{"id":14211,"date":"2025-11-01T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=14211"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:16:09","slug":"isaiah-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=14211","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah 60, Pt.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=abrahams-seed\" class=\"series-52\" title=\"Abraham's Seed\">Abraham's Seed<\/a><\/div><p>One of my favorite books of the Bible happens to be the book of<strong> Isaiah<\/strong>. And lately I have heard some people misinterpreting this book.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So first let us pray to God for His Holy Spirit to teach us &amp; help us understand His Word. After that, please let us read this chapter or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9u_fK8Td0i0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen<\/a> to it. This book was written by the prophet Isaiah around 739 B.C. &amp; the Lord gave him this prophecy about a <strong>future<\/strong> time. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2060&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isaiah 60<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Arise, shine; For your light has come!<\/span><br \/>\nAnd <strong>the glory of the Lord<\/strong> is risen upon you.<br \/>\n2<br \/>\nFor behold, the<strong> darkness shall cover the earth,<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd <strong>deep darkness<\/strong> the people; But <span style=\"color: #800000;\">the Lord will arise over you<\/span>,<br \/>\nAnd His glory will be seen upon you.<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Nations shall come to your light,<\/span><br \/>\nAnd kings to the brightness<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> of your rising<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4<br \/>\n\u201cLift up your eyes all around, and see: They<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> all gather together<\/span>, <strong>they come to you<\/strong>;<br \/>\nYour sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nThen you shall see and become radiant, And <strong>your heart shall swell with joy<\/strong>;<br \/>\nBecause the <strong>abundance of the sea<\/strong> shall be turned <strong>to you<\/strong>,<br \/>\n<strong>The wealth of the nations shall come <span style=\"color: #800000;\">to you<\/span>.<\/strong><br \/>\n6<br \/>\nThe multitude of camels shall cover your land,<br \/>\nThe dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba shall come;<br \/>\nThey shall<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> bring gold and incense<\/span>, And they shall <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">proclaim the praises of<strong> the Lord<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n7<br \/>\nAll the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you,<br \/>\nThe rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; They shall ascend with acceptance on My altar,<br \/>\nAnd I will <span style=\"color: #800000;\">glorify<\/span><strong> the house of My glory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8<br \/>\n\u201cWho are these who fly like a cloud,<br \/>\nAnd like doves to their roosts?<br \/>\n9<br \/>\nSurely the coastlands shall wait for <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Me<\/span>;<br \/>\nAnd the <strong>ships of Tarshish<\/strong> will come first, To bring your sons from afar,<br \/>\nTheir <strong>silver and their gold with them<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">To the name of the Lord your God<\/span>,<br \/>\nAnd to the Holy One of Israel, Because <strong>He has<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">glorified <strong>you<\/strong><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10<br \/>\n\u201cThe sons of foreigners shall build up your walls<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span><br \/>\nAnd their kings shall minister to you;<br \/>\nFor in My wrath I struck you, But in My favor I have had mercy on you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We read in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2059&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Isaiah 59<\/a> that sin separates us from God, then vs. 20 says &#8220;<span id=\"en-MEV-18821\" class=\"text Isa-59-20\"><strong>The Redeemer<\/strong> <strong>shall come<\/strong> to Zion <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Isa-59-20\">and <strong>to those<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">who<strong> turn from<\/strong> transgression<\/span> in Jacob, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Isa-59-20\">says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord&#8221;<\/span>. Then vs. 21 mentions <strong>the covenant<\/strong>. &#8220;<span id=\"en-NKJV-18822\" class=\"text Isa-59-21\">As for Me,\u201d says the <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span>, \u201c<strong>this <i>is<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> My covenant<\/span><strong> with them<\/strong>: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Spirit<\/span> who <i>is<\/i> upon you, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My words<\/span> <\/strong>which I have put in your mouth, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">shall not depart from your mouth<\/span>, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants\u2019 descendants,\u201d says the <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span>, \u201cfrom <strong>this time<\/strong> and forevermore.