Isaiah 1:18 
“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool. 

Application: 

Judah [and us for that matter] was called to cleansing and repentance, and God promised that if they were willing and obedient (1:19) —if they turned from their wickedness and embraced his agenda —then their crimson sins would be made white as snow (1:18). But they wouldn’t listen. Unfortunately, repentance would only come after the severest of judgment at the hands of the Babylonians. It would burn away Judah’s dross and impurities (1:25), leaving behind a righteous remnant (Romans 9:27) that would one day enjoy God’s favor.

This passage is a magnificent prophetic look ahead to the millennial reign of Christ, when God will restore righteous rule to the world. The headquarters of his one-thousand-year rule will be Jerusalem, on the mountain of the Lord, in the holy city of Jerusalem (2:3). As glorious as the millennium will be for us, the church in general, it will have a very special meaning for believing Israel. Christ’s kingdom reign will fulfill God’s purposes for Israel. Jewish believers in Christ will finally live in absolute peace, as will all the nations (2:4), and Israel will occupy all of the land God gave to Abraham.

Israel will also have its rightful King in the millennium. Initially, Jesus was rejected when he presented himself to the Jews as their King. They even cried, “We have no king but Caesar!” (John 19:15), scorning Christ. But God promised David that his Son would rule on his throne forever. Jesus is the Son of David, and he will one day take the throne in Jerusalem. And make no mistake, his rule will be a righteous dictatorship. He will not share either his throne or his glory with another. The kingdom will be Israel’s golden age of restoration and the realization of all God’s purposes.

“Let us reason together.” The Hebrew verb here carries the sense of “to argue” or “to prove” in a legal context (see Job 23:7). It does not carry the sense of rational logic implied by the English “reason.”*

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 637.

*Reference:  John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Is 1:18.

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