Isaiah 26:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not presume to decide; but I humbly ask the question. Is not this verse the address of Christ to his Church, or of the Father to Jesus, in the first part of it; and of Jesus in the after-part of it? Surely as God the Father engaged to his dear Son, when giving him as a covenant to the people, to bring him up from the grave, and his people with him, there can be no impropriety in beholding God the Father as thus again confirming his covenant promises to Christ, and saying, Thy dead men shall live; first in grace, and then in glory. See those scriptures, Ezekiel 37:1-14; Revelation 20:6. Founded on this promise, may we not suppose Jesus to be then speaking of the means how this great event shall be accomplished; Together with my dead body shall they arise. John 11:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15:20; John 5:25-29. Then may we not suppose, after the promise comes the accomplishment, and Christ calls to his people, Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: 1 Corinthians 14:15; John 5:21. The figure of the dew of herbs, to illustrate the doctrine of the resurrection, is uncommonly beautiful and interesting. For the herbs of our gardens, during the winter, are but like dry sticks. Their buildings, therefore, in the spring, are altogether new, and like a resurrection. The dew of the spring, therefore, is the source of their revival. And such will be the dew of Jesus upon the bodies of his people, in making the earth cast forth her dead, as the earth casteth forth the spring-herbs. And upon the souls of his people, Jesus is in every instance; the same as a dew from the Lord, that waiteth not for man, neither tairieth for the sons of men. It is wholly by virtue of our union with Christ, that both the resurrection of grace, and that of glory, is, and will be accomplished. Job 14:7-15; Micah 5:7; Romans 8:11.