Isaiah Chapter 64


 [Isaiah 64:1] OH THAT THOU WOULDEST REND THE HEAVENS, THAT THOU WOULDEST COME DOWN, THAT THE MOUNTAINS MIGHT FLOW DOWN AT THY PRESENCE,
Isaiah continues his message from the last chapter. If only God would show Himself then nobody would doubt or rebel against Him.

 [Isaiah 64:2] AS WHEN THE MELTING FIRE BURNETH, THE FIRE CAUSETH THE WATERS TO BOIL, TO MAKE THY NAME KNOWN TO THINE ADVERSARIES, THAT THE NATIONS MAY TREMBLE AT THY PRESENCE!  

 [Isaiah 64:3] WHEN THOU DIDST TERRIBLE THINGS WHICH WE LOOKED NOT FOR, THOU CAMEST DOWN, THE MOUNTAINS FLOWED DOWN AT THY PRESENCE.

 [Isaiah 64:4] FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD MEN HAVE NOT HEARD, NOR PERCEIVED BY THE EAR, NEITHER HATH THE EYE SEEN, O GOD, BESIDE THEE, WHAT HE HATH PREPARED FOR HIM THAT WAITETH FOR HIM.
Intepreted as nobody has seen that which God has prepared for the righteous in the Afterlife. Also only they who have learnt theTorah of Israel have ever received a glimpse of the Ultimate Truth.

 [Isaiah 64:5] THOU MEETEST HIM THAT REJOICETH AND WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, THOSE THAT REMEMBER THEE IN THY WAYS: BEHOLD, THOU ART WROTH; FOR WE HAVE SINNED: IN THOSE IS CONTINUANCE, AND WE SHALL BE SAVED.

 [Isaiah 64:6] BUT WE ARE ALL AS AN UNCLEAN THING, AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS; AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF; AND OUR INIQUITIES, LIKE THE WIND, HAVE TAKEN US AWAY.      

 [Isaiah 64:7] AND THERE IS NONE THAT CALLETH UPON THY NAME, THAT STIRRETH UP HIMSELF TO TAKE HOLD OF THEE: FOR THOU HAST HID THY FACE FROM US, AND HAST CONSUMED US, BECAUSE OF OUR INIQUITIES.
This verse tells us that God has hidden His face from us and we are in danger of losing. If however we overcome and “take hold” of God He will save us.

 [Isaiah 64:8] BUT NOW, O LORD, THOU ART OUR FATHER; WE ARE THE CLAY, AND THOU OUR POTTER; AND WE ALL ARE THE WORK OF THY HAND.
God is our father. He is the potter who forms us according to His will. Every living being is created with the basic constituency most suited to itself as it itself would want if it knew the options and task laid upon each option.

 [Isaiah 64:9] BE NOT WROTH VERY SORE, O LORD, NEITHER REMEMBER INIQUITY FOR EVER: BEHOLD, SEE, WE BESEECH THEE, WE ARE ALL THY PEOPLE.
We have to realize all the time that we are His people and endeavor to act accordingly.

 [Isaiah 64:10] THY HOLY CITIES ARE A WILDERNESS, ZION IS A WILDERNESS, JERUSALEM A DESOLATION.
God wants the cities of Israel and especially Jerusalem to be built up and inhabited with Israelites.

 [Isaiah 64:11] OUR HOLY AND OUR BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, WHERE OUR FATHERS PRAISED THEE, IS BURNED UP WITH FIRE: AND ALL OUR PLEASANT THINGS ARE LAID WASTE.
The Temple is still in ruins. Every descendant of Israel is responsible for the Temple and should strive to rebuild it.

 [Isaiah 64:12] WILT THOU REFRAIN THYSELF FOR THESE THINGS, O LORD? WILT THOU HOLD THY PEACE, AND AFFLICT US VERY SORE?    
Even if we are not aware of it our soul is afflicted  as long as the cities of Ancient Israel are not settled by Israelites.  The world is not as it should be as long as the Temple is not rebuilt.  
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