Covenant Reformed News – June 2015 • Volume XV, Issue 14
This article examines Isaiah 51:1-3 as an encouragement to post-exilic Jerusalem, demonstrating how the prophet drew upon the Abrahamic covenant and the narrative of Eden to comfort God's afflicted remnant. The exposition highlights the theological principle that God's covenant promises and historical redemptive work provide comfort and hope to believers in times of crisis and desolation.
The Rock Whence We Are Hewn (1) In the sixth century BC, Jerusalem was devastated by the Babylonians. Its temple, its palace, its houses, its city walls—all were reduced to rubble by the ungodly invaders. Along with that, there were very few people of God left. Many were slaughtered or died of famine or diseases. Others were scattered, never to return, and many apostatized. It is harder for us to understand their deep grief at the physical desolation of Jerusalem, for many of us have never...