Which New Testament passages echo themes found in Isaiah 60:21? Isaiah 60:21 Recalled “Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever. They are the branch I have planted, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.” Core Ideas to Trace • A people declared righteous • Permanent inheritance • God’s own planting / workmanship • Divine glory displayed through His people Echoes in the Gospels • Matthew 5:5 – “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” • Matthew 13:43 – “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” • John 15:5 – “I am the vine; you are the branches. … apart from Me you can do nothing.” • John 17:22 – “I have given them the glory You gave Me.” Echoes in Acts and the Epistles • Acts 20:32 – “I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.” • Romans 3:22 – “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” • Romans 8:17 – “If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.” • Romans 11:17 – “You, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root.” • 1 Corinthians 1:30 – “Christ Jesus … became for us wisdom from God, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.” • 2 Corinthians 5:21 – “God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” • Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works …” • Colossians 1:12 – “Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.” • Titus 3:7 – “So that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” • 1 Peter 2:9 – “You are a chosen people … that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you.” Echoes in Revelation • Revelation 21:7 – “The one who conquers will inherit all things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.” • Revelation 21:24–27 – Nations walk by the Lamb’s light; only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book enter, portraying a wholly righteous people. • Revelation 22:2 – The tree of life yields fruit for the healing of the nations—God’s evergreen planting. Putting the Connections Together • Isaiah’s vision of a fully righteous people finds fulfillment in Christ, who justifies and sanctifies believers (Romans 3:22; 1 Corinthians 1:30). • The promised “forever land” broadens into the inheritance of the renewed earth and heavenly city (Matthew 5:5; Revelation 21:7). • “Branch … planted” becomes the living union with Christ the Vine, God’s ongoing workmanship (John 15:5; Ephesians 2:10). • All of it funnels toward one aim: “that I may be glorified” (Isaiah 60:21), echoed every time Scripture declares God’s glory revealed in and through His redeemed people (John 17:22; 1 Peter 2:9). |
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