What a chapter, Isaiah 52!

“Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” And verses 9 and 10 here prove it!

Does God have “redemption” in Israel’s future?

And “comfort?”

Yes, according to the Apostle Paul, there is coming a day when … “And so all Israel shall be saved.” Romans 11:26, alluding to Isaiah 45:17, at least. (At the end of the Tribulation, beginning of the Millennium!)

And what is the result of such salvation/redemption/comfort?

Israel/Jerusalem … “breaking forth into joy!”

And … “singing together!”  

Then comes the “word picture” of the day. For this Friday, April 19, 2019. In other words, for our Bible Study thought.

“The Lord hath made bare His Holy Arm.”

Now that might not sound too impressive to you. What does it even mean? Clearly, it’s an anthropomorphism. (The attribution of a human characteristic or behavior to God.)

It’s a depiction of God … “rolling up His Sleeve” and really “going to work!”

As in … “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3

As in … “Unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think …” Ephesians 3:20

I had a beloved college teacher years ago (who later became our Pastor for a short while, not long before the Lord opened a little Church for me to serve) who was a man of prayer!

Oh, a “prayer warrior” indeed!

And I can hear him now, as we prayed together each day at school … “Lord, make bare Thy Mighty Arm” in this particular situation, I beg.

Wow!

I have used that plea time and time again since. “Lord, make bare Thy Mighty Arm.”

And I am delighted to report … He (our great God) has done so, repetitively!

Now, may I invite you to …

Add this “arrow” to your “quiver” of prayer pleas!

“Oh Lord, make bare Thy Mighty Arm.”

Then, watch what God will do!

Amen.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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