Isaiah 48: No Rest for the Wicked, So Get Out of Babylon -- 2019/11/27

Rev. Matt Tooman, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wahpeton, North Dakota, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Isaiah 48. Israel stands to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. God has opened the way home to Judah through Cyrus of Persia, but the exiles have become comfortable in Babylon! In Isaiah 48, God criticizes His people for being Israelites in name only and for becoming as dense as the idols they’ve made for themselves. This is tough love: there is no rest for the wicked, and there is no peace to be had living in Babylon. If we have God’s Word, we will have a never-ending supply of peace, flowing down to us like a river even in the midst of the wilderness. From His riven side, Christ’s peace flows to us in the midst of the darkness of death.