Isaiah 40:1-2 KJV
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Scofield says, "The first two verses of Isaiah 40 give the key-note of the second part of the prophecy of Isaiah. The great theme of this section is Jesus Christ in His sufferings, and the glory that shall follow in the Davidic kingdom. "
While we can't know how long before the Lord will come and bring such comfort to the Jews as a people, we can be thankful for the wonderful privilege of preaching this comfort to all who trust in Christ. It is as if the change in temperament that begins in Isaiah 40 is a micro picture of the change that happens between the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament we are made aware of the sin of man against a holy God. We learn that man can never do well enough to please God and that even the very best of men are, at best, still sinners.
But the New Testament offers the answer to the predicament mankind finds itself in. Knowing that man will never satisfy the justice of God for the penalty of our sins, God Himself offers the one sacrifice that could forever satisfy God; Himself. God came in human flesh and named Jesus Christ. He lived a sinless life to demonstrate His holiness and then He died as our substitute on Calvary's cross.
And through Jesus Christ there is comfort.
Praise the Lord.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Scofield says, "The first two verses of Isaiah 40 give the key-note of the second part of the prophecy of Isaiah. The great theme of this section is Jesus Christ in His sufferings, and the glory that shall follow in the Davidic kingdom. "
While we can't know how long before the Lord will come and bring such comfort to the Jews as a people, we can be thankful for the wonderful privilege of preaching this comfort to all who trust in Christ. It is as if the change in temperament that begins in Isaiah 40 is a micro picture of the change that happens between the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament we are made aware of the sin of man against a holy God. We learn that man can never do well enough to please God and that even the very best of men are, at best, still sinners.
But the New Testament offers the answer to the predicament mankind finds itself in. Knowing that man will never satisfy the justice of God for the penalty of our sins, God Himself offers the one sacrifice that could forever satisfy God; Himself. God came in human flesh and named Jesus Christ. He lived a sinless life to demonstrate His holiness and then He died as our substitute on Calvary's cross.
And through Jesus Christ there is comfort.
Praise the Lord.
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