The Footstool Commentaries

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Jan 27, 2015 at 13:32

Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the LORD:
"Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?

Isaiah 66:6 "The sound of an uproar from the city!
A sound from the temple!
The sound of the LORD,
rendering recompense to his enemies!

Isaiah 66:8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For as soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her children.

Isaiah reveals Israel's rebirth in verse 8 and prefaces the rebuilding the of the third Temple with the LORD's declaration of covenant blessings at the point of His return, following the purge of the Temple Mount in preparation of His entrance to bless, once again, the people called by HaShem.

Isaiah 66:16 For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the LORD shall be many. 18;"For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19; and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20; And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

Yoel 2:15; Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;16; gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. 17; Between the vestibule and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, "Spare your people, O LORD,
and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"……..27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame….. 32; And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.

Ezekiel 42:7, et al, fits right here.....

Baruch HaShem Adonai

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