Barriers Will Be Overcome

There are many barriers, both literal and figurative, to hinder the Israelites' return from exile.  How will they be overcome?  Isaiah says:  "Jehovah will certainly cut off the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and wave his hand at the River in the glow of his spirit.  And he must strike in its seven torrents, and he will actually cause people to walk in their sandals."  (Isaiah 11:15)  It is Jehovah who will remove all impediments to his people's return. Even a barrier as formidable as a tongue of the Red Sea (such as the Gulf of Suez) or as impassable as the mighty Euphrates River will be dried up, as it were, so that a person can cross without having to take off his sandals!

In Moses' day, Jehovah prepared a way for Israel to escape from Egypt and march to the Promised Land.  He will do something similar now:  "There must come to be a highway out of Assyria for the remnant of his people who will  remain over, just as there came to be one for Israel in the day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt."  (Isaiah 11:16) Jehovah will lead returning exiles as if they were walking along a highway from their place of exile to their homeland.  Opposers will attempt to stop them, but their God, Jehovah will be with them.  Anointed Christians and their companions today likewise  come under vicious attack, but they go forward courageously! They have come out of modern Assyria, Satan's world, and they will help others to do the same.  They know that pure worship will succeed and flourish.  It is not man's work, but God's.

Next time: Endless Rejoicing for the Subjects of the Messiah!

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, 2000