Isaiah chapter 65 is of two worlds,the first is God speaking of the New Jerusalem,and then speaking of the millennial reign of Christ when God restores the kingdom of earth to Israel.
Isa 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
The former heaven,and earth,shall not be remembered,nor come to mind,which at the new heaven,and new earth,the New Jerusalem,the saints will remember nothing prior to the New Jerusalem,for the old heaven,and earth,is associated with sin and rebellion.
It cannot be talking about this earth,and heaven,for nobody will remember it,and it will not come to their mind.
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
The New Jerusalem will be a place where sin has never been,and sin will never be,so it cannot be talking about this heaven,and earth.
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Jesus went away to prepare the New Jerusalem for the saints,and is not this earth,for Jesus went away to prepare this place.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.
The old heaven,and the old earth,shall burn up,for they are associated with sin,and all sin must be purged with fire.And it is not a restoration of the old heaven,and old earth,for they shall be dissolved.
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
This is the place that Jesus went to prepare for the saints,the New Jerusalem,in which the first heaven,and earth passed away,and all things are made new.
The former heaven,and earth,is associated with sin,and rebellion,so they will pass away,and be dissolved,for all sin must be purged with fire.
Jesus created a new heaven,and a new earth,the New Jerusalem,where sin has never been,and sin will never be,and the former heaven,and earth,shall not be remembered,nor come to mind,for it is associated with sin,and rebellion,and the angels,and saints,will remember nothing prior to the New Jerusalem,but will feel as if they have always been there,and nowhere else,but they are not robots with the choice gone,for they made that choice beforehand to follow God.
If the former heaven,and earth,shall not be remembered,nor come to mind,it cannot be talking about this heaven,and earth.
Isa 65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Isa 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Isa 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isa 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Isa 65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isa 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Isa 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Isa 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
The rest of the chapter is talking about when God restores the kingdom on earth to the Jews,Israel.
For it speaks of the physical,and of the animals,that apply to this earth.
Act 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Act 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Act 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Act 1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Act 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
The disciples asked Jesus if He was going to restore the kingdom to Israel at that time,and Jesus said the Father will do it in His own time,but do not worry about it,but go preach the Gospel.
Zec 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zec 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zec 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zec 14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
Zec 14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zec 14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
God's purpose is to gather all nations together against Jerusalem to battle,and then the LORD shall go forth and fight against those nations as He did in the day of battle,which it is the time that God gives the world their way for a certain amount of time,and causes all people that do not love Him to rebel against Him,so He can end this sin business on earth,which they go against all people that hold the testimony of Jesus,which God turned Israel to the truth that Jesus is their Messiah.
The kingdom restored to Israel,and nobody will recognize any god,or religious authority,but the LORD,and the people that God spared have to go year after year to Jerusalem,to worship the LORD,who is Jesus.
Eze 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Eze 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Eze 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
Eze 39:26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
Eze 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
Eze 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
Eze 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Jesus and the saints will rule over the heathen,and the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went in to captivity because of their sins against God,but He was with Israel all along,and will bring the whole house of Israel to Israel,and leave none of them in the nations anymore,and will not hide His face from them anymore,and they will know the LORD from that day and forward.
Which this is a future event,for there are still Jews in the Gentile nations,and if this happened in the past then Israel would be in the truth from that day and forward,for God will not hide His face from them anymore,and they will know the LORD from that day and forward.
The man of sin will establish peace in the Middle East.and it will pave the way for all Jews to go to Israel,and the Jews and the Gentiles will be separated.
If they say this is the captivity being brought back from Babylon then Israel would of been in the truth from that day and forward,and would of never rejected Jesus,would of not been scattered off their land,and as a nation would accept Jesus today,because God will not hide His face from them anymore,and they will know the LORD from that day and forward,and always be in the truth.
Rom 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Rom 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
God has not cast away Israel,and is always with them,but the kingdom on earth is not Israel,because they do not abide in the truth as a nation,but one day the kingdom will be restored to Israel.
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26 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:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Israel is blinded in part,for the most part they accept the Old Testament,but not the New Testament,until salvation is no longer available to the Gentiles,and so all Israel shall be saved,when Jesus saves them from the world because God turned them to the truth,and the Gentile nations came together,and persecuted the truth,and the kingdom restored to Israel.
The first attack on Jerusalem by the Roman Empire,because they rejected Christ,which Jesus said their house is left unto them desolate until they say,blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord,and God allowed it.
The second attack on Jerusalem by the world,because they accepted Christ,which they accept Jesus,and say blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord,and God does not allow it,but saves them.
Isaiah chapter 65 is of two worlds,the first is God speaking of the New Jerusalem,the new heaven,and new earth,and then speaking of the millennial reign of Christ when God restores the kingdom on earth to Israel.
