Isaiah 60:10
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
The verse means that God smote His people in wrath and then had mercy on them. After that mercy the sons of strangers from other nations help build up their walls and rebuild their community, and their kings minister to them and serve them. This belongs to the prophecy of God's church shining amid spiritual darkness, gathering the Gentiles to God's light, and growing through gospel missions among the nations.
The building portrays God's restored people as a temple, where those once strangers among the Gentiles help build the walls as the apostles gather believers from both Jewish and Gentile peoples as living stones for the church built on Christ. The surrounding section defines Christ's work of setting right what unrighteous leaders distorted and saving the people under Satan's power. The verse is connected with the church's work of restoration, in which rebuilding human life and church structures advances through varied means and diverse talents while the gospel message for the time, including the third angel's message, must be clearly proclaimed.
The verse shows part of the glorious possibilities before God's people if they faithfully do the work given them, requiring them to enlarge faith and expectation for its fulfillment. The promise sets before God's people wider service outside pleasant church privileges and large centers and preaching, calling them to carry received truths to every city, town, and village, imparting them to others and laboring for souls as those who must give an account. The promise encourages confidence that wealthy people will help support the Lord's missionary work.
The verse gives inspiration and encouragement to those called to act a part in God's work, calling them to unite in sowing gospel seed, enter new fields and occupy new territory such as Merced, each doing an appointed work as a specialty, not trusting in self but pleading for the Lord's power and grace with Christ and heavenly angels uniting with them, while ministers move on to new fields after the truth has been preached. Chapters sixty and sixty-five, to which the verse belongs, must be studied, heeded, and accepted with thorough consecration by leaders in the cause and those connected with institutions, instead of accepting only the word they choose. The chapter will be understood when reformation comes to God's people, when its words are taken and all complaining and every evil work are stopped, and then the Lord manifests His power in the conviction and conversion of souls, with chapters sixty-two to sixty-five speaking in a most decided manner.