Iasiah 1:24 says, Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: Isaiah said God had said He would avenge Himself of His enemies, and one day He is going to do so forever. This is not His choice, but theirs. He made everything available that is necessary for everyone to become a part of the family of God when He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for their sins. All they had to do was accept this gift, either by looking ahead to His coming or looking back to His having come as we do, so as stated, the choice is up to every person whether to remain an enemy of God or not by either accepting or rejecting this gift of salvation.
Verse twenty-five adds, And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: God also said that He would refine the church, those who are His people by their relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord and not destroy it. If we are a Christian and stray away from God, He is going to be at work to call us back to obedience and purge the sin out of our lives, but He will never cast us away.
Verse twenty-six continues, And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. God said He would restore their judges as they had been when the people of Judah, and Isreal as a whole, had first become His people. They started out in obedience to Him, but over time began to put their faith in false gods, and He was going to restore those who once more put their faith in Him and the coming Messiah to a right relationship with Him. Restoration to a right relationship will always come from God. We cannot work to restore it without accepting His will and guidance.
Verse twenty-seven states, Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. This happens spiritually when people put their faith in Jesus Christ, and then it doesn’t really matter what happens in this lifetime. We know that there is never coming a day when everything will be right in this world. It is only going to get worse according to God’s word, but there is coming a day when everything will be made right for those who put their faith in Jesus Christ, even if it is after we die physically.
Verse twenty-eight adds, And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. This is still also true. When Jesus Christ returns to claim His church, the people who have accepted Him as their Savior and Lord, will go to be with Him forever and everyone who hasn’t is going to be sent away to everlasting destruction.
Verse twenty-nine continues, For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. God said those who had rejected Him would one day be ashamed of their choice. Those people who had been worshiping idols, such as trees, were going to be cut off. People today still worship nature and reject God, and one day they will realize that they have put their faith in the wrong things.
Verse thirty says, For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. God said that those who put their faith in false gods, once again referring to these gods as oaks, would be like a tree without water, which would die. If we don’t put our faith in Jesus Christ, we are cutoff from the Living Water and will never have everlasting life with God.
Verse thirty-one adds, And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. God then said that those who thought themselves to be strong in the world outside of His will would one day burn together and no one could quinch the fire. This will always be true. Matthew Henry said that some of this came true during the reign of Hezekiah, but that it would come true forever when Jesus Christ returns. This is the assurance that God’s people have. We will one day have all sin and pain removed from our lives spiritually and live forever in God’s kingdom.
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