Isaiah 43:1-7
JEHOVAH'S LOVE PROTECTS AND GATHERS HIS PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH'S LOVE PROTECTS AND GATHERS HIS PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
But now, thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel, not only in the act of creation, but in the sense of making the descendants of Jacob His own peculiar people, a distinction which has now been transferred to the spiritual Israel, the Church of God, FEAR NOT,... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou passest through the waters, through great dangers, I WILL BE WITH THEE; AND THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY SHALL NOT OVERFLOW THEE, as when Israel went dry-shod through the bed of Jordan, although it was the period of the annual floods, Joshua 3:15; WHEN THOU WALKEST THROUGH THE FIRE, THOU SHALT... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am the Lord, thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior, the outstanding names of the true God in the Old Testament, the very mention of which is a guarantee of His friendship, especially that of Savior, 1 Timothy 1:1. I GAVE EGYPT FOR THY RANSOM, ETHIOPIA, the southern part of Egypt, AND SEB... [ Continue Reading ]
Since thou wast precious in My sight, valued most highly by the great God, THOU HAST BEEN HONORABLE, esteemed greatly in His sight, AND I HAVE LOVED THEE, this being the climax of His kind assurances; THEREFORE WILL I GIVE MEN FOR THEE AND PEOPLE FOR THY LIFE, sacrificing the ungodly in order to del... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear not, for I am with thee, the pronoun "I,' being placed with special emphasis; I WILL BRING THY SEED FROM THE EAST AND GATHER THEE FROM THE WEST, the spiritual Israel, the Church of God, being collected from the members of all nations;... [ Continue Reading ]
I will say to the North, Give up, and to the South, Keep not back, the form of the admonition including a very willing yielding on the part of the distant peoples, all under the influence of the Lord's merciful invitation. BRING MY SONS FROM FAR AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, the proph... [ Continue Reading ]
even every one that is called by My name, as an evidence of their belonging to Him in faith; FOR I HAVE CREATED HIM, Israel, as representing the Church of God of all times, FOR MY GLORY, that the work of the Church might redound to His honor and glory; I HAVE FORMED HIM, by a process of careful educ... [ Continue Reading ]
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes and the deaf that have ears, namely, to appear before the tribunal; for in spite of their spiritual blindness the children of Israel have had the opportunity to observe certain facts with their senses, to which they may now testify.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH THE TRUE GOD AND ONLY SAVIOR... [ Continue Reading ]
Let all the nations be gathered together and let the people be assembled, the Gentiles from all over the world; WHO AMONG THEM CAN DECLARE THIS AND SHOW US FORMER THINGS? The heathen are challenged either to prophesy in the same manner as the Lord or to bring proof of the fact that events have come... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, and My Servant whom I have chosen, for the purpose of bringing Israel to the knowledge of the only true God, THAT YE MAY KNOW AND BELIEVE ME, by virtue of the testimony of their own eyes, AND UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE, have a clear and convincing comprehension. BEF... [ Continue Reading ]
I, even I, am the Lord, the isolation of the sentence bringing out its emphasis all the more strongly, AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR, He is the only one who can bestow deliverance from sin, death, and the power of the devil, the one in whom the salvation of mankind is found.... [ Continue Reading ]
I have declared, announced in advance, AND HAVE SAVED, in accordance with His prophecy, AND I HAVE SHOWED, let them hear another prediction, WHEN THERE WAS NO STRANGE GOD AMONG YOU; THEREFORE YE ARE MY WITNESSES, SAITH THE LORD, THAT I AM GOD, they had had a sufficient number of incontrovertible pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, before the day was, I am He, literally, "from this day," that is, He would be the same unchangeable God in the future as in the past, AND THERE IS NONE THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND; I WILL WORK, AND WHO SHALL LET IT? Who would be strong enough to hinder or frustrate His plans? The works of t... [ Continue Reading ]