\u201d <\/span>So this prophecy in Chapter 59 was fulfilled when <strong>Jesus the Redeemer<\/strong> came to earth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Isa-59-20\">\u00a0Next chapter,<strong> Isaiah 60<\/strong> is considered by many a prophecy that is being fulfilled by the Church. Some others consider it&#8217;s a prophecy about Jerusalem (Zion) or Israel been restored, that will happen later during the millennium kingdom. But in context it has to do with our <strong>Redeemer<\/strong> &amp; a place.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then chapter 61 continues in the same context of the <strong>Redeemer<\/strong> &amp; <strong>the good news<\/strong>. Isaiah 61:1 says &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Spirit<\/strong> of the Lord God is<strong> upon Me<\/strong><\/span>, Because the Lord has <strong>anointed Me to preach good<\/strong> <strong>news<\/strong> to the poor&#8221; The same words that Jesus read at the synagogue in Nazareth on the beginning of His ministry on earth. &#8220;And <span style=\"color: #800000;\">He<\/span> began to say to them, \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Today this Scripture is <strong>fulfilled<\/strong><\/span> in your hearing.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%204&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Luke 4:20-21.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-The <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>first verse <\/strong><\/span>of Isaiah 60 is talking about the &#8216;Light<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> has come&#8217;<\/strong><\/span> &amp; either is talking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>to Jesus<\/strong><\/span> &amp; His earthly reign (since previous &amp; former chapters are about the Redeemer), <strong>or its talking to believers of Him<\/strong> (Church= from all nations). In contrast the majority of the people of the earth are covered in deep <strong>darkness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>-In <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>verse 2 <\/strong><\/span>we read &#8220;but <strong>the Lord<\/strong> shall rise <strong>upon<\/strong> you,&#8221; which remind us Jesus reading in the synagogue &#8220;<strong>The Spirit<\/strong> of the Lord God is<strong> upon Me<\/strong>&#8220;. (Now also the redeemed filled with the Spirit of God).<\/p>\n<p><strong>God<\/strong> is light, 1 John 1:5, &amp; also the knowledge of Him in Jesus Christ is light : <span id=\"en-MEV-28866\" class=\"text 2Cor-4-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>For God, who commanded the<strong> light to shine out of darkness<\/strong>, has shone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in our hearts<\/span> to give <strong>the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ<\/strong>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Corinthians%204%3A6&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 Cor.4:6<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus said He is &#8216;the light of the world&#8217;. Only in Jesus do we find light.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Again Jesus spoke unto them, saying,<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> I am the light of the world;<\/span> he who follows me shall <strong>not walk in darkness<\/strong>, but shall have the light of life\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%208%3A12-30&amp;version=KJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 8:12-30.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In accordance with all these we find in Matthew\u00a0 5:16 &#8220;<span id=\"en-KJV-23251\" class=\"text Matt-5-16\">Let<strong> your light so shine before men<\/strong>, that they may see your good works, and <strong>glorify your Father<\/strong> which is in heaven.<\/span>&#8221; So this has been happening during the Church age.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8211;<strong>Verse 3<\/strong>.<\/span> People from all nations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com\/StrongsNo\/H1471\/Gentiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H1471<\/a>=gentiles) are called to salvation and redemption through <span style=\"color: #800000;\">faith<\/span> in <strong>Jesus Christ, the Light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8211;<strong>Verse 4.<\/strong><\/span> Sons and daughter will come to Him. Many interpret this to be Israel, I just don&#8217;t think it could be the actual Israel. Believers<strong> in Jesus<\/strong> are called <strong>sons or children<\/strong>\u00a0of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">light.<\/span> Jesus said: &#8220;While you have the light,<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> believe in the light<\/span>, <strong>that<\/strong> you may <span style=\"color: #800000;\">become <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sons<\/span> of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">light<\/span><\/span>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2012%3A35-36&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jn. 12:36<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Jn.1%3A4-12&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jn.1:4-12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Eph.5%3A8-10%2C%2013-17%3B%201%20Thes.