Our Deliverer has Come!
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Isaiah 43:1-13
Isaiah 43:1-13
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But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
This is what the Lord says, referring to Jacob.
Who is Jacob?
We did not get to this account yet in the book of Genesis.
Jacob is the grandson of Abraham.
Abraham had a son named Isaac.
Isaac married Rebekah.
They had twin sons named Esau and Jacob.
Jacob was given the blessing of Isaac.
Jacob wrested with God.
Through this wrestling, God changed Jacob to Israel.
Jacob and Israel are the same individual.
God referes to Jacob suggesting who he was before he was changed.
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1. God knows us even in our fallen condition and He seeks to deliver us.
Additionally, God refferes to Israel emphasing the transformation in his life.
God is not speaking directly to Jacob or Israel.
The book of Isaiah was written hundreds of years after Jacob or Israel died.
God uses these names to refer to His people.
You are my people.
I have created you and I have changed your through faith.
This addresses all of those who have come to faith.
We are His people.
Second half of verse 1:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
God speaking to His people.
DO not fear.
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2. Do not fear because He has Redeemed.
The text uses the names Jacob and Israel.
But the implication is Redemption for all those who turn to God.
God is declaring Redemption for all who trust in Him.
He declares that He has called us by name.
HE has delivered us because we are HIS.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
When you pass through the waters, and when you pass through the rivers.
This imagery should immediately cause us to remember the crossing of the Red Sea when God led His people out of captivity.
Also after they crossed the desert, God led them to the land of promise.
God caused the waters of the Jordan river to stand up so that the people did not need to fear being swept away by the current.
We can see in both of these comparisons that God provided in a miraculous way.
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3. God does not leave the people without recourse.
He provides.
He watches over.
He leads.
Another though occurs when we consider the symbolism of water.
There are times in the Bible where water imagery is positive, Living Water.
There are other times, depending on the context, where water is negative.
Water is used at times to symbolize struggle or trial.
Think of the parable of the man who built his house on the sand. The water washed it away.
The water in this parable represents trials of life.
When we build upon the sand, or in other words build upon the words of men, when trouble comes, our hope is washed away.
The allusion here in the book of Isaiah suggests that the people passed through the waters of trouble.
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4. God saw them through the time of trouble.
He made a way for them to cross and not be harmed.
When we trust in the Lord, He will see us through trial. He will make a way for us to pass through the waters, or the trials of life because He is with us.
He does not deliver us and then just simply allow us to flounder through our life.
In a similar way God provided the example of fire in the second half of verse 2.
With the water symbolism, God is causing Isaiah to look backward.
With the fire, God causes Isaiah to look forward.
The fire should cause us to think of Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo in the book of Daniel.
They were cast into he firey furnace because the refused to bow down to an idol.
They refused to turn in obiedince to the One True God.
God Himself protected them in the furnace so that even after they came out they did not even smell like smoke.
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5. God provides for us because we are His.
He watches over us in trial.
The key is to remember our focus.
Are we living in fear of the water?
Are we focused on the firery trial around us or are we seeking to fix our eyes on our Savior?
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
He does these things because He is our God.
He is the Holy One.
He is our Savior.
The word used for Savior here is the word yasa.
It means to be rescued, to be saved to be delivered.
He is our Rescuer.
He is our Savior.
Our Deliverer has come.
Hundreds of years before the appearing of Jesus in the town of Bethlehem, God declares that He is our Savior.
Second half of verse 3
I gave Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba as your stead.
Egypt, Cush and Seba refer to descendants of Noah.
Noah had a son named Ham.
Ham mocked his father Noah.
Ham’s sons Egypt or Mizraim, Cush and Seba fell under a curse because of the evil in Ham’s heart.
But these individuals also represent names of regions where the people groups settled.
God declares in Isaiah 43:3 that He gave these people over to destruction.
First of all,
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6. It is not God’s will to destroy.
7. His will is that all people would have a heart to turn from sin and seek Him.
Yet in these verses God states that He gave these nation over to judgement as a ransom.
He gave these nations over in place of the people that love God.
The Lord gave them to judgement as a ransom, as a means of atonement for those who choose to follow.
The word ransom is interesting.
