Isaiah 66:22 - Exposition

.— As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain . The "new heavens and the new earth," once created, continue for ever (comp. Revelation 21:1-27 ; Revelation 22:1-5 ). So shall your seed and your name remain. This statement is usually taken to be a promise of some special pre-eminence to the Jew over the Gentile in the final kingdom of the redeemed. But St. Paul speaks of all such privileges as already abolished in his day ( Colossians 3:11 ); and, if the priesthood is to be common to both Gentile and Jew, the principle of equality would seem to be conceded. Perhaps no more is here meant than that, as the "new heaven and new earth" will always remain, so there will always remain a seed of true believers to worship God in them.