A Word to the Remnant

Isaiah 1:9 NKJV

Unless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

God always has a remnant

God will preserve for Himself a remnant.

God will prepare for Himself a remnant.

God will promote His work of restoration through a remnant.

What is a “remnant”?

A remnant is a piece of the original.

A remnant is a starter in restoration.

A remnant establishes the pattern.

A remnant sets the standard.

A word to the remnant

Isaiah 51:1–16 NKJV

“Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him.” For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. “Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation from generation to generation.” Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over? So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? And you forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail. But I am the Lord your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared— The Lord of hosts is His name. And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

LISTEN TO ME (Isaiah 51:1, 4, 7)

You who follow after righteousness (Isaiah 51:1)

You who seek the LORD (Isaiah 51:1)

My people (Isaiah 51:4)

My nation (Isaiah 51:4)

You who know righteousness (Isaiah 51:7)

You people in whose heart is My law (Isaiah 51:7)

LOOK BACK (REMEMBER) (Isaiah 51:1-2)

Look to the Rock from which you were hewn (value, worth, origin).

Look to the hole of the pit from which were were dug (humility).

Look to Abraham your father and Sarah who bore you--covenant children. (Isaiah 51:2)

LOOK FORWARD (IN HOPE) (Isaiah 51:3-5)

Comfort of Zion (Isaiah 51:3)

Comfort all her waste places.

Restoration (Isaiah 51:3)

Her wilderness will be like Eden.

Her desert will be like the garden of the LORD.

Joy and gladness will be found in it.

Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

Renewed Order (Isaiah 51:4)

Law will proceed from Me.

I will make My justice rest as a light to the peoples.

My righteousness is near.

Salvation (Isaiah 51:5)

My salvation has gone forth.

Judgment of the Wicked

My arms will judge the peoples. (Isaiah 51:5)

Awakening of the Lost

The coastlands will wait upon Me.

On My arms they will trust.

LIFT UP YOUR EYES (To the heavens) (Isaiah 51:6)

To the heavens—and from that perspective “look on the earth beneath”

The heavens will vanish away like smoke.

The earth will grow old like a garment.

Those who dwell in it will die in like manner.

My salvation will be forever.

LIFT UP YOUR VOICE (To God) (Isaiah 51:9-10)

Awake, Awake

Put on Strength

Awake as in the ancient days

LIFT UP YOUR VOICE (To the people) (Isaiah 51:16)

I have put My words in your mouth.

I have covered you with the shadow of My hand.

That I may plant (establish) the heavens.

That I may lay the foundations of the earth.

That I may say, “You are My people”.

Response to the Word

God is speaking to the remnant.

Comfort

Encouragement

Exhortation

Do you hear His voice?

It is time for the remnant to listen.

It is time for the remnant to rise and be God’s remnant in these last days.