As my wife read me this verse yesterday, I couldn’t help but wonder:  Did it mean anything to those who read it before Jesus?

Isaiah 37 32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

There are a lot of verses like this.

And when I read them today, they make so much sense.

But before Jesus?  I am not sure that I would have followed.

There are many miracles that I have seen, read about, and heard in testimony.

But the one that springs from the verse above is as great as any.  Think about it.

  • A homeless guy shows up preaching about the Kingdom Of God.
  • A group of nobodys, who otherwise would not get along, follow Him and watch Him minister to those no one cares about.
  • For some reason, the rich and entitled and powerful and evil and lethargic … they all care.  But they care in the sense that their way of life might somehow be threatened.
  • They follow, watch, connive, and try to somehow trap Him.  In each instance, they fail.  And in their failure, even though they are unified in their desire to kill him, men slowly doubt their intentions and some are even curious about Him.
  • He is sold out by a betrayer, denied by a fearful friend, and abandoned by His contingent in His spiritual pursuit.
  • As He dies, He says the words Tetelestai, which must have confused everyone around Him.  Because saying “it is paid in full”.  What possibly could that have meant?

His leadership is left to the broken men who failed Him on earth the first time.  They gather, they eat, they share, and they light a fire like the world has never seen.

Isaiah 37 32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

And here we are in 2026 reading about it.  We know about Jesus because of this “remnant”.

And me, I am motivated by that because I have succeeded in:  “Failing Him the first time.”

In fact, I have succeeded in “Failing Him” quite a bit.

But that’s just it, isn’t it?

Religions divide the world into two categories:

  1. The Good
  2. The Bad

And you enter into these categories by a list of what you DO.

But this Jesus, He had a different two categories:

  1. The Bad
  2. Jesus

Thank God we are not divided by the first list.  That list is unattainable and beyond our control.

I believe that the man in Luke 18 was trying to be part of The Good:

Luke 18 18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

But Jesus offers us something different:

John 1 12 To those who received Him He gave the right to become children of God.

Join The Remnant.  Receive His grace.  Get Free.

Then tell someone else.

It is the hope of you … and everyone you love.  It is the hope of all mankind.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J