I will make you as a light for the nations, that
my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied:
they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for
ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the
LORD: and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. 28
For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Isaiah 60: 3 And nations shall come to your light, and
kings to the brightness of your rising.
4
Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they
come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be
carried on the hip.
5
Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult,
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of
the nations shall come to you. (ESV)
Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is too light a thing that you should
be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the
preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my
salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”...8 Thus said the
LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation
have I helped you: and I will preserve you, and give
you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to
cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Isaiah 11:10 And in that day
there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the
people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and
his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on
the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that
publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes
salvation; that said to Zion, Your God reigns! ..... 10 The LORD has
made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our God.... 13 Behold, my servant (the
messiah) shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and
extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were astonished at you; his
visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons
of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations;
the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not
been told them shall they see; and that which
they had not heard shall they consider.
Isaiah 42:Behold my servant,
(the messiah) whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul
delights; I have put my spirit on him: he
shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 2 He shall not cry,
nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised
reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench:
he shall bring forth judgment to truth. 4 He
shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the
earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 Thus said God the
LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that
spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives
breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I
the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and
will keep you, and give you for a covenant of
the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind
eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.
Psalm 72:2 He shall judge your
people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment. 3 The mountains
shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of
the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear
you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He
shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the
earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of
peace so long as the moon endures. 8 He shall have dominion also from
sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 9 They that
dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick
the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring
presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all
kings shall fall down before him: all nations
shall serve him. 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries;
the poor also, and him that has no helper. 13 He shall spare the poor
and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem
their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be
in his sight. 15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the
gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily
shall he be praised. 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth
on the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 17 His name
shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun:
and men shall be blessed in him: all nations
shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of
Israel, who only does wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious
name for ever: and let the whole earth be
filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Psalm 67: 1 God be merciful to
us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah. 2 That your
way may be known on earth, your saving health among all nations. 3 Let
the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you. 4 O let the
nations be glad and sing for joy: for you
shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations on earth.
Selah. 5 Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise
you. 6 Then shall the earth yield her
increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 7 God shall
bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall
fear him.
Psalm 82: 8 Arise, O God, judge
the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
Psalm 86: 9
All nations whom you have made shall come and
worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name.
Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to
pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be
established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the
hills; and all nations shall flow to it. 3
And many people shall go and say, Come you, and let us go up to
the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will
teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And
he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they
shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning
hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more. Please see
a very concise New Testament interpretation of the illustrations
used in Isaiah 2's wording
Isaiah 54 and 55 are directly speaking
about the new Jerusalem.
Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, you that did not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with
child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of
the married wife, said the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and
let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not,
lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes;
3 For you shall break
forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the
Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for
you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not
be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall
not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. 5 For your Maker
is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the
Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Isaiah 55:3....I will make an
everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold,
I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to
the people. 5 Behold, you shall call a nation
that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run to you
because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has
glorified you. .....10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow
from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it
bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to
the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it
shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For you
shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth
before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their
hands. (The mountains and trees are typical Biblical
illustrations of the nations.)13 Instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign
that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, to
me; and listen, you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the
womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name. 2 And
he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has
he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he hid
me;..... 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my
servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of
Israel: I will also give you for a light to
the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
7 Thus said the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him
whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of
rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes
also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the
Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you. 8 Thus said the LORD, In an
acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I
helped you: and I will preserve you, and give
you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to
cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That you may say to the
prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They
shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun
smite them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the
springs of water shall he guide them. 11 And I will make all my
mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. 12 Behold, these
shall come from far: and, see, these from the north and from the west;
and these from the land of Sinim. 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O
earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has
comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted. 14 But Zion
said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. 15 Can a
woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on
the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. 16
Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are
continually before me. 17 Your children shall make haste; your
destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you.
18 Lift up your eyes round about, and behold:
all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,
said the LORD, you shall surely clothe you with them all, as with an
ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does. 19 For your waste and
your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall even now
be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you
up shall be far away. 20 The children which you shall have, after you
have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too
strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21 Then shall you say
in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my
children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who
has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they
been? 22 Thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring
your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their
shoulders. 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens
your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward
the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I
am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 24 Shall
the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25
But thus said the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken
away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will
contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children.
26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh
shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty
One of Jacob.
Isaiah 56:6 Also the sons of
the stranger, (gentiles) that join themselves to the
LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his
servants, every one that keeps the Sabbath from polluting it, and takes
hold of my covenant; (The New Covenant) 7 Even them
will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of
prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on
my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for all
people. (The house and temple of the Lord is his people.)
8 The Lord GOD, which gathers the outcasts of Israel said,
Yet will I gather others to him, beside those
that are gathered to him.
The first part of Isaiah 61 is one of
those widely known scriptures in the Bible because Jesus quoted it in
the NT as speaking of himself. The OT rendition however also shows the
eventual effects of Christ's ministry in the earth to the nations. Not
the immediate effects mind you but the transformation that would begin
to occur after the fall of the Roman Empire, 1453 A.D.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the
Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good
tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them
that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the
day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint to
them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of
joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the
LORD, that he might be glorified. 4 And they shall build the old wastes,
they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the
waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers
(Gentiles) shall stand and feed your flocks, and the
sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
(Meaning people of all nations would be pastors and prophets working in
the field of the Lord, the world, as ministers of the Gospel.)
6 But you shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the
Ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in
their glory shall you boast yourselves. 7 For your shame you shall have
double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore
in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to
them. 8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering;
and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them. 9 And their descendants shall be known among the
Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD has blessed. 10
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me
with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the
earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are
sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD
will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the
nations. (Meaning, the Word of God will transform the
nations. As it has been and will continue to.}
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for your light is
come, and the glory of the LORD is risen on you. 2 For, behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the
LORD shall arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. 3 And
the Gentiles shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 Lift up your eyes round
about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you:
your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be nursed at
your side. 5 Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall
fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance
of the sea shall be converted to you, the wealth of the Gentiles shall
come to you. (The "sea" is an illustration of the nations.)
Please keep in mind this is no where
close to a complete list if these scriptures. Especially if you include
the volumes of scripture written in code, using illustrations on the
subject. Here are some additional articles that delve into the salvation
of the nations.
Bible
Symbolism in Genesis
The
Parables about the Government of God
What is the Government of God
End time Prophecy
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