Isaiah 65:1-16 (ASV)

Just as National Israel apostasized and lost their place as Jehovah's chosen people (verse 15), today's professing Christian churches who violate the Royal law by offering profane sacrifices (sunday worship) and the eating of swine and abominable things (verses 3 and 4) will lose their lampstands. Jehovah is loving and patient and does have many in the professing churches of Christendom who will come out of Babylon (false religion). As the churches of Christendom lose their place as Jehovah's people, the remnant will inherit the Holy heavenly Zion (verse 9).

Verse 1 is a picture of the gentiles conversion to the God of the Bible who along with believing Jews would become a holy nation of priests and kings. They initially were not a people called by Jehovah, but became one as they accepted the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ. National Israel would lose it's place as Jehovah's chosen people and the Gentile and Jewish Christians would be granted this honor as they accepted Jesus Christ as their King and Saviour. Today's professing churches risk losing their place as Jehovah's chosen people due to worshipping Him in their own ways and not according to truth.

Verse 2, we see that Jehovah was desiring the repentance of national Israel but they were a rebellious people who walked after their own ways. Such is the state of the professing churches of Christendom. They worship according to the creeds of man and not the word of God. They trample underfoot the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th commandments. Jehovah's desire is for the repentance of nominal Christians, however as the valley of decision approaches the time for repentance is running out.

In verse 3, just as the Israelites worshipped in their own ways with common sacrifices, the professing churches of Christendom offer profane worship upon an idolatrous altar. These profane sacrifices are rock music, Babylonian tongue speaking, impartation, slaying in the spirit etc. The idolatrous altars are the church buildings that are inundated with glass stained windows of a long straight haired soft featured Jesus with sun discs around his head, "IHS" symbol, tri quetras symbolic of a 3 headed god and to top it off, gathering on a Sunday as a holy day. In these gatherings, Jehovah's law is cast to the ground and at times even spoken evil of.

Verse 4 shows the disregard for clean meat laws. Today professing Christians are wanton in their disregard for the temple of God (their bodies) as gluttony runs rampant in the churches yet spoken evil of is wine, drugs, fornication and homosexuality. They pollute their vessels, which are supposed to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit, with the most vile delicacies.

In verse 5, we see that the apostates love to profess holiness all the while breaking the commandments of Jehovah brazenly thinking they are in the right to do so.

In verse 6, we see that Jehovah through Christ Jesus will recompense the law breaker as every man will be judged according to his works. The perfect and unchangeable law of Jehovah will be the standard by which works will be judged. Jesus brings our rewards with him and these rewards are according to whether we did his and his Father's commandments (Revelation 11:18-19, Revelation 22:14).

In verse 7, we see that Jehovah will not let the teaching and breaking of His commandments go unpunished. The false and profane worship of many of today's churches will be remembered in the judgment of the great whore and her harlot daughters (Roman, apostate Protestant and evangelical churches). Jesus will say to the teacher that taught the breaking of His Father's law "away from me"!. Those who were given light of Jehovah's law but refused it will be told the same thing.

Verse 8, Jehovah will preserve His faithful remnant even when they are among the tares and for their sake will not destroy the cluster until he delivers the remnant which are the new wine.

Verse 9 and 10, the faithful remnant who is the seed of Israel will inherit the Holy mountain of Zion and dwell there forever.

Verse 11, just as National Israel forsook Jehovah's Holy Mountain and instead offered profane worship today's Babylonian churches have done the same by worshipping according to man's tradition rather than the tables of the testimony. Commandments 1,2,3 and 4 are violated by the Great Whore (RCC) and her harlot daughters (apostate Protestantism and Evangelicalism).

The fate of the Babylonian churches is stated in verses 12-15. They will be destroyed at the coming of Jesus Christ who is the salvation of Jehovah. Why do they get destroyed? Because they have not heeded the call to repentance and worship Jehovah in spirit (no idolatry-false ideas of God) and in truth (according to the word of God by keeping the sabbath holy). Jehovah's remnant will be fed and filled with living waters in the paradise earth as the Babylonian churches will find themselves wanting.

The 144,000 and the redeemed of all time will rejoice and have every tear wiped away in the heavenly Jerusalem but the false churches of Christendom will weep and howl for the miseries that will come upon them at their judgment (at the coming of Christ and the Lake of Fire judgment) - verse 13 and 14.

In verse 15, we see that the Babylonian churches of Christendom become a by word to the remnant. These false idolatrous churches will be destroyed prior to and at the second advent. Jehovah's servants will be called by another name (the faithful remnant who keep the commandments of God) and not that of Mystery Babylon and her harlot daughters who have breached Jehovah's law and taught others to do so. Catholics, Protestants and Evangelicals Jehovah's servants will not be called, but rather they will be called the faithful few who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.
Verse 16, Jehovah's remnant will speak according to the law and the testimony while on earth and love the truth of His word. It will be these loyal followers of Jehovah that will receive the blessings of eternity in heavenly Canaan. Our former troubles will be forgotten as the new earth and new heavens (this earth made new) are created for us.

Isaiah 65:1-16 (ASV)

1 I am inquired of by them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
3 a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
4 that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 that say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.
8 Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
11 But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny;
12 I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame;
14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:
16 so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.