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OCTOBER 2
3 Do not let the son of the foreigner
Who has joined himself to the LORD
Speak, saying,
55:6,7 Here is one of the clearest Old “The LORD has utterly separated me
Testament invitations to salvation now and from His people”;
kingdom blessing later. It gives an excellent Nor let the eunuch say,
example of how people were saved during “Here I am, a dry tree.”
the Old Testament period.Salvation grace and 4 For thus says the LORD:
mercy were available to the soul that was will- “To the eunuchs who keep My
ing to 1) seek the Lord (Deut. 4:29; 2 Chr. 15:4) Sabbaths,
and 2) call on Him while He is still available
(65:1; Ps. 32:6; Prov. 8:17; Matt. 25:1–13). Such And choose what pleases Me,
true seeking in faith is accompanied by repen- 5 And hold fast My covenant,
tance, which is described as forsaking ways Even to them I will give in My house
and thoughts and turning from sinful living to And within My walls a place and a name
the Lord. A sinner must come, believing in Better than that of sons and daughters;
God, recognizing his sin, and desiring forgive- I will give them an everlasting name
ness and deliverance from that sin. At the That shall not be cut off.
same time he must recognize his own inabili- 6
ty to be righteous or to satisfy God and cast “Also the sons of the foreigner
himself on God’s mercy. It is then that he Who join themselves to the LORD, to
receives a complete pardon. His sin has been serve Him,
covered by the substitution of the Messiah in And to love the name of the LORD, to be
his place (chap. 53). His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the
Sabbath,
And make it bring forth and bud, And holds fast My covenant—
That it may give seed to the sower 7 Even them I will bring to My holy
And bread to the eater, mountain,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth And make them joyful in My house of
from My mouth; prayer.
It shall not return to Me void, Their burnt offerings and their
But it shall accomplish what I please, sacrifices
And it shall prosper in the thing for Will be accepted on My altar;
which I sent it.
For My house shall be called a house
12 “For you shall go out with joy, of prayer for all nations.”
And be led out with peace; 8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the
The mountains and the hills outcasts of Israel, says,
Shall break forth into singing before you, “Yet I will gather to him
And all the trees of the field shall clap Others besides those who are gathered
their hands. to him.”
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the 9
cypress tree, All you beasts of the field, come to
And instead of the brier shall come up devour,
the myrtle tree; All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind,
And it shall be to the LORD for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not They are all ignorant;
be cut off.” They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
56 Thus says the LORD: Sleeping, lying down, loving to
slumber.
11 Yes, they are greedy dogs
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come, Which never have enough.
And My righteousness to be revealed. And they are shepherds
2 Blessed is the man who does this, Who cannot understand;
And the son of man who lays hold on it; They all look to their own way,
Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, Every one for his own gain,
And keeps his hand from doing any From his own territory.
evil.” 12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,

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