Salvation for Foreigners
This is what the LORD says: Psa 85:9Rom 13:11-14Isa 1:16-19Mat 3:2Rom 1:17Psa 24:4-6Rom 10:6-10Isa 55:7
“Maintain justice and do what is right,
for My salvation is coming soon,
and My righteousness will be revealed.
Blessed is the man who does this, Exo 31:13-16Isa 58:13Ezk 20:12Psa 112:1Exo 20:10Ezk 20:20Jer 17:21-22Luk 11:28
and the son of man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 1Co 6:17Act 10:34Mat 19:12-30Act 10:1-2Act 17:4Dan 1:3-21Eph 2:22Isa 14:1
“The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.”
And let the eunuch not say,
“I am but a dry tree.”
For this is what the LORD says: Isa 27:5Jos 24:15Luk 10:42Psa 119:1112Sa 23:5Isa 56:6Heb 6:17Isa 55:3
“To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases Me
and hold fast to My covenant—
I will give them, in My house and within My walls, Rev 3:12Rev 3:51Jn 3:11Ti 3:15Isa 55:13Jhn 1:12Isa 26:1Isa 48:19
a memorial and a name
better than that of sons and daughters.
I will give them an everlasting name
that will not be cut off.
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD Jer 50:5Isa 56:2-4Isa 58:13Gal 5:6Isa 44:5Jas 2:5Act 2:41Mrk 12:30-34
to minister to Him,
to love the name of the LORD,
and to be His servants—
all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it
and who hold fast to My covenant—
I will bring them to My holy mountain Mrk 11:17Isa 2:2-3Mal 1:11Luk 19:46Mat 21:13Mic 4:1-2Rom 12:1Eph 2:11-13
and make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on My altar,
for My house will be called a house of prayer 1
for all the nations.”
Thus declares the Lord GOD, Jhn 10:16Isa 54:7Isa 60:3-11Eph 1:10Eph 2:14-16Gen 49:10Isa 66:18-21Jer 30:17
who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
“I will gather to them still others
besides those already gathered.”
Israel’s Sinful Leaders
Come, all you beasts of the field; Jer 12:9Deu 28:26Ezk 29:5Ezk 39:17Isa 18:6Rev 19:17-18
eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, Ezk 33:6Isa 29:10Isa 58:1Mat 15:14Php 3:2Hos 9:7-8Mrk 13:34-37Nam 3:18
they are all oblivious;
they are all mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they are dreamers lying around,
loving to slumber.
Like ravenous dogs, Ezk 34:2-3Ezk 13:19Jhn 8:43Mic 3:11Isa 1:3Isa 57:17Mic 3:5-6Rev 22:15
they are never satisfied.
They are shepherds with no discernment;
they all turn to their own way,
each one seeking his own gain:
“Come, let me get the wine, Psa 10:6Luk 12:19-20Pro 27:1Isa 5:221Co 15:32Hos 4:11Luk 12:45-46Pro 23:35
let us imbibe the strong drink,
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!”