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| 1 Arise–shine, For thy light, hath come,–And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed; |
Arise, shine – Has a double application-first to spiritual Israel, and second, to Israel after the flesh. R2036:1, R2372:5
"Arise, give light." R1746:6
Beginning to be spoken to natural Israel in 1878. R107:2*
Reminding us of our Lord's counsel to Mary after his resurrection. When she would linger in his presence he reminded her to bear the good tidings to the other disciples. R2036:6
Through the secondary instrumentality of the fleshly seed of Abraham shall all the nations of the world be blessed. R1746:6
God's message to fleshly Israel at the dawn of the Millennial age. R1747:1
The prophet calls upon the saints to shine now; all who have been enlightened by the Harvest Message. R2036:2
Thy light is come – "The Sun of Righteousness," the Lord Jesus at his second advent. R2036:1
Light, to Israel, was the hope of the resurrection. That hope is not yet realized, "waiting for the completion of the resurrection of Christ." R751:2*
The Bride (as part of the "Sun of Righteousness"). R238:2*[R237:15], R2037:4[R2037:5]
The Lamb (Head and Body) is the light thereof. (Rev. 21:23) R244:1*
When the finished Temple of God shall displace the present tabernacle. R1982:2
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Arise, shine – Dual application. First to Spiritual Israel, then to fleshly Israel. – See Expanded Bible Comments.
This is to the Church at the time or the 2nd Advent. R2036:7
The Glory of the LORD – Present Truth. R2036:7 |
| 2 For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom, the peoples,–But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee, is seen. |
Behold, the darkness – Confused regarding the plan of God; from the standpoint of human creeds. CR267:2; A18
Evidenced by the some 600 sects of Christian people, besides other sects of other religious people. CR267:2
Cover the earth – Civilized society. R3686:2; CR227:4
And will continue to do so until all the members of the Church, the "Body" of the great High Priest, shall have first gone beyond the second veil (actual death) into the Most Holy by resurrection change. T90
Of the world's population of 1,424,000,000 (1883) nearly two-thirds are still total heathen, and the remainder are mostly Mohammedan or followers of great apostate churches. R535:2*
The entire 6,000 years of the reign of sin, from Adam's disobedience until the establishment of the reign of Christ, has been a night time. HG433:3
Satan is "the ruler of the darkness of this world." (Eph. 6:12) A68
But the world is not always to remain in this condition. "The morning cometh." (Isa. 21:12) A21
And gross darkness – "The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe not." (2 Cor. 4:4) T90; R2122:6
There are different shades of darkness. R5099:5; CR220:5
The majority are not able to see the desirability of the truth. R5338:3
Notwithstanding the faithfulness of Jesus and a few lightbearers. R4987:6
Human affairs have become demoralized by the darkness of ignorance and superstition. R5097:2
God's people have need to take heed to every step. CR251:4
The people – The heathen. R3686:2; CR220:4; SM240:2, SM435:2
Glory shall be seen – The bow of promise; the Lord comes while yet darkness covers the earth. A18; R2036:2
There is a refractive light and influence wherever the Lord's saints reside. SM699:T
When, by and by, we shall shine in the glory of the Kingdom for the blessing of the whole world. R2036:5
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| 3 So shall nations come, to thy light, And kings, to the brightness of thy dawning. |
And the Gentiles – The nations of the earth in general, the heathen. A18, R535:1
Not only the living Gentiles. but also the living Jews, shall come to the light and blessing of the Millennial Kingdom. R2402:4
Come to thy light – Applies to spiritual Israel; also to fleshly Israel restored to favor. D638
After the resurrection of the Church. Christ will be revealed in glory and light to Israel. They shall fall before him and go out as a people through whom God will lighten the Gentiles. R751:3*
From Israel the light will shine out which will bring the chastened world to its knees and usher in the pouring out of the spirit of holiness "upon all flesh." D639
The world will be given time to see in Israel the operation of divine government, in contrast with anarchy, so that the majority of all nations shall desire the Kingdom rule. D638
None shall be permitted to languish in darkness or fail of eternal life by reason of lack of knowledge, but in due time all the blind eyes shall be opened. R2409:1
And kings – Earth's principal ones. D638
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| 4 Lift up–round about–thine eyes, and see, They all, have gathered themselves together–have come to thee,–Thy sons, from afar, shall come, And, thy daughters, on the side, shall be carried. |
And thy daughters – "And I will give them (Sodom and Samaria) unto thee for daughters." (Ezek. 16:61) D638
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| 5 Then, shalt thou see, and be radiant, And thy heart, shall throb and be enlarged,–For there shall be turned upon thee the fulness of the sea, The riches of the nations, shall come unto thee; |
Then – During the Millennial age. E23
Thou shalt see – A glorious day of opening blinded eyes. D638
Flow together – Be filled with light. D638
Thine heart shall fear – Heart shall be awed. D638
God does not desire the service of fear, except that filial fear which is inspired by love, which dreads to incur his displeasure or to be ungrateful for his favors. R829:6*
The abundance – Now. however, the great Fisherman has no special use for any more or other than one kind of fish. R920:2
Of the sea – The anarchistic masses. D638
