ISAIAH 66:7 “Before she [the city of David] travailed, she gave birth; before pain came to her, then she deliver a male [the “Messiah, the “Mighty God”]. Who has heard like this? Who has seen like these? Shall the earth travail in one day? Shall be born a nation (in) one step. For also [afterward] Zion [the city of David] travailed (and) brought forth her sons. Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth [the birth of the “Messiah”]? Surely I cause birth [of the “Messiah”], and restrain [then shut the womb],’ says your God.”
MICAH 5:1-3 “And you Bethlehem Ephratha, least being among the thousands of Judah, out of you, to Me he [the “Messiah”] shall come forth to become one ruling in Israel, and his comings forth (have been) from of old from the days of eternity. Therefore He will give them [the saints who are of the earth] (over) until the time the one [the “daughter of Zion”- of the City of David] giving birth has given birth; then the rest of his brothers [the scattered and dispersed flock] shall return to the sons of Israel."
"And he [ Jesus, the “Messiah” - manifesting the witness of the Mighty One of Israel] shall stand [as the embodiment of the Word of the Almighty God made flesh] and pasture (us) in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God, and they [the redeemed] shall [favorably] sit, for now he [the “risen” Messiah] is great to the ends of the earth.”
Barnes Commentary.- A nation is brought into existence by degrees. Its institutions are matured gradually, and usually by the long process of years. But here is an event as remarkable as if a whole nation should be born at once, and stand before the world, mature in its laws, its civil institutions, and in all that constitutes greatness.
“Shall I bring to the birth?” The sense of this verse is plain. It is, that God would certainly accomplish what He had here predicted, and for which He had made ample arrangements and preparations. He would not commence the work, and then abandon it. The meaning is that God designed the great and sudden increase of His church; that the plan was long laid; and that, having done this, He would not abandon it, but would certainly effect his designs.
“Shall I bring to the birth?” The sense of this verse is plain. It is, that God would certainly accomplish what He had here predicted, and for which He had made ample arrangements and preparations. He would not commence the work, and then abandon it. The meaning is that God designed the great and sudden increase of His church; that the plan was long laid; and that, having done this, He would not abandon it, but would certainly effect his designs.
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