Who is the 'barren woman' of Isaiah 54? read 53-54 for context... She is not the married wife, she was divorced in her youth, and not forgiven, whereas the married wife is not divorced... She cannot be the gentiles, as she inherits the gentiles... She cannot be the church, as the church is not barren, and was never divorced...
editor-surveyor is right.
As opposed to Israel, which was the whole point of PROPHECY, prophesied in Scripture since the world began (Acts 3:21).
If you rightly divided God's word of truth, it would be clear to you. Now, if something is PROPHESIED since the world began, and something is SECRET, HIDDEN, since the world began, they CANNOT be the same thing. One is KNOWN, and one is SECRET. Get it?
She is composed of the Jews who were dispersed around the world and will be brought back to the land of Israel.
"For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the LORD your Redeemer. "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you. (Isaiah 54:7-10)
They are genetic Jews and are not Gentiles.
"See, it is I who created the blacksmith who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its work. And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc; no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.(Isaiah 54:16-17)
He is clearly addressing the Jews and not Gentiles.