Shall be converted – His enemies shall fall before him. They will be enemies no more. It is the error that made them enemies--the falsehood. HG272:6
The forces of – The best of the Gentiles. D638
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| 6 The multitude of camels, shall cover thee, The young camels of Midian and Ephah, All they of Sheba, shall come,–Gold and frankincense, shall they bring, And, the praises of Yahweh, shall they joyfully tell: |
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| 7 All the flocks of Kedar, shall be gathered unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth, shall wait upon thee,–They shall come up, with acceptance, on mine altar, And, my beautiful, house, will I adorn. |
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| 8 Who are these, that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes? |
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| 9 Surely, for me, shall, Coastlands, wait, And the ships of Tarshish, first, To bring in thy sons, from far, Their silver and their gold with them,–Unto the name of Yahweh, thy God, And unto the Holy One of Israel, Because he hath adorned thee. |
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| 10 So shall, the sons of the foreigner, build, thy walls, And, their kings, shall wait upon thee,–For, in my vexation, I smote thee, But, in my favour, have I had compassion upon thee. |
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| 11 So shall thy gates be open–continually, Neither day nor night, shall they be shut,–That they may bring unto thee the riches of the nations, And, their kings, be led. |
Gates shall be open – Compare with Isa. 26:2 and Rev. 21:24-26. R1951:1, R2338:3
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| 12 For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish,–Yea, the nations, shall be, utterly wasted. |
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| 13 The glory of Lebanon, unto thee, shall come, The fir-tree, the holm-oak, and the sherbin-cedar, together. To adorn the place of my sanctuary, And, the place of my feet, will I make glorious. |
My sanctuary – All mankind's blessings (Rev. 21:3-5) will result from the establishment of God's residence or sanctuary among men. T76
I will make – At about this time we are to expect wonderful contortions of nature and some radical changes in earth's conditions to make it more adapted to the wants of man during the Millennial age and throughout eternity. HG400:6
The place of my feet – "Earth is my footstool." (Isa. 66:1) T76; R1874:5, R286:2, R5060:5, R5078:4, R5364:4, R5839:1, R6013:5
The promises of God to the children of Isaac and Jacob are not heavenly or spiritual, but earthly. SM504:T
Glorious – The restored earth. D647, SM37:3, SM389:2, SM504:T, OV351:1
Paradise restored will no longer be a garden merely, but the whole earth. SM503:2; OV351:1; HG435:2
When the Kingdom is set up. R5058:1, R4768:1, R5839:1 Isaiah 60:14
The city of the LORD – Earthly or heavenly Jerusalem. R56:1*
The Zion – Not only the earthly Jerusalem is called Zion, but also the heavenly. (Heb. 12:18, 22) R56:5*
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| 14 Then shall come unto thee, bending low, The sons of them who had humbled thee, Then shall bow down, unto the soles of thy feet, All they who had despised thee; And they shall call thee–The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. |
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| 15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that none, used to pass through thee, I will make of thee–An excellency age-abiding, The joy of generation after generation. |
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| 16 And thou shalt derive sweet nourishment from the nations, Yea, on the bounty of kings, shalt thou be sustained,–So shalt thou know–That, I, Yahweh, am thy Saviour, and, That, thy Redeemer, is the Mighty One of Jacob. |
And thy Redeemer – Author of the divine plan of redemption. E33
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| 17 Instead of bronze, I will bring in, gold, and, Instead of iron, I will bring in, silver, and, Instead of wood, bronze, and, Instead of stones, iron,–And I will appoint the oversight of thee to, Prosperity, And the setting of thy tasks to, Righteousness. |
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| 18 Violence, shall no more be heard, in thy land, Wasting nor destruction, within thy boundaries,–But thou shalt call Thy walls, Victory, and, Thy gates, Praise. |
Walls Salvation – Symbolic of protection and security. R333:6
The salvation walls rest securely on the finished redemption-- the completed foundation as expressed by Jesus, the apostles and prophets. (Eph. 2:20) R333:6
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| 19 Thou shalt no, more, have, the sun, for light by day, neither, for brightness, shall the moon give light unto thee,–But, Yahweh, shall become, thine age-abiding light, And, thy God, thine adorning: |
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| 20 No more shall go in, thy sun, Nor, thy moon, withdraw itself,–For, Yahweh, will become to thee, an age-abiding light, So shall be ended, the days of thy mourning. |
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| 21 And, thy people, shall, all of them, be righteous, To times age-abiding, shall they possess the land,–The sprout of mine own planting, The work of mine own hands,–That I may get myself glory. |
Of my planting – The Vine of Jehovah's right-hand planting. R3544:3, R3806:5
"I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Husbandman.", (John 15:1) R3544:2
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| 22 The little one, shall become a thousand, and, The small one, a mighty nation: I–Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it. |
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