Isaiah prophesies of the time when the Jews will be released from bondage and return to their homeland. As great as will be their joy and rejoicing at their liberation, their temporal salvation is only temporary. Greater yet will be our everlasting joy and eternal gladness when we are redeemed, not from our temporal bondage, but from our spiritual bondage. When Israel is gathered for the last time at the Second Coming of Christ, they will return not just to their earthly homeland but to their heavenly home, which is the kingdom of God, embodied in Zion. Their joy will then be uninterrupted. They will then experience true gladness and a fullness of joy. Sorrow and mourning for sin will flee away by the power of the atonement, which brings about mercy, forgiveness, and pardon. When guilt is swept away, mourning will cease.
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