This will be for the Lord’s renown,
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

Although the section we looked at yesterday may be about the return from Babylon in the short term, ultimately it is about more than that. It is a pointer to the greater deliverance still to come, in and through Jesus and His death on the Cross. The ‘second exodus’ from Babylon is the mountain peak in the foreground here. But behind it there stands the mount of Calvary, although a long valley of time separates the two.

”For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.” (2 Cor.1:20).

The Lord is faithful to all His promises.

It is in and through the gospel that we will see ultimate transformation, for the glory of God.

” Thorns and briers came in with sin and were the fruits of the curse, Gen 3 18. The raising of pleasant trees in the room of them signifies the removal of the curse of the law and the introduction of gospel blessings.” Matthew Henry.

‘I’m not what I want to be, and I’m not what I’m going to be. But praise God, I’m not what I was!’