Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, See, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD… I. THIS MAY BE SAID OF THE INCARNATION OF GOD. Emmanuel, God with us, in one word conveys the same truth. Christ came not fortuitously; He came not in a passing current of compassion; but with full, unshaken continuity of purpose (Galatians 4:4, 5). II. IN THE ABIDING PRESENCE OF HIS SPIRIT can we most joyously exclaim, "Lo, this is our God." III. Another intermediate sense in which we may consider Christ as coming to us — intermediate between His offering Himself up, and the bestowal of the influences of His Spirit — is THE FREE OFFER OF HIS GRACE IN THE GOSPEL. IV. IN HIS EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT IN TIME. 1. Truly of Jerusalem might it be said, that not one stone was left upon another; and now she is not Jerusalem; though called still the Holy City, where is her glory? Where are her children! 2. On antichrist, too, the first shoot of present judgment has arisen. 3. Christ also comes to judgment in time, by many of what appeared to be temporal accidents. 4. And in His afflictions and deprivations He often judges the abuse of a possession, or deficient appreciation of it, and often in mercy executes this temporal judgment, in order that its effects upon the awakened conscience may obviate, and cause to be avoided, that dreadful punishment which knows no reversion. V. In one sense, Christ has still to come. HE HAS TO COME TO FINAL JUDGMENT. (I. Hutchin, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. |
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