QT 05/05/2025 Mon. Isaiah 62. Replacement and Rejoicing. 替代与欢欣.

QT 05/05/2025 Mon. Isaiah 62. Replacement and Rejoicing.
READ http://www.esv.org/isaiah62

It was difficult for Isaiah's audience still in exile on the other side of the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia to believe the promises of Isaiah 60. Like us today, the glowing promises of eternal life and the future of God's people in eternity might still seem quite far away.

But Isaiah reminded his audience that the feelings of "forsaken" and "desolate" (62:4) would now be replaced with "delight" and all things good associated with family and marriage (62:4–5).

APPLICATION: While eternity is still far away, believers and worshippers of The LORD can still pay attention to the little and often over-looked details of what's happening around us—you might still see the evidence of The LORD replacing the negative things of life with various thanksgiving items that lead to rejoicing and praise.

The second replacement for their glorious future points to foreigners' role. The idea of "foreigner" during Isaiah's time points to someone who has vastly different belief systems and gods compared to Isaiah's people. Food and festivals differed greatly too. The sticking point was that foreigners during Isaiah's time were inevitably connected with invasion and confiscation of assets, even religious artefacts, as tokens of their victory of Isaiah's contemporaries.

However, one day will come when foreigners will not pilfer from Isaiah's people (62:8) but will instead allow worshippers of the LORD to eat what they sow and drink what they had laboured greatly for (62:9). Since it was too difficult for Isaiah's audience to believe this good future in view of the predicament then, Isaiah revealed that his message would come to pass because "The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm" (62:8a).

Isaiah 62:10–11
[10] Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples. [11] Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” (ESV)

Thirdly, the prophet called for active faith from the audience (62:10–12), which concluded Isaiah 60–62. The text revealed to the audience their potential in God's eyes. Spiritual maturity keeps our potential in mind and also keeps working hard towards that potential because God's promises of the fulfillment of His word are true and true.

APPLICATION: Persevere in your faith towards God because His words are true and, by faith, the faithful would experience the fulfillment of God's Word now and even more of it in that glorious future that God had prepared.

QT 05/05/2025 星期一. 以赛亚书 62 替代与欢欣
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/isa/62

以赛亚的听众仍流亡在美索不达米亚新月沃土的另一端，他们很难相信以赛亚书第 60 章的应许。就像我们今天一样，永生的光明承诺和上帝子民永恒的未来似乎仍然很遥远。

但是以赛亚提醒他的听众，“撇弃” 和 “荒凉”（62:4）的感觉现在将被 “喜悦” 以及与家庭和婚姻相关的一切美好事物所取代（62:4-5）。

应用：虽然永恒还很遥远，但信徒和耶和华的敬拜者仍然可以关注我们身边发生的往往被忽视的小细节--你仍然可以看到耶和华用各种感恩的事物取代生活中负面事物的证据，这些感恩的事物会带来喜乐和赞美。

他们荣耀的未来的第二个替代品指向外国人的角色。在以赛亚所处的时代，“外邦人” 的概念指的是与以赛亚的子民有着截然不同的信仰体系和神灵的人。食物和节日也大不相同。问题的症结在于，在以赛亚的时代，外国人不可避免地与入侵和没收财产，甚至是宗教文物联系在一起，作为他们战胜以赛亚同时代人的信物。

然而，总有一天，外国人不会从以赛亚的子民那里偷窃（62:8），而是会让耶和华的敬拜者吃他们所播种的，喝他们为之辛勤劳作的（62:9）。鉴于当时的困境，以赛亚的听众很难相信这个美好的未来，因此以赛亚透露，他的信息将会实现，因为 “耶和华指着自己的右手和大能的膀臂起誓”（62：8a）。

以赛亚书 62:10-11
你们要经过，要从城门经过，预备人民的道路；你们要填高，要填高大道。要捡去石头、向万民竖立旗帜。看哪！耶和华曾向地极的人宣告，说：你们要对锡安的居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）说：‘看哪！你的拯救者来到了。他给予人的赏赐在他那里，他施予人的报应在他面前。’”

第三，先知呼吁听众要有积极的信心（62:10-12），这也是以赛亚书 60-62 章的结尾。这段经文向听众揭示了他们在上帝眼中的潜力。属灵的成熟让我们牢记自己的潜能，也让我们不断努力实现自己的潜能，因为神应许我们的话语是真实不虚的。

应用：坚持对神的信心，因为祂的话是真实的，凭着信心，信实的人现在就会经历到神的话的应验，甚至在神所预备的荣耀的未来会经历到更多的应验。