Isaiah 59 - God Hears

 

Isaiah 59 – God Hears

 

Lies, perverseness, vanity, mischief, violence, gossip, and evil are just few of the sins that are mentioned 32 times in the Bible. God charges Israel and tells them through Isaiah that they must repent and turn to Him.

 

Zechariah 12:11-14 says that there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem. Each family will mourn and confess their sins in the last days. The reason that Israel was not saved in the days of Isaiah was not because of any fault of God. His hand was not shortened, nor was He hard of hearing. Many people today do not believe that God hears their cries, or even cares about their troubles. That is not true. God loves each of us and stands there with a listening ear and outstretched arms.

 

Because Christ has come and died for our sins, He has reached down from heaven and touched us. He blesses us by making us one with Him.

 

Israel stated that they are in darkness, and they confess that their religious rituals have all been a pretense. We need to search our souls and see if there is any hypocrisy within us. If there is, we need to get down on our knees before God and confess this sin and repent.

 

Someday Israel will make this confession, and when they do, time will be close at hand for our Christ to come and dwell in Zion.  God made this covenant for Israel and Christ’s followers. There will never be a day that this promise will be forsaken for this is the purpose of God. It will be fulfilled in God’s time.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.