After the unimaginable energy that the Lord displayed at Mount Carmel by way of Elijah in 1 Kings 18 with the killing of 450 prophets of Baal, Jezebel threatened Elijah that his life was now in jeopardy due to these prophets of Baal. In response, Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. In 1 Kings 19:14, he stated, “I’ve been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left, they usually search my life, to take it away.” He was not capable of discern the 7,000 who “haven’t bowed to Baal and each mouth that has not kissed him (verse 18).” Paul quoted this in Romans 11:4-5 in reference to the remnant, those who return or stay, talking of those that can be overcomers, religious Israel.
The time period is usually used to determine the Hebrew individuals who stay agency of their religion regardless of important life challenges and threats. They proceed to belief within the Lord regardless of all obstacles. Contemplate Isaiah 10:20-23, a prophecy of the return of the Home of Israel from Assyrian captivity:
“Now in that day, the remnant of Israel, and people of the home of Jacob who’ve escaped, won’t ever once more depend on the one who struck them however will really depend on the Lord, the Holy One in all Israel. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. For although your folks, O Israel, possibly just like the sand of the ocean, solely a remnant inside them will return; a destruction is set, overflowing with righteousness. For a whole destruction, one that’s decreed, the Lord God of hosts will execute within the midst of the entire land.”
No Different Gods
The E-book of Isaiah begins with an entire indictment of the religious situation of Israel (see Isaiah 1:4-7), concluding that “except the Lord of hosts had left us just a few survivors, we’d be like Sodom, we’d be like Gomorrah” (verse 9). Like Elijah earlier than him, just a few would commit themselves to the Lord’s righteousness and never succumb to idolatry. Isn’t this a foundational precept of 1’s relationship with God? The primary two of the ten commandments say, “You shall don’t have any different gods earlier than Me. You shall not make for your self an idol or any likeness of what’s in heaven above, on the earth beneath, or within the water underneath the earth. You shall not worship or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:3-5). Idolatry can tackle many alternative varieties, not simply the creation of idols for worship.
In Isaiah 37, King Hezekiah seeks Isaiah in gentle of Assyria’s assault in opposition to Jerusalem, the Southern Kingdom. Isaiah assures the king, “Behold, I’ll put a spirit in him in order that he’ll hear a rumor and return to his personal land. And I’ll make him fall by the sword in his personal land” (verse 7). Though Jerusalem was surrounded by the enemy in order that the folks couldn’t work the fields for meals sources, God had a provision:
“Then this shall be the signal for you: you’ll eat this 12 months what grows of itself, within the second 12 months what springs from the identical, and within the third 12 months, sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. The surviving remnant of the home of Judah will once more take root downward and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will carry out this. Subsequently, thus says the Lord in regards to the king of Assyria, ‘He is not going to come to this metropolis or shoot an arrow there, and he is not going to come earlier than it with a defend or throw up a siege ramp in opposition to it.’” (Isaiah 37:30-34)
Be Fruitful
The Lord promised He would supply meals even when the folks couldn’t work the fields within the first and second years, after which, they may sow, reap, plant, and eat their fruit. When the remnant would take root downward and bear fruit upward, He was instructing them the religious precept that may permit them to outlive in opposition to any obstacles. Psalm 1:2-3 speaks to this precept in gentle of the believer’s angle towards the Phrase of God, “However his delight is within the regulation of the Lord, and His regulation, he meditates day and night time. He can be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf doesn’t wither; and in no matter he does, he prospers.”
In Jeremiah 17:7-8, the Lord addresses the one who trusts within the Lord, “Blessed is the person who trusts within the Lord and whose belief is the Lord. For he can be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and won’t concern when the warmth comes; however its leaves can be inexperienced, and it’ll not be troubled in a 12 months of drought nor stop to yield fruit.”
Fruitfulness has all the time been the Lord’s precedence in His relationship with His folks; the believer’s willingness to belief God and prioritize His Phrase are autos to spirituality.
