64:1,2
Isaiah calls on God to rend open the heavens and come down. He is desperate for God to intervene in the situation. He knows that the mountains would tremble at God’s presence. The point of all this is that if God got involved (as Isaiah understands being involved) then everything would change. Why does God put this in His word? Maybe it is because we all feel like Isaiah at times. We see circumstances that are not the way that they should be. We know that God could change everything, yet He seems to be doing nothing. So maybe God is saying that He knows how we feel. It is not just the mountains that would tremble, but God’s enemies and the nations would quake as well.
64:3,4
Moreover, Isaiah knows that God is perfectly capable of doing this, and that it is in His character to do things Isaiah longs for Him to do. In the past God has done unexpected things. While the nations worshipped many gods, there was no god like the One True God. And that God acts on behalf of those who wait for Him, who look to Him for help.
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