“And I, [know] their works and their thoughts, I
come to gather all the nations and tongues. And they have come and seen My
glory. And I have set among them a sign, and have sent out of them those
escaping unto the nations (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and
Javan, the isles that are far off) who have not heard My fame nor seen My
glory. And they have declared My honor among nations.” (66:18-19)
The Creator will
reveal His power also among the nations that never believed in Him as the God of Israel. They all will
declare that He indeed had announced His Redemption before He revealed it to His Prophets.
“And they have brought all your brethren out of
all the nations, a present to the Lord. On horses and on chariot, and on
litters and on mules, and on camels unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said the
Lord. As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel into the house
of the Lord.” (66:20)
This verse is a clear reference to the
in-gathering of the Jewish exiles. After the final confrontation of the nations
against Israel, God's revealed Presence will make the nations recognize Israel's mission in the
world as defined in the Torah, and reiterated by the Jewish Prophets. Thus the
nations will bring the remnants of the Jews as a present to God.
Once all the Jews gather in their land, they will
bring their offerings to the Temple of Jerusalem, the holy mountain of God's
house. These offerings will be presented in the clean vessel of the new
consciousness He will give us.
“And also of them I take for priests, for Levites,
said the Lord. For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making are
standing before Me, an
affirmation of the Lord, so
remain does your seed and your name.” (66:21-22)
God will reestablish the daily offerings in the
Temple of Jerusalem through the Levites and priests as of before. New offerings
by the new consciousness under new heavens and in a new earth before the
Creator. Again, He reaffirms it, along with His promise to make Israel His
eternal nation endlessly from generation to generation.
“And it has been from month to month, and from
Sabbath to Sabbath, come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, said the
Lord.” (66:23)
The Sabbath is also reaffirmed as the time and space
of uniting with our God, and as
the eternal bond between He and Israel.
“And they have gone forth, and looked on the
carcasses of the men who are transgressing against Me. For their worm dies not,
and their fire is not quenched. And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!” (66:24)
Humankind will see the remains of men and nations
as the negative traits and trends that oppose and transgress against the
goodness God's Love wants to make prevail in His Creation. They will be removed from human
consciousness, and such removal will be permanent and a non-dying worm, and as
fire that is never extinguished.
They will be alien as an abhorrence to all flesh, for only goodness will prevail as the promised destiny God decreed for His Creation since the beginning of time. This destiny was transgressed by our ancient ancestors, but God will restore it as He affirms it.
This is the Seventh Day of God's Creation that He
left for the last, as we celebrate every Friday evening to welcome it.
“For that is the source, from which to bless. From the beginning, chosen before time. Last in deed, but first in [God's] thought.” (From the Jewish prayer book)
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