“However I’ll go away amongst you a humble and lowly folks, and they’re going to take refuge within the identify of the Lord. The remnant of Israel will do no improper and inform no lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be discovered of their mouths; for they may feed and lie down with nobody to make them tremble. Shout for pleasure, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all of your coronary heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away His judgments in opposition to you; He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You will concern catastrophe no extra.” (Zephaniah 3:12-15)
Kingdom Age
By the prophet Zephaniah, God prophesied a coming restoration of Israel, to be fulfilled within the Kingdom Age, the 1,000-year reign of the Messiah. In it, the Lord additional outlined the remnant as a humble and lowly folks, and they’re going to take refuge within the identify of the Lord. They dwell by God’s requirements and lie down with nobody to make them tremble. The last word victory over each enemy, together with their sin nature, is discovered when the Lord, the King of Israel, is in your midst; You will concern catastrophe no extra.
“Then it is going to occur on that day that the Lord will once more recuperate the second time with His hand the remnant of His folks, who will stay from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the ocean. And He’ll carry up a normal for the nations and assemble the banished ones of Israel and can collect the dispersed of Judah from the 4 corners of the earth. Then the jealousy of Ephraim [Northern Kingdom] will depart, and those that harass Judah [Southern Kingdom] can be minimize off; Ephraim is not going to be jealous of Judah, and Judah is not going to harass Ephraim. They may swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; collectively, they may plunder the sons of the east; they may possess Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon can be topic to them. And the Lord will completely destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and He’ll wave His hand over the River with His scorching wind, and He’ll strike it into seven streams and make males stroll over dry-shod. And there can be a freeway [mesillah – a major roadway, a key travel route] from Assyria for the remnant of His individuals who can be left, simply as there was for Israel within the day that they got here up out of the land of Egypt.” (Isaiah 11:11-16)
When Isaiah refers to restoration the second time, he isn’t referring to the return from Assyrian captivity, however somewhat the second restoration to happen within the Millennial Reign of Messiah. This passage refers back to the return of each the Northern and Southern Kingdoms to their Messiah. None of every kingdom’s enemies throughout their first return will be capable of interrupt their passage. Even rivers and streams, which might in any other case be an impediment, can be dried as much as make males stroll over dry-shod. The freeway can be a serious roadway, a key journey path to deliver the remnant underneath the dominion of their God to stroll in His righteousness. Isaiah 35:8-10 tells us it’s a Freeway of Holiness:
“A freeway can be there, a roadway, and it will likely be known as the Freeway [derek – a traveled pathway] of Holiness. The unclean is not going to journey on it, however it will likely be for him who walks that manner, and fools is not going to wander on it. No lion can be there, nor will any vicious beast go up on it; these is not going to be discovered there. However the redeemed will stroll there, And the ransomed of the Lord will return and include joyful shouting to Zion, with eternal pleasure upon their heads. They may discover gladness and pleasure, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
Throughout Each Technology
God’s plan is for the remnant of God to be represented in every era as a way of totally manifesting His righteousness to anybody in quest of a righteous God. In the course of the captivities, the remnant was represented by Esther, Mordecai, Ezekiel, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to call just a few. Every one, of their manner, confronted the problem of an authority who wished to supplant the lordship of Yahweh. In Ezekiel 6:8-10, “Nevertheless, I’ll go away a remnant, for you’ll have those that escaped the sword among the many nations if you find yourself scattered among the many international locations. Then these of you who escape will keep in mind Me among the many nations to which they are going to be carried captive, how I’ve been damage by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which performed the harlot after their idols; and they’re going to detest themselves of their sight for the evils which they’ve dedicated, for all their abominations. Then they may know that I’m the Lord; I’ve not stated in useless that I might inflict this catastrophe on them.”
When David was first anointed King, he was 30 years previous, and it befell at Hebron; Jerusalem was nonetheless underneath the management of the Jebusites. It was the Lord’s intention that David would finally reign from Jerusalem and never Hebron. Hebron means “affiliation” or “affiliation,” a reference to at least one’s horizontal relationship to others. However, Jerusalem represents the presence of God, a vertical relationship to Him. In 2 Samuel 5:5, At Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and 6 months, and in Jerusalem, he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. Yahweh’s authority over all of Israel takes place at Jerusalem. The believer’s relationship with God begins at Jerusalem the place His presence is skilled. He’s a jealous God.
“At the moment,” declares the Lord, “I would be the God of all of the households of Israel, they usually shall be My folks.” Thus says the Lord, “The individuals who survived the sword discovered grace within the wilderness—Israel when it went to search out its relaxation.” The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, “I’ve beloved you with an eternal love; subsequently, I’ve drawn you with lovingkindness.” (Jeremiah 31:1-3)
