What does Isaiah 49:6 say is a light thing for God's servant to do?
Isaiah 49:6 declares it is a light thing for God's servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel. God then says He will also give the servant as a light to the Gentiles, to be His salvation to the ends of the earth.
Les teaches that Isaiah 49:6 records God saying it is a light thing for the servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved of Israel. Les notes God may be speaking to the nation, the tribes, and then says He will give them as a light to the Gentiles, to be His salvation to the ends of the earth. Les explains this was the whole idea of the priesthood of Israel—to be the go-between to bring salvation to pagan Gentiles. The prophecy shows the Messiah would bring judgment or rule to the Gentiles, as Isaiah 42:1 introduced.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
More Questions
Who is God speaking to in Isaiah 49:6 when He says 'I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles'?
In Isaiah 49:6 the servant called 'thee' whom God gives as a light to the Gentiles is the nation of Israel, whose task was to raise up the tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved of Israel.
In Isaiah 49:6, who is the servant given to as a light?
In Isaiah 49:6, God says he will make his servant 'a light to the Gentiles' so that the servant brings God's salvation to the end of the earth.