The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:8
Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord: that is My nameNamesThe name of a thing, provided it is a true and adequate one, denotes the essential nature of that thing.When a chemist has discovered a new substance, he is, of course, compelled to invent a new name for it; and he seeks a term that will indicate its distinctive properties. When, for instance, that gas which illuminates our streets and dwellings was first discovered, it was supposed to be the constituent matter of heat, and the name “phlogiston” was... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:7
Isaiah 42:7To open the blind eyesOpening blind eyesWhat a grievous affliction is blindness! It was no frivolous boon which Christ, in the days of His sojourn on earth, thought proper to confer, when, in the external sense, He opened blind eyes.In the paragraph of which the text is a part, Jehovah is describing the Messiah in His spiritual character and work; and, great as the marvel of removing natural blindness was, and great as similar miracles were which Christ performed, their principal... read more