The word in the original is the word kopher
4109 II. כֹּפֶר (kō·p̄ěr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 3724; TWOT 1025b—LN 6.41–6.51 pitch, i.e., a water seal substance for large vessel (Ge 6:14+), note: it is not clear what the organic material was composed of, possibly tar or some other bituminous material
4110 III. כֹּפֶר (kō·p̄ěr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 3724; TWOT 1025b—1. LN 3.13–3.32 henna plant, i.e., a shrub or small tree with fragrant blossoms, Lawsonia inermis (SS 4:13+); (KJV) camphire; (NAB, NEB, REB, NJB) delete from text; 2. LN 3.47–3.59 henna blossom, i.e., the fragrant mass of flowers on a henna plant (SS 1:14+), for another interp in SS 7:12, see 4099, 4107
4111 IV. כֹּפֶר (kō·p̄ěr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 3724; TWOT 1025b—1. LN 57.152–57.171 ransom payment, i.e., valued compensation for a wrong (Ex 21:30; 30:12; Nu 35:31, 32; Job 33:24; Ps 49:8[EB 7]; Pr 13:8; 21:18; Isa 43:3+); 2. LN 57.172–57.177 bribe, hush money, i.e., money paid out to hire influence (1Sa 12:3; Job 36:18; Pr 6:35; Am 5:12+)
כְּפַר הָעַמּוֹנִי (kep̄ǎr hā·ʿǎm·mô·nî) BDB: see 4112
4113 כִּפֻּרִים (kip·pǔ·rîm): n.[masc.]pl.; ≡ Str 3725; TWOT 1023b—1. LN 40.8–40.13 atonement, i.e., an act. of ceremonially accounting for wrong done in a covenantal relationship, which causes forgiveness, pardon, and right relationship, which may have a possible implication of appeasement or anger (Ex 29:36; 30:10, 16; Nu 5:8; 29:11+), note: the plural is a marker of a superlative; 2. LN 51 unit: יוֹם (הַ־) כִּפֻּרִים (yôm (hǎ-) kip·pǔ·rîm) Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, i.e., a national festival day of rest and full atonement or expiation (Lev 23:27, 28; 25:9+)
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8. ransom; accounting for a wrong done in a covenantal relationship, which causes forgiveness, pardon and a right relationship.
Kippurim- Yom Kippur- Day of Atonement.
It is the culmination of a time of repentance.
God coveres, forgives sin.
In verse 3 of Isaiah 43, The Lord reminds us that He offers forgiveness from sin.
He offers a covering or a ransom for the wrong that we have committed against a Holy God.
This is even more interesting:
The word koper, depending on the context can be defined as pitch.
Not like baseball.
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9. Pitch referring to the substance that God instructed Noah to use when covering the ark.
Put in the reference from BLB using the word kopher. put in the original hebrew
Cover the Ark inside and out with Pitch.
The pitch or in the original koper served as a means to keep out the water.
The pitch or koper served as a seal. A covering of protection.
The waters brought upon the earth because of the wickedness of mankind were not allowed to enter into this place of safety.
God would not allow the water to overcome Noah and his family.
In other words, “I have called you by name; you are Mine!
2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.”
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10. Those who find Salvation in the Name of Jesus are covered by the promises of God our King.
We are no longer subject to sin.
We are no longer condemned to death as a result of sin.
We are Saved.
Redeemed.
Ransomed from death.
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“For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
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11. Judgement came to these nations because God chose to Ransom.
He chose to Redeem.
He chose to offer those who believe in Him an opportunity to be covered by His mercy.
Jesus is our covering.
He is the one who has come to Redeem.
He is the One who has Ransom His people from Death.
He did this through His own suffering.
He did this by His own will to save.
This time of the year we remember His love for us.
We remember that our hope has appeared.
We Remember that our Deliverer has come!
Why?
Why does Jesus choose to Redeem.
Why did Jesus choose to come to us knowing that His appearing would end at the cross.
Look with me at verse 4 of Isaiah 43
“Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.
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12. Jesus was born to us in that manger all those years ago because we are precious in His sight.
We are precious in His sight.
We are honored.
We are honored because we believe in Him.
We are precious, we are honored because He loves us.
Our God loves us.
Jesus Loves us.
These words, this truth can hardly be expressed with the limitations of language.
The words that we use cannot fully describe the depth of love that Jesus has for us.
Isaiah goes on to say in this verse: I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.
This alludes back to the discussion we had regarding Egypt.
The nation was given over to destruction for the sake of God’s people.
Nothing will alter His will.
Nothing will come between God and His people.
Woe to those who try to stand in the way.
Woe to those who try to deceive His people.
Death is a better alternative than suffering the wrath of a Holy God as He protects His people.
He will stop at nothing to Redeem.
Giving even of Himself on the cross.
This is our identity.
We are a chosen people.
We are loved and honored.
We are precious.
We unfortunately live in a world that suggests alternatives to this identity.
This is something that our children will need to contend with.
We have always dealt with materialism as a means of identity.
We try to keep up with the Joneses
But identity is being hijacked not only externally but internally.
The devil is attempting to influence us to give up our identity in place of perversion.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth— everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
All people will be gathered form the earth.
All those who are His will be delivered.
He will lose none.
No one who claims Jesus as Lord will be lost.
He calls us by name, AMEN!
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.
We are HIs witnesses.
Witnesses of Glory.
Witnesses of truth.
Witnesses of hope.
Witnesses of mercy.
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13. Witnesses who should walk with integrity as we carry the name of our Savior.
We are chosen.
Before me was no god, nor will there be one after me.
Jesus is the only God.
None before Him,
None after Him.
All of the other idols are fiction.
No one can save but Him.
Jesus is Lord!
Jesus is Lord!
HE is Lord and no one can save but Him.
I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. Yes, and from ancient days I am he. No one can deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
God as revealed Himself to us.
He has proclaimed Salvation for those who trust in Him.
No one can deliver out of His hand.
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14. Our Deliverer has come!
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Is 43:1–2.