"And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (13) Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation."
These blessed things come in as the consequence of what was said before. I do not presume to say as much, but I venture to think, they will have a full confirmation only in the latter day glory. Judah here stands for the whole Church of Jesus, if I mistake not, made up both of Jew and Gentile; and which are eminently so, the Lord Christ's portion. See Isaiah 49:6. And let the imagination of the Reader conceive, if he can, for all description sinks beneath the subject, what universal silence will pervade the earth, in adoration, love, and praise, when the Lord is raised up, or riseth himself out of his holy habitation in heaven, and comes openly and visibly, as in the days of his flesh, but not now in weakness, but in power and glory; to fill the earth with wonder in the calling home all his redeemed, among his ancient people the Jews, and all the Father hath given him among the Gentiles; and to destroy all his enemies before his face, with the brightness of his coming? Reader! consult those scriptures, and may the Lord be your Teacher, on this, and every other blessed prophecy concerning our Lord Jesus, If the Lord be raised up out of his holy place, that place is heaven. See Isaiah 47:15 and Isaiah 63:15. And when Jesus comes, he comes no more in the likeness of sinful flesh, but in glory and power. Compare Romans 8:3; 2Co 5:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10.