Isaiah 59:15b-21 – Jesus Christ, God’s solution to mankind’s woe

When the Lord saw the deplorable condition among His people, He was displeased. It greatly annoyed Him that no one cared enough or was able to do something to turn it around. No one was even concerned enough to intervene in prayer for them. No longer able to tolerate the deterioration, He decided to intervene to change the situation. He then set out to put right the situation, the injustice, and transgressions. In verses 17-19, Isaiah described God as putting on the armor to engage in warfare to save the people. He wore the breastplate of righteousness and the helmet of salvation on His head. He came zealously seeking vengeance to set things aright both in Judah and far away. What He did brought people from all over to come to honor Him. Here is a depiction of God bringing redemption to the world, from the west to the east.

Isaiah predicted that a Redeemer would come to Zion to right the wrong among the people of Israel who would recognize Him and turn from their wrong and repent. The Redeemer would come in with the New Covenant. The Spirit of God would be upon Him and He would speak the Word of God. He would faithfully convey the message of God to His offspring. This suggests that people would be birthed into the Kingdom from the word of this Redeemer. And His word would pass on to the generations forever. This Redeemer we know is no other than Christ Jesus.

Here we see the prophecy of the coming of the Redeemer. His coming is the plan of God to redeem the world. His work would be armed with righteousness and salvation. And He would execute the vengeance of God with great zeal. In these few short verses, we are given to see the work of the Trinitarian God in action bringing about mankind’s redemption. God the Father sent His Redeemer whom we can clearly surmise is Jesus Christ, His begotten Son. He came to speak the word of God, announcing God’s message which the Spirit had inspired and put in His mouth. The message of redemption would now be perpetuated among the people forever. We are glad that God had intervened to bring salvation to mankind. We believers ought to be glad that He has given us a part in His redemption plan. So let us faithfully commit to His work and advance the message of redemption.