The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 55:12-13
Isaiah 55:12-13For ye shall go out with joyThe reversals of pardoning mercyThe wealth of God’s abundant pardon is here set forth in metaphors which the least imaginative can understand.Not only were the exiles forgiven, their warfare accomplished, their iniquity pardoned; but they would be restored to the land of their fathers--“Ye shall go out . . . ye shall be led forth . . . ” Not only were they to be restored; but their return was to be one long triumphal march. Nature herself would... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 55:10-13
Isaiah 55:10-13For as the rain cometh downRain snow, symbolic of the Word of GodThe fitness of the symbolism is apparent even to the most casual observer.1. Snow and rain are characterized by gentleness which merges into force. One drop of rain falls upon my hand, and I crush it, and it is not; but when the drop is multiplied, and the great storm sweeps along the valley, it is almost resistless in its onrush. One feathery flake of snow falls through the atmosphere; I touch it, and it passes and... read more