3-3-08 Isaiah 1:27 The Repentant Will Be Redeemed.

Isaiah 1:27 (NAS)
Zion will be redeemed with justice, And her repentant ones with righteousness.

Isaiah 1:27 (NLT)
Because the LORD is just and righteous, the repentant people of Jerusalem will be redeemed.
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God's chosen people are often referred as Zion, which is a mountain in Israel. As a mountain is easy to be seen, so the Lord has made His people conspicuous. You, as His child, are a sign, a monument, and a guiding pillar; you direct people and nations to God.

Though once you were barren, dry, and solitary, now you are the redeemed and ransomed of the Lord. The Lord your God has rescued and preserved you.
Though you deserved punishment and death, Jehovah has brought you a favorable verdict. The Father God assigned the sentence and penalty of your crimes to His Son. He executed His judgments on Jesus, so that you could be vindicated.

Now you influence others to turn away from their wrong doing. You show them that a way has been made for them to return to God, a way for them to come back home. When they consider your life, and see the deliverance that you have experienced, they are converted, for they cannot deny the Truth.

Like you, they are restored and refreshed. The curse has been reversed in their lives. The Lord God has rescued and rewarded them. Justice has been fulfilled and they have been made righteous. Having been cleansed, their lives have been cleared of all defilement and they now live in prosperity. Virtue is their hallmark.