Light Shining in the Darkness

As a result of Judah's rebellious course, Jerusalem was to be destroyed, and the inhabitants of Judah were to be taken captive to Babylon.  Yes, dark times were coming, Jehovah commissioned his prophet Isaiah to foretell this ominous period, but He also instructed him to proclaim good news. After 70 years of exile, the Jew would be liberated from Babylon!  A joyful remnant would return Zion and have the privilege of restoring true worship there.  With this happy message, Jehovah  through his prophet causes light to shine in the darkness.

Judah was not desolated until more than a century after Isaiah recorded his prophecies.  Why, then, did Jehovah reveal his purposes so far in advance?  Would not those who had personally heard Isaiah's proclamations  be long dead by the time the prophecies were fulfilled?   That is true.  Still, thanks to Jehovah's revelations to Isaiah, those living at the time of Jerusalem's destruction in 607 B.C.E. would have  a written record of Isaiah's  prophetic messages.  This would provide irrefutable proof that Jehovah is "the One telling from the beginning the finale, and from long ago the things that have not been done." -Isaiah 46:10; 55:10, 11.

Only Jehovah can rightfully make such a claim.  A human might be able to predict the near future based on his understanding of the political or social climate of the day.  But only Jehovah can foresee with absolute certainty what will happy at any point in time, even in the distant future.  He can also empower his servants to foretell events long before they can occur.  The Bible states: "The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets." -Amos 3:7.  

  Note: But Jehovah does not give gifts of seeing  or knowing, as for example like that person on  TV   the medium; that is not a gift from God, that is how Satan gets people to worship him without their knowing. Unless you are a true Christian and know the true knowledge, you cannot know how Satan truly works! When you do stuff like put movies on TV that relate to Ghosts, supernatural or anything related to that; that is Satan's work and should not be done. The same goes with movies etc. And one should not watch them or read about them, because it opens a window for Satan.  If you even have anything in your house that pertains to that or that belongs to someone you borrowed from in your home, get rid of it!  Satan is ruling enough of this world, do not invite him in  anymore than he is already.  Back in the days before 1914 to 1919; there may have been that chance of a gift; but not now.  I know this to be the truth.

Next time: How Many "Isaiahs"?

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, Volume II,  2001