第一階段的安慰是拯救者（古列王，賽40-48），第二階段的安慰是受苦的救主（彌賽亞，賽49-57），最後的安慰是得贖的百姓（猶大，賽58-66）。順服上帝的命令是個人和國家的蒙福之道，上帝百姓的未來實在是光明的！當彌賽亞、耶路撒冷之光來到之後，公義與救恩就照耀世界各國各邦（賽60：1；62：1），耶路撒冷終將成為「全地的讚美」（賽62：7）。

        有些人十分優柔寡斷，比方說，有人問一位女士說：「你總是很難下決定嗎？」她回答：「嗯，是，嗯，不是……」
        但這一次你改變主意不是你喜不喜歡，而是命令──上帝要你這麼做！
        以賽亞書五十八章描述百姓必須為上帝改變自己的心意，他們是一些行為詭詐的人，換句話說，他們需要悔改，他們的敬拜徒具形式而已，外表敬虔，內心卻是污穢；他們公開禁食卻漠視周遭人的需要。
        無論何時，只要有一種不合適的態度或行為滲入你的生活，就是改變的時候！有三個詞可以形容你在上帝面前的生活形態，那就是潔淨、純潔、無瑕疵，你同意嗎？如果你的生活還未達到此境界，就讓雅各書一章二十七節告訴你，外表的敬虔如何與內在和耶穌基督的關係相符合。

        新的名字
        以賽亞書六十二章二節說到被贖的錫安：「你必得新名的稱呼，是耶和華親口所起的。」繼續讀下去，你會發現新名字不止一個而是四個，全部出現在同一經節裡（62：12），是什麼？(1)╴╴╴╴╴，(2) ╴╴╴╴╴，(3) ╴╴╴╴╴，(4) ╴╴╴╴╴。

悔改或許已經過時，但只要有罪，它就永遠有效。

English

        Comfort is coming in the form of a deliverer (Cyrus, chapters 40-48); comfort is coming in the form of a Suffering Savior (Messiah, chapters 49-57); and finally, comfort is coming in the form of a delivered people (Judah, chapters 58-66). Obedience to God's commands has always been the path to individual and corporate blessing. And the future of God's people is bright indeed! When the Messiah, the light of Jerusalem, comes, then righteousness and salvation will shine forth to the nations of the world (60:1; 62:1), and Jerusalem will be "a praise in the earth" (62:7).

        Some people are so indecisive, their favorite color is plaid. For instance, when a lady was asked, "Do you always have trouble making up your mind?" she replied, "Well, yes and no ..."
But there comes a time when changing your mind is not only desirable, it is imperative—and that is when God tells you to!
        Chapter 58 describes a nation of people who needed to change their minds about God, themselves, and the wickedness that characterized their lives. In a word, they needed to repent. Their worship was full of shallow formalism; their outward piety was not matched by inward purity; they fasted for public recogni¬tion while ignoring the needs of others all around them.
        Whenever an improper attitude or action has crept into your life, it's time for a change. Do these three words describe your lifestyle before God today? Pure. .. undefilfd. . . unspoiled. If not, let James 1:27 point the way to an outward religion that is consistent with your inward relationship to Jesus Christ.

        A New Name Promised and Provided
        In 62:2 the ransomed community of Zion is promised "a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name." Keep reading and you'll discover not one new name but four, all contained in the same verse (62:12). What are they? (1)_________, (2) _________, (3)_________, (4)_________.

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but as long as there is sin, it will never be outdated.