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Little Johnny wandered into the kitchen as Mom was making supper.
"Johnny, will you get me a can of tomato soup out of the pantry?"
But Johnny answered, "Mom, it's dark in there.
I'm scared.
Will you go with me?" Mom asked again.
Again, Johnny was scared.
"Mom, won't you please go with me."
Mom reassured him.
"It's OK honey.
Jesus will be in there with you."
Johnny inched over to the pantry, opened the door, & peeked in.
It's dark.
He turned to leave, then turned back.
"Jesus, if you're in there, will you hand me that can of soup?"
Jesus promises to be with us.
But He may not hand us the soup.
He is Emmanuel.
God with us.
But that doesn't excuse us from being sent into the dark, even if we're afraid.
Israel's outlook was dark.
For 39 chapters, God has been warning her.
Repent!
Or I will discipline you.
You'll go into exile, in Babylon.
~150 yrs.
later, in 586 B.C. she did.
And for 70 years, God's people will feel defeated, disillusioned, bitter, & abandoned.
Even so, God assures His people.
'You will suffer.
But you won't be alone.
I'll watch over you.
When the time has fully come, I'll come for you."
As for now?
His servant Israel is blind, deaf, & dumb.
She's failed.
In Isa 43:1-7, God continues.
1aBut now, listen.
Why?
With Israel, we wonder.
If God plans to make us suffer, why listen?
1cHe created you, O Jacob.
Jacob, the trickster.
He stands for the sin nature we all inherit from Adam & Eve.
It distorts us from birth.
All sin & fall short of God's glory.
Like Jacob.
But God is our Creator.
He knows us better than we know ourselves.
He alone knows how to fix us.
He alone can.
Before the world began, He dreamed of us.
Each one.
He caused us to be born in times that best suit us.
And He won't leave us how He finds us.
1dHe formed you, O Israel.
He creates us, then forms us.
Shapes us.
Like Israel.
As we grow, God shapes us all to fit His vision.
God created Jacob, The Trickster.
God then formed him into Israel, father of the nation.
God creates & then forms us, too.
As individuals & as nations.
He forms us to fit His vision.
So, in our verses, God isn't done with Israel.
He's still forming her to be His Servant.
Now, Israel, listen!
1bThis is what the LORD says.
The LORD.
Yahweh.
God's personal name that He gave her.
It's also the Name by which we know Jesus in the OT.
With His personal name, Jesus is reminding Israel (& us).
He's ours.
We're His.
Forever.
His message?
1e"Fear not, for I've redeemed you.
God redeemed Israel.
Ransomed her at great cost from slavery in Egypt.
The cost?
Every Egyptian 1st born son.
(Don't forget.
God loves His created people in Egypt, too.)
For us, the cost was God's own 1st born Son.
We're all ransomed.
Israel, from slavery in Egypt.
Us, from slavery to sin.
1fI've summoned you by name.
For them & for us, it's like Re 3:20.
He stands at the door & knocks, calling our name.
As He called ancient Israel, He called His apostles.
'Come.
Follow Me.'
He calls each of us, too.
Why? 1gYou are mine.
Individually, & also as a people.
As individuals, we're each His beloved possession.
Even so, few in the OT got the Holy Spirit.
Out of all the nations, God chose Israel to be His Servant.
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