven [sheba`] women ['ishshah] shall take hold [chazaq] of one ['echad] man, ['iysh] saying, ['amar] We will eat ['akal] our own bread, [lechem] and wear [labash] our own apparel: [simlah] only let us be called [qara'] by thy name, [shem] to take away ['acaph] our reproach. [cherpah] KJV-Interlinear

1 For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!" NASB

Isaiah’s prophecy continues and shows the absolute devastation and humiliation and poverty that society has fallen into.

Throughout history, there has always been a sort of balance between men and women in the world.  Even in times of adversity from war, disease, or natural catastrophe, the end result was such that neither gender was so decimated that future prospects of mates would have been difficult if not impossible.

However, here is defined a period in history, ‘in that day,’ when society will have been so decimated, that its future prospects will be virtually eliminated.

The number seven is often used in scripture to designate a completed action from God.  In seven days God completed the restoration of the world, from the Genesis account.  He rested on the seventh day.  His restoration had been completed.  No further work was required for the sustaining or support of humanity and human history.

And here, the judgment of the previous verses from the previous chapter, and in this first verse, has been completed.  This will be the state of humanity at the end of the Tribulation.  This is not a giving of permission to each man to have seven wives, but is a description of the total and complete devastation of humanity.

Shall take hold, ‘chazaq,’ refers to the panic seizing of, to fasten hold, to bind, repair, retain.  And indicates a situation of total helplessness, wherein one grasps at anything and everything in order to survive, but cannot.

And the reason why is that no men are available.  And the symbolism of no men being available is that in this world, the masculine gender is used to refer to the production and support of this world.  That ability, on which everyone relied, has vanished.  It has been judged and is not gone.  Search as you may, there is nothing out there to search for, much less find, much less restart society.

At the end of the Tribulation, will be a judgment so great, that humanity will be virtually non-existent or extinct.

Jesus said that if those days were not cut short, then no human being would remain alive.

So, from the worlds perspective, the restart of humanity has been all but lost, and this is the picture being painted and concluded with this verse.

The remainder of the verse shows the total devastation and humiliation of humanity.  Given in feminine terms and from the feminine perspective, women would be so helpless that they would do anything such as cook their own food, get their own clothes, do all that they need for themselves, just to have the name of some husband such that their own self-image would not be a reproach to society or the public view.

This simply means that society will have fallen so low, and is in such dire shape, having rejected God, that society will continue to look to themselves for a solution, rather than to God.  Their arrogance and stubbornness will be so great, that even in the virtually near annihilation of humanity, people will still refuse to turn to God.

People got themselves into this mess by their rejection of God, and even when all is lost, they will continue to reject God.  That picture continues in the book of Revelation as society receives judgment after judgment and continues relentlessly in their rejection of God.

And no, this verse is not the giving of permission for having multiple wives.  And no, this verse does not suggest that the Millennium will restart with just a few men and many women. The context continues from the previous chapter, and ends in this verse with the total and completed judgment of God, on humanity. 

The rest of the chapter paints a very different picture, of Gods restoration, in proper form, of society, even after what will appear to have been the total destruction of humanity.

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