Isaiah 64:4 KJV
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
The Apostle Paul said,
Romans 8:18 KJV
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Paul was well aware of Isaiah 64:4 and quotes it in 1 Corinthians 2:9. He knows of what he speaks. The reason why the sufferings of this world are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us is because what God has prepared for those who wait for Him are unimaginable to the man who is trapped on this planet.
Men have not heard
Ears have not perceived
Eyes have not seen
Only God knows what He has prepared for those that wait for Him.
Now I did want to explore briefly the fact that Paul's quote of this verse is not exact, especially that he said love Him rather than wait for him.
The word wait means to adhere.
The Greek word in 1 Corinthians 2:9 translated love is agape.
The translators did the right thing by using the word "love" in the New Testament text. The answer for the difference is found in the fact that the Apostle Paul, who is as equally inspired as Isaiah was in his text, gives us us a further definition of what it means to love. Love waits. Love lingers and tarries and takes all the time it must for the subject of its affections.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
The Apostle Paul said,
Romans 8:18 KJV
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Paul was well aware of Isaiah 64:4 and quotes it in 1 Corinthians 2:9. He knows of what he speaks. The reason why the sufferings of this world are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us is because what God has prepared for those who wait for Him are unimaginable to the man who is trapped on this planet.
Men have not heard
Ears have not perceived
Eyes have not seen
Only God knows what He has prepared for those that wait for Him.
Now I did want to explore briefly the fact that Paul's quote of this verse is not exact, especially that he said love Him rather than wait for him.
The word wait means to adhere.
The Greek word in 1 Corinthians 2:9 translated love is agape.
The translators did the right thing by using the word "love" in the New Testament text. The answer for the difference is found in the fact that the Apostle Paul, who is as equally inspired as Isaiah was in his text, gives us us a further definition of what it means to love. Love waits. Love lingers and tarries and takes all the time it must for the subject of its affections.
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