45:15-17
These words are now Isaiah’s response to all this. “Surely you are a God who has been hiding Himself”. These are somewhat like the words of Paul In Rom 11:33-36. Isaiah, nor anyone else, could work out what was going to happen, or how God’s plans could possibly be fulfilled. He is the God and Saviour of Israel. At the time it seemed as if neither of these things was true. But the makers of idols would be put to shame, while Israel would receive an everlasting salvation and would never be disgraced again. This is also our heritage in Christ.
45:18
We get yet another declaration of the creativeness of God. Any theology we have that diminishes the fact that God is creator is an impoverished view. David repeatedly praised God for His creation. Here in Isaiah, arguably the most majestic book in the Bible, is founded on the fact of God as creator. Here we have re-emphasis of God as creator, and His purpose in creation. God did not just create the universe saying “I wonder how this will turn out”. He had a purpose in creation. So God did make the earth, and He made it to be inhabited.
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