Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. I. THE PERIOD FORETOLD. The word "year," in such connections as this, is to be interpreted in a general sense as applying to a lengthened period of time. "The year of the redeemed may not mean so much the year when Christ died, in order to redeem them, as the period when He should begin to win the victories of His grace among them; the period when He should be "lifted up" by the preaching of the Gospel, and "draw all men unto Him;" the period when the sign of the Son of Man, in the preaching of Christ and of Him crucified, should be visible in the ecclesiastical world, represented in the everlasting prophecy as heaven, and when by the preaching of a crucified Saviour, sinners, numerous as on the day of Pentecost and in succeeding times, should be won from darkness to light, and translated from the kingdom of Satan to the kingdom of God's dear Son. II. THE CERTAINTY OF ITS ARRIVAL. God has decreed it, and all its glories must be realized. It may be said to be come in the distinct and positive revelations of prophecy. In the prophecies of God, the decrees of God are unfolded. (W. H. Cooper.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.WEB: For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. |
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