Assurance of Salvation

Isaiah 62:1-12 

1 For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

2 The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory.
You shall be called by a new name,
Which the mouth of the LORD will name.

3 You shall also be a crown of glory
In the hand of the LORD,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.

4 You shall no longer be termed Forsaken,
Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate;
But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah;
For the LORD delights in you,
And your land shall be married.

5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So shall your God rejoice over you.

6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall never hold their peace day or night.
You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent,
7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
"Surely I will no longer give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.

9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the LORD;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts."

10 Go through,
Go through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
Lift up a banner for the peoples!

11 Indeed the LORD has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
"Say to the daughter of Zion,
'Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His reward is with Him,
And His work before Him.'"

12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the LORD;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.

There is assurance of salvation given to God’s people, first the Jew and 5en through Israel as a channel of salvation to the nations as promised to Abraham before there was an Israel.  God promised He would not rest until righteousness and salvation would flow out of Zion of Jerusalem to the world as a shining light (1 John 2:8, Matthew 5:16) of hope.  They were to be given a new name, on the surface as Delight and Married as to the Lord, but ultimately as named of Christ to come which we all are who are His delivered and desired people.  Their marriage was to the Lord as a nation as we collectively all are as His bride, no longer forsaken or desolate but multiplying in fruitfulness as originally commanded to Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28, 9:1, 28:3-4 according to His word and sovereign plan.  Isaiah told them to not relent in calling out that God would do these things through them for His praise in the city he chose to temporarily dwell with them until the New Jerusalem comes as we now know.  The Lord promised that they would eat good fruit and not labor in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58) any longer, but partake of all His goodness in His presence in worship.  They were therefore to prepare the way of the Lord (Isaiah 40:3, Malachi 3:1, Luke 3:4) for the people because His salvation was coming (John 12:15).  They were to proclaim the good news of God’s work and reward which are the gospel and its results.  They would be called holy as His own people, redeemed because He sought them out and never forsaken again because of the new covenant and new hearts to follow Him according to it.  This is the assurance of our gospel hope which all of God’s people anticipate in the consummation of all things to come (Philippians 3:20) as His redeemed made holy and righteous in Him according to His word and working.