Blessing of The Restored Nation

Isaiah 54:1–17
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This chapter portrays the results of the atoning work of the Servant of the Lord and adds a further description of the previous chapter. The gentile nations are depicted as a barren and desolate woman who breaks forth into songs of praise because of her recent (assumed) marriage and children (vv. 1-4). To be childless at that time was a woman’s great shame, a disgrace. Israel was unfruitful like a childless woman, but God would permit her to have many children and would change her mourning into singing.

God said that He had abandoned Israel for a brief moment, the nation was like a young wife rejected by her husband (vv. 5-8). But God still called Israel His own. The God we serve is holy, and He can’t tolerate sin. When His people blatantly sinned, God in His anger chose to punish them. Sin separates us from God, but if we confess our sin and repent, then He will forgive us. God makes a covenant with Noah that He has never broken (Gen. 9:8-17); Likewise, God made a covenant of peace with the people of Israel that the time would come when He would stop rebuking them, would restore their wealth, and would personally teach their children (vv. 9-13).

Application

Sin will separate me from God and may bring pain and suffering. I want to always be ready to quickly repent and experience the joy of walking with Him.