CHAPTER 60
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 1
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 1
Praise the Lord! His Light has risen upon His people!!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 2
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 2
Spiritual darkness covered the earth until Pentecost, and darkness covers our lives until the Light of Jesus Christ arises upon us. This doesn’t mean only in accepting Him as Savior, but in allowing Him into every detail of our lives, walking hand-in-hand with him every minute of every day, and accepting His guidance and challenges in our lives and relationships.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 3
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 3
He’s available to EVERYONE!!!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 4-7
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 4-7
Look and see around the world. All the people that are coming to know Christ! All His people are one in the Lord. We all flow together in His Love. Jesus prayed for this in John, chapter 17.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 8
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 8
What people will come to know Jesus—to see that he is their home, safety and peace, as a dove comes to its home? Our home is with Him. We come home as a homing pigeon, or dove, always comes home, no matter how long it is away.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 9
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 9
In this case, “wait for” means to bind or gather together, and “glorify” means to make clear. All the people can come together to the Lord and give everything they have to Him because He has made Himself clear to us….the Holy Spirit reveals Him to us.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 10
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 10
Even though we haven’t met many of God’s people throughout the world, we are all working together to build the walls of the Spiritual New Jerusalem –the foundation is being re-made. It was broken when Adam sinned, so the city is hanging with no foundation or connection to earth because of the broken communication between God and Man. Now Jesus and the Holy Spirit are re-building it. Everywhere a believer walks is the streets of the Spiritual New Jerusalem. This is spoken of in Revelations 3:12 and 21:2
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 11
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 11
Our hearts shall be always open to bring more to worship Christ and to join the work of the Lord.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 12
Those who don’t give themselves to the Lord and trust in the Salvation of Jesus, and victory and fellowship with Him in their lives, will perish because of unbelief.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 13
The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 13
Here, the word for “pine” means a species of wood, used for normal building purposes, the word for for “fir” is a totally different type of wood, used for making musical instruments, and “glorious” means heavy with a good thing. He is saying that He uses us all, with our varying personalities and characteristics. He uses some of us where we are, as the mention of the trees, and some He makes us into, or asks us to change our lives, as in making “boxes”. Either way, as we yield to His workings in our lives, he will make us into what we must be to do the plan he has for our lives, and to beautify the earth with his Word and presence in us, and make the Place of his Feet (the earth) heavily laden and full of His Presence and Glory. (glorious).
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 14-15
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 14-15
Then the world will know that God’s people are no fools and that we have Jesus in us. They will repent and turn to Jesus also.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 16
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 16
Jesus will, through the Holy Spirit, rule the earth, through His people, until He comes again and rules Himself. We will gain spiritual nourishment from each other as we share His Word and pray.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 17
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
APPLICATION, CHAPTER 60, VS 17
From the Lord we get so much more—Everything we give Him, He gives us something much better. (brass-gold; iron-silver,etc) We have made an exchange with Jesus’ life—His for ours, and that is certainly an uneven exchange!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 18
We are the City of Jerusalem. We have no more “wasting or destruction” in us with Christ. Our walls are the impenetrable Salvation of Jesus and he enters through our Praise!!!
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 19-20
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 19-20
We look to God for our light and not to the things of this world. Those things change and deteriorate and what we thought of as light disappears and is not constant, but God’s light is steady and everlasting. We have that light “as through a veil” now, but when Jesus comes back and establishes His Kingdom on the New Earth, it will be a literal as well as a spiritual, light.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 21
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 21
We are the branches—Jesus is the Vine—God has planted us in Eternal Righteousness because of the Salvation of Jesus Christ. (John 15:1)
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 60, VS 22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 60, VS 22
Through the Spirit even those of us who were considered small, weak, unintelligent, are great to God. He will do great works through His small and weak ones.
END OF CHAPTER 60