Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 49:1-7
by: Victoria Shephard.
Jesus did not just come to help Israel in her travails, but to help all nations. God is not God of only Israel or only a certain geographical area. As creator of the whole world, he is God of the whole world. Jesus came as “a light…so that…salvation may reach to the end of the earth” (v. 6). He preached only to Jews, but after his death he sent his followers to preach everywhere (Matthew 28:19-20). We see verse 6 fulfilled. Through Jesus, all the world, every nation, will hear the good news and be drawn to God.