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"O ZION" ARE THOSE WHO WERE OSTRACIZED,
EXCOMMUNICATED,
"TAKEN FOR NOTHING"
AND "CARRIED OFF" TO SYMBOLIC "EGYPT".
(Isaiah 52:1-6 NEB).
THE PROMISE OF JEHOVAH TO
FREE OSTRACIZED SONS OF ZION.
The
excommunication of Spirit anointed sons of God merely "for nothing"
was when His anointed "temple" class on earth were "thrown
down" during the "appointed times" without just cause and
appeared to be deserted by Jehovah. (Isaiah 52:5
&
54:7,8 Moffatt.
See Rev 11:7-9. Dan 8:13,14 &
12:7. 1 Cor 3:16,17).
Soon to be fulfilled is the promise
of God: "Once you were sold for nothing, and now you shall be freed
without any payment... "Why, My temple is thrown down," says the Eternal, "My
Name is constantly reviled! So My people shall learn on that day who I am, that
it is I who made the promise."" (52:3 6 Moffatt). This promise of
God is that He will never again be angry with or reproach His faithful anointed
"temple" sons. It brings to an end the "flood" of
His indignation upon them because of the apostasy and spirit of uncleanness in
His spiritual "land" as recorded in the
"Little Scroll", and an
end to the concealment of His "face" from them during the
"appointed times" when they were spiritually "trampled" on
by the "disgusting thing" of unsealed JW
'elders'.
(54:7,8. Zech 13:2. Rev 10:8-11 &
11:2).
WHEN WILL JEHOVAH FULFIL HIS PROMISE?
When we hear the
herald of God with "tidings of relief" calling aloud to Zion:
"Your God reigns!" (52:7 Moffatt). What evidence will there be among
faithful anointed "temple" sons of Zion that this is taking place?
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In heaven
and on earth the limits of our "home" shall be enlarged.
(54:2 NEB). |
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Not only shall we break out of our confines right and left, but even our
descendants
shall "dispossess the nations" and re-people cities
made desolate. (54:3 NEB). |
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We shall forget the
reproach of our "widowhood" when we were without the protection
of our "Husband" and "Ransomer" Jehovah
the Holy One of Israel. (54:4,5 NEB). |
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Never again will Jehovah
reproach anointed sons of Zion. His steadfast love and His
covenant of everlasting peace shall never be removed from them. (54:6-10
NEB). |
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"Darkness" will cover
the nations, but by His Spirit heavenly "Jerusalem" shall
"shed forth light".
(60:1,2
NEB). |
The last remaining members of the
heavenly "woman" of God were those who were ostracized and
excommunicated by the "disgusting thing" "standing in a holy place"
but remained faithful to the Word of God during the 1,335 days. (Matt 24:15.
Dan 12:11,12).
Isaiah chapter 52 verses 1 to 3
describe the spiritual condition of Zion as "the dust" of
spiritual inactivity and captivity caused by spiritually "uncircumcised"
and "unclean" ones. These verses are the call of God to the
"sold" anointed sons of "O Zion" to "awake"
now that the total number of their brothers of the "Holy City" is complete! (NEB).
It should be noted that Isaiah 52
verse 7 describes the good news of the deliverance of Zion by God,
not the "good news" of Christ's ransom sacrifice for the forgiveness
of sins. (See Col 1:13,14 and Rom 1:16).
17/7/87.
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