PROOF THAT JEHOVAH IS THE HOLY ONE... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, their Vindicator and Deliverer, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, whose outstanding attribute in dealing with His people is holiness: FOR YOUR SAKE I HAVE SENT TO BABYLON AND HAVE BROUGHT DOWN ALL THEIR NOBLES, causing the Babylonians to be driven away as fugitives, AND THE... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, who chose and established Israel as His people, YOUR KING, their Ruler, Provider, and Protector.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, as when He led Israel through the Red Sea, AND A PATH IN THE MIGHTY WATERS, whose almighty power is unchanged through the ages,... [ Continue Reading ]
which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the cavalry being considered the most powerful part of an army in those days, THE ARMY AND THE POWER, the might of the enemies' host; THEY SHALL LIE DOWN TOGETHER, THEY SHALL NOT RISE, being overcome completely; THEY ARE EXTINCT, THEY ARE QUENCHED AS TOW,... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember ye not the former things, when the Lord, in the past, performed such great things, NEITHER CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD, for what the Lord intended to do for His people in the future made all that which lay in the past seem insignificant by comparison.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will do a new thing, unusual, remarkable in its wonderful character; NOW IT SHALL SPRING FORTH; SHALL YE NOT KNOW IT? The challenge intends to call their attention to his action, of which He now speaks. I WILL EVEN MAKE A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS AND RIVERS IN THE DESERT, thereby performing a... [ Continue Reading ]
The beast of the field, all the wild animals of the desert, SHALL HONOR ME, THE DRAGONS, or jackals, AND THE OWLS, the ostriches, the reference being to the Gentiles who are still in the wilderness of their sinfulness, BECAUSE I GIVE WATERS IN THE WILDERNESS AND RIVERS IN THE DESERT TO GIVE DRINK TO... [ Continue Reading ]
This people, the spiritual Israel, HAVE I FORMED FOR MYSELF, made them His own by His creative and educative activity in their behalf; THEY SHALL SHOW FORTH MY PRAISE. That is the end and object of the Christians' life, to glorify the heavenly Father for the deeds of His mercy, as they have been ena... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob, they had not chosen the true God; BUT THOU HAST BEEN WEARY OF ME, O ISRAEL, they had in no way exerted themselves on His account, His election of them as His peculiar people rather being an act of His free love and mercy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Israel's Salvation the Work of Jehovah's Mercy... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings, to atone for the general condition of sinfulness and to dedicate themselves to Jehovah; NEITHER HAST THOU HONORED ME WITH THY SACRIFICES, in order to establish and maintain the relation of dependence brought about by the mercy of God... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, the sweet-smelling plant used in preparing the sacred oil, imported at a great price, NEITHER HAST THOU FILLED ME WITH THE FAT OF THY SACRIFICES, never tiring themselves out in acts of worship, just as there was no merit on their part in being called int... [ Continue Reading ]
I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, by an act of His boundless mercy, in order that His name might not be blasphemed among the heathen, AND WILL NOT REMEMBER THY SINS, this being the essence of forgiveness, that He remits the specific breach of faith as well as t... [ Continue Reading ]
Put Me in remembrance, Israel reminding the Lord of His acts of mercy by a recital of the same; LET US PLEAD TOGETHER, in order to establish their case, if they thought they were in a position to say anything in their own favor; DECLARE THOU, THAT THOU MAYEST BE JUSTIFIED, be established as righteou... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy first father, the ancestor of the children of Israel, HATH SINNED, AND THY TEACHERS HAVE TRANSGRESSED AGAINST ME, the very ones who should have transmitted the will of God to the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, because they made themselves unworthy of the honor given them in their office, I HAVE PROFANED THE PRINCES OF THE SANCTUARY, degrading the high priests, treating them as no longer consecrated, AND HAVE GIVEN JACOB TO THE CURSE AND ISRAEL TO REPROACHES. Israel alone was to blame for its pr... [ Continue Reading ]