- 70. God will come
Isaiah 40:10 Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
The Lord God will come. So God promises; so He has, so He does, and so He will. The Lord has come when the Son of God was born as a man in the womb of the Virgin. The Lord comes to us when we repent and believe all through our lifetime. The Lord will come again on the Last Day to usher in the Eternal State.
When the Lord comes, He comes with a strong hand. The strength of the Lord is manifested in weakness, humility, poverty, suffering and the ignominy of death. The death of Jesus on the cross was, of course, the glory of the Lord for it showed forth the love of God, which is the strongest force in the universe. By the strength of this sacrificial love He saved us. He comes with this kind of strength to forgive our sins and answer our prayers.
When He comes, His arm will rule. Jesus Christ is ruling the Church on earth today from the right hand of God the Father. He is ruling with all authority and with the force of love to make sure that the will of God is done on earth as it is in heaven. “Arm” in Scripture means force, where we get the words “arms and army.” The arm of Jesus rules, not with the force of an army, but with the gentle power of love.
When He comes, He brings His reward with Him. His reward is love, forgiveness and life. He has earned the reward with His death and resurrection, and He gives it to us when He preaches the Gospel and announces forgiveness. He rewards us with answers to prayer as and when we need them. The ultimate reward is finally given when He comes for the Judgment Day.
When He comes, His work goes before Him. His work is the life, ministry, death and resurrection. With His finished work the Lord is willing and able to give us what we need according to His good and gracious will for our lives and our eternity. The work of Jesus earned and deserved for us all the blessings that God wants to give to His children. God keeps His promises. He will come.