Signs in John's Gospel - The Lamp Broadcast
Signs in John's Gospel - The Lamp Broadcast
Signs in John's Gospel - The Lamp Broadcast
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<strong>Signs</strong>, Wonders, Miracles 33<br />
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your do<strong>in</strong>gs from<br />
before m<strong>in</strong>e eyes; cease to do evil;<br />
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the<br />
fatherless, plead for the widow.<br />
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your<br />
s<strong>in</strong>s be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red<br />
like crimson, they shall be as wool.<br />
If ye be will<strong>in</strong>g and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land…<br />
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy<br />
dross, and take away thy t<strong>in</strong> [hav<strong>in</strong>g to do with remov<strong>in</strong>g that which<br />
is impure]:<br />
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as<br />
at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g: afterward thou shalt be called, the city of righteousness,<br />
the faithful city” (Isa. 1:16-19, 25, 26).<br />
Only then would the Lord turn His hand, purge the nation,<br />
and restore her rulers. Only then would heal<strong>in</strong>g occur, and only<br />
then would the k<strong>in</strong>gdom with all its glory be restored to Israel:<br />
“And it shall come to pass <strong>in</strong> the last days, that the mounta<strong>in</strong> of<br />
the Lord’s house [the Lord’s k<strong>in</strong>gdom (the theocracy restored to Israel)]<br />
shall be established <strong>in</strong> the top of the mounta<strong>in</strong>s [above all the k<strong>in</strong>gdoms<br />
of the world], and shall be exalted above the hills [above all the world<br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdoms]; and all nations shall flow unto it.<br />
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to<br />
the mounta<strong>in</strong> of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will<br />
teach us his ways, and we will walk <strong>in</strong> his paths: for out of Zion shall<br />
go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.<br />
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many<br />
people: and they shall beat their swords <strong>in</strong>to plowshares, and their<br />
spears <strong>in</strong>to prun<strong>in</strong>ghooks: nation shall not lift up sword aga<strong>in</strong>st nation,<br />
neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isa. 2:2-4).<br />
Israel’s Future Supernatural Restoration<br />
But when will Israel repent, allow<strong>in</strong>g heal<strong>in</strong>g to occur? <strong>The</strong><br />
answer is provided numerous places <strong>in</strong> Scripture, but note Hosea’s<br />
prophecy, where the matter is dealt with <strong>in</strong> so many words.