Isaiah 42:1-25
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delightt; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.”
I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them But those who trust in idols, who say to images, 'You are our gods', will be turned back in utter shame.
So he poured out on them his burning anger, the violence of war. It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
A light for the nations
A new theme begins to unfold, alongside the forecast of Babylon's down fall: God's plan to open the eyes of the whole world and bring them salvation. This was, from they very beginning, the intended role of Israel.
Chapter 42 begins abruptly with the unexplained. 'Here is my servant'. It is left to the reader to work out exactly who this is. The servant is 'Israel', and at the same time someone else. As the picture develops through the four 'Servant Song' it becomes clear that no ordinary person or people fits the description.
The New Testament writers are in no doubt that the servant Issiah foresees, the one who will save all humanity by suffering on their behalf, is Jesus Chris's own authority for saying so.
God presents his servant, then commissions him. A new song follows the announcement of 'new things' to come. It is a song of praise and a battle song. Then God continues his address with a fresh promise of help and a plea that this time his people listen. The exiles need to learn from their experience.
Why?
God has plan to uphold his servant, Jesus Christ.. The sign of his servant are open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
His servant will be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles. So Paul delivered gospel to gentiles is follow God's command.
When day of Isaiah, people who read it, but Israelite did not understand it, till New Testament it is revealed that Jesus Christ is this great servant. So praise song is worthy to his great servant.
God's chosen one understand what God's says, but those men they suffered battle and God's angry, they still did not understand, they did not take God's word to their heart.
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. Jesus Christ looks weak and keep silence, totally out of man's concept and idea, but God is with Him, let his mission be done as God's plea.
How?
Pray to the Lord change the heart to those we loved and God loves, give them the savior Jesus Christ message to them. Jesus Chris is the only way to free from sins.
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