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Isaiah’s Message: “Behold Your God!”
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The Gospel to All the World
Today this prophecy is meeting rapid fulfillment. Soon the gospel
message will have been proclaimed to all nations. Men and women
from every tribe, tongue, and people are being “accepted in the
Beloved,” “that in the ages to come He might show the exceed-
ing riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 1:6
;
2:7
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In the vision in the temple court, Isaiah received a clear view
of God’s character. “The high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy,” had appeared before him in great majesty; yet
he was made to understand the compassionate nature of his Lord.
He who dwells “in the high and holy place” dwells “with him who
has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
Isaiah 57:15
.
In beholding God, the prophet had not only seen his own un-
worthiness, there had come to his humbled heart the assurance of
forgiveness, full and free; and he had come from the experience
a changed man. He could testify of the transformation that came
to him through beholding Infinite Love. Ever after, he longed to
see erring Israel set free from the burden and penalty of sin. “Why
should you be stricken again?” “‘Come now, and let us reason to-
gether,’ says the Lord, ‘though your sins are like scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.’”
Isaiah 1:5, 18
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The God whose character they had misunderstood revealed Him-
self as the great Healer of spiritual disease. Anyone who had been
backsliding in heart could find healing by turning to the Lord. “I
have seen his ways,” the Lord declared, “and will heal him.”
Isaiah
57:18
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The prophet exalted God as Creator. His message to the cities of
Judah was, “Behold your God!”
Isaiah 40:9
. “‘To whom then will
you liken Me, or to whom shall I be equal?’ says the Holy One. Lift
up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, who
brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, by the
greatness of His might and the strength of His power; not one is
missing.”
Isaiah 40:25, 26
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