"This is what YAHWEH says: Maintain what is right and do what is just, for MY salvation is close at hand, MY justice is soon to come.
Blessed is the mortal who does these things, and perseveres in them, who does not defile the Sabbath and who refrains from evil.
Let no foreigner say, 'Surely YAHWEH will exclude me from HIS people.' Neither let the castrated man say, 'I have become a mere dry tree.'
For this is what YAHWEH says: To the castrated men who keep MY Sabbaths, who choose to do what pleases ME and remain faithful to MY Covenant:
I will give them in MY house and within its walls, a memorial and a name that are worth more than sons and daughters; I will give them a name that will never die away or be forgotten.
YAHWEH says to the foreigners who join HIM, serving HIM and loving HIS name, keeping HIS Sabbath unprofaned and remaining faithful to HIS Covenant:
I will bring them to MY holy mountain and give them joy in MY house of prayer. I will accept on MY altar their burnt offerings and sacrifices, for MY house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations." - Isaiah 56:1-7
(The Jewish law---reflecting the thinking of the times--excluded foreigners in certain circumstances, as well as eunuchs, [castrated men] from their religious assemblies.
The prophet reveals that such exclusion is not endorsed by GOD.)
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