The story of what happens when Yhwh redeems Zion is captured for us in Isaiah52 and 53.Since it is such an important theme and is central to the gospel we will do well to see how Yhwh saves Israel. The good news in its original context is about Israel's deliverance from captivity. The good news is also that when Yhwh delivers them out of captivity, it will be said to Zion your God reigns,(Isaiah52)put in another way Gods kingdom will have begun. Yhwh also will return to Zion. This bought pictures of the great deliverance from Egypt when they were delivered from captivity and brought into the promised land where they were Yhws people and Yhwh was their King. This theme of they will be my people and I will be their God and king is a theme of the concept of the Kingdom of God throughout scripture from Genesis to Revelation. Also when Yhwh returns to Zion he will redeem Jerusalem. Now the New Testament is clear that Yhwh has visited his people Israel in the person of Jesus The Christ. So Yhwh has returned to Zion. But instead of been gladly received by all, the majority of Jews rejected Him. Jerusalem also must be interpreted symbolically as Gods believing people as well as the city. In Revelation21 The New Jerusalem is the city and the people of the city. Such are those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem and the consolation of Israel such as Simeon and the prophetess Hannah in the first chapters of Luke. Surely Luke is trying to evoke Gods redemption of Zion as in Isaiah 52 & 53 to the readers mind.

Then of course when Jesus was crucified it was as if Israel had died. Many had believed on him as the son of David. Israel believed that the Messiah was one who would come from Davids seed. 2 Samuel 7 was where Yhwh promised David That One who was to come from his seed would build His Temple and also that he would be given an eternal throne and an eternal Kingdom. This is why the gospel writers go out of their way to show that Jesus is descended from David. The point I am making concerning Jesus death is that the Messiah they were expecting wasn't a conquering King like David who would destroy their enemies and establish them in peace. Rather Jesus death on the cross was to be understood in the light and context of Isaiah 52 & 53. They never understood that the way they would be redeemed was by Gods suffering servant who would bear their punishment in their place. Also he would take their sins upon Him. Although it was before them in the scriptures they only understood Christs death after he was raised and explained the Kingdom to them. So the gospel story finds itself smack bang in the middle of the story of Isaiah 52 & 53. They now have to retell the story in a different way. The oppression they need to be delivered from is the oppression of sin, their enemy in fact isn't Rome, but the power which Israel & Rome find themselves both to be enslaved to, i.e. the Devil. Also they find that Yhwh has visited Zion but not as they expected, Yhwh came to Zion in Christ. Jerusalem was redeemed but not as expected. Gods people turn out to be those who trust in His Son, Jesus who is Gods Christ. But the remaining Jews were counted as Gods enemies, because Jerusalem and its temple along with the unbelieving Jews were destroyed in the events 40 years after, when Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. Christs people were vindicated and not destroyed because they believed the warning of Christ that these things were about to happen. And then to find out that they were to be redeemed not by mighty acts of war, but by the death of Gods Christ.