The remnants who return from captivity

Scripture reading: Isaiah 10:20-21

Isaiah 10:20–21 NASB95

Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Introduction

This Bible study is taken from book 5 of the History of Redemption series, entitled ‘The Promise of the Eternal Covenant: God’s Profound Providence as Revealed in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ (the Postexilic Period)’ from pages 316-327.

The Bible gives us several pictures of salvation to help us understand our situation. And of the many pictures and metaphors, we’re going to look at it from the picture of captivity and release. The Israelites were held captive twice in their history. First in Egypt as slaves, and then in Babylon as captives. And both times, God brought them out of captivity and brought them into freedom.

And this tells us something about salvation. There is a pattern to the salvation process. We are all held captive by the bondage of sin and death. We are all held captive by the things of this world.

And so today we are looking at the return from Babylonian captivity, and learn about the identity of the remnants who returned. And in we can see what we must do to make sure that we too can return from spiritual captivity.