Isaiah 50:2. Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer?
Christ came to this world at a time when there practically seemed to be none left on the earth who were good for anything. The Pharisees, who were, outwardly, the most religious of men, were proud formalists and base hypocrites, and the whole nation had gone astray from God, so that Christ might well ask, "When I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer?"
Isaiah 50:2. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stinketh because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Here the Lord reminds them of what he did at the Red Sea. This same Christ, who came here, and found none to answer to his call, is the true God who was the Redeemer of Israel. He led the tribes through the Red Sea, drying it up by the word of his mouth, that there might be a way for his ransomed to pass through; yet, when this great Redeemer came to earth, so far as the most of men were concerned, there were none to welcome him. Even though he came in love and tenderness, there were none to answer to him.
Isaiah 50:2. Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer?
Christ came to this world at a time when there practically seemed to be none left on the earth who were good for anything. The Pharisees, who were, outwardly, the most religious of men, were proud formalists and base hypocrites, and the whole nation had gone astray from God, so that Christ might well ask, "When I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer?"
Isaiah 50:2. Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stinketh because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Here the Lord reminds them of what he did at the Red Sea. This same Christ, who came here, and found none to answer to his call, is the true God who was the Redeemer of Israel. He led the tribes through the Red Sea, drying it up by the word of his mouth, that there might be a way for his ransomed to pass through; yet, when this great Redeemer came to earth, so far as the most of men were concerned, there were none to welcome him. Even though he came in love and tenderness, there were none to answer to him.