The last message on Isaiah 59 closed with the rescue of the remnant by the Redeemer (vv. 15b–21). As previously noted, Isaiah's prophecies are double-barreled, applying to immediate cir-cumstances but also pointing to the future fulfillment in the last days (from the first through the second coming of Christ). The Redeemer is pictured as putting on the armor of God, "the garments of vengeance," and acting like "a rushing stream [a flood crashing through a narrow gorge] which the ruach [wind or Spirit] of the Lord drives" (vv. 17, 19). Chapters 60 through 62 describe the future glory of Israel—the true Israel of God (Galatians 6:16). While the revelation here speaks of God's blessing upon Judah returned to Jerusalem un-der Cyrus, the language is so elevated that it must transcend the immediate fulfillment. The final glory of Zion is the new earth as described in Revelation 21 and 22. The captivity and rescue of Judah prefigures the greater purpose of the Lord to rescue His elect righteous remnant from sin and death and to resettle them in the new heavens and new earth.
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