What am I to make of Isaiah 24:5? Are Gentiles responsible for violating the Mosaic covenant every bit as much as the Jews? Or, does Isaiah 24:5 only speak of the Noahdic covenant?
Isaiah
J.K. McKee of Messianic Apologetics discusses the huge significance of the prophecies of Micah 4:1-3 and Isaiah 2:2-4, which both anticipate how the masses from the nations of Planet Earth will stream to Zion in the Last Days to be instructed by Mosesâ Teaching.
âBring your worthless offerings no longer, incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assembliesâI cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly. I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, they have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing themâ (NASU).
âIn all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, and He lifted them and carried them all the days of oldâ (NASU).
âFor thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), âI am the LORD, and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, âSeek Me in a waste placeâ; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, declaring things that are upright. Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; they have no knowledge, who carry about their wooden idol and pray to a god who cannot save. Declare and set forth your case; indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none except Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness and will not turn back, that to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance. They will say of Me, âOnly in the LORD are righteousness and strength.â Men will come to Him, and all who were angry at Him will be put to shame. In the LORD all the offspring of Israel will be justified and will gloryâ (NASU).
âThis one will say, âI am the LORDâsâ; and that one will call on the name of Jacob; and another will write on his hand, âBelonging to the LORD,â and will name Israelâs name with honor. Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: âI am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me. Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it; yes, let him recount it to Me in order, from the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming and the events that are going to take place. Do not tremble and do not be afraid; have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you are My witnesses. Is there any God besides Me, or is there any other Rock? I know of noneâââ (NASU).
âI am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, nor My praise to graven imagesâ (NASU).
âO LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earthâ (Isaiah 37:16, NASU).
âThus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, âI, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself and spreading out the earth all aloneââ (Isaiah 44:24, NASU).
âYou alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before Youâ (Nehemiah 9:6, NASU).
âThe sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His handâŠâ (Psalm 95:5-7, NASU).
âFor a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish thisâ (NASU).
âIn the year of King Uzziahâs death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, âHoly, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.â And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. Then I said, âWoe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.â Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, âBehold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.â Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, âWhom shall I send, and who will go for Us?â Then I said, âHere am I. Send me!ââ (NASU).
