"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for 30 April 2012"
Today's Blog Title: "God's People Are Comforted"
Today's Blog Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-31
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 40:31 "But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint."
I love this Chapter from the Book Of Isaiah, especially verses 28-31. In this chapter Isaiah is looking beyond Judah's imminent captivity and see a day of salvation yet coming in the future. This section of Isaiah's prophecy (40:1-48:22) is often called the "Book of Consolation." "Comfort ye" means "repent" and "console," and implies that true repentance must precede divine consolation. "My people" refers to the people of God who are in a constant relationship with Him. This designation appears 12 times in Chapters 1-39 and 15 times in Chapters 40-66. The "voice" that "crieth in the wilderness" is that of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 1:23; John 1:23). By this voice crying from the desert, the people of Judah are called to make the "crooked...straight" and the "rough places plain" in preparation for the coming of the Messiah.
"O Zion..O Jerusalem" calls our attention to the city of David which is to proclaim "good tiding" to the other "cities of Judah." Certainly it was in this city that the "Good News" of the gospel was first proclaimed to all the world. "Behold your God!" refers to the coming of God incarnate in Jesus Christ "like a shepherd" gathering his sheep (John 10). The questions in verses 12-14 are reminiscent of those in Job 38-41, and each implies the answer: "None but God."
In light of the sovereignty of God, human idolatry is pictured as utterly ridiculous. Through another series of rhetorical questions (verses 18-28) Isaiah lifts us his readers into the very Presence of God. The term is the same as that used in Genesis 1:26, where man is created and likeness of God as a personal and moral being.
May God's Love, Peace, Strength and Grace be with you all.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "God's People Are Comforted"
Today's Blog Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-31
Today's Key Verse: Isaiah 40:31 "But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint."
I love this Chapter from the Book Of Isaiah, especially verses 28-31. In this chapter Isaiah is looking beyond Judah's imminent captivity and see a day of salvation yet coming in the future. This section of Isaiah's prophecy (40:1-48:22) is often called the "Book of Consolation." "Comfort ye" means "repent" and "console," and implies that true repentance must precede divine consolation. "My people" refers to the people of God who are in a constant relationship with Him. This designation appears 12 times in Chapters 1-39 and 15 times in Chapters 40-66. The "voice" that "crieth in the wilderness" is that of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 1:23; John 1:23). By this voice crying from the desert, the people of Judah are called to make the "crooked...straight" and the "rough places plain" in preparation for the coming of the Messiah.
"O Zion..O Jerusalem" calls our attention to the city of David which is to proclaim "good tiding" to the other "cities of Judah." Certainly it was in this city that the "Good News" of the gospel was first proclaimed to all the world. "Behold your God!" refers to the coming of God incarnate in Jesus Christ "like a shepherd" gathering his sheep (John 10). The questions in verses 12-14 are reminiscent of those in Job 38-41, and each implies the answer: "None but God."
In light of the sovereignty of God, human idolatry is pictured as utterly ridiculous. Through another series of rhetorical questions (verses 18-28) Isaiah lifts us his readers into the very Presence of God. The term is the same as that used in Genesis 1:26, where man is created and likeness of God as a personal and moral being.
May God's Love, Peace, Strength and Grace be with you all.
Your Sister in Christ,
Cindi
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