Isaiah 60 |

Isaiah 60

April 15, 2021

This morning as I listened to a video, I heard a reference to a verse in Isaiah, chapter 60. I did not catch the verse number, so I just began to read the chapter. As I read the chapter, I felt a rising in my spirit. I began seeing things that I thought Holy Spirit was trying to highlight for me. I began to get the sense that on a micro level, some of these things relating to Jerusalem were blessing Anoka. So, I took the time to write them down. Here is what I was sensing in my spirit. I feel led to share it so you can seek God on the matter and see if anything is shown to you. At best, we praise and glorify God. At worst, we read a chapter of scripture. I am not saying this is prophecy or “Thus says the Lord,” rather, it is simply something I was seeing this morning and found it to be encouraging. Please continue with me in prayer for the prosperity of Anoka and the people.

Verse 1

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Arise, shine; our light has come, the glory of the Lord.

Verse 2

For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you.

It seems as though darkness covers the earth as never before, at least in my lifetime.

Verse 3

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

My prayer for Anoka has been for the city to be a light to others, the glory of the Lord.

Verse 4

Raise your eyes all around and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the hip.

That people would come to encounter God.

Verse 5

Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.

For the prosperity of the city.

Verse 6

A multitude of camels will cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come; they will bring gold and frankincense, and proclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.

That those who come would do business here and encounter the love of God.

Verse 7

All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will go up on My altar with acceptance, and I will glorify My glorious house.

That they would minister to the city as God ministers to them.

Verse 8

Who are these who fly like a cloud and like the doves to their windows?

They shall come from other lands or regions and shall take home the blessing of the presence of the Lord.

Verse 9

Certainly the coastlands will wait for Me; and the ships of Tarshish will come first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.

Children of God shall come and encounter their heavenly Father.

Verse 10

Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in My wrath I struck you, and in My favor I have had compassion on you.

The mercy of the Lord shall be upon us and cover those who come to seek Him.

Verse 11

Your gates will be open continually; they will not be closed day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.

The gates of the city shall be open always, day and night, to those who seek God.

Verse 12

For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, and the nations will be utterly ruined.

Those who choose not to come, do so to their own peril, their own loss.

Verse 13

The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the elm tree and the cedar together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.

The strength of the Lord, and His beauty, shall show forth in His glory.

Verse 14

The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, and all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet; and they will call you the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Those who have scoffed and demeaned shall be humbled and seek the Lord.

Verse 15

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated with no one passing through, I will make you an object of pride forever, a joy from generation to generation.

Those who devalued the city and belittled it shall see the majesty of God here and come to encounter Him.

Verse 16

You will also suck the milk of nations, and suck the breast of kings; then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

The Lord will establish us and prosper us, as He is our Redeemer and Provider.

Verse 17

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your administrators, and righteousness your overseers.

His blessings, peace, and righteousness shall be upon us.

Verse 18

Violence will not be heard again in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise.

Violence and destruction will give way to His salvation and praises to His name.

Verse 19

No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor will the moon give you light for brightness; but you will have the Lord as an everlasting light, and your God as your glory.

The Lord will be our light and glory.

Verse 20

Your sun will no longer set, nor will your moon wane; for you will have the Lord as an everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be over.

The Lord will be our light and joy and bring an end to our mourning.

Verse 21

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever,
The branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.

Our people shall be righteous and possess the land. They are the work of the hands of the Lord.

Verse 22

The smallest one will become a thousand, and the least one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”

The least shall be great in the hands of the Lord. The Lord will bring things to pass.

This is not a bible study. This is the account of thoughts that had come to mind. Perhaps a decree to be made over the city.