WATERS IN THE WILDERNESS. Isa. 43:20 One thing is definite there will be an abundance of waters in the wilderness. This is stated time and time again in the prophecy of Isaiah. We do no violence to the Word if we spiritualize these waters and recognize the mighty presence of the Spirit of the Lord with His people. The Spirit without measure will be upon His people.
JUST WHO ARE HIS PEOPLE? The Lord speaks of His people as those, who in particular, for whom He prepared this great abundance of waters. Many of the prophetic utterances of Isaiah are directed toward Israel and Judah and are a rebuke for their backsliding, obstinate ways. For the hardness of their hearts and the stubbornness against the Lord. The message of their rejection is also to be found there. Salvation, for them is no longer a national issue, but is now an individual matter. As it is with all of us. However, there is a race of people who emerge from the prophecies of Isaiah as the real people of the Lord. For instance:-Isa. 9:2 A people who had walked in great darkness but have seen the light and proceeded to walk in that light. The people of God are no longer composed of one race but now all who are saved, from every tribe and nation, are members of that race of grace. Lk. 2:32 Simeon, who had been waiting for the birth of the Savior, proclaimed Jesus to be a light to the Gentiles, All who would come to that light are included in the race known as the people of God.Isa. 11:10 The root out of Jesse, the Lord Jesus as a banner held forth to all nations. To the Gentile, to Israel, to the whosoever will. An invitation to enter into the rest of the Lord Jesus. To be rid of the burden of sin and iniquity, to be Gods free man. Rom. 15:12 The one who was to come and rule over the nations, the Gentile find hope in Him.1 Pet. 2:10 The people who were not a people, without pedigree,without status, really nonexistence as a nation. But now are acknowledged as the people of the most High. A people to whom mercy and grace gad not even been extended are now the recipients of the abundant grace of the Lord. Gal. 3:20 In the body of Christ these things have become nonexistent, that is, Jew or Gentile, bond or free, male of female but now all have become one in the Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 2:14-15 Both, liberally all, have become one in Christ Jesus. The wall of separation has been torn down. The law of commandments and ordinances has been take out of the way. Now, the Lord, is bringing into being, a new man, a new creature.Those born of His Spirit, washed and redeemed by His blood. The new creature, the new family is what counts today. None are excluded, all may come and be a part of the great family of God. To every tongue, tribe and nation the invitation is given. These are the people of God.:END: