FOREWORD: ISAIAH 12.
Isaiah’s joyous psalm envisioning David’s kingdom renewed.
Despite he dire wickedness of the kingdom of Judah, Isaiah is jubilant that:
1. by grace he thirsted for the water of eternal life,
2. he was drawn by the Father and came to the Immanuel the Saviour and for that which money could not buy and drank of the new wine of the Spirit and the priceless milk of the Word, which he now considered more necessary than his daily food.
3. Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16
4. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12
5. David had known the anguish of opposition and the despondency that Isaiah and Jeremiah suffered. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue. Psalm 39:3
6. Like David, Isaiah possessed joy unspeakable and full of glory because of the new spirit God had placed within him. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. (Psalm 40:3)
7. The indwelling Holy Spirit was the difference between Moses followers and the godly pair: Joshua and Caleb. (Numbers 14:24; Numbers 27:18)
8. Even when Isaiah was downcast he remembered Moses, crying: “Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?” (Isaiah 63:11)
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10. His conversion when the Lord opened his heart by grace to repent and believe
11. God’s mercy in first drawing him to come and reason together, then assuring him that though his sins be as scarlet, and be red like crimson they would become as white as wooly snow. (Isa.1:18)
12. Isaiah’s source of joy and peace that passes understanding was his faith in Immanuel, the coming incarnate Son of God, even Melchizedek of old whom Abram met ( not yet embodied in human form as the promised Virgin’s babe. , He had heard the call of God to repent and be converted, that his sins could be blotted out (Acts 3:19)
13. Psalm 51:1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
14. Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
15. Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
16. I, even I, am he that blotted out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isaiah 43:25)
17. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. (Isaiah 44:22)
18. His vision and calling of God to serve Judah
Amid Isaiah’s intermittent disconsolate times of becoming downcast and exasperated with the impenitent unresponsiveness Isaiah rejoices. He joys in his salvation by grace and the holy remnant who cling to Jehovah refusing to worship Baal.
Foreword, heading, sub-headings, and footnotes by John David.
The chapter quoted is from the King James Version (Public Domain)
Isaiah 12
Isaiah’s joyous psalm on his vision of Judaic renewal.
1 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
FOOTNOTE.
Isaiah 12:1.‘And in that day’ frequently occurs in his writing. The words represent his singular glimpse of a particular time period in future history, ranging from the near to the distant future even down to our present day and beyond.
FOREWORD: ISAIAH 12
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