Our Heart's cry (Isaiah 63:7 to 64:12)
Our Heart’s Cry (Isaiah 63:7 to 64:12) First, let’s start at the end of this long text. We will understand better the heart of God toward his people. In this case, it is Israel. But for New Testament people, it is the born-again Christians who are God’s chosen people. God’s people have throughout history been known to rebel at times. Isaiah 64:11-12 “Our holy and beautiful house where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?” We can see clearly that the prophet Isaiah is concerned with the house of worship, in our world today it would be our church or the Church of Born-again Christians. Now at the very beginning of this passage in Isaiah 63:7, he wants to remind God’s people of the goodness of the Lord and our motivation for praising him. Have we forgotten how good he is and...