The Coming of the LORD (Isa. 59)

"A Redeemer will come to Zion – to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, declares the LORD."

There you have the five characters in our story! We have often seen that there is a masculine singular character – who is now identified as the Redeemer. There is a feminine singular – Zion – the city of God. There is the masculine plural – those who turn from transgression. And there is Jacob – (Israel, my servant) – the servant of the LORD who fell short.

And – of course – there is the LORD...