Rev. William G. Most


Old Testament On Call of Gentiles

Isaiah 2.2-4: "In days to come the mountain of the LORD's house shall be 
established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the 
hills; all the nations shall stream to it. (3)Many peoples shall come and 
say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the 
God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his 
paths.' For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the 
LORD from Jerusalem. (4)He shall judge between the nations, and shall 
arbitrate for many peoples; 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."

Isaiah 25:6-7: "On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all 
peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food 
filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. (7)And he will 
destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all nations; he will 
swallow up death forever."

Isaiah 42:6: "I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have 
taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the 
people, a light to the nations...."

Isaiah 60:1-22: "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of 
the LORD has risen upon you. (2)For darkness shall cover the earth, and 
thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory 
will appear over you. (3)Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the 
brightness of your dawn.

(4)"Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they come 
to you; your sons shall come from far away, and your daughters shall be 
carried on their nurses arms. (5)Then you shall see and be radiant; your 
heart shall thrill and rejoice, because the abundance of the sea shall be 
brought to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you. (6)A multitude 
of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those 
from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall 
proclaim the praise of the LORD. (7)All the flocks of Kedar shall be 
gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall be 
acceptable on my altar, and I will glorify my glorious house.

(8)"Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? 
(9)For the coastlands shall wait for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to 
bring your children from far away, their silver and gold with them, for the 
name of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has 
glorified you. (10)Foreigners shall build up your walls, and kings shall 
minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you down, but in my favor I have 
had mercy on you. (11)Your gates shall always be open; day and night they 
shall not be shut, so that the nations shall bring you their wealth, with 
their kings led in procession. (12)For the nation and kingdom that will not 
serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste. (13)The 
glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, 
to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will glorify where my feet 
rest. (14)The descendants of those who oppressed you shall come bending low 
to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall 
call you the City of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 
(15)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, 
I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age. (16)You shall suck 
the milk of nations, you shall suck the breasts of kings; and you shall 
know that I, the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of 
Jacob.

(17)"Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring 
silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will appoint 
Peace as your overseer and Righteousness as your taskmaster. (18)Violence 
shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your 
borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 
(19)The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall 
the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD will be your everlasting 
light, and your God will be your glory. (20)Your sun shall no more go down, 
or your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, 
and your days of mourning shall be ended. (21)Your people shall all be 
righteous; they shall possess the land forever. They are the shoot that I 
planted, the work of my hands, so that I might be glorified. (22)The least 
of them shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the 
LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly."

Jonah 4:10-11: "Then the LORD said, "You are concerned about the bush, for 
which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a 
night and perished in a night. (11)And should I not be concerned about 
Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty 
thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also 
many animals?"

Tobit 14:5-6: "God will bring them back into the land of Israel; and they 
will rebuild the temple of God, but not like the first one until the period 
when the times of fulfillment shall come. After this they all will return 
from their exile and will rebuild Jerusalem in splendor; and in it the 
temple of God will be rebuilt, just as the prophets of Israel have said 
concerning it. (6)Then the nations in the whole world will all be converted 
and worship God in truth. They will all abandon their idols..." NRSV

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