45:24
“They will say ..” There is no doubt about it, God will bring His people to salvation, and this salvation involves a change of heart. At the time this was said the people did not trust in God, they did not think that deliverance was in the Lord alone. That was why they looked to idols or to making alliances with other nations. But God would bring about a change of heart. He will bring about a change of heart in us as well, and we have already experienced some of that, But if we are honest, we know that our faith, our trust, is far from perfect. But God is able to complete the work He has started within us and to make our faith perfect. So then we will know that we can trust Him completely, and that all who rage against God will be put to shame.
45:25
Israel will be saved. Does this mean that all the nation of physical Israel will be saved? This is a very difficult question. I think we have to assume that “all the descendants” includes those who are descendants by faith, for that is what Paul speaks about in Romans and Ephesians, and elsewhere. We also know that many Israelites are not saved, but if we draw from this that this does not include the nation of Israel in some sense, then I think we are on dangerous ground, for that would seem to nullify far too many promises of God.
However, the key point here is that salvation is coming, and there will be a people who boast in the Lord and no one else.
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