[[Isa-63]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Isa-62]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Isa-64]] --- ### Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prophecy regarding a future divine figure (the Messiah) appearing as a warrior coming from Edom to execute final judgment and achieve salvation for His people. *Historical context*: Theologically, this is often linked to the Second Coming of Christ in [[Rev-19#v11|Revelation 19:11]]–16, where He appears with a robe dipped in blood to judge the nations. Historically, the judgment on Edom was partially realized when the Nabataeans displaced the Edomites from their territory around the 5th century BC. *Related to*: ### For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prediction of a specific time of divine justice ('day of vengeance') and the ultimate liberation of God's people ('year of my redeemed'). *Historical context*: The 'year of the redeemed' is traditionally identified with the Messianic era. In [[Luke-04#v18|Luke 4:18]]-19, Jesus quotes the related passage from [[Isa|Isaiah 61]] regarding the 'year of the Lord's favor,' though theologians note the 'day of vengeance' remains an eschatological event associated with the end of the world and final judgment. *Related to*: ### I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prophecy indicating that human effort would fail to provide salvation, requiring God's own 'arm' (the Messiah) to personally intervene to accomplish redemption. *Historical context*: Christian theology identifies the 'arm of the Lord' as Jesus Christ, who achieved salvation independently of human merit or assistance through the crucifixion and resurrection, fulfilling the need for a mediator that no human could provide. *Related to*: ### Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The speaker laments that the Temple and the land are under foreign occupation/destruction, fulfilling earlier divine warnings of desolation due to covenant unfaithfulness. *Historical context*: This refers to the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BC or the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 AD. Both events were fulfillment of earlier prophecies regarding the consequences of Israel's rebellion. *Related to*: [[Micah-03#v12|Micah 3:12]] ("Zion shall be plowed as a field... the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest") and [[Lev-26#v31|Leviticus 26:31]] ("I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation"). --- #ai_prophecy