Promise in the Prophets 183: Come Down

183. Come Down

Isaiah 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at they presence.

This Messianic Prophecy is a wish, or a holy yearning, for God Himself to come down from heaven and enter the historical space and time of earth. Presumably, the hope is for God to come and bring salvation from our mortal condition. Under the curse of sin death reigns over all people everywhere. Sin and Death causes innumerable sufferings and afflictions for the inhabitants of earth.

In the midst of this miserable life every human heart has had a knowing that there must be something better. There must be a better life, a utopia of sorts where everything in the environment is in perfect harmony, a place where there is no sickness or threat of death, a loving community of blessed and uplifting relationships with everyone else around, and a life in which there is truly a wonderful eternity. Every person who ever lived in earth wants heaven, a return to Paradise. Paradise is a vague and distant memory and a very faint, but noticeable, hope for a better afterlife.

Adding to this pervasive despair is the knowledge that nothing and no one on earth is able to bring on such an Age. History is condemned to repeat the misery, unless…; unless the Lord God Himself does something there is no hope. So the human heart yearns for God to come. The Good News of great joy for all people: God did come down. The heart’s yearning has come true. God opened heaven and entered earth, but it was a surprise, for He came as a baby boy born to a peasant girl in a remote village. Few knew that this human being was God, but for all who did believe He gave the right to become the children of God.

The promise is for us for every day: God does come down. Yes, every day is Christmas. God rends the heavens and comes down into our very lives and dwells among us. All the time and money spent on celebrating Christmas and Easter does not come anywhere near matching the awesome wonder and glorious grace of the Truth of this Promise: God came down, He really did.