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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Witnesses; Kings; Deliverers; Servants, #8
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. (Obadiah 1:21)
The term "saviours" properly is rendered deliverers. In any case, the noun is plural.
It is interesting to note, in connection with Obadiah 1:21, Paul's statement: "so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob" (Romans 11:26).
Paul was quoting from Isaiah 59:19,20:
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 59:19,20)
It is likely that Obadiah 1:21, Isaiah 59:19,20, and Romans 11:26 are referring to the same event. If so, we have the concept found in Isaiah 32:2 and Revelation 12:6. The concept is that in the hour in which Satan comes against the saints like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will come upon the King and His princes. These deliverers will come up on Mount Zion, as we see in Revelation 14:1, and deliver God's people from the famine of righteousness.
Although the deliverance will commence on a small scale, and during the midnight hour, it will increase in splendor until it arises as part of the dawning of the Day of the Lord.
After speaking of the Redeemer coming to Zion, Isaiah continues to prophesy:
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. (Isaiah 60:1)
At what period of history will the Light of the Lord arise, will the deliverers stand on Mount Zion?
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people [undoubtedly during the latter part of Daniel's "week"]: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. (Isaiah 60:2)
Witnesses; kings; deliverers; servants.
We are suffering rejection and tribulation, moral enticement, and imprisonment during the present time. Soon we will be anointed with unprecedented power in order that a true witness may be borne to the Church and to the nations of the earth.
Our faithfulness as witnesses will result in Christ, the ruler of the nations, being formed in us.
As soon as the witness has been concluded, our role will be that of deliverer: first, during the latter half of the week, and then gloriously as we rule with the Lord Jesus throughout the thousand-year period.
But what of our role as God's servant?
Christ—Head and Body—is the eternal Servant of God who will bring justice to the nations of saved people on the earth.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles [nations]. (Isaiah 42:1)
The Book of Isaiah has much to say about the role of Israel, God's Servant and Witness.
To be continued.