Surviving Seed

Isaiah 1:8-9 ESV

8 And the daughter of Zion is left

like a booth in a vineyard,

like a lodge in a cucumber field,

like a besieged city.

9If the Lord of hosts

had not left us a few survivors,

we should have been like Sodom,

and become like Gomorrah.

The word translated here as survivors is σπερμα in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament done several centuries before Christ.  It means seed.  It brings forth the thought of Israel as the cultivated olive tree. Though severely cut back, the stump is alive. From that tree came the seed for the tree of life, of the Savior - Jesus Christ. 

Scripture says a remnant of Israel will be saved. This was repeated in the return of the exiles from Babylon.  Only a small number came back at the end of 70 years. This remnant will be the seed of renewal of God's chosen people as a people of God. From this seed will come the sweet fruit of the vine.


This is consistent with the 70 weeks of Daniel's prophecy. The pause in Revelation between the sixth and seventh unfolding of the seals, trumpets, and bowls may speak of the time between the 69 and 70th week. Maybe it is the time that allows for the fullness of the Gentiles, a time frame only known by God.