이사야 60.4-9 시선(Horizon)

2. 내 삶에 적용 오늘 본문은 주전 587년 멸망해서 바닥만 쳐다보고빛을 잃은 시온을 향한 하나님의 명령으로 시작한다(4절).“니 눈을 들어 ‘보라’!”(4절) 사실상 시온(예루살렘)은 3번의 침략과 파괴로 정말 남은 것이 없었다. 땅은 황폐했으며, 지도자, 똑똑한 사람은 모조리 바빌로니아로 끌려갔었다.그렇기에 시온의 입장에서 자신의 상황은망하면 더 망했지 회복의 기미가 전혀 보이지 않았던 것이다. 하지만, 하나님은 예언자들(예레미야, 이사야, 에스겔 등)에게 약속하셨듯백성을 귀환 시키셨다. 하지만 그 약속을 이룬 제3이사야의 시대에도눈앞의 현실은 여전히 폐허였다.그 절망적인 상황 한 가운데에서하나님은 명령하신다. “똑바로 함 봐봐라.” 스스로 망했다고 생각한 시온에게 엄청난 구원의 행렬이 몰려오고 있다(4-9절).시온에게 변한 것은 딱 하나, 시선뿐이다.자신의 절망적인 상황에만 꽂혀 있었을 때는 이 구원 행렬이 보이지 않았다.하지만 하나님의 명령을 따라 눈을 ‘들었을 때’하나님이 이끄시는 ‘구원’이 보이기 시작한다.  하나님은 시온의 시선의 변화에 따라 그의 외적인 환경만 바꾸지 않는다.그의 내면도 완전히 역전시키신다. 절망에서 기쁨으로실망에서 경이로움으로좁음에서 넓어짐으로(5절). 이정도로 놀라긴 이르다.이방나라에서 오는 짐승, 이방인 모두는자신들이 바빌로니아에 끌려갔을 때와 같이 어거지로 오는 것이 아니다. 모두 기쁨으로, 자발적으로 하나님께 찬송하고(6절), 자신을 하나님께 내어드리기 위해서(7절)성전, 바로 시온을 영화롭게 하기 위해서 오는 것.이를 하나님이 수용하고 시온을 영화롭게 하신다(7절). 또한, 흩어졌던 친족들이 빠르게 집으로 돌아오게 될 것이다(8절). 이러한 모든 사건들을 통해 하나님은스스로 ‘보잘 것 없다’라고 생각하며 절망과 실망, 소망 없음의 상태에 있는시온을 손수 영광스럽게 만들어 주신다(9절). 이 사건은 오직 시온에게만 향하는 것 같지가 않다.오늘날 우리에게도 동등하게 적용된다.     How?  1) 나의 상황이 절망과 실망으로 가득하다면, 하나님께서 오늘 우리에게 눈을 들으라고 명령하시는 것에 순종하자. 2) 이방나라, 짐승들이 보여주는 예배를 우리의 삶에서 드리기  2)-1 억지로, 생색내려는 마음 내려놓고, 하나님만 올려드리는 삶을 살자. 3) 나를 세우시는 분은 오직 ‘야웨 하나님’ 한 분뿐임을 기억하기.  [참고문헌]  베스터만, 클라우스. 『이사야 (Ⅲ)』 번역실 역. 국제성서주석 (서울: 한국신학연구소, 1999).슈미트, 콘라드. "이사야." In 취리히성경해설 성경전서 개역개정판. 서울: 대한성서공회, 2021.Berges, Ulrich. Jesaja 55-66. Herders Theologischer Kommentar Zum Alten Testament Freiburg, Basel, Wien: Herder, 2022.Berges, Ulrich F. The Book of Isaiah: Its Composition and Final Form. Translated by Millard C. Lind. Hebrew Bible Monographs 46; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2012.Delitzsch, Franz. Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. Translated by James Martin. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament 7; Vol. 2, Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1973.McConville, J. Gordon. Isaiah. Baker Commentary on the Old Testament. Prophetic Books Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2023.Motyer, J. Alec. The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1993.Oswalt, John N. The Book of Isaiah Chapters 40-66. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998.Paul, Shalom M. Isaiah 40-66: Translation and Commentary. The Eerdmans Critical Commentary Edited by David Noel Freedman. Grand Rapids, MI.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2012.Stansell, Gray. "The Nations's Journey to Zion: Pilgrimage and Tribute as Metaphor in the Book of Isaiah." In The Desert Will Bloom: Poetic Visions in Isaiah, edited by A. Joseph  Everson, Hyun Chul Paul Kim. Ancient Israel and Its Literature. Atlanta: SBL, 2009.Sweeney, Marvin A. Isaiah 40-66. The Forms of the Old Testament Literature 17; Edited by Rolf P. Knierim, Gene M. Tucker, Marvin A. Sweeney. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016.Whybray, R.N. Isaiah 40-66. The New Century Bible Commentary Edited by Ronald E. Clements. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1975.