经文：到那日，以色列所剩下的，和雅各家所逃脱的……要诚实信靠耶和华以色列的圣者。所剩下的，就是雅各家所剩下的，必归回全能的神。以色列阿，你的百姓虽多如海沙，惟有剩下的归回……（赛十20-22，另译）
以色列的归回与释放
以赛亚十章二十至二十七节说到以色列的归回与释放。在对以色列和亚述的审判以后，将有以色列的归回与释放。
到那日，以色列所剩下的余数，和雅各家所逃脱的，不再倚靠那击打他们的，却要诚实倚靠耶和华以色列的圣者（赛十20）。诚实倚靠耶和华，就是在真实中倚靠耶和华。二十一节和二十二节上半接着说，“所剩下的余数，就是雅各家所剩下的余数，必归回全能的神。以色列阿，你的百姓虽多如海沙，惟有剩下的余数归回。” 保罗在罗马九章二十七节引用了这话。以色列的子孙数目虽如海沙，得救的不过是剩下的余数（罗九27）。为何只有一些余数要归回？以赛亚十章二十二节下半至二十三节说出了原因：“原来灭绝的事已定，必有公义施行，如水涨溢。因为万军之耶和华，在全地之中，必成就所定规完全毁灭的结局。”
亚伯拉罕的两班子孙
天上的星表征亚伯拉罕属天的子孙，就是信心的子孙，而海边的沙和地上的尘沙，表征亚伯拉罕属地的子孙，就是肉身的子孙。海边的沙就是沿海的尘沙。这沙与海分开，也被海的波浪所冲刷。海表征外邦列国。历世纪以来，被神用来惩治以色列的外邦列国，就像从地中海来的波浪，他们入侵的军队一波一波的上来冲刷以色列这尘沙，所产生的遗民就像海边的沙。新耶路撒冷是由亚伯拉罕的这两班子孙组成。因此，新耶路撒冷将是亚伯拉罕后裔的终极总结。以撒被亚伯拉罕献给神，就繁增成为新耶路撒冷；这乃是神对亚伯拉罕的祝福。
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The Return and Release of Israel – Rom. 9:27, Isa. 10:20-22
Isaiah 10:20-27 speaks of the return and release of Israel. After the judgment on Israel and the judgment on Assyria, there would be the return and release of Israel.
Then in that day the remnant of Israel and those of the house of Israel who have escaped will no longer rely upon him who strikes them – the king of Assyria – but they will rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth (Isa. 10:20). To rely upon Jehovah in truth is to rely upon him in honesty. Verses 21 and 22a go on to say, “A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. For though your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant among them will return.” This word is quoted by Paul in Romans 9:27. The reason that only a remnant will return is given in Isaiah 10:22b-23. “Annihilation is strictly decided, overflowing with righteousness. For utter destruction and a strict decision is Jehovah of hosts performing in the midst of the whole land.”
Two Categories of Abraham’s Descendants
The stars of the heavens signify Abraham’s heavenly descendants, the descendants who are of faith, whereas the sand on the seashore and the dust of the earth signify Abraham’s earthly descendants, the descendants in the flesh. The sand on the seashore is the dust beside the sea. This sand is separated from the sea and also washed by the waves of the sea. The sea signifies the gentile nations. The gentile nations used by God to chastise Israel throughout the centuries were like the waves from the Mediterranean, coming up again and again with their invading armies to wash Israel as the dust to produce a remnant who are like the sand on the seashore. The New Jerusalem is composed of these two categories of Abraham’s descendants. Hence, the New Jerusalem will be the ultimate consummation of Abraham’s seed. By being offered to God by Abraham, Isaac was multiplied to become the New Jerusalem. This was God’s blessing to Abraham.