In Isaiah, chapter twenty-nine, verses seventeen through twenty-four, Isaiah’s prophecies of judgment are never without hope, for they characteristically include the theme of Israel’s restoration. These verses envision the last days of this age when the humble and poor of Israel will turn to God, as in verses eighteen through nineteen, “And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.” And the wicked will be destroyed, as in verses twenty to twenty-one, “For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.”
Israel’s full restoration will occur shortly before Christ’s return to earth to reign, as in Romans eleven, verse twenty-six to twenty-seven, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.” The number of God’s chosen people who believe in Christ will greatly increase during the dark days of the tribulation. In Revelation twelve, verse six, “And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.” Here, the woman refers to the persecuted faithful ones of God’s chosen during the last half of the tribulation. The blessings of sight for the blind and hearing for the deaf accompanied Christ’s first coming; God’s people will receive full redemption at His second coming.