The battle they were familiar with was a battle of the flesh. “Burning and fuel of fire”: The world will no longer need the accessories of warfare because a time of universal peace will follow the return of Christ. Isaiah 9:5 “For every battle of the warrior with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood but shall be with burning fuel of fire.” His freedom is not an outward freedom, but a freedom of the soul and spirit of man.
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Jesus sets us free from the bondage of sin and death. I have always said the reason they did not recognize Jesus as their Messiah, is they were expecting a mighty warrior king like David had been. True worship of the Lord sets everyone, who practices it, free. When the Lord Jesus Christ (their Messiah) comes, He will set the captives free. “Broken the yoke”: eventually the Lord will free national Israel from bondage to Assyria, Babylon, and every other foreign power that has oppressed her. Isaiah 9:4 “For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.” There will be a great harvest of the wheat at the end of the world.
They had a feast of harvest at that time. The harvest spoken of here, is the harvest of the crops in the fall. Their joy was more in material things, instead of in Him. In the fuller sense, they belonged to God, and He blessed them as His children. From time to time, when their sins became great, God would partially remove the blessings. The blessings of God had been on the Hebrews, always. “Multiplied the nation”: Once again the Lord confirmed His covenant with Abraham to multiply his physical descendants as the sands of the seashore (Genesis 22:17). Isaiah 9:3 “Thou hast multiplied the nation, not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as rejoice when they divide the spoil.” This Light is available to whosoever will. John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” The world was in a terrible state when the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Light, came. Not only will his Light shine on those of Judah and give them the power to be, but it will shine on the Gentiles as well. This is most assuredly speaking of the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah 9:2 “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”Ī great light: The coming of the Messiah is synonymous with the coming of light to remove the darkness of captivity (42:16 49:6 58:8 16:1, 19-20).Ģ Corinthians 4:4 “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” It was darkened by their disobedience to God, but did not go out. Notice, the word “dimness” which means the light did not go completely out.
Even though God has allowed them to be overrun with the Assyrians, there is the promise of Messiah coming and bringing the Light to them. Ultimately, its fulfillment will come at His Second Advent when the area is free from the yoke of foreign invaders The New Testament applies this prophecy of Galilee’s honor to the time of Jesus Christ’s First Advent (Matthew 4:12-16 Matthew 4:15-16 quotes Isaiah 9:1-2 directly).
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In earlier times, the days were to be full of gloom, but later on God would transform that gloom into honor. “Zebulun … Naphtali … Galilee”: Zebulun and Naphtali on the northern border in Northeast Galilee west of the Jordan River were the first to suffer from the invasion by the Assyrian king (2nd Kings 15:29), marking the beginning of dark days for Israel. Isaiah 9:1 “Nevertheless the dimness not such as in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.” Thus, he predicts the future with certainty, as though it had already come to pass. The prophet sees these events as though they were already happening. To those in the darkness of the North, God promises to send a great light, which is quoted (in Matthew 4:15-16), as being fulfilled in Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. Galilee is named and identified with the nations (Gentiles). 9:1-5: The dimness of Israel’s rejection was especially prevalent in the northern tribal areas of Zebulun and Naphtali, which would suffer greatly under the Assyrian invasion.
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