Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 42:5-9
by: Nathanael Lawton.
God has a plan to bring a light to the nations. Jesus, a servant to bring forth Justice (Isaiah 42:1–4), came from Israel. There were other parts of the plan, too. He gave Israel his law and made them a people set apart. He preserved Israel through all its trials—and through all its disobedience. Israel was supposed to follow God and bring him glory. At times, it did, and at times it did not, resulting in severe consequences. We must be sure to keep God first in our lives, or risk falling into similar idolatry as Israel did.