Isaiah 41:1-16
God’s Protection of Israel
Isaiah 41:17-29
God’s Challenge to The Idols
Isaiah 42:1-9
Mission of the Servant
Isaiah 42:10-25
Discipline of the Servant
Isaiah 43:1-13
A Promise to Regather The Unworthy
Isaiah 43:14-28
Israel Promised Deliverance From Babylon
Isaiah 44:1-8
God’s Forming of Israel
Isaiah 44:9-20
Idolatry is Foolishness
Isaiah 44:21-28
Prediction of Cyrus
Isaiah 45:1-13
Vindication of the Lord
Isaiah 45:14-25
The Lord Alone Can Save
Prediction of Cyrus
Isaiah 44:21–28
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God said that we should serve our Creator. Idolaters do the opposite by serving or worshiping what they have made rather than the One who made them. Having pointed out the foolishness of idolatry, Isaiah reminds His people of their proper relationship to God (vv. 21-22). All of creation is to burst forth in singing and praise because of the Lord’s redemption (v. 23). He is the one who has called Israel to be His people from eternity past (v. 24). He frustrates the liars and makes the soothsayers mad by overturning their false predictions (v. 25). He will make the message of His prophets come true (vv. 26-27).
The fact that God predicted more than 150 years in advance that a man named Cyrus would release the Jews from exile is a great stumbling block to liberal theologians who refuse to acknowledge the reality of predictive prophecy (v. 28). He also predicted that the temple would be rebuilt about 200 years before it happened. At the same time it causes the believing scholars to accept this statement as the prediction of a future event, as an established fact that it is going to happen.
The God who created the world and is sovereign over history itself can predict the future. It actually leaves you with a choice of believing that God either spoke through His prophets, or He did not.
The purpose of their deliverance is from the Lord and not from Cyrus. In contrast to God, Cyrus is as nothing; for he is merely an instrument in the hand of God. He will not only allow the people of Judah to return to their homeland, but He will personally decree the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple. In doing this he was serving God’s purposes as if he were God’s shepherd.Application
I can always trust God’s word as absolute truth and with it I can measure all other teachings. If I am unsure about something, I just need to test it against God’s word.
Isaiah 44:21-28 (English Standard Version)
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