Section 16
Lord Jesus Himself. The Lord is the arm of God to do things and to deliver, but no one in the re ligious world could recognize this arm. No one would respond to, receive, or accept this arm. They simply rejected it. Although this arm is salvation, even the Savior and the Deliverer Him self, the religious people rejected Him.
As a result, blindness and hardness of heart have come upon them (John 12:40; Isa. 6:10). This is God's judgment exercised over their un believing rejection of the Lord. Blindness and the hardening of the heart are a punishment to the unbelieving ones.
Verse 41 says that Isaiah saw His glory and spoke concerning Him. The words "His glory" confirm that the Lord Jesus is the very God, Jehovah of hosts, whose glory Isaiah saw (Isa. 6:1, 3). This glory was seen and appreciated by Isaiah, but it was not loved by the Lord's weaker believers (John 12:42-43). They loved the glory of man more than the glory of God, which was the living Jesus before them.
LIFE'S DECLARATION TO THE UNBELIEVING RELIGION
In verses 44 through 50 we see life's declara tion to the unbelieving religion. Here the Lord