Isaías 63

Isaías 63:1-6

Henry - He is mighty to save, able to bring about the promised redemption, whatever difficulties and oppositions may lie in the way of it. 'Tis I who to my promise faithful stand, I, who the powers of death, hell, and the grave, Have foil'd with this all-conquering hand, I, who most ready am, and mighty too, to save. -Norris Pett - He comes to offer deliverance to His people. Yet why, if He is mighty to save, the bloodshed? The only reason can be that their continual and persistent rejection of the offer of the covenant. They ("Edom") had rejected God’s Anointed One once and for all. Thus by His judgment He had spoken righteously. But now He comes to face Judah with their similar choice. For Jacob there is yet hope, for though He speaks in righteousness He is still mighty to save. Because of what the Servant has done (Isaiah 53:1-12) He can save them in righteousness. He is coming to offer salvation. The Bloodstained Judge of Edom will, if they respond, become the Anointed Saviour of Jacob (Editorial: See Description of the salvation of the Jewish remnant in the end times = Zech 12:10-note, Zech 13:7-9-note, Romans 11:25-27-note) W M Statham on mighty to save... 1. Mighty—in His own revealed grace and power. 2. Mighty—in that every degree of guilt and sin is reached by His infinite arm. 3. Mighty—in that He saves right through, which is the meaning of the word "to the uttermost." James Denney used this phrase "mighty to save" in a famous saying that has impacted many preachers... “No man can give the impression that he himself is clever and that Christ is mighty to save.” John