The Year Of Favor/The Day Of Vengeance

Isaiah 61

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,

Because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

To proclaim freedom for the captives and release for the prisoners,

To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor

And the day of vengeance of our God.

To comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion--

To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

The oil of gladness instead of mourning,

And a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord

For the display of his splendor.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated;

They will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.

Aliens will shepherd your flocks;

Foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

And you will be called priests of the Lord,

You will be named ministers of our God.

You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion,

And instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance;

And so they will inherit a double portion in their land

And everlasting joy will be theirs.

For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity.

In my faithfulness I will reward them

And make an everlasting covenant with them.

Their descendants will be known among the nations

And their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will acknowledge 

That they are a people the Lord has blessed.

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation

And arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as the soil makes the sprout come up

And a garden causes seeds to grow,

So the Sovereign Lord

Will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. (Isaiah 61)

Isaiah sees the ministry of Christ Jesus; the year of the Lord's favor;

Two thousand years of evangelizing the world, before The Day of Vengeance,

The Great Tribulation; The last three and one-half years of “Time.”.

He sees the Zion, The Bride of Christ, her ministry and her destiny.

He sees the Millennium where Christ Jesus bestows on those who mourn

And grieve over the sin around them, 

A crown of beauty and the oil of gladness,

A garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

The Bride of Christ will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of God.

They will receive a double portion and rejoice in their inheritance;

Everlasting joy will be theirs.

In the Millennium,The Bride of Christ will rebuild the ancient ruins

And restore the places long devastated by sin. Hallelujah!