Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Isaiah 4

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning,
At first glance, it looks like this may be a prophecy about the return of Christ, either before or after the Millennium.  It appears to be God judging the people, and cleansing His holy city.

However, I think it may be significant that the term Lord is not the word for God (that would be all caps).  Instead, it seems to be using a more generic term.  That makes me wonder if this is referring to when Jerusalem is conquered by the Babylonians, and the purging is God using them to clear away the wicked who had brought the Israelites to this fate.

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