178. God’s Salvation
Isaiah 63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help, and I wondered that their was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
This promise pictures God shading his eyes and looking the world over for one man anywhere who could save the world for God. But there is no innocent man; there is no mediator; there is no hero; there is no helper; there is no savior; there is no one. It is like the sadness and crestfallen disappointment the Apostle John felt when he saw there was no one worthy to open the scroll; then he saw the Lamb.
In this case, the Lord God could find no human and no way to save people from sin, death and evil. The Lord has lost. Therefore, God said, “I’ll do it myself.” And He did. God became a human being; God sent His own son. God let loose His own power (arm) to bring salvation. So Jesus was born. Jesus is the power of God that brings salvation to God. God did it Himself by virtue of the virgin birth, a sinless human life, an innocent suffering and death, and a glorious bodily resurrection.
Jesus brought salvation to God. Jesus presents His own blood on the mercy seat in the presence of the living God as propitiation for the sins of mankind. God now has the salvation He was yearning for. His Son died to earn it. God died to obtain it for Himself. Now God the Father is overjoyed, for He can justly forgive His created, beloved humans and save them. It is God’s Salvation; He owns it; He controls it; He dispenses it. Thanks be to Jesus.
Note that it is the fury of God that upholds Him, that is, the righteous rage against Sin, Death and the Devil drives Him to finish the job of gaining salvation for all. God hates sin so much that He goes to the “nth” to save. He hates sin because of what it does to us. The passion of God for my soul causes me to trust in the Lord for all things.