He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."
The blessings for all nations are described in Isaiah 25:6-8. The mountain is Zion (Isaiah 4:5-6, Psalm 132:13-18). From there the streams of blessing will gush forth. Then "all the ends of the earth shall remember, and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee" Psalm 22:27. Darkness will be removed and all tears wiped away. All this does not relate to the eternal state, but to conditions on the earth.
Arno C Gaebelein
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