Ep. 166. Isaiah 48-49 | Like A Sharp Sword

EPISODE 166

LIKE A SHARP SWORD: ISAIAH 48-49

"Before birth, you were called a rebel." These are harsh words for the Hebrew people, but they are unsurprising to us. This nation had been rebelling against God since he took them out of Egypt. But God will continue to work in and through them for his name's sake. For his glory, God will still bring about everything he has promised. God would (and now has) raise a servant (Jesus the Messiah) to bring the people of Jacob back to himself. Gloriously, it was not the Jews alone who would be brought near to God through the work of the Redeemer, but the nations as a whole, the Gentiles, would also be brought to salvation.

Christ has, through his work on the cross and the empty tomb, set free those who were in prison, brought those who had lived in darkness out into the light, fed the hungry, healed the lame, opened the eyes of the blind, and led them by springs of water. He is the good shepherd. He is the perfect sacrifice. He is the perfect high priest. He is the everlasting King. He is our Lord. Those who wait upon the Lord will never be put to shame.

ADDITIONAL READING: Deuteronomy 32; Exodus 17; Revelation 16:11-19; Acts 13:44-48; Isaiah 61:1-3