The Ultimate Light At the End of the Tunnel

 

Isa 4:2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing For those of Israel who have escaped. 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy-everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning

 

“In that day,” the Day that the Lord will take away the “reproach” of Israel The idea of reproach is shame. In this case it is like pointing a finger at believers and asking them, “Where is your God in all this that has befallen you?

It’s a common question on the heels of God’s judgment against His children. When the reproach has run it’s course the Lord steps in and turns reproach into beauty and glory!

This word from Isaiah was both a short term and long term prophecy. In the short run, the Babylonian captivity would end and God’s people (the church) would once again return to Jerusalem and rebuild. In the long term, this prophecy speaks of the coming of Jesus (the capital “B” Branch arriving on the scene.

This is the first reference and likening to Jesus  as a Branch in the Book of Isaiah, but it is not the last mention given the Branch in the prophets.

Isa 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

 Jer 23:5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

 Zec 3:8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.

 

The Promised Branch from the root of David. Always a picture of Christ and His church. As a believer YOU are a branch attached to the Vine, (the mother branch) of the church. It is just as Jesus said in Jn 15. You are either with Him or not. Joh 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 "If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Yes there is Light at the end of every tunnel. Don’t run from it, run to it. For that Light is the Light of the world, the Son of God, the Branch of David, sent to redeem the world from the reproach of sin. Jesus said in Joh 8:12, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."