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Verse Isaiah 56:6. _THE SONS OF THE STRANGER_] The Gentiles.
_THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD_] Who shall enter into the Christian
covenant by baptism and faith in Christ, as the Jews and proselytes...
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ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER - (see the note at Isaiah 56:3). The
conditions on which they should be admitted to the same privileges are
specified, and are the following:
1. They were to ‘join thems...
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CHAPTER 56
Salvation Enjoyed by the Strangers and Eunuchs
1. _Strangers and servants joined unto the Lord to serve Him and to
love the Name of the Lord (Isaiah 56:1) _ The first eight verses of
this...
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ISAIAH 56:1_._ A GRACIOUS PROMISE TO PROSELYTES AND EUNUCHS. We find
ourselves conscious in this oracle of a change of atmosphere and
setting. The Temple is built, and the centre of an elaborate ritua...
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The answer to the misgivings of proselytes (Isaiah 56:3).
_to serve him_ Better as R.V. TO MINISTER UNTO HIM. The verb is used
of honourable personal service (Genesis 39:4; Genesis 40:4), and
especial...
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DISCOURSE: 988
ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL SINCERE WORSHIPPERS
Isaiah 56:4. Thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my
sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my
covenant: Even...
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NEITHER LET THE SON OF THE STRANGER, &C.— The _strangers_ and
_eunuchs_ were excluded from the privileges of native Jews. In this
period they are informed that the time is coming when those
distinctio...
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2. DOERS ARE DISCIPLES
TEXT: Isaiah 56:6-8
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Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto
him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, everyone
that keepeth th...
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Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every
one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh h...
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1, 2. Further conditions to be observed that men may share in the
approaching deliverance....
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To be born as a *Jew is to be a member of the *Lord’s *covenant
people. But the responsibilities of that membership include the need
to obey the *Lord. That is much more important to God than someone’...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 56
GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCLUDE ALL NATIONS
V1 (This is what the *Lord says to his people...
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ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER... — Proselytes also were to share in
the blessings of the wider covenant. The words “to serve him” have
been referred to some menial offices like that of the Nethinim,
“...
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וּ בְנֵ֣י הַ נֵּכָ֗ר הַ נִּלְוִ֤ים עַל
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Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE EVE OF RETURN
Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
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BOOK 4
THE RESTORATION
WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long,
steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to
extricate and solve and load oursel...
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THE BLESSEDNESS OF SABBATH-KEEPING
Isaiah 56:1-12
The bright array of Messianic promises, which occupied the preceding
Chapter s, is now followed by a portion of less interest, seeing that
our attent...
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This division ends with two Chapter s (56 and 57) which set forth
certain aspects of the administration of the Kingdom. The first is
intended to comfort those who by recent promises of restoration mad...
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This is a repetition of the same promise, varying only in expression,
under the gospel dispensation. Aliens and strangers shall be as fully
instituted into the privileges of the Church, as the stock o...
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6._The children of the foreigner who shall be joined to Jehovah. _He
repeats the same thing which he had formerly said, that God will open
the doors of his temple to all men without distinction, so th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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ALSO THE SONS OF THE STRANGER THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD,....
Having answered the objection and removed the discouragement of the
eunuch, he now returns to the sons of the stranger, who also joi...
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Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every
one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh ho...
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_The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord_ That with
purpose of heart cleave unto him, as is said Acts 11:23. _To love the
Lord, to be his servants_ To serve him out of love to him an...
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ADMONITION AND COMFORT TO THE AFFLICTED...
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Also the sons of the stranger, of the non-Israelite, of the Gentile,
THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD TO SERVE HIM, in the true worship of
faith, AND TO LOVE THE NAME OF THE LORD, TO BE HIS SERVANTS,...
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3-8 Unbelief often suggests things to discourage believers, against
which God has expressly guarded. Spiritual blessings are unspeakably
better than having sons and daughters; for children are a care...
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THAT JOIN THEMSELVES TO THE LORD; that with purpose of heart cleave
unto him, as is said, ACTS 11:23. TO SERVE HIM, AND TO LOVE THE NAME
OF THE LORD; to serve him out of love to him, and to his worshi...
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Isaiah 56:6 sons H1121 foreigner H5236 join H3867 (H8737) LORD H3068
serve H8334 (H8763) love H157 ...
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THE WELCOME GIVEN TO EUNUCHS AND STRANGERS TO ENTER FULLY INTO THE
HOUSE OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 56:1).
God's true people are to live in readiness for the day of deliverance
(Isaiah 56:1 b), and one day whe...
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CONTENTS: Solemn instruction given to all to make conscience of duty.
Charge against the careless and unfaithful.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The more assurance God gives us of the performance of H...
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Isaiah 56:1. _Keep ye judgment,_ as a preparation for the Messiah's
advent, who is here called, Salvation; and whose righteousness and
mercy are the only ground of a sinner's justification, adoption,...
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_Also the sons of the stranger_
GENTILES ENJOYING GOD’S FAVOUR
This is a clear prophecy of the call of the Gentiles into the Church
of Christ.
Let us attend to this description of those who are obj...
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_For thus saith the Lord_
CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S PEOPLE
The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness and
glorying in the flesh, the Lord, by His prophet, looking for...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:1 How to Prepare for the Coming Glory:
“Hold Fast My Covenant.” Isaiah helps readers know how to be
God’s servants who will live with him forever....
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CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Isaiah 56:4. _For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep My
Sabbaths, &c._
The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness, and
glo...
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JOINED TO THE LORD
Isaiah 56:3; Isaiah 56:6. _The sons of the stranger, that join
themselves to the Lord_.
The end of all worship is union with God. To this most glorious issue
all the revelations of...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 56:1
AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH,
COMBINED WITH PROMISES
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 56:1-12.
In Isaiah 55:1-13 the Lord speaks of this glorious everlasting
salvation and the glories of His greatness, His power. "As the heavens
are higher than...