Daily Sacrifice, April 26 (49:6)
“I will also give Thee for a light to the Gentiles, that Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth” —Isa. 49:6.
IN Isaiah 49 we have a remarkable prophecy of Christ’s rejection by Israel and the calling of the Gentiles. In verse 4, Messiah says, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength for nought.” That is, as far as Israel is concerned, but He leaves all with Jehovah, and declares, “Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord.” For He has said unto Him, “It is a light thing that Thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give Thee for a light to the Gentiles, that Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth.” It was to this scripture that Paul directed the attention of the envious Jews at Antioch, who were so angry when they saw the way the Greeks thronged to hear the gospel.