51:7
“Hear me ...” God speaks to those who know what is right and want to live life God’s way. When we put our trust in the Lord that is not the end of our troubles, there will be opposition. There will be reproach from various sources, along with insults. It is normal for the world to tell us that we are wrong, as we very much experience today in the West. In many other parts of the world they experience far worse opposition. Our natural reaction in those circumstances is to be afraid, but God tells us not to fear. For the Spirit of God does not make us timid (2 Tim 1:7).
51:8
Those who oppose us are but mere mortals. The opposition will fade away, it will decay. Conversely, the righteousness of God will last forever, and our salvation from generation to generation. We need to know what is eternal and what is not, and the opposition is temporal. Notice also that there is no mention of demonic opposition here. The devil is active in opposing God’s plans, but the opposition usually manifests itself in human form, through the actions of men.
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