In America we sometimes think we are already in heaven. We have many good things - liberty, freedom of religion, prosperity, freedom of speech, etc.
That makes it more difficult for us to identify with the situation in Isaiah's day - the imminent prospect of military conquest, humiliation and exile. We need to understand what they were facing to understand God's picture of the Savior and the Salvation he would provide.
We feel like we are rich and safe - but spiritually we are in the same desolate condition that Israel was in. We need the Savior and Salvation just as much as they did.
That makes it more difficult for us to identify with the situation in Isaiah's day - the imminent prospect of military conquest, humiliation and exile. We need to understand what they were facing to understand God's picture of the Savior and the Salvation he would provide.
We feel like we are rich and safe - but spiritually we are in the same desolate condition that Israel was in. We need the Savior and Salvation just as much as they did.
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