After many years of suffering joy would return to Jerusalem.
The Lord would come and would live among them. This salvation would be greater
than what came before, for it would include many nations. God’s plan has always
been for people to be saved from all nations and we find this repeated in many
of the prophets. There are clear allusions to what Jesus said in John’s gospel
in Him being the one whom God has sent.
Jerusalem would once again be God’s city. All people are
called to be silent before the Lord. This is literally “all flesh” and
emphasises the mere humanity of people. We are flesh, God is Lord. We so easily
forget who and what we are. The atheist lives in a delusion that he is a god,
that he is in charge and can rule all things. But as Christians we sometimes
forget that God is Lord, especially when we feel weak.
On several occasions the Psalmist, and Isaiah called on God
to rouse Himself. Now God declares that He has roused Himself. Now is the time
that He is acting. We need to be careful to ensure that it is the Lord’s word
that governs how we view life. Circumstances are not a good guide.
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