Isaiah 42:9 (KJV) He is Immutable

Isaiah 42:9 (KJV)

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

We have here a key truth to understanding the Word of God. First, there are some former things and some new things in the Bible. It is not that God changes. He does not. He is immutable. But He does have a plan and, as that plan progresses, some things “come to pass” and some other things “spring forth.” 

That God changes not is revealed in that, before those new things spring forth, He has already declared them. Consider. Throughout the Old Testament (the former things) God tells us of the coming Christ, His gospel, His death, burial, and resurrection. We are told of His virgin birth. We are told He will come forth of humble stock. We are told He will be rejected and despised by men. We are told He will be wounded for our transgressions, be slain among thieves, and be buried in a borrowed rich man’s tomb. We are told all of these things while the former things are still going on and before the new things spring forth. 

Now consider that in the time of the New Testament there are things to yet spring forth. Jesus will come into the clouds to call the believers. Antichrist will wreak havoc in the world for seven years. Jesus will return to the Mount of Olives to establish His one-thousand-year reign. After this will be the Great White Throne Judgment, the destruction of the heavens and the earth, and the coming of new heavens and a new earth, where the children of God will live eternally. 

Since those things declared in the former times came to pass, should we not accept that those new things yet to come will spring forth exactly as the Word of God describes them?

And should not those, who have yet to accept God’s good gift of salvation do so immediately?

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Isaiah 42:9 (KJV) He is Immutable

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