%205%3A5&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eph.5:8-10, 13-17, 1 Thes. 5:5<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;If he made<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> himself<\/span> as an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">offering for sin,<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> he shall see his offspring<\/span>, he shall prolong his days,<br \/>\nand the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.&#8221; Isaiah 53:10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only the people that have <strong>a covenant with God through His son Jesus Christ<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%201%3A12&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 1:12<\/a>) that receive<strong> His Holy Spirit<\/strong> (Acts 2:30), are the true sons of light, but there are counterfeits who call themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=masons+sons+of+light&amp;t=lm&amp;iax=images&amp;ia=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sons of light,<\/a> (see <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/masonic_art_canvas_from_darkness_to_light-192837419657150152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.lxq_cvDM_Kkzxns1HHqC2wHaHa%3Fpid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=7b9ba80e7fb293a18d527c94283963bf3a0bc64893825d9b5ecbc54c533e04eb&amp;ipo=images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Xx17965797N\/status\/1565565270617460736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20251102041018\/https:\/\/www.belgrade-news.com\/townnews\/hinduism\/light-over-darkness-trump-lights-diya-lamp-for-hindu-holiday-of-diwali\/article_661d82f0-745a-4fba-a0bf-b7850b37d481.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>). The Bible tells us that deceitful workers disguise themselves as apostles of Christ, &amp; even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians+11%3A5-14&amp;version=MEV;NKJV;RVR1960;YLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2 Cor. 11:12-14<\/a>, so we need to be aware of that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.lMIgs3vbMCaz86qwAyutbgHaD4%3Fpid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=292cd1d8cd92e1cebf360036af62b31df1c88dbf64caa9e2e153cb1e5077a265&amp;ipo=images\" width=\"474\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Verses 5-10<\/strong><\/span> Talk about <strong>abundance, gifts &amp; praises<\/strong> that are brought from other nations, but to whom? Some say to a group of people, but I believe is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to Jesus<\/span>. Verse 7 brings to mind Haggai 2:9 &#8220;<span id=\"en-MEV-22865\" class=\"text Hag-2-9\">The <strong>glory of this latter house<\/strong> will be greater than the former, says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> of Hosts. And in this<strong> place<\/strong> I will give peace, says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> of Hosts.<\/span>&#8220;. Vs. 9 Tarshish was a region close to the strait of Gibraltar. Also Vs. 9 &#8220;<strong>He has <span style=\"color: #800000;\">glorify <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8220;. Vs. 10 Struck by God, Isaiah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=%20Isa%2053%3A4-6%2C%2010-11&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">53<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Isaiah 42:8 God states, \u201cI am the LORD, that is My name;<strong> I will not give My glory to another,<\/strong> Nor My praise to graven images\u201d.\u00a0 &#8220;<strong>I will not yield my glory to another<\/strong>\u201d (Isaiah 48:11). King Herod was struck &amp; die because he appropriated the glory of God to Himself (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts%2012%3A21-23&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 12:21-:23<\/a>). But <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Jesus was glorified<\/span>. &#8220;<span id=\"en-MEV-26765\" class=\"text John-17-5\"><span class=\"woj\">And now, O Father, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">glorify Me<\/span> in Your own presence with <strong>the glory which I had with You<\/strong> before the world existed.<\/span><\/span>&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%2017%3A5&amp;version=NKJV;AKJV;MEV;RVR1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 17:5.<\/a> For this &amp; other reasons I think &#8216;you&#8217; is referring to Jesus, the Redeemer. I believe this is His reign on earth, &amp; is not about earthly Jerusalem, nor about exalting humans.<\/p>\n<p>Our God is eternal &amp; He doesn&#8217;t care about the material wealth we may have in this temporary world <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if we are <strong>spiritually lost<\/strong>.<\/span> He knows riches &amp; power will make us stumble. His main goal throughout the Scriptures is our salvation, for that reason Jesus the Messiah came &amp; died to pay for our sins.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=14245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=abrahams-seed\" class=\"series-52\" title=\"Abraham's Seed\">Abraham's Seed<\/a><\/div><p>One of my favorite books of the Bible happens to be the book of Isaiah. And lately I have heard some people misinterpreting this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14211"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14449,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14211\/revisions\/14449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14211"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=14211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}