Verse 10 is a response, from the people of God, to everything He has done. In verse 11 we see a picture of life springing up. This is a good summary of the promises that Jesus preaches to us, of the promises Jesus accomplishes for us, and of the joy and the blessing which we receive in Him. The ground

God loves fairness. God loves justice. God hates hypocrisy. In fact, He hates sin of any sort. And that's very, very bad news for anyone and everyone who thinks that somehow he on his own can stand before God in judgment, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rm 3:23), and the payoff for sin

In these verses we see shame and confusion that the people had brought upon themselves, and then, in grace, our Lord Jesus giving to these ones honour and joy. Shame is a consciousness, an awareness that you've done something wrong. Man's attempt to cover his own shame is utterly ineffective. Sin brings shame, and it does so not only for

Those whom the Lord Jesus has delivered will be used by God to do wonderful things. They will be rebuilding the old ruins. In verses 5-6 we have a picture of the one people of God working together. Some Jews and some Gentiles but bound together as one people of God. Isaiah is being allowed by God to look ahead

We all have griefs and hardships in this world. There's an even greater mourning, however, that only comes to some people. That is mourning over sin and shame, mourning that comes when the Spirit begins to work upon them, and they are convicted of their sin. There's even mourning for those who, by grace, have already looked to Jesus and

Jesus read these verses in his home congregation there in Nazareth. He then said, "Today this is fulfilled in your hearing." In other words, I am the One Who does this. Heartbreaks come into the world because of sin. There is illness, there is pain, losing loved ones, grief over our own sins or the sins of others. There is

These verses remind us of Revelation 21-22. They look to a time that is not yet, but is surely coming. What is this light? It is the very presence of God in the midst of His people, in the person of His Son, Who is the Light of the world. No longer shall there be clouds intervening due to sin

From the four directions, people from the nations shall come and be part of the people of God. Some of these are former oppressors. They, whose fathers hated, oppressed, and sought to destroy the people of God, come to give honour and submission to Him Who is in the midst of His people, the Lord Jesus Christ.At the time of

Today we look to the north, salvation to the north. We see the glory of Lebanon spoken of here, and it's a particular sort of glory. It is the glory of its beautiful, and mighty, and well perfumed forests. What is significant in the heart and in the thought of the Israelite, when he thinks of the direction of the

God interrupts things here, just for a moment, to stop looking at peoples from different directions, to look at what they are going to -- the city of God. What we're talking about is not a literal city, but it is a picture of the church of Jesus Christ of all ages, all the elect of God. Christ is now