The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Isaiah 33:22,
"For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us."
This wonderfully revealing verse comes in a chapter that looks both at the immediate threat to Jerusalem by the advancing Assyrian army and that army's vanquishment by the hand of the Lord, to Jerusalem's immediate relief. It also looks ahead to the time when the Messiah will vanquish evil at the end of the age and bring his salvation to those who await him, (see Hebrews 9:28.)
It has been noted that the historical ages of Israel from it's exodus from Egypt are represented in Isaiah 33:32. Moses as lawgiver, the period of judges and the period of kings is in view and now clarified to be that Israel's history is the Lord's history among mankind. Where Moses was considered the lawgiver, it is the Lord who really is the lawgiver. Likewise it is the Lord who is the judge, it is the Lord who is the king.
Most importantly, it is the Lord who is the Savior. All of Israel's history, during its various eras, was the Lord's history at work in Israel to bring into the human family the Son of God, the Savior of the world. All of Israel's history in the Old Testament is about the coming of Jesus Christ!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us."
This wonderfully revealing verse comes in a chapter that looks both at the immediate threat to Jerusalem by the advancing Assyrian army and that army's vanquishment by the hand of the Lord, to Jerusalem's immediate relief. It also looks ahead to the time when the Messiah will vanquish evil at the end of the age and bring his salvation to those who await him, (see Hebrews 9:28.)
It has been noted that the historical ages of Israel from it's exodus from Egypt are represented in Isaiah 33:32. Moses as lawgiver, the period of judges and the period of kings is in view and now clarified to be that Israel's history is the Lord's history among mankind. Where Moses was considered the lawgiver, it is the Lord who really is the lawgiver. Likewise it is the Lord who is the judge, it is the Lord who is the king.
Most importantly, it is the Lord who is the Savior. All of Israel's history, during its various eras, was the Lord's history at work in Israel to bring into the human family the Son of God, the Savior of the world. All of Israel's history in the Old Testament is about the coming of Jesus Christ!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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