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  • Don Shirley on Isaiah 65:20 - 10 years ago
    In the narrow context, the passage is somewhat difficult. What is an "infant of days" and why will there no longer be any? Why are they talking about children dying in what seems to be a blessing and evil men being cursed with old age? My best understanding is that Isaiah is writing about being in the manifest presence of God, whether millennial or in eternity (the context is God creating a new heavens and a new earth--compare to 2 Pet. 3:8-15a). In either case, it would seem he is saying that for those who walk in God's presence, childhood seems to last forever, whereas for the cursed, to remain in that state for even a moment is horrific, but for a hundred years would be devastating. It is definitely a verse of contrast. The entire chapter is about the rejection of Israel as a people (compare vs. 1-7 with Rom. 10:21 and Acts 28:25-28) and the inclusion of Gentiles in the chosen. The bulk of the contrast in this chapter is between disobedient Israel and the new body of believers that would be made up of believing Jews and converted Gentiles.



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