Taking a Look at Isaiah

“For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.” – Isaiah 62:8

            The Jewish people had experienced oppression by their captors thru the years. The Babylonian Exile was a prime example. Egypt is another one from Moses’ day. That oppression stemmed from a general lack of obedience on the part of the Jewish people. In this chapter God gives good news to the oppressed peoples of Israel. Whether they deserved it or not, God’s love for his children caused him to fulfill all the promises he had laid before them prior to this time. His blessings were that the brokenhearted were to be comforted and captives were to be set free. The Lord will faithfully reward his people for their suffering, making an everlasting covenant with them.

            Joy would overwhelm those who walk in righteousness. They would be clothed in righteousness as a reward for trusting their God. Luke 4:21 has Jesus repeating the prophetic utterance that it is the beginning of the period of the Lord’s favor.  After he rolled the scrolls closed, he said, “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!” That day saw the priests become irate at his setting himself up as the fulfillment of that prophecy.  All these things must take place to fulfill God’s plan of salvation. Every bit of it, which is why we all say ‘everything happens for a reason’. The Lord has been and still is bringing all the necessary pieces together to fulfill the arrival of the time of the Lord’s favor. Once Christ returns for the church, the day of God’s anger towards his enemies will have come. His wrath will have been unleashed, but God’s children will be protected from these events.  

            The Jews are a blessed people, however, they still believe the Gentiles that call themselves believers are living under a grand delusion. The non-Jewish believers in God are seen by Israel as those who will be kept from entrance into heaven, but that is not true. Their arrogance deceives them. Their own rejection of Christ as their Messiah ushers in the Gentiles as additional children of God. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing! rlkeller

Resource: The Life Application Study Bible.