51:6
There will be a complete transformation. Isaiah is urged to look both at the heavens above, and at the earth below. The heavens will vanish and the earth wear out. This could be a physical event, or it could be just metaphoric language for a great social change. I tend to think it will involve both a physical and a social change. “Its inhabitants will die like flies”. The message of Isaiah is not a simple one, not a “nice” one. There is judgement and death involved. But this verse is stressing the temporal nature of things. We need to be sure that we realise the fragility of the human structures and powers that we see around us. Otherwise we will put our hope in things that will fail, or we fear things that will soon pass away. The only thing that will last forever is God’s salvation and His righteousness. We must put our hope in the right place.
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