From the Rabbi...

Gentle Reader, From the pen of Rabbi Del and his wife comes this thought:
A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .You should live, if only to satisfy your curiosity. A SECOND REMNANT

"In that day, my LORD will apply His hand again the second time to redeeming His people, the ones outside the Holy Land, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Nubia, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the coastlands of the sea."

[Isaiah (Yeshayah) 11. 11 Tanakh, Nevi'im]

The prophet Isaiah lived during the time when the Ten Tribes of Israel were being carried into captivity by the Assyrians, and about 100 years before his own nation of Judah would be carried into exile by the Babylonians. Yet in one of the most remarkable prophecies of Holy Script, the Prophet Isaiah promised that his people would someday return and rebuild Jerusalem and its Temple. [see Isaiah/Yeshayah 44. 24 - 45. 6] Furthermore, he even named the future emperor of Persia, the nation which would succeed Assyria and Babylon as the dominant world power, calling him "Cyrus." This great king, Cyrus, did accomplish Isaiah's prophecy approximately 175 years after it was given. [Ezra 1. 1 - 4]

Isaiah prophesied the first return from exile, then he foresaw that GOD Omnipotent would also set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people in the distant future. . . the glorious future time of Messiah Jesus' reign over all the earth. "In all of MY Sacred Mount nothing evil or vile shall be done; for the Land shall be filled with devotion to the LORD as water covers the sea. In that day the ROOT of Jesse will stand as a STANDARD to the peoples - Nations shall seek HIS counsel and HIS place of rest will be glorious and honoured." [Isaiah (Yeshayah) 11. 9 - 10 Tanakh, Nevi'im] The outcasts of Israel and Judah will return home "from the four corners of the earth." [Isaiah (Yeshayah) 11. 12 Tanakh, Nevi'im]

Pathros, Nubia (Cush), Elam, Shinar, and Hamath are ancient names of nations identified now as Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq and Syria respectively. Isaiah predicted an even greater exile and world-wide homecoming long beyond that of the Babylonian captivity. Such information could have come only from Almighty Omniscient GOD Himself. Oh LORD, how great YOU are!" Behold, GOD is our Salvation, we can trust in him and not be afraid.